FCPS' plans to address concerns at under-enrolled and over-enrolled schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Why want Franconia Elementary School an option to move to Lewis? It’s literally right there. If over crowding at Edison is an issue, why isn’t this school being considered?

Has anyone looked at the demographics of Bren Mar? Interesting that this was the school targeted……

A lot of Franconia ES walks to Edison HS. Cross Van Dorn from Edison and you’re in the Franconia ES area.

They target Bren Mar Park because it’s the only school zoned to Holmes that doesn’t feed to Annandale and they expect the parents to put up less of a fight than if they tried to move people out of West Springfield to Lewis. They are the lowest-hanging fruit.

Bren Mar Park should be moved back to Annandale. They just changed it to Edison like 15-20 years ago and the community was angry. They like Annandale. That would solve the split feeding. They are not connected to the Lewis area and it is not convenient to get to from the Bren Mar neighborhoods.

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

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By the way Lewis is not “beneath” anyone that is reprehensible to say. Multiple schools that have been told they are going to be moved there have fought it. It is in a geographically horrible location and alternatives should be sought.

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

The proposal of tossing Edison kids at Lewis to increase the enrollment there has been the West Springfield strategy for some time.

Edison is not at the level of crowding that has triggered boundary changes; its enrollment has declined over the course of this school year; and the "slated growth" to which you refer may or may not come to pass and, if it does, could be offset by declines in enrollment in other areas zoned to Edison.

Your hypocrisy is obvious: Ignore the years of actual overcrowding at West Springfield and focus instead on potential overcrowding elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

The proposal of tossing Edison kids at Lewis to increase the enrollment there has been the West Springfield strategy for some time.

Edison is not at the level of crowding that has triggered boundary changes; its enrollment has declined over the course of this school year; and the "slated growth" to which you refer may or may not come to pass and, if it does, could be offset by declines in enrollment in other areas zoned to Edison.

Your hypocrisy is obvious: Ignore the years of actual overcrowding at West Springfield and focus instead on potential overcrowding elsewhere.

No one at WSHS is complaining about the ‘overcrowding.”

Sure, wait until Edison is overcrowded and then redistrict. It is what the board usually does and if that is what you want, you have 4-5 years. If those houses are built in 2-3 have fun with the next 2 years of Edison being “overcrowded.” Maybe your kids won’t care about it either I don’t know.

Please notice, I am not pointing fingers at Edison nor am I using language like “tossing children.” I am saying that no one should move who doesn’t want to and that it is time to rethink Lewis. But that idea has made you VERY angry and all you want to do point fingers.

Best of luck, at this point, I guess the take away from your posts is that any advocacy I would do for changing Lewis is pointless and my efforts, should mirror yours. Except I won’t because I find your take deplorable.

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

The proposal of tossing Edison kids at Lewis to increase the enrollment there has been the West Springfield strategy for some time.

Edison is not at the level of crowding that has triggered boundary changes; its enrollment has declined over the course of this school year; and the "slated growth" to which you refer may or may not come to pass and, if it does, could be offset by declines in enrollment in other areas zoned to Edison.

Your hypocrisy is obvious: Ignore the years of actual overcrowding at West Springfield and focus instead on potential overcrowding elsewhere.

No one at WSHS is complaining about the ‘overcrowding.”

Sure, wait until Edison is overcrowded and then redistrict. It is what the board usually does and if that is what you want, you have 4-5 years. If those houses are built in 2-3 have fun with the next 2 years of Edison being “overcrowded.” Maybe your kids won’t care about it either I don’t know.

Please notice, I am not pointing fingers at Edison nor am I using language like “tossing children.” I am saying that no one should move who doesn’t want to and that it is time to rethink Lewis. But that idea has made you VERY angry and all you want to do point fingers.

Best of luck, at this point, I guess the take away from your posts is that any advocacy I would do for changing Lewis is pointless and my efforts, should mirror yours. Except I won’t because I find your take deplorable.

In the scheme of things, actual 105%-plus overcrowding at West Springfield over a sustained period ought to get more attention than the possibility of future overcrowding at that level at Edison.

You didn't limit your comments to "rethinking" Lewis. You were instead quick to jump on the bandwagon that moving Edison kids to Lewis was a sensible idea, which instead we all know FCPS is just betting Bren Mar Park parents would put up less of a fight.

The hypocrisy is glaring.

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I don't live anywhere near this area, but here is an idea:

Improve Lewis where it is:

1. Eliminate IB. It is clearly not the right fit for Lewis (really not the right fit for FCPS.) It will eliminate some of the outplacement to AP.
2. Look at the programs offered. Is the leadership program costing more than it is worth? I've no idea, but someone know whether it is working or not. Is it attracting the kids? Is it improving performance? If not, then scale it way back.
3. Offer strong direct instruction to all students. Provide tutoring to those who are struggling.
4. Look at your extracurriculars. Those are important to keep kids involved. Are they adaptable to the whole community? Do they bring students together? Do they have strong teacher sponsors?


