FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SB implementing a boundary change at this moment in time is TERRIBLE IDEA.

Agree:

-thousands of FCPS’ parents will “self deport” back to their countries, even if ICE only manages to detain/deport a few. The numbers will change and projections from the past 4 years are out the window now, plus:

- FCPS will suffer a disparate impact of RIFs, firings, VERAs, hiring freezes, etc., which further distorts the past-years-projections which FCPS is now using for formulate their plans.

They need to table this plan for at least one year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For example, take a look at this, Oakton pyramid:

https://www.karenkeysgamarra.com/

If really want to make an impact, make it now. All you need is 125 signatures. Send a message.

The current SB will take more notice of the political risk their actions present than any comments a citizen submits to BRAC.

Great idea. I don’t have any in my district, but would love to hear if any other areas of the county have folks doing this. I’d love to get involved and canvass. Only requirement is opposition to the comprehensive boundary review.

Your delegate does not have to be a former SB member to send a message. Just ask them if they will publicly oppose BRAC, as a citizen of their district. If not, primary them with a candidate that will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For example, take a look at this, Oakton pyramid:

https://www.karenkeysgamarra.com/

If really want to make an impact, make it now. All you need is 125 signatures. Send a message.

The current SB will take more notice of the political risk their actions present than any comments a citizen submits to BRAC.

Great idea. I don’t have any in my district, but would love to hear if any other areas of the county have folks doing this. I’d love to get involved and canvass. Only requirement is opposition to the comprehensive boundary review.

Your delegate does not have to be a former SB member to send a message. Just ask them if they will publicly oppose BRAC, as a citizen of their district. If not, primary them with a candidate that will.

Karen will not oppose the boundary review. She is responsible for that "leadership" program at Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For example, take a look at this, Oakton pyramid:

https://www.karenkeysgamarra.com/

If really want to make an impact, make it now. All you need is 125 signatures. Send a message.

The current SB will take more notice of the political risk their actions present than any comments a citizen submits to BRAC.

Great idea. I don’t have any in my district, but would love to hear if any other areas of the county have folks doing this. I’d love to get involved and canvass. Only requirement is opposition to the comprehensive boundary review.

Your delegate does not have to be a former SB member to send a message. Just ask them if they will publicly oppose BRAC, as a citizen of their district. If not, primary them with a candidate that will.

Karen will not oppose the boundary review. She is responsible for that "leadership" program at Lewis.

Then primary her.

[Anonymous]

Act now. There are hard deadlines to submit a simple form and 125 valid signatures.

[Anonymous]

It’s super easy:

1. Ask your delegate whether their values align with yours: will they publicly ask for a pause to a boundary review process is biased against their constituents? If they say yes, get them to make a public statement to that effect, such as in their newsletter or on their website. If they won’t make a statement in support of their constituents, proceed to step 2.

2. Find 125 like-minded individuals in your community and follow the simple steps on this one-pager put out by the Virginia Department of Elections (https://www.elections.virginia.gov/media/candidatesandpacs/2025-candidate-bulletins/2025-06-17_Pr_One_Pager_House_of_Del_rev_1-28-25.pdf). Can find 125 like-minded people by April 3? Can you raise $352.80 for the filing fee? I bet you can.

3. Let FCPS campaign for you over the coming months. With every new, outrageous “proposal” they create a reason for you to raise interest and support for your new candidate. Unless, of course, FCPS reads the room and agrees to pause this train wreck and revamp their biased process (spoiler alert: they won’t, they will just throw more gasoline on the fire).

It’s up to you. If you act now, you can have your voice heard and send a clear message that FCPS does not own your children. FCPS is not entitled to carve up the community that you have invested in for years because it suits their political agenda.

Or you can “wait and see,” participate in summer BRAC sessions (you feedback is for show, it will be ignored), and send you kids wherever FCPS deems is “best” based on their “holistic” interpretation of policy 8130.8.

