Current Herndon HS parents

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

You are 100% right about little to no demand among FCPS parents for redistricting (except of course for one extremely vocal proponent on this board).

And I hope you are right that the board backs down. I totally get that they are politicians and can talk a big game.

But with my kids’ education on the line, I’m also going to fight to make sure it never comes close to happening.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

Not them. Staff would draft the plan. In fact, I bet they already have one.

They were just elected/re-elected. There will never be a better time, especially with the economy being bad. Many people won’t be able to pull for private.

It doesn't matter who drafts the plan. It's who is going to be sitting at the public hearings if and when a plan is exposed for public comment, and who ultimately has to vote on the plan. And that's the current School Board.

Just because it's "better" to launch something like this in the first two years of their term than in the year or so before the next election doesn't mean that it's a good idea or that it wouldn't have major repercussions.

Apart from the fact that not a single one of them was elected or re-elected based on a pledge to effect a county-wide redistricting, they have no track record of competence when it comes to boundary changes over at least the past decade. Why should anyone think FCPS could design and implement a big redistricting well when they've made a mess of even the small ones?

That's not to say there couldn't be boundary changes affecting Herndon in the future. But they'd be better served justifying that based on a very specific need that just trying to cram it down someone's throat as part of a county-wide redistricting that next to no one asked for.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

Under-enrollment and/or overcrowding at some schools is not the same thing as any significant demand among county residents for a county-wide redistricting. The outreach that FCPS conducted a few years ago suggested just the opposite.

[Anonymous]

I always appreciate whenever someone uses the “cram/shove X down Y’s throat” phrasing as it lets me know I can stop taking whatever they have to say seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:I always appreciate whenever someone uses the “cram/shove X down Y’s throat” phrasing as it lets me know I can stop taking whatever they have to say seriously.

DP, but I actually agree with most of what that poster said. That’s a weird thing for you to focus on, as I don’t think it is particularly offensive phrasing, but whatever, to each their own.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

Under-enrollment and/or overcrowding at some schools is not the same thing as any significant demand among county residents for a county-wide redistricting. The outreach that FCPS conducted a few years ago suggested just the opposite.

"Some" schools quickly turns into multiples of that figure because solving the overcrowding issues of one building inevitably affects the surrounding pyramids. And as has been discussed by the Board, piecemeal approaches are only band-aids that shift the problem around temporarily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always appreciate whenever someone uses the “cram/shove X down Y’s throat” phrasing as it lets me know I can stop taking whatever they have to say seriously.

It’s short-hand for elected officials largely ignoring the clearly expressed preferences of those who elected them in order to advance their own previously undisclosed agendas.

Feel free to ignore this, too.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

Under-enrollment and/or overcrowding at some schools is not the same thing as any significant demand among county residents for a county-wide redistricting. The outreach that FCPS conducted a few years ago suggested just the opposite.

"Some" schools quickly turns into multiples of that figure because solving the overcrowding issues of one building inevitably affects the surrounding pyramids. And as has been discussed by the Board, piecemeal approaches are only band-aids that shift the problem around temporarily.

Not really. Overcrowding at an ES might be addressed by moving kids to one or more ES in the same pyramid. Overcrowding at a MS or HS might be addressed simply by moving kids to a different MS or HS without some domino effect affecting multiple schools. There could be situations where they might need to change the boundaries at multiple schools but it’s certainly not something that would be necessary in every instance.

[Anonymous]

The board may well be incompetent, but several parents here are calling for is redlining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The board may well be incompetent, but several parents here are calling for is redlining.

Several parents on this board are calling for the board to deny education to minorities based on the fact that they are minorities?

Do you ever stop to think before you post, or do you just level ridiculous accusations when you’ve got nothing substantive to add?

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

Under-enrollment and/or overcrowding at some schools is not the same thing as any significant demand among county residents for a county-wide redistricting. The outreach that FCPS conducted a few years ago suggested just the opposite.

"Some" schools quickly turns into multiples of that figure because solving the overcrowding issues of one building inevitably affects the surrounding pyramids. And as has been discussed by the Board, piecemeal approaches are only band-aids that shift the problem around temporarily.

Not really. Overcrowding at an ES might be addressed by moving kids to one or more ES in the same pyramid. Overcrowding at a MS or HS might be addressed simply by moving kids to a different MS or HS without some domino effect affecting multiple schools. There could be situations where they might need to change the boundaries at multiple schools but it’s certainly not something that would be necessary in every instance.

Where do you propose sending the current and projected overages from McLean and Chantilly without expanding the schools?