To FCPS leadership: what can you do to attract strong professionals to the school? Is the school clean? Do the administrators provide strong support?
What can you do to keep talented students there? Do they feel ignored?

You have got to find something that unifies the school. In some schools it is football teams. In others, it may be something else, but you need something that keeps the students attending and working.

Do you have a strong onboarding of freshmen? That could be a start.
Could you get local businesses involved to give free coupons for activities?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't live anywhere near this area, but here is an idea:

Improve Lewis where it is:

1. Eliminate IB. It is clearly not the right fit for Lewis (really not the right fit for FCPS.) It will eliminate some of the outplacement to AP.
2. Look at the programs offered. Is the leadership program costing more than it is worth? I've no idea, but someone know whether it is working or not. Is it attracting the kids? Is it improving performance? If not, then scale it way back.
3. Offer strong direct instruction to all students. Provide tutoring to those who are struggling.
4. Look at your extracurriculars. Those are important to keep kids involved. Are they adaptable to the whole community? Do they bring students together? Do they have strong teacher sponsors?


To FCPS leadership: what can you do to attract strong professionals to the school? Is the school clean? Do the administrators provide strong support?
What can you do to keep talented students there? Do they feel ignored?

You have got to find something that unifies the school. In some schools it is football teams. In others, it may be something else, but you need something that keeps the students attending and working.

Do you have a strong onboarding of freshmen? That could be a start.
Could you get local businesses involved to give free coupons for activities?

This is the logical place to start, but the school board seems clueless. Plus the school board rep for Lewis is useless

[Anonymous]

Kids are transferring out of Lewis for Edison because Edison has more specialty programs, the CTE/vocational programs and the STEM academy. Lewis has the leadership academy but it doesn’t seem to be doing much to attract new students or keep the students who are already there.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids are transferring out of Lewis for Edison because Edison has more specialty programs, the CTE/vocational programs and the STEM academy. Lewis has the leadership academy but it doesn’t seem to be doing much to attract new students or keep the students who are already there.

Wow. I did not know that. Just looked at the dashboard. 70 kids PP into Edison from Lewis. Stop that and you will solve overcrowding at Edison. Seems like Lewis needs to add some of those special programs.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids are transferring out of Lewis for Edison because Edison has more specialty programs, the CTE/vocational programs and the STEM academy. Lewis has the leadership academy but it doesn’t seem to be doing much to attract new students or keep the students who are already there.

Wow. I did not know that. Just looked at the dashboard. 70 kids PP into Edison from Lewis. Stop that and you will solve overcrowding at Edison. Seems like Lewis needs to add some of those special programs.

Great pic on Edison homepage. Happy, joyous pic.

Lewis homepage is kind of dull --but many of the schools have similar homepages.

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

The proposal of tossing Edison kids at Lewis to increase the enrollment there has been the West Springfield strategy for some time.

Edison is not at the level of crowding that has triggered boundary changes; its enrollment has declined over the course of this school year; and the "slated growth" to which you refer may or may not come to pass and, if it does, could be offset by declines in enrollment in other areas zoned to Edison.

Your hypocrisy is obvious: Ignore the years of actual overcrowding at West Springfield and focus instead on potential overcrowding elsewhere.

What are you talking about? Do you live in the area? They are building new homes at the old Top Golf which is right down Van Dorn St from Edison

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Anonymous wrote:I listened to the presentation today. The commenters and people attending at Bren Mar Park were not happy. It was pretty transparent that they were being targeted, and also pretty transparent that the goal was not just relieving capacity at Edison, but also filling up Lewis. One commenter correctly pointed out that if the capacity issue is with Edison, the solution should involve all of Edison. Not just the one school being targeted for removal. They were wondering why Franconia elementary wasn’t involved in this or why any of the West Springfield feeders weren’t being involved, so poking that hornets nest again. Some of the meeting attendees also pointed out that the commute from the Bren Mar Park area would involve driving on 395/95 or on Van Dorn right past Edison to get to Lewis.

This is a mess and the facilities guy presenting was unprepared. The answer to all the questions seemed to be “submit your feedback through the feedback form.” Also worth noting, the guy presenting and answering the questions today was Eric Gordon from facilities. However the “champion” for this project is the head of HR, a guy named Andrew Solomon.

Additionally I want to point out that they said that Nardos King 🤮 will be the “champion” for the Lorton issue.

Why is the Chief Equity Officer being named champion for the “Lorton issue”? Unless the issue has nothing to do with capacity and everything to do with “equity.” It’s also interesting that Silverbrook Elementary is not being included in the Lorton Boundary review issue, which is where Sandy Anderson lives. Halley and Silverbrook are both physically located in Crosspointe, and moving Hagel Circle out of Halley will leave the school at roughly 60% capacity. Wouldn’t it make sense to also include the other elementary school in the same neighborhood in the review? Some students assigned for Silverbrook live physically close enough to Halley to be walkers.

