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[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by michgc

Well, it is true that when FCPS made the transition to full-day kindergarten, they did it in order of "need." Those students who would benefit the most from full-day (i.e. lower income at-risk students) got it first. And wealthier schools were to get it last. The original proposed timeline was for all schools to have full-day kindergarten by 2009-2010. But we all know that it is not the case. Many schools still have not made the transition because there is no funding for it. That leaves the wealthier elementary schools without full-day kindergarten. Schools like Flint Hill, Louise Archer, Wolf Trap in Vienna and I think most of the schools in McLean as well. There are others, too. Those are just the ones I am familiar with. I do think it is unfair that some schools in the county get full-day kindergarten and some do not. I am actually surprised that it is legal to have it this way.

It looks like there are 99 elementary schools that offer full day K. So, there are about 40 which do not.

http://commweb.fcps.edu/directory/

[Denton56]

Originally Posted by michgc

Well, it is true that when FCPS made the transition to full-day kindergarten, they did it in order of "need." Those students who would benefit the most from full-day (i.e. lower income at-risk students) got it first. And wealthier schools were to get it last. The original proposed timeline was for all schools to have full-day kindergarten by 2009-2010. But we all know that it is not the case. Many schools still have not made the transition because there is no funding for it. That leaves the wealthier elementary schools without full-day kindergarten. Schools like Flint Hill, Louise Archer, Wolf Trap in Vienna and I think most of the schools in McLean as well. There are others, too. Those are just the ones I am familiar with. I do think it is unfair that some schools in the county get full-day kindergarten and some do not. I am actually surprised that it is legal to have it this way.

It may not be legal, but until someone sues, FCPS will continue to do as they please.

Up until 1997 TJ admissions policy included affirmative action that booted 40 white and Asian kids who had made the admission cuts, for Black students with lower grades and lower scores, solely based on race. In 1997 one of the parents of those kids, who had not been admitted because of race, sued and FCPS lost the suit. The 40 kids who had not been admitted because of race were then admitted over the summer. Since then FCPS has changed admission policies every few years trying to get more Black students without opening themselves up for another lawsuit. They spent millions of dollars on special programs for Blacks and Hispanics, and none have been effective. The current incoming class of TJ is 54% Asian and 36% white, but with the same dismally low percentage of Black students, less than 2%. FCPS - News Releases

If FCPS can get away with discriminating against certain students, they will, until they are sued. Faced with a losing a lawsuit, they will cave and do the right thing. But nothing short of that has worked. They pretty much have free reign to do whatever they want. There is simply no one to tell them otherwise.