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Anonymous wrote:The board may well be incompetent, but several parents here are calling for is redlining.

Several parents on this board are calling for the board to deny education to minorities based on the fact that they are minorities?

Do you ever stop to think before you post, or do you just level ridiculous accusations when you’ve got nothing substantive to add?

Let’s call it whitelining then. Keeping socioeconomically advantaged kids within a boundary for the sake of property values and/or exposure to those deemed lesser than.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board may well be incompetent, but several parents here are calling for is redlining.

Several parents on this board are calling for the board to deny education to minorities based on the fact that they are minorities?

Do you ever stop to think before you post, or do you just level ridiculous accusations when you’ve got nothing substantive to add?

Let’s call it whitelining then. Keeping socioeconomically advantaged kids within a boundary for the sake of property values and/or exposure to those deemed lesser than.

I’ve been on this board long enough to know that you will accuse people of racism if they don’t subscribe to your views on equity.

I only care so far as the board views the world in the same way that you do. I think some board members might, but I agree with the PP that there is a good chance they’ll back down in light of the large majority opposed to county wide redistricting.

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Anonymous wrote:What is it about GenEd kids that makes people so afraid to share a classroom with them? I definitely think kids should strive to meet their potential, be we can't all be great at everything. What are you really afraid of?

I suspect it's exposure to ethnic groups and socio-economic groups the that have perceived behavioral problems or aren't "serious" students b/c they aren't in the AP classes.

“Perceived” behavioral problems, lmao. Not just perceived but reported to the state.

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high#fndtn-desktopTabs-climate

2022-2023 Offenses
Behaviors that Impede Academic Progress 506
Behaviors related to School Operations 496
Relationship Behaviors without Physical Harm 375
Behaviors of a Safety Concern 204
Behaviors that Endanger the Health, Safety, or Welfare of Self or Others 36

Numbers will go down with the rebounders. I finally got around to watching some of the board meeting and every indication is that they will follow through with a county-wide redraw.

Every indication is that they will attempt to follow through with a county-wide redraw. Whether they succeed in light of the onslaught of pushback that they will get and their inability to predict out more than a year, that is the question. They aren’t going to want to redistrict a school in the name of equity just to have it overcrowded a couple years later.

You and PP are trying so hard to get people riled up over the looming “county-wide redraw” but failing, probably because the last time this came up the obstacles to the School Board pulling this off successfully got aired in some detail. These folks can’t even get one-off boundary changes right, so no one really expects them to try to go for the whole enchilada.

I’m definitely not trying to get anyone riled up. I personally think a county-wide redistricting is a misguided waste of resources and that every school board member who votes for it should lose their job.

That said, I listened to the 2/8 board meeting, and member after member talked a big game (particularly McDaniel). I hope they aren’t crazy enough to try any big redistricting, but they just might. No need to get riled up, but likewise don’t get too complacent if your kids might be impacted.

It's a new board at the beginning of their four-year term. They're allowed, and even perhaps expected, to say some things they walk back later.

The motivation behind the talk of a county-wide redistricting was the desire on the part of some new School Board members to remove and/or insulate themselves from responsibility for boundary changes by suggesting they could just rely on staff or some third party to come up with a county-wide redistricting proposal.

What they will soon realize, if they haven't realized it since 2/8, is that ultimately they will be held accountable for any boundary changes. There is little demand among parents for sweeping changes, and the opposition they would face would be substantial.

Little demand. LOL. Then we should have no complaints about ANY school being overcrowded. Put two students to a desk, split students into morning and afternoon schools in the same building. Do not spend another dollar on expansions. Maintain what we have, because there is no overcrowding issues in FCPS.

Under-enrollment and/or overcrowding at some schools is not the same thing as any significant demand among county residents for a county-wide redistricting. The outreach that FCPS conducted a few years ago suggested just the opposite.

"Some" schools quickly turns into multiples of that figure because solving the overcrowding issues of one building inevitably affects the surrounding pyramids. And as has been discussed by the Board, piecemeal approaches are only band-aids that shift the problem around temporarily.

Not really. Overcrowding at an ES might be addressed by moving kids to one or more ES in the same pyramid. Overcrowding at a MS or HS might be addressed simply by moving kids to a different MS or HS without some domino effect affecting multiple schools. There could be situations where they might need to change the boundaries at multiple schools but it’s certainly not something that would be necessary in every instance.

Where do you propose sending the current and projected overages from McLean and Chantilly without expanding the schools?

Not sure there are any two high schools that deserve expansions more than McLean and Chantilly, but best for this thread to stay focused on Herndon, no?