FCPS HS Boundary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

We are in the phase of becoming an urban center where 50% of the kids are poor. Time to just accept that and look at it like living in the city. Go private or move further out if you must, but the FCPS of the 90s-00s is a distant memory.

And as an urban center, we need to be efficient with our resources.

Too bad to see Fairfax County schools turn into this

Fairfax blue voters have supported this at the local, state, and federal level for thirty years. Chickens are coming home to roost. While some will say take this to the political forum, that would deny the connection between how people vote and the impact on schools.

And some people want a dictatorship and support tyranny by taking over women’s bodies and overthrowing democracy.
If those are my choices give me boundary changes.
At the local level I don’t want vouchers and think there are many solutions other than the one the board is chasing.

Funny because if it is the choice you lay out, seems like boundary changes would have much more of an impact on my family. I’m a supporter of moderate democratic positions, but the board and local party are dangerously over their skis here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

Because Lewis is apart of FCPS and whether you like it or not, our tax dollars are intended to support ALL schools, not just the ones you personally care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

“Review” - the very definition of a euphemism for Redistricting and continuous uncertainty.

Uncertainty? A permanent boundary was not apart of your real estate purchase in FFX county. That was as assumption on your part. You should be glad that you were able to benefit from decades of inaction in the past.

Yes you buy a house across the street from a school your kids will never attend. They will be bussed to another. Is that the idea? Or will the houses across the street from a school suddenly be 100k more than others in the next street over. Very stable for the housing market and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

Because Lewis is apart of FCPS and whether you like it or not, our tax dollars are intended to support ALL schools, not just the ones you personally care about.

Sending part of one neighborhood to Lewis won’t help Lewis. There, that’s some help for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

“Review” - the very definition of a euphemism for Redistricting and continuous uncertainty.

Uncertainty? A permanent boundary was not apart of your real estate purchase in FFX county. That was as assumption on your part. You should be glad that you were able to benefit from decades of inaction in the past.

As others have posted, stability and certainty in schools is vital to tax revenues and housing values across the county. Close your eyes and pretend that isn’t a fundamental truth if you want, but the fact is that redistricting is going to directly negatively impact thousands or tens of thousands and indirectly negatively impact the rest.

The SB (Robyn Lady and Kyle failed businessman McDaniel in particular) are the fools who are about to do significant irreparable self-inflicted damage here. It’d be fun to watch, except that I care about my neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

Because Lewis is apart of FCPS and whether you like it or not, our tax dollars are intended to support ALL schools, not just the ones you personally care about.

Sending part of one neighborhood to Lewis won’t help Lewis. There, that’s some help for you.

Please reach out to your SB representatives and let them know your thoughts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

Ensuring that Lewis has a sufficiently large enrollment to support the activities and opportunities available at other high schools ought to be the only boundary change FCPS is currently treating as a priority. Everything else is just noise intended to cancel out the parents who’ll complain if moved to Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

We are in the phase of becoming an urban center where 50% of the kids are poor. Time to just accept that and look at it like living in the city. Go private or move further out if you must, but the FCPS of the 90s-00s is a distant memory.

And as an urban center, we need to be efficient with our resources.

Too bad to see Fairfax County schools turn into this

Fairfax blue voters have supported this at the local, state, and federal level for thirty years. Chickens are coming home to roost. While some will say take this to the political forum, that would deny the connection between how people vote and the impact on schools.

And some people want a dictatorship and support tyranny by taking over women’s bodies and overthrowing democracy.
If those are my choices give me boundary changes.
At the local level I don’t want vouchers and think there are many solutions other than the one the board is chasing.

Funny because if it is the choice you lay out, seems like boundary changes would have much more of an impact on my family. I’m a supporter of moderate democratic positions, but the board and local party are dangerously over their skis here.

So as long as the immigrants only impact certain schools you are OK with the Democratic border policies? This is why everyone needs to feel the impact. Otherwise, Democrats are happy to make it other people's problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

“Review” - the very definition of a euphemism for Redistricting and continuous uncertainty.

Uncertainty? A permanent boundary was not apart of your real estate purchase in FFX county. That was as assumption on your part. You should be glad that you were able to benefit from decades of inaction in the past.

Yes you buy a house across the street from a school your kids will never attend. They will be bussed to another. Is that the idea? Or will the houses across the street from a school suddenly be 100k more than others in the next street over. Very stable for the housing market and families.

It’s your job to figure all that out. It’s the SB’s job to figure out how to appropriately manage the county’s student and resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

“Review” - the very definition of a euphemism for Redistricting and continuous uncertainty.

Uncertainty? A permanent boundary was not apart of your real estate purchase in FFX county. That was as assumption on your part. You should be glad that you were able to benefit from decades of inaction in the past.

As others have posted, stability and certainty in schools is vital to tax revenues and housing values across the county. Close your eyes and pretend that isn’t a fundamental truth if you want, but the fact is that redistricting is going to directly negatively impact thousands or tens of thousands and indirectly negatively impact the rest.

