FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s revisit Franklin/Carson/Rocky Run.

If we move (1) Franklin kids who are already zoned to Chantilly to Rocky Run, (2) Carson kids zoned to SLHS (fox mill and some Floris kids) to Hughes, and (3) Crossfield kids from Carson to Franklin, will this solve the split feeder problem?

Carson is not overcrowded, why would you move all these kids out of Carson without moving new kids in? Also Crossfield is zoned to Oakton, it doesn't make sense to move those kids to Franklin unless you are moving all those kids to Chantilly too, which is ridiculous given how overcrowded Chantilly HS is. The post several weeks ago about moving anyone from Carson that is zoned to Chantilly to Franklin makes the most sense. But don't move kids zoned to Oakton to yet another MS.

Also keep in mind that Franklin is projected to be at 80% capacity following an upcoming renovation (Look at document pages 61-65):

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Adopted-Capital-Improvement-Program-FY-2026%E2%80%9330.pdf

Another reason to simply leave Franklin alone as an Oakton feeder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They would create a new split feeder at Longfellow that would be about 95% to McLean and 5% to Falls Church. Maybe they solve that on 4/25.

The idea of a 5% split feeder is just breathtakingly cruel and my kid would be in that 5%. There's no way they would actually do this, right? I can't even believe this is on the table.

[Anonymous]

They said a split feeder is any place where less than 25% goes to one ms/hs - that helps clarify there will still be split feeders in places which is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you guys see the boundary review slides for Scenario 1: Attendance islands?

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/4-11-2025_superintendent_boundary_review_advisory_committee_presentation.pdf

Looks like the focus for the next meeting on 4/25 is split feeders…

The stupidity is abundant display there, where the elimination of attendance islands in many of the scenarios, without other changes, widens the capacity gaps between schools. In other words, they take two schools, one with an attendance island, both at around 90% capacity, and then with the elimination of the attendance island push one of the schools near or over capacity.

These people are so incredibly ridiculous.

The scenarios make no sense on multiple levels. They fix the Ravensworth attendance island by moving walkers to Kings Glen to Ravensworth, and the maps for fixing the island at Johnson MS doesn't match the map for fixing the island at Fairfax HS (and both proposals create split feeders at Willow Springs and Fairfax Villa). The proposal for fixing the islands at Longfellow takes students from Jackson, but that's not listed in the slide (it is addressed later in the Graham Road slide, which includes middle school changes but not high school changes).

These new split feeders they are creating will be addressed and changed via the next round of proposed changes after 4/25. The focus at that meeting is split feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this the first time we’ve seen them note split feeders with < 25% as the caveat to which split feeders they need to stress? I’m glad they realized it’s physically impossible to get rid of them all together. Is there anyone who knows where we can find the stats on the split feeders (specifically Franklin)?

These previous BRAC meeting had split feeders identified but didn’t have percentage stats. The next meeting on 4/25 will provide those proposed changes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you guys see the boundary review slides for Scenario 1: Attendance islands?

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/4-11-2025_superintendent_boundary_review_advisory_committee_presentation.pdf

Looks like the focus for the next meeting on 4/25 is split feeders…

The stupidity is abundant display there, where the elimination of attendance islands in many of the scenarios, without other changes, widens the capacity gaps between schools. In other words, they take two schools, one with an attendance island, both at around 90% capacity, and then with the elimination of the attendance island push one of the schools near or over capacity.

These people are so incredibly ridiculous.

Some schools would be quite under enrolled with these changes without many options to pick up other students. Like Lorton Station and Hayfield can absorb Halley’s island at Hagel Circle without putting either school over capacity, but taking 146 kids out of Halley brings them down to an enrollment of roughly 480 and 68% capacity. They could take a few streets out of Silverbrook, but if they go too far they’d give some kids a much longer bus ride.

This is just the start. Next, they’ll do split feeders. And finally, capacity on 5/5. What a warmup

[Anonymous]

Wow. We used to live in the neighborhood that currently serves graham, pine spring, and timber lane. I bet many are waking up very unhappy with this Tetris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thankful there’s nothing about Waples moved to Fairfax HS.

Also a Waples parent! I think that would be in the next one (split feeders) but I’m trying to figure out how much of Franklin feeds to Oakton.

I think it is mostly just kids from Navy and Waples Mill. Maybe all of Navy? Parts of Navy might go to Chantilly. But it appears they plan to move the Franklin Farm portion of Navy to Oak Hill.

I wonder if this would make that island Oak Hill/Franklin/Chantilly? Or Oak Hill/Franklin/Oakton? Doesn’t all of Oak Hill go to Chantilly? How will that work if Chantilly is so crowded? It’s a small number of kids in that island but still…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on the BRAC and I was at the meeting on Friday night. We were asked to sit with our regions. We only looked at the attendance islands for our region, so I have no idea what the other regions discussed. We were asked to "critique" the proposed boundary changes. I felt like our group had a very thoughtful discussion and took our role very seriously. We wrote questions and concerns about each of the islands in our region and the proposed new boundaries. I will say we absolutely 100% disagreed with one of the proposed new boundaries. Hopefully, Reid and the school board will take our feedback into consideration when making their final decisions.

