FCPS Skyview Boundary Scenario 1/2/3
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Anonymous
They said they’re not creating completely new maps, just revising the current ones. Are they keeping the same goals for each scenario but running them under different conditions like no boundary changes for ES and using commute time instead of distance? Also, is not moving Lees Corner to Westfield a new condition? It seems kinda unfair to me. |
Anonymous
No, I don't think that's the idea. The next round of maps at end of May was already planned. Reid has said she wants to add an additional round of maps and feedback, with final vote on July 16. The goals are more broadly to incorporate the feedback they've received rather than to re-run the same scenarios. But yes, it sounds like no boundary changes for ES. |
Anonymous
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It's weird that they think it will take this long to get an acceptable boundary map I guess it's an acknowledgment of their own incompetence to say they need this many rounds of review and refinement. It really wasn't always this drawn out and laborious, but there used to be competent FCPS employees who understood the county better.
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Anonymous
It would be most interesting to see the longest commute of each school rather than the average. For example, some of the Langley students are 13 miles from Langley and 2 miles from Herndon. |
Anonymous
It's not that it takes a long time to come up with a map. It's that no matter what the map looks like there will be some people who are rabidly fighting against it. All this public input is fine to make sure they don't make any obvious mistakes, but they shouldn't let people think they have any actual say in the decision in the end. The school board should be drawing maps based on what is best for the school system as a whole - not on which groups scream the loudest about which school they think they are entitled to attend. |
Anonymous
Quit hijacking the thread with your obsession. Just because that’s all you think about doesn’t mean you need to constantly spam every thread with Langley. Give it a rest. |
Anonymous
| Everybody be quiet about Langley or the grumble grumble lady who thinks everyone is jealous of her will show up. |
Anonymous
But this thread isn’t related to that, so stop posting here. You just look desperate and small. |
Anonymous
But that's kind of the point. They don't have the competence any longer to determine what is best for the school system as a whole. It's the recognition that they are clueless that leads to the crowdsourcing, and the crowdsourcing is an open invitation to scream loudly. It's one big negative feedback loop. It did not used to be like this. It was easier to have a spine when you also had faith in your own competence. They don't have that faith any longer, nor should they. |
Anonymous
DP. The information in question about average commuting distances was taken directly from the Skyview boundary scenario maps. The consultants must have decided it was relevant to look at the information for all the schools in the county to get a feel for how schools in the study like Westfield and Oakton compared to other schools - both those with longer average commutes like Langley and others with much shorter commutes like West Springfield. |
Anonymous
| People don’t want longer commutes to worse high schools. Likewise, they are willing to put up with much further commutes for what they view as better schools. |
Anonymous
| Why did the other thread get locked? |
Anonymous
| Crossfield wanted the other thread shut down probably. |
Anonymous
surely, you can talk through the options and figure what works best for your family. |
Anonymous
Wonder if two factors are not at play here. First being housing density, second being a form of soft redlining. |