Providence / Mosby Woods (Mosaic)

[Anonymous]

Is Mosby Woods the neighborhood with streets named things like Plantation Parkway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both Providence and Mosaic are very large, and will remain so.

FCPS had plans to fund another elementary school in the Fairfax/Oakton area and the School Board member from the Providence District, Karl Frisch, saw that those funds were reallocated (1) to ensure that Blake Lane Park was off limits as a site for a new school and (2) to renovate a building in Vienna (Dunn Loring) that has been used for administrative purposes but isn't especially close to growth areas.

So if you find either school impersonal or crowded in the future years, you'll have Frisch to thank, just as parents at some of the schools further east will end up inconvenienced when Dunn Loring reopens and there are major boundary changes affecting multiple schools (when a few smaller changes would have addressed the overcrowding issue that had existed at one school in particular pre-Covid).

It's a shame we don't elect more scrupulous School Board members, but it's a lot of time for not much pay, so the people who end up on the School Board tend not to be the best people and to have personal agendas, which in Frisch's case apparently meant currying favor with some local environmentalists rather than serving the needs of FCPS families.

Yes, they're too busy trying to serve the interests of all students and not catering to just the wealthy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Mosby Woods the neighborhood with streets named things like Plantation Parkway?

Someone has been reading the Post? Most if not all of Mosby Woods, the neighborhood, feeds into Providence ES. The elementary school, which has been renamed Mosaic ES, is to the northeast outside the City of Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Providence and Mosaic are very large, and will remain so.

FCPS had plans to fund another elementary school in the Fairfax/Oakton area and the School Board member from the Providence District, Karl Frisch, saw that those funds were reallocated (1) to ensure that Blake Lane Park was off limits as a site for a new school and (2) to renovate a building in Vienna (Dunn Loring) that has been used for administrative purposes but isn't especially close to growth areas.

So if you find either school impersonal or crowded in the future years, you'll have Frisch to thank, just as parents at some of the schools further east will end up inconvenienced when Dunn Loring reopens and there are major boundary changes affecting multiple schools (when a few smaller changes would have addressed the overcrowding issue that had existed at one school in particular pre-Covid).

It's a shame we don't elect more scrupulous School Board members, but it's a lot of time for not much pay, so the people who end up on the School Board tend not to be the best people and to have personal agendas, which in Frisch's case apparently meant currying favor with some local environmentalists rather than serving the needs of FCPS families.

Yes, they're too busy trying to serve the interests of all students and not catering to just the wealthy!

If only...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both Providence and Mosaic are very large, and will remain so.

FCPS had plans to fund another elementary school in the Fairfax/Oakton area and the School Board member from the Providence District, Karl Frisch, saw that those funds were reallocated (1) to ensure that Blake Lane Park was off limits as a site for a new school and (2) to renovate a building in Vienna (Dunn Loring) that has been used for administrative purposes but isn't especially close to growth areas.

So if you find either school impersonal or crowded in the future years, you'll have Frisch to thank, just as parents at some of the schools further east will end up inconvenienced when Dunn Loring reopens and there are major boundary changes affecting multiple schools (when a few smaller changes would have addressed the overcrowding issue that had existed at one school in particular pre-Covid).

It's a shame we don't elect more scrupulous School Board members, but it's a lot of time for not much pay, so the people who end up on the School Board tend not to be the best people and to have personal agendas, which in Frisch's case apparently meant currying favor with some local environmentalists rather than serving the needs of FCPS families.

So... is someone running against him? Are you? (Please say yes....)

[Anonymous]

Anyone have an update for this comparison as we move into planning for 2024-25? Any FCPS or school changes that should be considered?

[Anonymous]

Stay local

[Anonymous]

The main benefit for choosing Mosaic has been that they’ve been running aap longer whereas Providence started theirs just a few years ago. But I think Providence has closed that gap now that they’ve had several years to get caught up. The current aart at Provence is also very good and has been doing a good job running the aap program overall.

Also, Mosaic has more than one aap class per grade whereas Providence has just one, so the same kids are in class together for four years, which can be viewed as a positive or negative.

Another consideration is that Mosaic kids are zoned for Oakton while Providence kids are zoned for Fairfax so eventually the kids at Mosaic will be separated when they reach high school.

From what I’ve heard, Mosaic is pretty crowded and that has affected things like sign up slots for activities and things like gym space. So it’s a factor but the parents I’ve spoken with there have generally been happy overall so it’s not like a deal breaker or anything.