How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
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Anonymous
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Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school. |
Anonymous
I'm stuck in an attendance island. It's frustrating to drive past a closer school to get to my kids' assigned one. |
Anonymous
I would have to look at population densities of school age children in addition to weirdness like islands and split feeders to redraw maps for the county's schools. Since I'm not about to spend the next week digging into all that, I'll have to pass. Generally I would prioritize keeping neighborhoods together, avoiding islands and not having split feeders. |
Anonymous
| The schools along Rte 50 inside the beltway's attendance boundaries are a clusterf_ck - I'm talking Graham Rd, Pine Spring, Beech Tree. And then there's Timberlane - a random school half zoned to McLean - in the middle of all that, and Shrevewood which is very overcrowded. Such a mess. |
Anonymous
Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd. |
Anonymous
So which middle school(s) are you going to close or which high school are you going to overcrowd? There are 23 middle schools and 22 high schools (along with the 3 secondary schools), and one of those high schools draws from all over the county (TJ). It would easy to eliminate attendance islands by in some cases redrawing boundaries to attach the island to the core attendance area, but then some people would scream bloody murder if they were redistricted. If it were easy to create true pyramids it would have been done already. |
Anonymous
Proximity to other jurisdictions with either their own schools (Falls Church City) or a requirement that all kids within the jurisdiction attend certain FCPS schools (Fairfax City) complicates the boundaries. |
Anonymous
Stenwood is going to have its boundaries substantially changed when Frisch's Dunn Loring project is finished. Part of Shrevewood will finally move to Stenwood, and much of Stenwood (and part of Freedom Hill) will end up at Dunn Loring. |
Anonymous
| I don't think they should make changes that result in middle and high schools with huge differences in enrollment. They need to be within a certain range for each school to offer similar courses and opportunities. It is less of a concern at the elementary school level. |
Anonymous
| I’d open more schools and make them all smaller. Better education that way. But that’s a pipe dream because of taxes. |
Anonymous
I think there is a misunderstanding. Multiple elementary schools should be able to feed into one middle school. Multiple middle schools can feed into one high school, if required. But my point is that you should not have a situation where a non AAP ES is sending students to three different non AAP MS. Even an AAP ES should not be sending students to multiple AAP MS. |
Anonymous
eliminating centers solves that one pretty easily |
Anonymous
| I feel like the boundaries for Frost, Robinson, Lake Braddock could be improved. |
Anonymous
| I thought there was still a Woodson attendance island out by Wegman's in Fairfax? |
Anonymous
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McLean to Marshall and Langley
Marshall to Falls Church Falls Church to Madison. Some Madison to Langley Some of these areas are obvious |