Lynbrook Case Study Paper

Lynbrook High School is shrinking.

Lynbrook’s student population is projected to drop from 1768 students to 1625 by the 2020-2021 school year, a decline that will be accompanied by numerous repercussions.

A variety of solutions have been proposed by the FUHSD, the most promising of which is to modify Lynbrook’s enrollment borders. In order to get community feedback, the FUHSD hosted a meeting on Nov. 16 in the Lynbrook auditorium. Prior to the meeting, administrators anticipated very little backlash against this border change solution.

“In my conversations with community members, I think that people understand the move,” said social studies teacher Jeffrey Bale. “[The residents of Strawberry Park] are given the opportunity [to attend Lynbrook or Cupertino] for a three year flex period. I think that generally speaking, the reaction is going to be positive.”

While numerous staff members and students look forward to the influx of diversity that altering the borders would create, others oppose the change. At the meeting, Lynbrook parents expressed an array of concerns, such as the issue of overcrowding; however, this concern is misinformed. The Lynbrook campus is second largest in the district and a majority of classrooms remain empty over the course of the day. On

Others believe that in comparison to the holistic number of students, a small addition of 200 students will not significantly affect Lynbrook’s scores and reputation. Such an assumption is counterproductive to cultivating an accepting school atmosphere and largely based on erroneous preconceptions of Cupertino students. Moreover, the students coming in would most likely be freshmen and, like current Lynbrook freshmen, would receive the same rigorous education from the beginning of their high school