FCPS About to Propose Major Boundary Changes?
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Anonymous
Here's the work session agenda item: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9PANAF5EF993 The attachments are all linked at the bottom of the agenda item.
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Anonymous
| Yes, it will be on the School Board part of the website - I wouldn't expect anything from FCPS directly for a while. |
Anonymous
| What was the date of the work session? I cannot get the link to work. |
Anonymous
Nov 10, 2014 |
Anonymous
| Is this in response to having to absorb the surge of illegal kids who crossed the border recently? |
Anonymous
No. It in is response to long standing overcrowded schools being and projected growth in those same schools. |
Anonymous
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Facilities will be including (all?) the proposals outlined in the November 10 work session in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
There will be a public hearing on the Capital Improvement Program on January 6, 2015. The speakers list opened today: http://www.fcps.edu/schlbd/meetings/requestspeak-online-ph.shtml The proposed CIP will be presented at the December 18 School Board meeting: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9RNRPG6EEED6 |
Anonymous
It's probably more accurate to call these items "options" than "proposals." My understanding is the School Board might vote to include them in the CIP, to give folks a heads-up, but most would have to be seprately proposed and approved, typically years from now, before they ever were implemented. Many likely will never get adopted. |
Anonymous
Point taken -- therefore the following rewording: Facilities will be including (all?) the findings outlined in the November 10 work session in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). |
Anonymous
Sorry, I was not trying to split hairs. It's simply that some of the potential changes that Facilities has identified would be fairly controversial. I was curious, so I listened to the November 10th work session and had some follow-up discussions with a School Board member and facilities staff, and they were clear that what FCPS is trying to do here is identify capital needs and challenges in the coming years, and identify what Facilities sees as potential solutions so that people aren't taken by surprise if the School Board decides to move forward with some of the options later. But, for example, some of the solutions would only be needed if the current projections for enrollment four or five years from now turn out to be accurate, which is a big "if. |
Anonymous
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The proposed CIP is now posted:
http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9RS2U3647CAD/$file/Proposed%20CIP%202016-20_Final_Web.pdf as is the CIP presentation: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9RSUUY4A0C0B/$file/CIP%20Presentation%20(3).pdf |
Anonymous
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Listening to the CIP Public hearing now. It was nice to hear Karen Garza state the CIP would be updated to specify the regulations and processes that must be followed for any boundary changes or changes in AAP centers.
The speakers so far have strong statements, too. |
Anonymous
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Link to the CIP public hearing video. Dr. Garza leads off with her statement prior to citizens' testimony:
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