I don’t think boundary changes are the answer in most cases, and I believe quite strongly that the school board members’ kids should be moved everyone they make comprehensive changes. If they believe that the changes have minimal impact on families and students, then they should welcome the opportunity to lead by example. Time to put up, Sandy.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/boundary-adjustments-information/bren-mar-park-boundary-study

The maps are up for Bren Mar Park and it looks like the proposal is to shift it to Key and Lewis. They will have to start 6th grade at BMP as they are currently a pre-K-5 school. Unclear how they plan to do this but BMP is under construction at the moment, so perhaps when the construction is done they will have room for a few more classrooms. This will take 344 students out of Edison and add them to Lewis.

Re open Edsall Park instead of expanding Bren Mar Park
Ex Edsall Park to Annandale [old modular]
Bren Mar Park to Edison
Edison STEM - 270 - to Lewis - 70 transfers from IB Lewis to IB Edison
Lewis AP
Edison in boundary over based on new housing when it yields students- move SPAs bordering West Potomac to West Potomac

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Anonymous wrote:West Springfield has over 2800 kids but they are proposing to kick kids out of Edison because they think Lewis needs more kids? Pathetic.

Edison is already at capacity and there are new housing developments being built literally within walking distance at the old Top Golf and the old local government building. They are going to have to do something about capacity there in the next 5 years and the Bryn Mar Park option seems like a pretty solid solution.

Uh huh. Because that POS facilities guy who went to West Springfield (Platenberg) made sure West Springfield got a much bigger expansion than Edison when they were renovated within years of one another?

Move BMP to Lewis and then both Edison and Lewis will have 1800-1850 kids while West Springfield is closer to 2800.

Okay. But…. WSHS doesn’t feel over crowded and it isn’t a growth area. Projections have it growing by 1 student. Would you pull kids out and then have WSHS be an empty building? AT this point, you can’t really

I think the commute to Lewis sucks from everywhere but that immediate community. No one wants to trudge through the mixing bowl to attend events or have their new driver driving there. It needs a different solution, and or a huge renovation to make it more appealing.

Instead the board is offering sky view on the other side of the county. I hope one of the members creates a bond to make Lewis upgraded and appealing. Maybe more the academies out of Edison and make Lewis academy only so kids and buses are in after rush hour and out before rush hour.

PS- the WSHS principal is out on medical leave. I hope he recovers fully and quickly.

According to FCPS West Springfield has been above the 105% capacity threshold that was used to justify boundary changes at lots of other schools every year since 2022-23 (four years in a row).

Claiming it doesn't feel overcrowded is just another way to say you don't want to be treated the same as other schools because you consider Lewis beneath you. If anyone should be moved to Lewis, they should come from a school that has ACTUALLY been over 105% capacity for the last four years, not one that MIGHT be over 105% at some later date. If eliminating the split feeder at Holmes remains a priority, that is most easily achieved by moving Bren Mar Park to Annandale, and not by moving it to both Key and Lee.

Further, they don't have the money to upgrade Lewis now, and if anything the money being spent on Skyview will delay a Lewis renovation. There are at least two other high schools that are older than Lewis and logically should be renovated before Lewis. However, that's not a reason not to move kids to Lewis if it has room.

It's utterly despicable that they are looking to gut Holmes and Edison as a last resort to increase the enrollment at Lewis, when Lewis borders a high school with over 2800 kids.

The money came from somewhere to buy sky view. Bonds pass all the time why go against making a bond that helps the Springfield/ Annandale area? Is the extra money only for the northern parts of Fairfax?

Do you think they should ignore the Edison slated growth? That seems like poor planning and a way to ensure yet another round of crappy changes.

I really do understand your anger but the constant diversion of naming other areas to solve a problem is something I can’t and won’t get behind. Throwing another group of kids under the bus so your kid is “safe” is gross.

The proposal of tossing Edison kids at Lewis to increase the enrollment there has been the West Springfield strategy for some time.

Edison is not at the level of crowding that has triggered boundary changes; its enrollment has declined over the course of this school year; and the "slated growth" to which you refer may or may not come to pass and, if it does, could be offset by declines in enrollment in other areas zoned to Edison.

Your hypocrisy is obvious: Ignore the years of actual overcrowding at West Springfield and focus instead on potential overcrowding elsewhere.

What are you talking about? Do you live in the area? They are building new homes at the old Top Golf which is right down Van Dorn St from Edison

It’s so stupid to pretend they have to change boundaries every time some new dwellings get built. You aren’t fooling anyone with this nonsense.

Come back when Edison - like West Springfield - has been over 105% capacity year after year.