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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
Mr. T
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Date: September 21, 2019 07:26PM
In School Board meetings Brabrand is very clear that he wants to use the "One Fairfax Lens" to redistrict students, but in his video to parents Brabrand NEVER mentions the "One Fairfax Lens." Why?
Why didn't Brabrand tell the parents about the "One Fairfax Lens?"
Why didn't Brabrand tell parents that the school board has been actively looking to change school boundaries based on "socioeconomic and/or racial characteristics" of the students?
The FCPS school board & Brabrand were caught trying to quietly push something through that they knew the community didn't want. And now that it's been made public Brabrand is misrepresenting what they were doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SppzehDD7K4
Why didn't Brabrand tell the parents about the "One Fairfax Lens?"
Why didn't Brabrand tell parents that the school board has been actively looking to change school boundaries based on "socioeconomic and/or racial characteristics" of the students?
The FCPS school board & Brabrand were caught trying to quietly push something through that they knew the community didn't want. And now that it's been made public Brabrand is misrepresenting what they were doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SppzehDD7K4
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
qtttwwwttt
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Date: September 22, 2019 05:32AM
agree!
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
FcbbUKKLE
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Date: September 22, 2019 03:14PM
FCPS Board is determined to ruin what was a great school system. I have never seen a school board that wastes so much time and money on initiatives that don't help give ALL students a basic education.
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: September 22, 2019 04:41PM
They've already fed up some FCHS with their demographics, why not spread it out to the better schools? I guess this is their logic.
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
Beentheredonethat
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Date: September 22, 2019 05:03PM
Don’t care and you all should not waste your time if they want to change the boundaries they will ! fcps they will pretend to want your input ( because it’s polite to ask ) but they will do it anyway so just roll with it or move . End of story .
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: September 22, 2019 05:32PM
FcbbUKKLE Wrote:
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> FCPS Board is determined to ruin what was a great
> school system. I have never seen a school board
> that wastes so much time and money on initiatives
> that don't help give ALL students a basic
> education.
I applaud what FCPS is doing. The time is long overdue. The majority of students in the system want an education. There is a small minority whom despite given an opportunity to become educated in FCPS, simply do not want an education of any kind.
I support any initiative that puts the kids who want to learn over there with the resources they need and puts the knuckleheads who are disruptive to others' education over here. I'm all for patience and allowing kids to come to terms with their education at their own pace. But, there are some kids you just can't reach. It's time they are indeed left behind.
37 years of teaching have taught me that education is simply not for everyone. There is plenty of room in the world for uneducated people to support themselves. They may have a smaller home or rent and drive an older car and not enjoy the trappings of middle-age but, that is the life they have chosen for themselves.
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> FCPS Board is determined to ruin what was a great
> school system. I have never seen a school board
> that wastes so much time and money on initiatives
> that don't help give ALL students a basic
> education.
I applaud what FCPS is doing. The time is long overdue. The majority of students in the system want an education. There is a small minority whom despite given an opportunity to become educated in FCPS, simply do not want an education of any kind.
I support any initiative that puts the kids who want to learn over there with the resources they need and puts the knuckleheads who are disruptive to others' education over here. I'm all for patience and allowing kids to come to terms with their education at their own pace. But, there are some kids you just can't reach. It's time they are indeed left behind.
37 years of teaching have taught me that education is simply not for everyone. There is plenty of room in the world for uneducated people to support themselves. They may have a smaller home or rent and drive an older car and not enjoy the trappings of middle-age but, that is the life they have chosen for themselves.
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
3hmv4
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Date: September 22, 2019 05:52PM
What do you think is going to happen when radical leftists progs are left in unquestioned charge of our schools and county? Keep voting in the the dems... in about 20 years this area will be like the parts of NY/NJ/PA that everyone is leaving in droves.
Re: FCPS Boundary change & DISHONEST BRABRAND
Posted by:
TJ is next
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Date: September 22, 2019 07:52PM
Fairfax County has used racial and socio-economic factors for decades in making its boundary determinations. One Fairfax isn't changing that. What One Fairfax is doing is changing HOW racial and socio-economic factors are going to influence its boundary decisions.
In the past the boundaries of certain favored schools were drawn in a way that excluded minority and the less affluent to protect those favored schools. This resulted in the privileged becoming even more privileged and a decline in the quality of the schools not favored as they were forced to deal with higher percentages of those undesirable students. One Fairfax doesn't mean that kids from Route 1 will suddenly be bussed to Langley. It does mean that neighborhoods of minority or less affluent kids that currently attend Herndon or South Lakes may be switched into Langley.
In the past the boundaries of certain favored schools were drawn in a way that excluded minority and the less affluent to protect those favored schools. This resulted in the privileged becoming even more privileged and a decline in the quality of the schools not favored as they were forced to deal with higher percentages of those undesirable students. One Fairfax doesn't mean that kids from Route 1 will suddenly be bussed to Langley. It does mean that neighborhoods of minority or less affluent kids that currently attend Herndon or South Lakes may be switched into Langley.