Boundary Review Meetings

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

lol what? Gambrill drive to Lewis is terrible. Now go ahead and google map it with no traffic etc and blablabla. It’s an awful drive for a school commute.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

lol what? Gambrill drive to Lewis is terrible. Now go ahead and google map it with no traffic etc and blablabla. It’s an awful drive for a school commute.

A whopping 5.6 miles from Gambrill and Pohick. Hardly an epic drive. Funny thing is back in the really old days those kids at that end of Gambrill had to take Hooes Road to Lee. No parkway.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

20+ years ago.

One can hardly refer to either of those neighborhoods as being part of the Lewis or Hayfield communities at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

Only if you are talking about 2AM

It is a crazy ling commute for a school bus, especially when you factor in 30 minutes of stops to pick up kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

lol what? Gambrill drive to Lewis is terrible. Now go ahead and google map it with no traffic etc and blablabla. It’s an awful drive for a school commute.

A whopping 5.6 miles from Gambrill and Pohick. Hardly an epic drive. Funny thing is back in the really old days those kids at that end of Gambrill had to take Hooes Road to Lee. No parkway.

It would be 45-50 minutes on the school bus, minimum, for the early stops.

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So I imagine that for areas like Clifton, Mason Neck, and Great Falls there must be these ridiculous bus times, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

Only if you are talking about 2AM

It is a crazy ling commute for a school bus, especially when you factor in 30 minutes of stops to pick up kids.

Parts of the Saratoga area are just as far as Gambrill and Pohick.

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Anonymous wrote:So I imagine that for areas like Clifton, Mason Neck, and Great Falls there must be these ridiculous bus times, right?

My kids go to elementary school on Mason Neck, live on Mason Neck and somehow have a 45 minute ride home because FCPS insists on carting them up Route 1 to a SACC drop off at the Lorton library. It’s absurd. I think their bus ride to South County will be shorter.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

I moved here right after South County opened, and didn’t have kids in FCPS yet. But I always thought SC took almost all of its students from Hayfield, which was bursting at the seams at the time? I can’t imagine commuting to Lewis from Lorton. What elementary(ies?) were zoned to Lee at the time that ended up at SC, or were these secondary moves to put kids into Hayfield when they lost students to SC?

Newington Forest previously split between Lee and Hayfield. When South County opened all of Newington Forest went to South County. In the same boundary study, Hunt Valley, which had split between West Springfield and Lee, was all sent to West Springfield.

I knew that about the Hunt Valley split feeder but didn’t realize some of Newington Forest was at Lee as well. That’s a brutal drive.

Gambrill to the Parkway, not really that brutal. But yes, SC is the right school for those neighborhoods.

Only if you are talking about 2AM

It is a crazy ling commute for a school bus, especially when you factor in 30 minutes of stops to pick up kids.

Parts of the Saratoga area are just as far as Gambrill and Pohick.

Yep. Was about 40 min for my middle schooler from Saratoga to Key.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

Yeah, Lewis is definitely not a school you want your child to attend at present. Poor quality education and dangerous as well.

This is false information. Lewis provides an excellent education, and I sincerely don't know what you're referring to with it being dangerous.

The big challenge with Lewis is that it's so small, so it's hard to support extracurricular activities.

DP, only for activists in Fairfax County is a 1,500+ school deemed “so small”. Over under on the percentage of public high schools in the country less than 1,500 students? I’d guess 80 or 90%.

Well, add to that that a large portion of those kids are not engaged in the school. Poor attendance, lack of interest in school spirit, etc. Not sure if that's the fault of the admin or the parents at home, but I think it feels even smaller than it is because only about half the school is fully participating in it at a typical high school level.

This is false information. A "large portion of those kids" are certainly engaged in the school, and certainly have plenty of school spirit, etc.

I'd love if discussions here would refrain from making up things about various schools, please. Lewis is often a primary target here, though other schools also get attacked. Is there a reason Lewis tends to trigger people?

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Attending tonight’s meeting, the Superintendent opened by addressing Hagel Circle and it looks like they’ll be making corrections to the maps to send the kids to their community school of Lorton Station vs Halley (current school) or Gunston (proposed school)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?

Yeah, Lewis is definitely not a school you want your child to attend at present. Poor quality education and dangerous as well.

This is false information. Lewis provides an excellent education, and I sincerely don't know what you're referring to with it being dangerous.

The big challenge with Lewis is that it's so small, so it's hard to support extracurricular activities.

DP, only for activists in Fairfax County is a 1,500+ school deemed “so small”. Over under on the percentage of public high schools in the country less than 1,500 students? I’d guess 80 or 90%.

Well, add to that that a large portion of those kids are not engaged in the school. Poor attendance, lack of interest in school spirit, etc. Not sure if that's the fault of the admin or the parents at home, but I think it feels even smaller than it is because only about half the school is fully participating in it at a typical high school level.

This is false information. A "large portion of those kids" are certainly engaged in the school, and certainly have plenty of school spirit, etc.

I'd love if discussions here would refrain from making up things about various schools, please. Lewis is often a primary target here, though other schools also get attacked. Is there a reason Lewis tends to trigger people?

It’s ok to share about your positive experiences and perceptions. It’s also ok for others to express their frustrations and concerns. Just because they don’t match up with yours, doesn’t mean you they are “made up”.

The numbers don’t lie - if Lewis was such a great school, why are families fleeing every year and raising hell to avoid the having their kids rezoned there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attending tonight’s meeting, the Superintendent opened by addressing Hagel Circle and it looks like they’ll be making corrections to the maps to send the kids to their community school of Lorton Station vs Halley (current school) or Gunston (proposed school)

That’s interesting because that would put them at Hayfield instead of South County, unless they make a new split feeder out of Lorton Station to keep just that one neighborhood at SC. Without any of HV south of the Parkway or even that little attendance island of Sangster/LB at SC, that will make SC a little under enrolled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Attending tonight’s meeting, the Superintendent opened by addressing Hagel Circle and it looks like they’ll be making corrections to the maps to send the kids to their community school of Lorton Station vs Halley (current school) or Gunston (proposed school)

That’s interesting because that would put them at Hayfield instead of South County, unless they make a new split feeder out of Lorton Station to keep just that one neighborhood at SC. Without any of HV south of the Parkway or even that little attendance island of Sangster/LB at SC, that will make SC a little under enrolled.

There are some other Gunston neighborhoods itching to get rezoned to South County. Including the neighborhoods at the intersection of Gunston and Route 1. They could easily make this change to address Hagel Circle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Attending tonight’s meeting, the Superintendent opened by addressing Hagel Circle and it looks like they’ll be making corrections to the maps to send the kids to their community school of Lorton Station vs Halley (current school) or Gunston (proposed school)

That’s interesting because that would put them at Hayfield instead of South County, unless they make a new split feeder out of Lorton Station to keep just that one neighborhood at SC. Without any of HV south of the Parkway or even that little attendance island of Sangster/LB at SC, that will make SC a little under enrolled.

There are some other Gunston neighborhoods itching to get rezoned to South County. Including the neighborhoods at the intersection of Gunston and Route 1. They could easily make this change to address Hagel Circle.

Oh yeah I can see that happening. Masons Passage is the big one over there right?