Freedom Hill - Vienna

[Anonymous]

Vienna ES has had a small portion of their boundary that includes the neighborhood east of the Navy Federal Credit Union off of Electric Avenue outside Town boundaries. It has been this way for quite some time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vienna ES has had a small portion of their boundary that includes the neighborhood east of the Navy Federal Credit Union off of Electric Avenue outside Town boundaries. It has been this way for quite some time.

There are no good reasons why that area doesn't go to Freedom Hill instead, with the small section of SE Vienna now at Freedom Hill reassigned to Vienna. It eliminates two split feeders, and ought to benefit both neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vienna ES has had a small portion of their boundary that includes the neighborhood east of the Navy Federal Credit Union off of Electric Avenue outside Town boundaries. It has been this way for quite some time.

I stand corrected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vienna ES has had a small portion of their boundary that includes the neighborhood east of the Navy Federal Credit Union off of Electric Avenue outside Town boundaries. It has been this way for quite some time.

There are no good reasons why that area doesn't go to Freedom Hill instead, with the small section of SE Vienna now at Freedom Hill reassigned to Vienna. It eliminates two split feeders, and ought to benefit both neighborhoods.

Agreed, and that is what a full comprehensive boundary study will address. The most recent proposal brought forth by select Town residents (NOT a majority of applicable Town residents) did not address the other side of this equation. Again, a full comprehensive boundary study will be conducted, just not... NOW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that Vienna is so much closer is exactly why this should be easy for FCPS, particularly since Freedom Hill is overcrowded. Why make us jump through hoops, not knowing whether we'll have to reapply every year for a transfer? Yes, walking might be an option for many of us, most of the time, but we'd have to take the bus to Freedom Hill every day.

It's not racist to make it as easy as possible for the 10% of the school zoned for Thoreau and Madison to go to school with the rest of their future classmates sooner. I know I'm venting, but I have little confidence in the ability of FCPS to get the big things right when they get the easy things wrong.

Why didn't you factor this into your buying decision into the Freedom Hill zone?

Common sense doesn't apply, but borders and buying choices do.

[Anonymous]

Keep pushing the envelope and maybe your Freedom Hill kids will be sent to Cunningham Park instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep pushing the envelope and maybe your Freedom Hill kids will be sent to Cunningham Park instead.

I don't think so, but from my perspective that would be preferable to Freedom Hill. Many Town students headed to Thoreau and Marshall already go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Why didn't you factor this into your buying decision into the Freedom Hill zone?

Common sense doesn't apply, but borders and buying choices do.

We were new to the area at the time and did not realize how crazy boundaries can be here. Why does the prospect of making a common-sense change that parents in the area generally favor upset you so much? It's not a knock on Freedom Hill, just a way to keep our kids with other kids from the Town going to Thoreau and Madison. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

The problem with all of this is that all of the schools are at or above capacity. Last year Freedom Hill sloughed off part of its border to Lemon Road and now this fall Lemon Road will take the AAP kids.

The FCPS is one of those long balloons that clowns use to make balloon animals. If you squeeze on end to make it smaller the other end puffs out. Then they squeeze there and another part puffs out. The balloon is over filled. They are neglecting the BIG PICTURE that there needs to be more capacity nearly everywhere. I think there should be an overall boundary study for the ENTIRE county- adding schools where they need to and eliminating penninsulas and islands where they can. Then we would see real fireworks.

What happens to the McLean, Marshall, and Madison pyramids when Tyson's gets going and there are 100k more people including children added to the mix. Even with a lower children % we would need at least two more pyrimids. I don't see where they would build those.

[Anonymous]

Tysons is definitely the game changer. Pregnant now, so public school is far away. I live off electric, zoned for stenwood, Kilmer, and Marshall. When we bought the house six years ago, we knew school boundaries would be up in the air and we are fine with that.

I can't help but think its really about race and ses for op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tysons is definitely the game changer. Pregnant now, so public school is far away. I live off electric, zoned for stenwood, Kilmer, and Marshall. When we bought the house six years ago, we knew school boundaries would be up in the air and we are fine with that.

I can't help but think its really about race and ses for op.

Stenwood is mostly Kilmer and all Marshall, so you're not really in a similar position. And I wouldn't be so quick to ascribe racial motivations to the parents requesting the change to eliminate the wacky split feeder. If anyone is focused on race and SES, it's other Freedom Hill parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tysons is definitely the game changer. Pregnant now, so public school is far away. I live off electric, zoned for stenwood, Kilmer, and Marshall. When we bought the house six years ago, we knew school boundaries would be up in the air and we are fine with that.

I can't help but think its really about race and ses for op.

Stenwood is mostly Kilmer and all Marshall, so you're not really in a similar position. And I wouldn't be so quick to ascribe racial motivations to the parents requesting the change to eliminate the wacky split feeder. If anyone is focused on race and SES, it's other Freedom Hill parents.

Definitely this. It's the Freedom Hill PTA President who's complaining that the school test scores will decrease and they will lots lots of financial contributions if they lose the Town children. I find that ridiculous and insulting to the non-Town children who attend the school. And don't forget, they'll lose their Box Tops coordinator, too, if the Town children leave.

[Anonymous]

OK - that last personally identifies someone...STOP IT!

[Anonymous]

Stenwood splits pretty evenly between Thoreau/Kilmer then goes to Marshall. It is a pretty goofy boundary too. They should fix both the Thoreau/Kilmer pyramids especially once the extra ES an MS capacity comes on line in the next two to three years.

[Anonymous]

Whatever op, hope your kids end up at Cunningham park, and if you run your mouth too much, that's exactly what will happen.