Franklin Sherman ES

[Anonymous]

Any reason why this school in McLean isn't subject to redistricting since it has a very low student:teacher ratio while the rest of McLean schools are overloaded?

[Anonymous]

FS has a relatively high percentage of special education kids, which brings down the student-to-teacher ratio. In addition, it's currently only about 15 students below capacity and the enrollment is expected to increase over the next few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FS has a relatively high percentage of special education kids, which brings down the student-to-teacher ratio. In addition, it's currently only about 15 students below capacity and the enrollment is expected to increase over the next few years.

Why are there so many special needs kids there? Nevertheless, they are below capacity while most McLean schools are well above capacity.

[Anonymous]

they have a special ed preschool program as well as the PAC (preschool autism) program which most of the Mclean schools do not have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FS has a relatively high percentage of special education kids, which brings down the student-to-teacher ratio. In addition, it's currently only about 15 students below capacity and the enrollment is expected to increase over the next few years.

Why are there so many special needs kids there? Nevertheless, they are below capacity while most McLean schools are well above capacity.

FCPS has its hands full with other redistrictrings right now, so it's unlikely they are going to change boundaries in McLean any time soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FS has a relatively high percentage of special education kids, which brings down the student-to-teacher ratio. In addition, it's currently only about 15 students below capacity and the enrollment is expected to increase over the next few years.

Why are there so many special needs kids there? Nevertheless, they are below capacity while most McLean schools are well above capacity.

FCPS has its hands full with other redistrictrings right now, so it's unlikely they are going to change boundaries in McLean any time soon.

I doubt that also, but that doesn't make it right.

[Anonymous]

If there are enough parents in a nearby school who think it's a problem, you could contact Jane Strauss and request an "administrative" boundary change to move some kids at Churchill Road, Chesterbrook or Kent Gardens to Sherman. An "administrative" boundary change is a small boundary change that the School Board can make relatively quickly without lots of studies, hearings, etc. Sherman is already a "split feeder" to both Cooper and Longfellow, so moving some kids there wouldn't affect the middle or high school assignments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are enough parents in a nearby school who think it's a problem, you could contact Jane Strauss and request an "administrative" boundary change to move some kids at Churchill Road, Chesterbrook or Kent Gardens to Sherman. An "administrative" boundary change is a small boundary change that the School Board can make relatively quickly without lots of studies, hearings, etc. Sherman is already a "split feeder" to both Cooper and Longfellow, so moving some kids there wouldn't affect the middle or high school assignments.

It's really up to the public administrators to be proactive in this regard. It shouldn't take parents in overcrowded schools, who could bear the brunt of the backlash, to push for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there are enough parents in a nearby school who think it's a problem, you could contact Jane Strauss and request an "administrative" boundary change to move some kids at Churchill Road, Chesterbrook or Kent Gardens to Sherman. An "administrative" boundary change is a small boundary change that the School Board can make relatively quickly without lots of studies, hearings, etc. Sherman is already a "split feeder" to both Cooper and Longfellow, so moving some kids there wouldn't affect the middle or high school assignments.

It's really up to the public administrators to be proactive in this regard. It shouldn't take parents in overcrowded schools, who could bear the brunt of the backlash, to push for this.

Right. Well, good luck with that approach. Back-to-school night in the trailers isn't all that bad.

[Anonymous]

churchill is great, with the trailers. I would not send any of those kids anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there are enough parents in a nearby school who think it's a problem, you could contact Jane Strauss and request an "administrative" boundary change to move some kids at Churchill Road, Chesterbrook or Kent Gardens to Sherman. An "administrative" boundary change is a small boundary change that the School Board can make relatively quickly without lots of studies, hearings, etc. Sherman is already a "split feeder" to both Cooper and Longfellow, so moving some kids there wouldn't affect the middle or high school assignments.

It's really up to the public administrators to be proactive in this regard. It shouldn't take parents in overcrowded schools, who could bear the brunt of the backlash, to push for this.

Right. Well, good luck with that approach. Back-to-school night in the trailers isn't all that bad.

Who's talking about back to school night besides you? No one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Who's talking about back to school night besides you? No one.

It appears only one poster has a problem with the Sherman boundaries - but doesn't really care enough to do anything about it.

End of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Who's talking about back to school night besides you? No one.

It appears only one poster has a problem with the Sherman boundaries - but doesn't really care enough to do anything about it.

End of story.

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