Question: what if the "losing school" and the "gaining school" are in two different regions?

Did you only discuss the schools in your region or others, as well?

That was not an issue with our region. Our attendance islands are completely within one region and there is no logical change of boundaries that would involve another region. We did not do an all meeting recap. Our feedback was all written down and we did not share that feedback with the other regions.

[Anonymous]

Oh man there are definitely some Oakton elementary parents that are upset today with the suggested map putting a good chunk to flint hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. We used to live in the neighborhood that currently serves graham, pine spring, and timber lane. I bet many are waking up very unhappy with this Tetris.

Why wouldn’t they make that entire neighborhood go to Graham road? Those weird offshoots across Graham Road and then the random chunk crossing 50 for west lawn.

Again, this is what we get for consultants that are not local.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you guys see the boundary review slides for Scenario 1: Attendance islands?

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/4-11-2025_superintendent_boundary_review_advisory_committee_presentation.pdf

Looks like the focus for the next meeting on 4/25 is split feeders…

The stupidity is abundant display there, where the elimination of attendance islands in many of the scenarios, without other changes, widens the capacity gaps between schools. In other words, they take two schools, one with an attendance island, both at around 90% capacity, and then with the elimination of the attendance island push one of the schools near or over capacity.

These people are so incredibly ridiculous.

The scenarios make no sense on multiple levels. They fix the Ravensworth attendance island by moving walkers to Kings Glen to Ravensworth, and the maps for fixing the island at Johnson MS doesn't match the map for fixing the island at Fairfax HS (and both proposals create split feeders at Willow Springs and Fairfax Villa). The proposal for fixing the islands at Longfellow takes students from Jackson, but that's not listed in the slide (it is addressed later in the Graham Road slide, which includes middle school changes but not high school changes).

These new split feeders they are creating will be addressed and changed via the next round of proposed changes after 4/25. The focus at that meeting is split feeders.

So is their starting point for the 4/25 meeting the existing boundaries or the boundaries they create with the 4/11 scenarios? You seem confident it’s the latter but I’m not so sure. If they start with the boundaries in the 4/11 materials that’s not a “scenario” so much as a first step.

It looks like a big mess so far, TBH. Remind me again why we are going to this trouble, when so far the proposed solutions would create as many issues as they would address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man there are definitely some Oakton elementary parents that are upset today with the suggested map putting a good chunk to flint hill.

There are a good chunk of Flint Hill parents upset about Oakton. That switch makes no sense. The boundaries look odd, I’ll give you that. But, the bus routes make sense. And it doesn’t change anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thankful there’s nothing about Waples moved to Fairfax HS.

Also a Waples parent! I think that would be in the next one (split feeders) but I’m trying to figure out how much of Franklin feeds to Oakton.

I think it is mostly just kids from Navy and Waples Mill. Maybe all of Navy? Parts of Navy might go to Chantilly. But it appears they plan to move the Franklin Farm portion of Navy to Oak Hill.

I wonder if this would make that island Oak Hill/Franklin/Chantilly? Or Oak Hill/Franklin/Oakton? Doesn’t all of Oak Hill go to Chantilly? How will that work if Chantilly is so crowded? It’s a small number of kids in that island but still…

Not all of Oak Hill currently goes to Chantilly. There is a small island that goes to Westfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you guys see the boundary review slides for Scenario 1: Attendance islands?

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/4-11-2025_superintendent_boundary_review_advisory_committee_presentation.pdf

Looks like the focus for the next meeting on 4/25 is split feeders…

The stupidity is abundant display there, where the elimination of attendance islands in many of the scenarios, without other changes, widens the capacity gaps between schools. In other words, they take two schools, one with an attendance island, both at around 90% capacity, and then with the elimination of the attendance island push one of the schools near or over capacity.

These people are so incredibly ridiculous.

Some schools would be quite under enrolled with these changes without many options to pick up other students. Like Lorton Station and Hayfield can absorb Halley’s island at Hagel Circle without putting either school over capacity, but taking 146 kids out of Halley brings them down to an enrollment of roughly 480 and 68% capacity. They could take a few streets out of Silverbrook, but if they go too far they’d give some kids a much longer bus ride.

This is just the start. Next, they’ll do split feeders. And finally, capacity on 5/5. What a warmup

Do we think they’ll start the “split feeder” step by starting with these maps that fix the attendance islands? Or will they start from the existing/currently in force maps, fix the split feeders to the extent possible, and then try to reconcile later with the attendance island fixes?