FCPS HS Boundary

[Anonymous]

Chantilly kids need to either get shifted to Centreville or Herndon. Extend the Herndon boundary south, keep shifting and everything works out. People will be unhappy, but meh. You aren't touching Langley and that's the big "no-no".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What schools are being considered to rezone?

Lewis
West Springfield
Herndon
Langley

Chantilly
Centreville

[Anonymous]

There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chantilly kids need to either get shifted to Centreville or Herndon. Extend the Herndon boundary south, keep shifting and everything works out. People will be unhappy, but meh. You aren't touching Langley and that's the big "no-no".

We are zoned for Langley. We live close so not worried about rezoning for our family. Ever since we moved here 5 years ago, I have heard about potential rezoning and there have been tiny tweaks.

It sounds like people often want parts of great falls to be rezoned to Herndon. Who do they want to go to Langley in place? Do they want to move some Herndon kids to Langley and move great falls kids to Herndon? That doesn’t make logistical sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

And you know this how? My kid has a 45min bus ride and the school is only 6 miles away.

I’m guessing you also overlooked the other important reasons listed in the email, like imbalanced academic programming and overcrowded schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the email that Kyle McDaniel just sent out, he says that the boundary changes are coming and will likely be implemented fall 2025 or fall 2026.

Yay! It’s about damn time!

Signed, another Saratoga mom

What are you hoping for? Saratoga isn’t moving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

And you know this how? My kid has a 45min bus ride and the school is only 6 miles away.

I’m guessing you also overlooked the other important reasons listed in the email, like imbalanced academic programming and overcrowded schools.

You think a boundary change fixes imbalanced programming? Another false premise. Only offering the same programming at all schools fixes that - not shuffling kids around.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t realize the plans were released yet? But regardless, adding more students to Lewis is a good thing for the school and for the kids who will attend in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

And you know this how? My kid has a 45min bus ride and the school is only 6 miles away.

I’m guessing you also overlooked the other important reasons listed in the email, like imbalanced academic programming and overcrowded schools.

You think a boundary change fixes imbalanced programming? Another false premise. Only offering the same programming at all schools fixes that - not shuffling kids around.

I do think a boundary change would help, actually.
And apparently I’m not alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the email that Kyle McDaniel just sent out, he says that the boundary changes are coming and will likely be implemented fall 2025 or fall 2026.

Yay! It’s about damn time!

Signed, another Saratoga mom

What are you hoping for? Saratoga isn’t moving?

I didn’t realize the plans were released yet? But regardless, adding more students to Lewis is a good thing for the school and for the kids who will attend in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the email that Kyle McDaniel just sent out, he says that the boundary changes are coming and will likely be implemented fall 2025 or fall 2026.

Yay! It’s about damn time!

Signed, another Saratoga mom

What are you hoping for? Saratoga isn’t moving?

I didn’t realize the plans were released yet? But regardless, adding more students to Lewis is a good thing for the school and for the kids who will attend in the future.

You mean the right kind of kids. The ones who leave the school already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

And you know this how? My kid has a 45min bus ride and the school is only 6 miles away.

I’m guessing you also overlooked the other important reasons listed in the email, like imbalanced academic programming and overcrowded schools.

You think a boundary change fixes imbalanced programming? Another false premise. Only offering the same programming at all schools fixes that - not shuffling kids around.

That is not going to make people happy either. The high SES schools will be most disappointed if the extra AP classes that they can take are gone because there are not enough kids to fill those classes at lower SES schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What schools are being considered to rezone?

Lewis
West Springfield
Herndon
Langley

I’m about 99% positive they’re going to do some stuff with West Potomac and Mount Vernon, which is probably the most egregious example of a huge school down the road from an under enrolled one, where the huge school is getting all kinds of expansions and sucking up more and more neighborhoods. Wasn’t Karen Corbett Sanders the main driver of all of that? And she’s not on the Board anymore.

The WS-Lewis and Herndon-Langley stuff is more complicated. If they are concerned about crowding at WSHS, there are other easier and less controversial moves that could be made. The Western GF neighborhoods could be moved back to Herndon for a somewhat shorter bus ride (to a point - that area is way out there and there’s only so much you can do in the sparsely populated areas of GF and Clifton etc.) but that would leave Langley even more under enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no 1 hour bus rides anywhere. When your position rests on a false premise it is pretty easy to conclude there is some other agenda.

And you know this how? My kid has a 45min bus ride and the school is only 6 miles away.

I’m guessing you also overlooked the other important reasons listed in the email, like imbalanced academic programming and overcrowded schools.

You think a boundary change fixes imbalanced programming? Another false premise. Only offering the same programming at all schools fixes that - not shuffling kids around.

I do think a boundary change would help, actually.
And apparently I’m not alone.

Does anyone know how many kids from the Gambrills neighborhood would go to Lewis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What schools are being considered to rezone?

Lewis
West Springfield
Herndon
Langley

I’m about 99% positive they’re going to do some stuff with West Potomac and Mount Vernon, which is probably the most egregious example of a huge school down the road from an under enrolled one, where the huge school is getting all kinds of expansions and sucking up more and more neighborhoods. Wasn’t Karen Corbett Sanders the main driver of all of that? And she’s not on the Board anymore.

The WS-Lewis and Herndon-Langley stuff is more complicated. If they are concerned about crowding at WSHS, there are other easier and less controversial moves that could be made. The Western GF neighborhoods could be moved back to Herndon for a somewhat shorter bus ride (to a point - that area is way out there and there’s only so much you can do in the sparsely populated areas of GF and Clifton etc.) but that would leave Langley even more under enrolled.

What are the easier and less controversial ideas for overcrowding at WS and underutilization/imbalance at Lewis? Please do share!