How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.

God forbid kids who live in apartments and townhouses be allowed to attend their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean to Marshall and Langley

Marshall to Falls Church

Falls Church to Madison.

Some Madison to Langley

Some of these areas are obvious

And some Madison to South Lakes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.

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.

Does anyone actually think Dunn Loring is going to happen? I live near there and it's been business as usual there. No signs of any change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean to Marshall and Langley

Marshall to Falls Church

Falls Church to Madison.

Some Madison to Langley

Some of these areas are obvious

Most of those are anything but obvious, especially Madison to Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean to Marshall and Langley

Marshall to Falls Church

Falls Church to Madison.

Some Madison to Langley

Some of these areas are obvious

Most of those are anything but obvious, especially Madison to Langley.

My bad, I misread the weird, long Marshall peninsula as being Langley. Ok, then send Madison to South Lakes

[Anonymous]

If you could I would convert Carson Middle to a small high school and have Franklin Middle serve as the feeder for McNair, Floris, Corssfield and Oak Hill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the boundaries for Frost, Robinson, Lake Braddock could be improved.

I highly agree with this. Woodson is massively overcrowded, which could easily be relieved by moving Oakview kids to Robinson and even another elementary school Annandale. Both Robinson and Lake Braddock are under capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.

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.

Does anyone actually think Dunn Loring is going to happen? I live near there and it's been business as usual there. No signs of any change.

This link may or may not work (the DCUM software often prevents simple links from working), but it indicates the real work on Dunn Loring isn't planned to begin until the 2023-24 school year:

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/budget/sites/budget/files/assets/documents/fy2022/advertised/cip/9-fairfax%20county%20public%20schools.pdf

Shrevewood will be overcrowded for many more years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean to Marshall and Langley

Marshall to Falls Church

Falls Church to Madison.

Some Madison to Langley

Some of these areas are obvious

Most of those are anything but obvious, especially Madison to Langley.

My bad, I misread the weird, long Marshall peninsula as being Langley. Ok, then send Madison to South Lakes

They are expanding Madison more than needed to serve the existing JMHS catchment area. More likely they will eventually move part of Marshall in Vienna to Madison as Marshall becomes increasingly Tysons-centric.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

eliminating centers solves that one pretty easily

YES PLEASE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.

God forbid kids who live in apartments and townhouses be allowed to attend their school.

Keeping apartment dwellers out of Langley and making sure that no new areas are zoned for high schools rates 2 or lower by great schools seem to always be the primary factors in drawing lines. I doubt the school board changes that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

eliminating centers solves that one pretty easily

What do you mean by eliminating centers?

[Anonymous]

no more AAP and AAP busing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the boundaries for Frost, Robinson, Lake Braddock could be improved.

I highly agree with this. Woodson is massively overcrowded, which could easily be relieved by moving Oakview kids to Robinson and even another elementary school Annandale. Both Robinson and Lake Braddock are under capacity.

Most of Oakview does go to Robinson. It is only a handful of kids who split off to Woodson- but yes, keep all of Oakview at Robinson so they can stay with their friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no more AAP and AAP busing

AAP is the pride and joy of FCPS. That won’t be eliminated.