FCPS Boundary Review - New Maps

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

Shhhh…. You cannot dare bring this up on this forum. People go nutso over this possible move.

If it was logical why wasn’t it previously proposed by Thru Consulting or by the Region 1 (includes both Langley and Herndon) BRAC members, rather than by a region that includes someone who has worn her hatred of Langley on her sleeve for years?

Who is this woman with a sworn hatred of Langley?

This thread will be eliminated if we tell you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will people wake up and realize this whole process is a sham. Reid and the school board don’t care about parent or community input.

This is all for show and the incompetent contractor was hired to provide political cover.

This is clear when every meeting with our SB member was met with whataboutism and telling us we were wrong. I encouraged them to drive our neighborhoods and understand continuity of community + commute differences.

Does a high school define a community? What about families that send their kids to private schools? What about empty nesters? What couples without kids? I believe geography defines a community. People who live in close proximity, have more shared experiences and needs. That is my opinion. Do not worry though. I am not involved in any BRAC meetings or political organizations. I’m just a Fairfax resident with a kid in public high school that is close to my house, and see how that benefits my child.

+1

And, guess what, you even see empty nesters at games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

Shhhh…. You cannot dare bring this up on this forum. People go nutso over this possible move.

If it was logical why wasn’t it previously proposed by Thru Consulting or by the Region 1 (includes both Langley and Herndon) BRAC members, rather than by a region that includes someone who has worn her hatred of Langley on her sleeve for years?

Who is this woman with a sworn hatred of Langley?

This thread will be eliminated if we tell you.

Exactly, but IYKYK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The slide that says 47% of preschool students are transfers is sort of misleading because there are not preschool programs in every school…so of course there are going to be big numbers of them going outside their base school.

Waaaait

Why on earth would FCPS even include preschool students in any rezoning decisions?

Their data was presdnted specifically to bury the issue that everyone is in arms about, rezoning high schools.

The preschool data needs to be dropped entirely.

The high school data )AP/IB and language transfers) needs to be isolated and analyzed separately from the rest of the data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

What does this mean? Please tell me which members are close to Herndon.

Anyone who has been reading these threads realizes how this happened. It happened when the committee was formed.

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Region 5 includes a few schools close to Herndon but they are going to be affected far more by KAA than anything having to do with Forestville.

Odds are this “priority” recommendation was pushed through by one Woodson parent who is a notorious School Board shill. Whether SB members like Frisch and Lady put her up to it, or she did this on her own, the odds are high that this was her handiwork.

The BRAC process has been corrupt from the beginning, when they stacked the committee with some hand-picked members to supplement the pyramid representatives, and also gave Woodson three reps when every other pyramid besides Fairfax only had two.

Shame on Reid and shame on this School Board for orchestrating such a farce. The entire boundary study should be canceled.

Yes, its clear it was brought up by someone doing the school board's bidding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The slide that says 47% of preschool students are transfers is sort of misleading because there are not preschool programs in every school…so of course there are going to be big numbers of them going outside their base school.

Waaaait

Why on earth would FCPS even include preschool students in any rezoning decisions?

Their data was presdnted specifically to bury the issue that everyone is in arms about, rezoning high schools.

The preschool data needs to be dropped entirely.

The high school data )AP/IB and language transfers) needs to be isolated and analyzed separately from the rest of the data.

You’re right, of course, but the crappy, aggregated and/or useless data only gets presented to create the illusion of meaningful community engagement. It doesn’t actually help anyone understand what’s going on or help people come up with better proposals. It’s just background noise, and then they’ll just go ahead and do what they always wanted to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

This is nonsense.

And the kaa boundaries need to establiished before any thing is changed with the western pyramids.

Agree. And, I suspect they will be. However, the KAA boundaries will have no impact on Herndon High or Langley High.
I don't know why people think they would. Westfield and Chantilly can afford to lose that area because there is a lot of new construction. This could also relieve Centreville. Some adjustment might be needed at Oakton if they put Crossfield in.

Nonsense.
KAA Boundaries could affect Herndon enrollment. KAA is very close to HHS. We have no idea what the SB is planning as far
as the KAA boundaries.
Not even an inkling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

This is nonsense.

And the kaa boundaries need to establiished before any thing is changed with the western pyramids.

Agree. And, I suspect they will be. However, the KAA boundaries will have no impact on Herndon High or Langley High.
I don't know why people think they would. Westfield and Chantilly can afford to lose that area because there is a lot of new construction. This could also relieve Centreville. Some adjustment might be needed at Oakton if they put Crossfield in.