The SB (Robyn Lady and Kyle failed businessman McDaniel in particular) are the fools who are about to do significant irreparable self-inflicted damage here. It’d be fun to watch, except that I care about my neighbors.

This is also a priority for Karl Frisch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

We are in the phase of becoming an urban center where 50% of the kids are poor. Time to just accept that and look at it like living in the city. Go private or move further out if you must, but the FCPS of the 90s-00s is a distant memory.

And as an urban center, we need to be efficient with our resources.

Take your word salad elsewhere. Fairfax is one of the wealthiest counties in the country and we shouldn’t cease to protect our school pyramids and invest in our school facilities simply because some far-left Democrats like Robyn Lady have decided the best way to move part of Langley to Herndon is to pretend we’re out of money.

I do not see Lady as far left. FCPS has not reviewed the elementary base school boundaries for that area since Colvin Run was opened and that was linited to only a few schools. Conditions have changed. Current Magisterial Districts and school assignments or which politicians need to cooperate with each other https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/D4GUZ47E6BB9/$file/SY2023_24_Magisterial_Chart_Final.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can the puss off enough NoVa residents enough to make Virginia go red in November?

Doubt it. The boundary changes will be limited to specific areas and only impact a small segment of the student population. Those parents will undoubtedly be pissed so lots of barking but no real bite.

They plan to redistrict every five years. As much as you pretend that it’ll just be a handful of residents impacted, it’s the thousands of residents that will be impacted and the ongoing and unnecessary risk of redistricting that will put the democrats at risk.

Minimize the risk at your agenda’s peril.

Review or redistrict? A review of boundaries to address capacity issues, etc. every few years seems appropriate and responsible.

“Review” - the very definition of a euphemism for Redistricting and continuous uncertainty.

Uncertainty? A permanent boundary was not apart of your real estate purchase in FFX county. That was as assumption on your part. You should be glad that you were able to benefit from decades of inaction in the past.

As others have posted, stability and certainty in schools is vital to tax revenues and housing values across the county. Close your eyes and pretend that isn’t a fundamental truth if you want, but the fact is that redistricting is going to directly negatively impact thousands or tens of thousands and indirectly negatively impact the rest.

The SB (Robyn Lady and Kyle failed businessman McDaniel in particular) are the fools who are about to do significant irreparable self-inflicted damage here. It’d be fun to watch, except that I care about my neighbors.

This is also a priority for Karl Frisch.

You mean the Karl Frisch who pinned this post on X/Twitter? this pinned

“Tonight, Fairfax County voters were clear: they want safe and inclusive schools with world-class educators and equitable access to the opportunities every student needs to succeed. I am grateful to have earned their trust for another term and eager to advance these priorities.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear Hunt Valley Parents south of FFX county parkway: As a result of updating policy 8130 to prioritize transportation and reduce travel times, your children will now travel a longer, more dangerous route to Key Middle and Lewis HS. The SB promises this boundary change will provide improved transportation and a better educational experience for all.
P.S. Please ensure you teach your high schoolers defensive driving maneuvers to avoid erratic Maryland drivers making last second changes out of the FFX County Parkway/Gambrill exit only lane.

+1 as a resident of this area, oh but it’s “ToO CoMpLiCaTeD” according to an equity troll who clearly has no idea about the area, to eliminate the Sangster split feeder and send all its kids to Lake Braddock, thus reducing enrollment at Irving and WSHS.

Sorry, maybe I missed it in your weird post but, how exactly does this help Lewis? This might help balance once side of the equation but not the other, and both are needed, ASAP.

It doesn’t and I’m not understanding why everything has to be to “help Lewis.” You can fix some of the (actually fairly slight) crowding at WSHS without shuttling kids down the parkway and actually giving them a longer school commute.

Ensuring that Lewis has a sufficiently large enrollment to support the activities and opportunities available at other high schools ought to be the only boundary change FCPS is currently treating as a priority. Everything else is just noise intended to cancel out the parents who’ll complain if moved to Lewis.

Transportation has already been stated as a priority and moving any of the WSHS neighborhoods to Lewis will 1) create another split feeder which they have already stated they want to reduce or eliminate, 2) if they also move neighborhoods to Saratoga for ES (I’m assuming), it would create a longer bus ride for those kids, 3) if they did a nuclear option and moved all of Hunt Valley ES to the Lewis pyramid, that still doesn’t help the capacity situation at the other WSHS feeders, especially Orange Hunt which is a mess right now.

Springfield and Alexandria are going to get more development - there are some old buildings around the mall and Springfield Plaza slated for demolition, there is talk of selling off the Best Buy shopping center and replacing it with apartments or condos, the Franconia government center is moving near Kingstowne so its current site is up for redevelopment, as is the old Top Golf site in Kingstowne. So there is development coming that could increase enrollment at both Lewis and Edison - not that Edison needs it, that is a small physical site that’s always just about at capacity - that will probably need adjustments between the two schools within about 5 years.