Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form was turned off early!

This is not surprising. They will turn it back on if someone complains, but they don’t look at the comments anyway.

true! echo PP to email school board member!

[Anonymous]

FYI, the School Board is tentatively scheduled to receive a specific Kent Gardens redistricting recommendation from FCPS staff in advance of the upcoming meeting on November 20th. Any idea where they are heading? If past is prologue, they'll wait until at least Friday afternoon (11/17) to post the staff recommendation.

[Anonymous]

This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

[Anonymous]

Westgate had the most capacity and a brand new expanded facility, this is the obvious choice but uppity McLean moms would lose their minds so they'd rather over crowd the other McLean only elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Westgate had the most capacity and a brand new expanded facility, this is the obvious choice but uppity McLean moms would lose their minds so they'd rather over crowd the other McLean only elementary schools.

Uhh, no. FCPS staff proposed not to move anyone to Westgate because it’s one of the main elementary schools serving growing Tysons, along with Spring Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Westgate had the most capacity and a brand new expanded facility, this is the obvious choice but uppity McLean moms would lose their minds so they'd rather over crowd the other McLean only elementary schools.

Uhh, no. FCPS staff proposed not to move anyone to Westgate because it’s one of the main elementary schools serving growing Tysons, along with Spring Hill.

Exactly, if anything they should be shifting even more students to Chesterbrook which is projected at 86% capacity in 5 years and presumably continuing to drop off from there as it's on a long-term downward trend in enrollment (and that's even taking into account the proposed shifts from Scenario B). It's the furthest from Tysons and abuts the Arlington county line, so it really has nowhere else to draw additional students from to make use of the available capacity of Chesterbrook (and leave more capacity available for growth near Tysons and even some modest growth in downtown McLean where more projects like Signet could happen). Haycock also likely to see increased enrollment from West Falls Church development, so shifting kids there from KG seems a bit short-sighted as well unless they are planning to unwind the AAP Center aspect of Haycock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

heh. thanks.

I do think it's a reasonable plan. it doesn't move the walkers. I think operational concerns like buses play a huge role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

heh. thanks.

I do think it's a reasonable plan. it doesn't move the walkers. I think operational concerns like buses play a huge role.

I think bus issues are a short-term issue that can be addressed much more quickly and cheaply than building additional facility capacity, so while a concern/factor, not a primary one over long-term planning.

I also know a couple families in the “walk zone” across Pimmit Run from the school and they admit few of them actually walk. Most drive and drop off, so I don’t think that should be a major consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

heh. thanks.

I do think it's a reasonable plan. it doesn't move the walkers. I think operational concerns like buses play a huge role.

I think bus issues are a short-term issue that can be addressed much more quickly and cheaply than building additional facility capacity, so while a concern/factor, not a primary one over long-term planning.

I also know a couple families in the “walk zone” across Pimmit Run from the school and they admit few of them actually walk. Most drive and drop off, so I don’t think that should be a major consideration.

I live in that neighborhood and you are mistaken. Many kids walk or bike to school. The trail was recently paved which is a huge improvement.

[Anonymous]

A TON of kids use the bike path every day. The only time I would say parents opt to drive is when it is raining or freezing out. We live in the neighborhood and my kids exclusively walk to and from school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

The weird thing is they are keeping that small bit of FS just N of 123 and W of Old Dominion. It would have made more sense just to have everyone in that tiny bulge move to Churchill Rd as others nearby do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the link to check: https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/mclean-pyramid

But no rec is up. They send an email out but play hide the ball. Weird.

Per the board docs agenda for Nov 20 meeting, staff recommendation is for Scenario B

The weird thing is they are keeping that small bit of FS just N of 123 and W of Old Dominion. It would have made more sense just to have everyone in that tiny bulge move to Churchill Rd as others nearby do.

It’s fine to leave it where it is, thanks. Franklin Sherman is not overcrowded so no need to rezone the area, and we’d also rather stay at our current MS/HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start another French immersion program somewhere
else. Perhaps get rid of Japanese immersion at GF and make it french.

How about we eliminate the wasteful, expensive language immersion programs and use that money to make sure all the kids can speak and read English instead?

Also: if you're going to teach elementary school kids a language, Japanese and French are about the two most useless ones I can think of.

[Anonymous]

This seems like an incredibly disruptive plan that affects so many schools and increases some of their crowding to address overcrowding at KG that could easily be handled by moving the immersion program elsewhere.