FCPS Skyview Boundary Revised Scenario 1 / 2

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Did theh post new docs?

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All the contents of Skyview were purchases: isn't the library full of books?

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like opt-out for one year is available to all students. ( Just read the presentation on board docs)

To all students, even those not in the Skyview boundary? Ie. If kids get switched to Westfield they can opt out??

No one who is currently attending Chantilly or Centreville HS will be required to switch schools regardless, they are grandfathered in.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

There are always shifts in staff. If you really worked at a school you would know that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

Since you are familiar with it, please name the departments.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

Since you are familiar with it, please name the departments.

They have 200+ kids disappearing from their freshman class.

Why do you doubt they are destaffing teachers who teach 9th grade courses? The principal gets a staffing budget based on enrollment. They can't keep the same number of teachers with 200 fewer freshmen. Maybe you don't understand how schools are run.

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Anonymous wrote:All the contents of Skyview were purchases: isn't the library full of books?

Seems like there should at least be a starter library that they could top off.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

Since you are familiar with it, please name the departments.

They have 200+ kids disappearing from their freshman class.

Why do you doubt they are destaffing teachers who teach 9th grade courses? The principal gets a staffing budget based on enrollment. They can't keep the same number of teachers with 200 fewer freshmen. Maybe you don't understand how schools are run.

I understand enough to know that teachers leave every year due to moves, retirements, and transfers of choice. With a staff the size of Westfield, it should not be an issue. So, be specific please. Sure there will be fewer teachers, but, doubt many are being forced out. Do you think there won't be enough teachers? Not sure you understand how staffing works.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

There are always shifts in staff. If you really worked at a school you would know that.

You can’t be serious if you’re comparing normal staff attrition and transfers to what happens when you deliberately start shrinking a high school by 600 kids (and that number will be higher if some of the Chantilly families get their way and aren’t reassigned).

This is anything but business as usual, but you’re clearly so indifferent to what happens to Westfield that you’re pretending otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

There are always shifts in staff. If you really worked at a school you would know that.

You can’t be serious if you’re comparing normal staff attrition and transfers to what happens when you deliberately start shrinking a high school by 600 kids (and that number will be higher if some of the Chantilly families get their way and aren’t reassigned).

This is anything but business as usual, but you’re clearly so indifferent to what happens to Westfield that you’re pretending otherwise.

It is not shrinking by 600 in a year. With a staff of 200 teachers and specialists, they can certainly handle it over a couple of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like opt-out for one year is available to all students. ( Just read the presentation on board docs)

To all students, even those not in the Skyview boundary? Ie. If kids get switched to Westfield they can opt out??

No one who is currently attending Chantilly or Centreville HS will be required to switch schools regardless, they are grandfathered in.

I’m talking about kids who will be in 8th grade next year. Can they opt out of their new school? This is a kid I am thinking of that is getting switched out of Chantilly to Westfield.

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Anonymous wrote:200+ rising 9th graders opted to Skyview from Westfields boundaries. So instead of 680 freshman Westfield will have 480 freshman. That’s where a lot of the destaffs came from. They will continue and get steeper the next few years with the redistricting plan. All Westfields young staff and many assistant coaches will be sent away.

Where did you get this number?

Yes. I did a search of this forum and found nothing from that post.

I live with someone who works at Westfield and is in the know. Westfield is terrified about the staff they will lose over the next couple of years. The young staff that will not be retained wear many hats in that building.

This is more than a year away. Teachers retire and move every year in a high school. This will not be a wholesale shift in staff. There will be natural attrition and a few always shift to other schools. Some move away.

They are already destaffing some teachers for this fall, that's two months away.

There are always shifts in staff. If you really worked at a school you would know that.

You can’t be serious if you’re comparing normal staff attrition and transfers to what happens when you deliberately start shrinking a high school by 600 kids (and that number will be higher if some of the Chantilly families get their way and aren’t reassigned).

This is anything but business as usual, but you’re clearly so indifferent to what happens to Westfield that you’re pretending otherwise.

It is not shrinking by 600 in a year. With a staff of 200 teachers and specialists, they can certainly handle it over a couple of years.

No one said it will lose 600 kids in one year, but there will be teachers forced to move out starting this fall and an immediate loss of electives, followed by continued declines in enrollment, teachers, and electives. They are concentrating the negative impact of opening Skyview on one school to protect two others.

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Anonymous wrote:All the contents of Skyview were purchases: isn't the library full of books?

The library for a Muslim school for K-12 is going to be very different than a library for a public high school. The age range is different and there us going to be cultural differences in what books are deemed appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like opt-out for one year is available to all students. ( Just read the presentation on board docs)

To all students, even those not in the Skyview boundary? Ie. If kids get switched to Westfield they can opt out??

No one who is currently attending Chantilly or Centreville HS will be required to switch schools regardless, they are grandfathered in.

I’m talking about kids who will be in 8th grade next year. Can they opt out of their new school? This is a kid I am thinking of that is getting switched out of Chantilly to Westfield.

The only people who might have an opt out option will be kids moving to Skyview and that is due to the sports not being available. I am not sure if that will be a thing, it was mentioned through March but I ahve not heard it mentioned since then.