FCPS Boundary Review - New Maps

[Anonymous]

All of these rezoning proposals are based on fall 2024 enrollment

A lot of things have changed since then.

It will be interesting to see the enrollment numbers after a month of school has passed.

[Anonymous]

This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

Ironic timing of Reid hiring a protective guard by August 5. This was clearly planned manipulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

I live in Region 5. I read these forums but have nothing to do with BRAC. If I were a betting person, I would suggest that earlier speculation about the "3rd" member of one of the pyramids in Region 5 encouraged this. I doubt anyone from my pyramid did this.

I would suggest that Marshall is in Region 1 and some of those neighborhoods along route 7 are adjacent to Marshall neighborhoods. If they want to be sent to Langley, that would be a possibility.

Also, if you are in a pyramid for one school, but your elementary school is in another region--which region do you go with on BRAC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

I live in Region 5. I read these forums but have nothing to do with BRAC. If I were a betting person, I would suggest that earlier speculation about the "3rd" member of one of the pyramids in Region 5 encouraged this. I doubt anyone from my pyramid did this.

I would suggest that Marshall is in Region 1 and some of those neighborhoods along route 7 are adjacent to Marshall neighborhoods. If they want to be sent to Langley, that would be a possibility.

Also, if you are in a pyramid for one school, but your elementary school is in another region--which region do you go with on BRAC?

Your region is dictated by your high school boundary, so multiple regions may have vested interest in split feeder elementary or middle schools even though the school is technically only assigned to one region and one pyramid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

Ironic timing of Reid hiring a protective guard by August 5. This was clearly planned manipulation.

Are you saying Langley parents are violent and dangerous threats?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very frustrating that no one has posted the top three BRAC priorities for each region. If they were presented to all at the meeting, let’s hear them. I’d like to know what my region’s reps are recommending and shouldn’t be forced to reach out to them personally to get this information.

You can email your reps. They have emails listed on the BRAC website.

FCPS has posted community comments from big meetings before so maybe these will eventually get posted too.

But they shouldn't have to chase down their reps. Our pyramid reps aren't responding to emsils.

FCPS should have posted each priority publicly

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

Ironic timing of Reid hiring a protective guard by August 5. This was clearly planned manipulation.

Are you saying Langley parents are violent and dangerous threats?

Not at all, never. FCPS is probably preparing to get swarmed with questions as this fall progresses.

[Anonymous]

Who is the region 5 fcps stooge?

Region 5 should want to talk about KAA boundaries first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is the region 5 fcps stooge?

Region 5 should want to talk about KAA boundaries first.

It is the third rep of a high school that is nowhere near KAA or Great Falls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has the making of a real scandal. There is a very real possibility that school board members or FCPS staff asked their BRAC cronies in region 5 to add that priority, so that there is a veneer of it coming from BRAC.

They must’ve known that Region 1 BRAC, where the school is located, would never go along with it.

Region 5 BRAC members just destroyed their credibility in one fell swoop.

I live in Region 5. I read these forums but have nothing to do with BRAC. If I were a betting person, I would suggest that earlier speculation about the "3rd" member of one of the pyramids in Region 5 encouraged this. I doubt anyone from my pyramid did this.

I would suggest that Marshall is in Region 1 and some of those neighborhoods along route 7 are adjacent to Marshall neighborhoods. If they want to be sent to Langley, that would be a possibility.

Also, if you are in a pyramid for one school, but your elementary school is in another region--which region do you go with on BRAC?

Marshall is in Region 5, not Region 1. There are some people in an attendance island at Westbriar ES currently at Westbriar/Kilmer/Marshall who would prefer being moved to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley to being moved to Wolftrap ES (while remaining at Kilmer/Marshall), as proposed by Thru. They live closer to Cooper and Langley than the Forestville families and might believe that moving Forestville to Herndon would create more space to move them to Cooper and Langley instead.

The current regions have made little sense from their inception, and the various boundary change proposals just make that more obvious. It's like FCPS has deliberately chosen to structure itself in a manner that dilutes meaningful input and makes people wish the district was divided into smaller, more sensible school districts.

[Anonymous]

Again, which groups did community reps meet with? Did they have a special region or go with the one where they live. I can see a community rep who lives in my pyramid but is not the pyramid rep. I definitely see him as being heavily influenced by the School Board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is the region 5 fcps stooge?

Region 5 should want to talk about KAA boundaries first.

THIS! As a resident in the Herndon/Chantilly area I'm pretty sure there is nothing more impactful to Region 5 boundaries than the KAA acquisition. The fact that the board and Reid aren't even remotely addressing this is shocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is the region 5 fcps stooge?

Region 5 should want to talk about KAA boundaries first.

THIS! As a resident in the Herndon/Chantilly area I'm pretty sure there is nothing more impactful to Region 5 boundaries than the KAA acquisition. The fact that the board and Reid aren't even remotely addressing this is shocking.

I live in the KAA area and Region 5. I had no idea that Marshall and Woodson are also in Region 5. So, that may explain lack of interest.

My pyramid reps do not live in my area. I dont know of any reps in this area. That may explain why KAA was not brought up.. There may not be any reps from KAA area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is the region 5 fcps stooge?

Region 5 should want to talk about KAA boundaries first.

THIS! As a resident in the Herndon/Chantilly area I'm pretty sure there is nothing more impactful to Region 5 boundaries than the KAA acquisition. The fact that the board and Reid aren't even remotely addressing this is shocking.

Perhaps the Fairfax Citizens Assoc crew and any related BRAC reps will remove KAA as a base school. IDK. https://www.fairfaxfederation.org/_files/ugd/8bf868_d128de909f284981a476bef5d4429396.pdf

What shocks me is that any and all BRAC reps whether pyramid or special interest are not complaining about meeing/discussion/information for Marshall in Region 5. The FCPS creation of the Marshall Pyramid Island, largest in FCPS.

The 8/5/25 slide show on transfers appears to be a placeholder meeting simply reformatting stuff from 2/21/25 program listing and 3/26/25 [splits, MS 6-8, transfers]. https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/20250221_SuperintendentBoundaryReviewAdvisoryCommitteePresentation.pdf
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/3-26-2025SuperintendentBoundaryReviewAdvisoryCommitteePresentation.pdf