If do not act now, you missing your chance to make them listen to your community. It is not as hard as you think. You have organized larger events with more people with far less at stake for you personally. You can do it. Make a difference. For your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So how quickly after the boundary changes are announced do the cheap rentals (<=~$2,000) get snatched up by displaced families?

It’ll be fun to watch them crowd others who need that housing out.

“Displaced families”? Snicker.

We know you’re itching to commit residency fraud when the chance presents itself, but spare us the hyperbole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could see how moving 6th to middle schools could cause some staffing issues as well. While there is a middle grades 6-8 subject area endorsement for each content area, I think most middle school teachers probably have the 7-12 subject area endorsements. It's just a matter of taking a test to add the 6-8 endorsement, but I'm not sure if too many teachers would want to spend the time and money for that. If you move an elementary K-6 endorsed person up to middle school, they are not going to be able to teach other grade levels of the same content, which gives the school less flexibility. In secondary schools, both middle and high schools, typically the subject area AP does the hiring, so they are likely less concerned with the ability of a teacher to move between subjects vs being able to move between grade levels in the same content area.

Another aspect of this is that FCPS just approved the five-year Capital Improvement Program for FY 2026-30 and there is absolutely nothing in there about setting aside money to build more middle schools or convert/expand any elementary schools to 6-8 middle schools.

It tells you just how disjointed all of FCPS's "plans" are under Reid that they are burying a potential major change (turning all the 7-8 middle schools into 6-8 schools and then potentially having to convert some elementary schools to middle schools) within a boundary change review, shortly after adopting the capital plans that do not address that possibility at all.

If they had even a scintilla of competence, they would first make the policy decisions around what programs and grade configurations they want at schools, second determine the associated costs, and finally adjust boundaries as needed to deal with their conclusions and the cost constraints. But instead this all gets thrown around out of order and incoherently, leaving people like PP wondering whether to move now to avoid potentia issues later.

We deserve much, much better than what we are getting under Michelle Reid. She needs to go.

Where can we find this leaked boundary map?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how quickly after the boundary changes are announced do the cheap rentals (<=~$2,000) get snatched up by displaced families?

It’ll be fun to watch them crowd others who need that housing out.

“Displaced families”? Snicker.

We know you’re itching to commit residency fraud when the chance presents itself, but spare us the hyperbole.

What hyperbole? What residency fraud? Is it a crime to rent an apartment?

Sure it’ll drive rent higher for the people who need that housing and won’t be able to afford it, but to each and every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Sorry, this is the real world, not your equity dream world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s super easy:

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2. Find 125 like-minded individuals in your community and follow the simple steps on this one-pager put out by the Virginia Department of Elections (https://www.elections.virginia.gov/media/candidatesandpacs/2025-candidate-bulletins/2025-06-17_Pr_One_Pager_House_of_Del_rev_1-28-25.pdf). Can find 125 like-minded people by April 3? Can you raise $352.80 for the filing fee? I bet you can.

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If do not act now, you missing your chance to make them listen to your community. It is not as hard as you think. You have organized larger events with more people with far less at stake for you personally. You can do it. Make a difference. For your kids.

That sounds super doable. Ideally, we should co-ordinate with folks, so hitting 125 required signatures is easy. I bet I could get 40 signatures in a day, just talking to my neighbors. How do we coordinate this by district?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could see how moving 6th to middle schools could cause some staffing issues as well. While there is a middle grades 6-8 subject area endorsement for each content area, I think most middle school teachers probably have the 7-12 subject area endorsements. It's just a matter of taking a test to add the 6-8 endorsement, but I'm not sure if too many teachers would want to spend the time and money for that. If you move an elementary K-6 endorsed person up to middle school, they are not going to be able to teach other grade levels of the same content, which gives the school less flexibility. In secondary schools, both middle and high schools, typically the subject area AP does the hiring, so they are likely less concerned with the ability of a teacher to move between subjects vs being able to move between grade levels in the same content area.

