FCPS comprehensive boundary review

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

1. Yes, one currently in 7th grade

2. Maybe. It depends on the proposed boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

Tell me you think keeping like with like and property values are more important to you than educatio without telling me they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

Tell me you think keeping like with like and property values are more important to you than educatio without telling me they are.

You are talking to someone who only cares about education. And I used to care about every kid’s education, but the school board is now making me selfishly focused on making sure my kids aren’t used as fodder for their equity plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

NP. My school is in a middle of the road pyramid. I'm not worried about whether is performs better or worse. I'm worried about overcrowding.

Literally and figuratively you find/seek comfort in mediocrity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

DP. There is a big big difference between choosing to send your kids to different schools and being forced to send them to different schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

So why can’t we have nice things?

There is nothing really calling out for boundary changes right now. Enrollment is flat in FCPS.

This seems like a recipe to drive out the very families FCPS thinks it can just redistribute.

I really do hope that if they stubbornly continue down this path it has major repercussions in future local elections. I will hold our local supervisor just as responsible as our local school board member (and he’s the one who clearly has bigger political ambitions).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

DP. There is a big big difference between choosing to send your kids to different schools and being forced to send them to different schools.

You chose public schools, so you’re subject to the whims of the board until the next election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

DP. There is a big big difference between choosing to send your kids to different schools and being forced to send them to different schools.

You chose public schools, so you’re subject to the whims of the board until the next election.

Ha, nice pivot into an even dumber comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

DP. There is a big big difference between choosing to send your kids to different schools and being forced to send them to different schools.[/quote]

+1 Sounds like some people must be able to drive from school to school with no effort. The PP must not be a single parent and must work from home. Must also have a spouse that works from home so they can be two schools at once.

Does the SB not consider family situations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

DP. There is a big big difference between choosing to send your kids to different schools and being forced to send them to different schools.

You chose public schools, so you’re subject to the whims of the board until the next election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ok, so? That's probably a major reason for people.
People also are using their hosuing equity and nothing related to education as an argument.

No. They are using their own families and their own children as an argument.

Have you ever had children in two different high schools. Having to miss one game because the other kid is playing in a game elsewhere? Having to purchase two sets of spirit gear. Having to deal with how to transport for after school activities in two different directions?

And, to purchase a house near one school--but because you are on the "fringes"--even though the fringe is very close and it is the closest high school --to be sent to another school that is quite a bit further away?

Sounds like you do not have a high school student.

Having children at different schools is not that unusual. Friends have one at a private and another in public. One friend has a child who wants to study overseas and chose IB while sibling is at the AP school. Lots of
People have kids split between ES/MS/HS. Some of those schools are split feeders. Some siblings go to an AAP center while another stays at base in gen Ed or immersion. Where I grew up it was a lottery to determine which public HS you attended. Some siblings chose to go to different schools. Private / parochial school families send their kids to different schools especially if they choose a non-coed.

What makes your kids so special that they need to attend the same HS? It is nice but not necessary.

None of these are remotely the same as an unnecessary rezoning based on equity, taking kids out of the neighborhood schools that their parents selected when they purchased their houses, bussing them to a far away school to mask failing test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

Tell me you think keeping like with like and property values are more important to you than educatio without telling me they are.

How does having higher performing students help underperforming students? The things that cause them to underperform are in their homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

Tell me you think keeping like with like and property values are more important to you than educatio without telling me they are.

How does having higher performing students help underperforming students? The things that cause them to underperform are in their homes.

DP. This is not about helping the lower-achieving students at low-enrollment schools. Those students get more attention and often smaller classes at those schools. If you increase the enrollments at those schools, the neediest kids get less attention, not more.

The main constituency of this School Board are middle and upper-middle class families who buy in areas zoned for schools with lower average test scores. They think they are doing God's work by doing so and deserve to be rewarded by having other MC and UMC kids redistricted into their schools. This will reward them in two ways: (1) their MC and UMC kids will have more high-achieving peers, so their schools will have more academic electives and be able to offer more sessions of challenging classes; and (2) they will get an equity boost if they are homeowners.

The problem for these families and more generally for FCPS is that other MC and UMC families who thought their kids would attend other schools won't necessarily go along with the redistricting. Some will, but many won't, so they are inviting a vicious cycle where some groups of parents are constantly asking for a diminishing supply of high-achieving kids to be redistributed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those who want a boundary change on this forum:
1. Do you have a child attending or soon attending high school?
2. Do you want your child to attend the current high school?

Yes and yes. The schools need to be rebalanced. Whether our HS pyramid is affected or not doesn’t matter to me, nor whether my kids get moved. I also expect the boundaries to be reviews at least every 10 years though major changes may not always be necessary.

I object to parents feeling entitled to a specific pyramid especially if they live in neighborhoods in the edges. This is a county wide district not some podunk city district that has a few high schools.

Tell me your kids are in a poor performing school without telling me that they are…

Tell me you think keeping like with like and property values are more important to you than educatio without telling me they are.

How does having higher performing students help underperforming students? The things that cause them to underperform are in their homes.

It doesn’t but neither do expansions or new schools. It does however utilize existing infrastructure to alleviate capacity burden on others.

Again, people should be far more outraged over what is going on (or not) and what’s coming next. The boundary study and POTENTIAL changes are smoke and mirrors to keep you distracted.

This thread is on a spool being wound round and round arguing the same things over and over and over and over. At the end of the day, it will not make a difference.