Several years ago the FCPS Board “dealt” with issues at “failing”
South Lakes High (much lower testing performance relative to the rest of the county, alleged gang and drug problems) by going through the neighboring Oakton High and Chantilly High zones, identifying the homes/pockets of high performing students and gerrymandering them into the South Lakes zone.
Board got really ticked when parents of a lot of the designated kids threatened to undercut the effort and put their children into local Catholic schools.
The issue quickly disappeared off the media’s radar, can’t remember what actually happened.
But....Parents who know how to effectively “after school”, “pre-school” and find tutoring figure out ways to defend their kids from the machinations of government school functionaries.