Nonsense.
KAA Boundaries could affect Herndon enrollment. KAA is very close to HHS. We have no idea what the SB is planning as far
as the KAA boundaries.
Not even an inkling.

DP. Very few expect part of Herndon to move to KAA, but in any event if you assume it's speculative that's all the more reason not to be moving kids out of Langley to Herndon.

When SB members spoke about KAA, they made reference to providing relief to Sully residents, kids at Chantilly, and kids at Oakton. Not a single one said FCPS might want to move Herndon kids to KAA.

You're just trying to provide cover for some folks in Region 5 engaging in some fairly blatant, officious meddling. It wasn't a good look when it happened, and it's not looking any better now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

This is nonsense.

And the kaa boundaries need to establiished before any thing is changed with the western pyramids.

Agree. And, I suspect they will be. However, the KAA boundaries will have no impact on Herndon High or Langley High.
I don't know why people think they would. Westfield and Chantilly can afford to lose that area because there is a lot of new construction. This could also relieve Centreville. Some adjustment might be needed at Oakton if they put Crossfield in.

Nonsense.
KAA Boundaries could affect Herndon enrollment. KAA is very close to HHS. We have no idea what the SB is planning as far
as the KAA boundaries.
Not even an inkling.

It is over 7 miles. 30 minute bus ride or more at rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

I agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

This is nonsense.

And the kaa boundaries need to establiished before any thing is changed with the western pyramids.

Agree. And, I suspect they will be. However, the KAA boundaries will have no impact on Herndon High or Langley High.
I don't know why people think they would. Westfield and Chantilly can afford to lose that area because there is a lot of new construction. This could also relieve Centreville. Some adjustment might be needed at Oakton if they put Crossfield in.

Nonsense.
KAA Boundaries could affect Herndon enrollment. KAA is very close to HHS. We have no idea what the SB is planning as far
as the KAA boundaries.
Not even an inkling.

Look at a map, look at which ES are closest to Carson and KAA. They’re not Herndon feeders. It’s just the small section of Coates that goes to Herndon and not Westfield. Most people are assuming that it would be Oak Hill, Floris, McNair, and Coates at KAA. Herndon is very slightly affected but not a central piece of the KAA boundaries vs. Chantilly and Westfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

I agree

I guess it depends on what you call "close."

Chantilly and Westfield are 10-12 miles away from Herndon High School.
Marshall is 12-15 miles from Herndon High School.
Herndon is not affected at all by KAA. All schools in Carson boundary are closer to KAA than Herndon High. And, I cannot think of any school that is in Herndon boundary that is closer to KAA than Herndon.

So, please tell me what you consider "close."

Why would they take kids out of Herndon and send them to KAA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a logical suggestion that will likely improve the evenness of region 5 schools, too. The regions are not geographically based so some region 5 schools are close to Herndon.

What does this mean? Please tell me which members are close to Herndon.

Anyone who has been reading these threads realizes how this happened. It happened when the committee was formed.

.

Region 5 includes a few schools close to Herndon but they are going to be affected far more by KAA than anything having to do with Forestville.

Odds are this “priority” recommendation was pushed through by one Woodson parent who is a notorious School Board shill. Whether SB members like Frisch and Lady put her up to it, or she did this on her own, the odds are high that this was her handiwork.

The BRAC process has been corrupt from the beginning, when they stacked the committee with some hand-picked members to supplement the pyramid representatives, and also gave Woodson three reps when every other pyramid besides Fairfax only had two.

Shame on Reid and shame on this School Board for orchestrating such a farce. The entire boundary study should be canceled.

Agree that BRAC makeup is skewed. There are multiple Great Falls members from Fairfacts Matters even though Great Falls is a tiny percentage of county population/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The slide that says 47% of preschool students are transfers is sort of misleading because there are not preschool programs in every school…so of course there are going to be big numbers of them going outside their base school.

Waaaait

Why on earth would FCPS even include preschool students in any rezoning decisions?

Their data was presdnted specifically to bury the issue that everyone is in arms about, rezoning high schools.

The preschool data needs to be dropped entirely.

The high school data )AP/IB and language transfers) needs to be isolated and analyzed separately from the rest of the data.

I agree that most of us are not concerned about that, but it does affect space. And, elementary schools are included in this study.

[Anonymous]

I would have thought Mantua people in region five would not want any of Langley moved out, since that would open up more space for Marshall and McLean to move to Langley and not Falls Church. And if Falls Church has more room, then they have more space for Mantua.