FCPS HS Boundary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Couldn’t the problem with Lewis be solved by consolidating all FCPS academies and ESL in the eastern part of the county to that one school, making those programs full-time, and dividing the remaining students among nearby high schools?

good idea, let’s segregate all of the problems to one high school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

I wonder how things would shake out across the entire county if FCPS did a comprehensive residency check on everyone. Like I know 2 families just off hand using their parent’s (the kid’s grandparents) addresses for school. And my ES isn’t even all that great. I’m sure it’s a lot more in the very desirable areas.

it is easier to do that for ES as grandparents can be care givers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

I wonder how things would shake out across the entire county if FCPS did a comprehensive residency check on everyone. Like I know 2 families just off hand using their parent’s (the kid’s grandparents) addresses for school. And my ES isn’t even all that great. I’m sure it’s a lot more in the very desirable areas.

We know of a family that did this for years, through graduation, even after grandma sold the house.

FCPS needs to do a residency check.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

I wonder how things would shake out across the entire county if FCPS did a comprehensive residency check on everyone. Like I know 2 families just off hand using their parent’s (the kid’s grandparents) addresses for school. And my ES isn’t even all that great. I’m sure it’s a lot more in the very desirable areas.

We know of a family that did this for years, through graduation, even after grandma sold the house.

FCPS needs to do a residency check.

That is the what APS is doing now. It makes sense.

[Anonymous]

A lot of parents use a daycare as their address. They go there to drop off and pick up their babies and the older kids catch the bus from the daycare. Also, many of the daycare employees will send kids to FCPS school that their daycare employer is in rather than the one they live at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

I wonder how things would shake out across the entire county if FCPS did a comprehensive residency check on everyone. Like I know 2 families just off hand using their parent’s (the kid’s grandparents) addresses for school. And my ES isn’t even all that great. I’m sure it’s a lot more in the very desirable areas.

it is easier to do that for ES as grandparents can be care givers.

Is it “allowed” if the school isn’t over capacity? What about the schools that are over capacity/closed to transfers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

j

Yes they do current 8th grade is 601 current 7th is 571

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

I wonder how things would shake out across the entire county if FCPS did a comprehensive residency check on everyone. Like I know 2 families just off hand using their parent’s (the kid’s grandparents) addresses for school. And my ES isn’t even all that great. I’m sure it’s a lot more in the very desirable areas.

it is easier to do that for ES as grandparents can be care givers.

Is it “allowed” if the school isn’t over capacity? What about the schools that are over capacity/closed to transfers?

it is allowed. I don’t know the specifics of when it would be rescinded, but I would think if your child goes to a brick and mortar before and after program, the rules would be the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

j

Yes they do current 8th grade is 601 current 7th is 571

I don't know how the numbers work out exactly, but WSHS picks up students returning from LB AAP and parents who don't want to pay for private HS. So those Irving numbers don't reflect the numbers that will be in each grade at WSHS. You could compare those Irving numbers to the last ten years to get a better idea of the trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

j

Yes they do current 8th grade is 601 current 7th is 571

I don't know how the numbers work out exactly, but WSHS picks up students returning from LB AAP and parents who don't want to pay for private HS. So those Irving numbers don't reflect the numbers that will be in each grade at WSHS. You could compare those Irving numbers to the last ten years to get a better idea of the trend.

There aren’t very many of those kids. Most of them went to Irving. There are 3 classes of aap 7th graders this year. Most of my kids friends went to Irving. So maybe they will get to 600- but it isn’t 130 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

j

Yes they do current 8th grade is 601 current 7th is 571

I don't know how the numbers work out exactly, but WSHS picks up students returning from LB AAP and parents who don't want to pay for private HS. So those Irving numbers don't reflect the numbers that will be in each grade at WSHS. You could compare those Irving numbers to the last ten years to get a better idea of the trend.

There aren’t very many of those kids. Most of them went to Irving. There are 3 classes of aap 7th graders this year. Most of my kids friends went to Irving. So maybe they will get to 600- but it isn’t 130 kids.

Then it might be worthwhile to FOIA how FCPS is coming up with that 2900 number if five years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Couldn’t the problem with Lewis be solved by consolidating all FCPS academies and ESL in the eastern part of the county to that one school, making those programs full-time, and dividing the remaining students among nearby high schools?

good idea, let’s segregate all of the problems to one high school!

No one would be forced to attend, but there would be the types of programs and services that many students in the Lewis zone need and want. There’s more demand for job skills training, ESL classes, and remedial academic/SOL prep than for AP Physics, Calculus BC, or French 4. Put the courses and programs in place that serve the majority of students at Lewis - and let those kids who want something else go elsewhere. Don’t punish the academically driven kids who live in the Lewis pyramid. For those who say those kids can go to private school, there aren’t enough private schools in the area. For those who say move, there are more considerations than just schools that determine where a family chooses to live.

[Anonymous]

Chantilly will be handled when Centreville is done. Those parents will probably be just as upset as some of the WSHS parents, but it will happen. They might even try and pull in a Westfield feeder - like Virginia Run. Thinking Poplar Tree and maybe Virginia Run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the projections for WS? I thought while this current cohort of HS kids was large, the current ES cohort was smaller than typical.

You are correct.

Once the current class of 2026 graduates, all the subsequent classes go down in size significantly.

2026 is well over 700 students. 2025 and 2024 are in the mkd to upper 600s.

Every class after 2026 is in the low 600s.

WSHS will self correct without a boundary adjustment once 2026 graduates, based on all the numbers in the middle school and elementary classes zoned for WSHS.

However, there are many out of zone kids attending WSHS usiing other addresses.

WSHS needs to do a residency check before sny rezoning occurs.

The current numbers at Irving don’t align with this. Nice try.

j

Yes they do current 8th grade is 601 current 7th is 571

I don't know how the numbers work out exactly, but WSHS picks up students returning from LB AAP and parents who don't want to pay for private HS. So those Irving numbers don't reflect the numbers that will be in each grade at WSHS. You could compare those Irving numbers to the last ten years to get a better idea of the trend.

There aren’t very many of those kids. Most of them went to Irving. There are 3 classes of aap 7th graders this year. Most of my kids friends went to Irving. So maybe they will get to 600- but it isn’t 130 kids.

Then it might be worthwhile to FOIA how FCPS is coming up with that 2900 number if five years.

Where is the number posted? Can you link to where you found it? My guess is it was pre pandemic.