February 26 School Board Vote on Providing Transportation for Rezoned Students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board will vote on February 26 on whether or not to provide transportation for students rezoned based on the recently approved boundary changes. Let's make sure the school board does the right thing and requires FCPS to provide transportation for those high school students that want to stay at their current school.

Contact Board Members here: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/contact-us/school-board
Register to speak or submit a video testimony here (deadline : https://www.fcps.edu/school-board/community-participation
Attend February 26 Board Meeting - vote is early in the meeting - will likely be decided before 9:00 pm

can you please tell me where this is stated on the website?

See the agenda for 2-26 meeting. It's posted on https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DHYP9V6394B3. you have to click meetings then the 2-26 meeting then agenda.

[Anonymous]

Speaker Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc68nJPN_855NdQamWlQXII_B_3kUhCSd7zK32MbVJ52cdL4A/viewform

Full Presentation: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DRGNXP621729/$file/Boundary%20Phasing%20and%20Transportation%20Decision%20Presentation%20Feb%2026%202026.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS is allowing students to chose their school, then FCPS should provide transportation for those students. Just as they do for all other students.

Unless their agenda is to discourage students from choosing to stay at their current school.

They already do not provide transportation for kids who attend out of bounds schools.

Schools can only do so much, parents needs to step up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board will vote on February 26 on whether or not to provide transportation for students rezoned based on the recently approved boundary changes. Let's make sure the school board does the right thing and requires FCPS to provide transportation for those high school students that want to stay at their current school.

Contact Board Members here: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/contact-us/school-board
Register to speak or submit a video testimony here (deadline : https://www.fcps.edu/school-board/community-participation
Attend February 26 Board Meeting - vote is early in the meeting - will likely be decided before 9:00 pm

can you please tell me where this is stated on the website?

See the agenda for 2-26 meeting. It's posted on https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DHYP9V6394B3. you have to click meetings then the 2-26 meeting then agenda.

Thank you for sharing. The staff presentation is pretty clear - they would need 23 new buses to move kids. That's a huge expense.

Also, strange that there was only 53% response rate when parents had to select if they wanted to remain at their current school. If parents cannot even be bothered to fill out a survey, why should the tax payer provide customized bus service?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaker Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc68nJPN_855NdQamWlQXII_B_3kUhCSd7zK32MbVJ52cdL4A/viewform

Full Presentation: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DRGNXP621729/$file/Boundary%20Phasing%20and%20Transportation%20Decision%20Presentation%20Feb%2026%202026.pdf

I don't think parents who couldn't be bothered to fill out a survey will take the time to show up.

[Anonymous]

Ricardy Anderson and Melanie Meren will introduce a motion at the upcoming SB meeting to fund transportation for all grandfathered students.

[Anonymous]

My kids were on a bus a few years ago that picked up 2 kids that were grandfathered into their elementary school and even how close the school was it took 45 minutes for our kids to get home... and we were the 3rd stop. Once those kids moved on it took our kids 10 minutes. I can't imagine the logistical nightmare for the county to provide it county wide.

[Anonymous]

FCPS committed to generous grandfathering of elementary school students when it did the Kent Gardens and Glen Forest boundary changes a few years ago. I don’t think they can unwind those commitments if they only provide transportation to rising seniors in connection with the just-completed study, but it’s odd that they would provide transportation to some grandfathered 4th and 5th graders in the McLean and Justice pyramids, but not high school sophomores and juniors in those and other pyramids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were on a bus a few years ago that picked up 2 kids that were grandfathered into their elementary school and even how close the school was it took 45 minutes for our kids to get home... and we were the 3rd stop. Once those kids moved on it took our kids 10 minutes. I can't imagine the logistical nightmare for the county to provide it county wide.

You do realize the bus doesn’t have to pick up just kids outside of the boundary. These impacted students are right next to those in the boundary. Hopefully FCPS is smart enough to realize that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ricardy Anderson and Melanie Meren will introduce a motion at the upcoming SB meeting to fund transportation for all grandfathered students.

I think they could get support from a majority of the board to transport high school students as most board members seem to agree that move has the greatest impact. Hopefully they are ready to adjust / accept amendments so we the best possible outcome for as many students as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS is allowing students to chose their school, then FCPS should provide transportation for those students. Just as they do for all other students.

Unless their agenda is to discourage students from choosing to stay at their current school.

They already do not provide transportation for kids who attend out of bounds schools.

Schools can only do so much, parents needs to step up.

They have provided transportation to grandfathered kids for many decades.

This isn't a pupil placement situation pursuant to the student transfer regulations. Kids have been involuntarily reassigned to different schools.

You are just being obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

It’s too expensive. Parents should be required to drive their children in this circumstance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s too expensive. Parents should be required to drive their children in this circumstance.

Were your kids among those redistricted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s too expensive. Parents should be required to drive their children in this circumstance.

My kids are among those impacted by the boundary changes. We most certainly did not choose to attend another school and my kids should be able to stay at their current schools AND receive transportation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s too expensive. Parents should be required to drive their children in this circumstance.

My kids are among those impacted by the boundary changes. We most certainly did not choose to attend another school and my kids should be able to stay at their current schools AND receive transportation.

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