Another aspect of this is that FCPS just approved the five-year Capital Improvement Program for FY 2026-30 and there is absolutely nothing in there about setting aside money to build more middle schools or convert/expand any elementary schools to 6-8 middle schools.

It tells you just how disjointed all of FCPS's "plans" are under Reid that they are burying a potential major change (turning all the 7-8 middle schools into 6-8 schools and then potentially having to convert some elementary schools to middle schools) within a boundary change review, shortly after adopting the capital plans that do not address that possibility at all.

If they had even a scintilla of competence, they would first make the policy decisions around what programs and grade configurations they want at schools, second determine the associated costs, and finally adjust boundaries as needed to deal with their conclusions and the cost constraints. But instead this all gets thrown around out of order and incoherently, leaving people like PP wondering whether to move now to avoid potentia issues later.

We deserve much, much better than what we are getting under Michelle Reid. She needs to go.

Where can we find this leaked boundary map?

It’s on the previous boundary thread, around page 370. FCPS has denied it (I know, eye roll). It’s only describing a few pyramids and felt very hearsay.

And at this rate, because FCPS has publicly posted that the rumored maps are not real, I feel they could not go this route legally. They ensured no map is created prior to community and BRAC engagement. (Again, eye roll)

The only validity it brought for me was moving 6th to middle school because that would have to occur if it were true.

[Anonymous]

You've got to find candidates in order to primary an incumbent. A petition does no good unless you have a candidate.

Check out the finances on VPAP. Keys-gamarra got a huge donation from DemVA

[Anonymous]

Looks like the entire thread discussing the Department of Education DEI Snitch Portal has been deleted - rightfully so, they were getting unhinged.

http://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-end-dei-portal

This does feel like an option to connect the boundary changes to One Fairfax and the exorbitant DEI office. This is the White House’s backyard and impacts many of their federal employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Act now. There are hard deadlines to submit a simple form and 125 valid signatures.

Laura Jane Cohen was the Springfield rep before Sandy Anderson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s super easy:

...
2. Find 125 like-minded individuals in your community and follow the simple steps on this one-pager put out by the Virginia Department of Elections (https://www.elections.virginia.gov/media/candidatesandpacs/2025-candidate-bulletins/2025-06-17_Pr_One_Pager_House_of_Del_rev_1-28-25.pdf). Can find 125 like-minded people by April 3? Can you raise $352.80 for the filing fee? I bet you can.

...

If do not act now, you missing your chance to make them listen to your community. It is not as hard as you think. You have organized larger events with more people with far less at stake for you personally. You can do it. Make a difference. For your kids.

That sounds super doable. Ideally, we should co-ordinate with folks, so hitting 125 required signatures is easy. I bet I could get 40 signatures in a day, just talking to my neighbors. How do we coordinate this by district?

The first step is to give your delegate an opportunity to speak up as your ally. As part of this, reach out to members of your community through neighborhood groups, FB, PTA, etc. Get a letter together with lots of signatures. This does several things:

1) It demonstrates unity among the constituents and affected groups.
2) It is your initial organization/reliable signature collection effort.
3) If you get more than 125 signatures on the letter, it demonstrates that the consequences are there. You don’t threaten a primary, but they will see that you can do one.

The letter should be clear and simple. Make your concerns known and request a concrete action from your delegate. For example:

The signatories of this letter represent groups in your community including A,B, and C. We have concerns with the boundary review process that include X, Y, and Z. While we recognize the need to make boundary adjustments exist for a school district as large as FCPS, the current process is biased against your constituents and should be paused. Accordingly, we ask that you make a public statement that requests FCPS to pause the current boundary review and then work with your community to create a more transparent and balanced process.

If they ignore you, make verbal “nothing statements” or refuse to act, primary them. Do not accept anything less than your delegate firmly and publicly advocating for your community. If they won’t do that for this issue, that tells you all you need to know when the casinos show up with the cash. Primary them.