FCPS Skyview Boundary Revised Scenario 1 / 2
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Anonymous
"For AP" kids need permission to use the busses for transportation. Permission's purportedly only granted if there's capacity at the specified stop. |
Anonymous
I thought Crossfield's economically disadvantaged rate was low, like single digits low... https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/herndon/640-Crossfield-Elementary-School/ https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/virginia/crossfield-elementary-206158 |
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Anonymous
Fox Mill was merely screwed, Floris was royally so. |
Anonymous
Yes, Admin seemed to think that there would be room on the busses and suggested that parents apply for that special permission. |
Anonymous
Real Oakton kids fly private jets to Vail, Crossfield kids are in cattle class. |
Anonymous
But why should the kids in boundary for Westfield suffer or be given less access? If the SB is willing to finish this process without adequately addressing utilization rates, including demographics, which was the whole point of this, they should be willing to ensure all FCPS students have equal access to programming. |
Anonymous
I remember this well. You Gibson was Hunter Mill. In those days, SB member for the district was powerful. This was orchestrated by Gibson with Smith. They were tight. Phil had some say, but not as much. Remember, Crossfield is mostly Sully district families. SB members were very involved. Neighborhoods had meetings with school board members. They contacted other members than their own in order to convince them of certain moves--or mostly--non-moves. Except for South Lakes, most of the communities were blindsided. We were stunned to learn that our community might be moved. Remember, we did not have youtube meetings or work sessions in those days. You had to attend the work sessions to know what was happening. I think this is when I started paying attention to the School board. |
Anonymous
DP, but I think the point is that the difference between the FARMS rate at Fox Mill (9%) and South Lakes (30%) is greater than the difference between the FARMS rates at Crossfield (6%) and Oakton (14%). Therefore, replacing Fox Mill with Crossfield at South Lakes would more or less maintain the status quo at South Lakes, without having a big impact at Oakton. The FARMS rate at South Lakes would go down slightly and the FARMS rate at Oakton would go up slightly, but not to the extent that the FARMS rate at South Lakes will go up if they pull out Fox Mill without adding kids from a similar school. |
Anonymous
DP. I wonder how much of this could be resolved by using a slider on the minimum of 32 students needed to fill an AP class. 24-25, or even lower, should be used for smaller schools. 32 seems to be based on realities at large schools but should adjusted lower for smaller schools. And honestly, 32 kids is too many for one class. |
Anonymous
Those are different concepts. Utilization: They could establish a clear range and say that every high school within the scope of the Skyview boundary study should end up above 85% utilization and below 105% utilization. That would have been reasonable, but they haven't done that. The failure to do so strikes many of us as a serious flaw. Demographics: They will tell you, presumably in part for legal reasons, that they don't consider demographics when considering boundary adjustments. They will claim they just look at the number of kids living in various SPAs (School Planning Areas). But that's kind of a hollow claim, because even if they don't consider demographics directly, they allow themselves to be heavily influenced by parents and residents who are very much influenced by demographics. Other school systems like APS and MCPS are far more transparent than FCPS has been about the impact of potential boundary changes on racial demographics and FARMS rates. That tells me that there's no legal impediment to preparing and sharing that information - which people will try to figure out on their own - so long as they don't create a paper trail that they are making decisions based on race. Equal Access to Programming: This phrase is used in FCPS's boundary policy (Policy 8130), but no one really knows what it means. It seems to mean assurance that all kids will have access to some basic level of programming. But kids don't have equal access to programming today - TJ kids have access to STEM courses not available to other students, Langley students have access to foreign language courses that is not available to other students, etc. One thing we know for sure is that if they slash Westfield's enrollment significantly, they are not somehow going to feel obligated to "make it up" to Westfield by offering things there that weren't available there before. They have a fixed budget and some of the money that was being spent on academics at Westfield is now going to get spent at Skyview instead. Over time, they could offer something new at Westfield, but most likely it will mean something else has been or will be taken away. |
Anonymous
Oh, you're a Navy mom. Your school is not guaranteed, everyone knows that, silly. |
Anonymous
You sound so sour in many of your comments. Been sarcastic to other people won't make your life better. |
Anonymous
Every school plans based on interest and availability. Just because it is a very large school, does not mean your child gets in the class. DD wanted to take two classes that were offered once a day: a drama class and an AP language class that was not Spanish. They were taught at the same time and so she took a different elective instead of drama. This happens across lots of disciplines. If there is a greater demand for a language, the school is more likely to offer it. But, not always. I would expect that all core AP classes would be offered at every school. Is this not true? I do think that some advanced math classes are problematic at IB schools. When I went to high school, we did not have so many options. 276 in my graduating class. One member ended up with 2 championship Super Bowl rings and another (the valedictorian) became a leading AIDS researcher as an MD. All things are possible. By the way, this was a brand new high school. No senior class until I was a junior. |
Anonymous
Your kids are forced to join a new school every year! Or wait, every quarter they swap schools! Maybe it was every week? |