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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

Dang, y'all! Chill a little bit with the severity of the insults!

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

Dang, y'all! Chill a little bit with the severity of the insults!

That person has clearly lost their mind over all this. Their time would be better spent learning coping strategies, than insulting strangers on the Internet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

My home is within a half-mile of of our ES, MS and HS. Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

My home is within a half-mile of of our ES, MS and HS. Fairfax County.

Poplar Tree/Rocky Run/Chantilly? Or maybe Greenbriar West?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

My home is within a half-mile of of our ES, MS and HS. Fairfax County.

Poplar Tree/Rocky Run/Chantilly? Or maybe Greenbriar West?

We really wanted our kids to go to that first group right there, but when we were looking 2.5 years ago, the market was insane and any house zoned to Poplar Tree was snapped up by cash buyers immediately. I'm guessing you got a lot of new Chinese families that year!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

There are plenty of homes close to Oakton with large backyards bordering parks and trails. If you had planned ahead you could have had one 15 years ago for much less than a million. Probably out of your price range now though.

It’s really sad that you’re trying to flex money on an anonymous board while talking about homes that you think sound expensive, but aren’t. I don’t look down on you for your middling financial position, just down on you for the feeble attempt to lord your under million home over us. Cringe.

It's funny you are focusing on the home price and the backyard, when the thing that keeps bringing you back here to whine and complain is your poor choice of location. I guess there is a reason "location, location, location" is the golden rule of real estate. For someone who claims her main goal of buying her house was to send her kids to Oakton you really screwed the pooch on that one. How many high schools are closer to your house 4? 5? Maybe even 6 with the new Western HS opening?

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This right here (all this squabbling) is really a showcase of poor FCPS leadership. If they had come out with well thought out changes, people would complain a bit but then shift and we’d move on. Instead, we got poorly thought out maps and misinformation so now people are loud and it’s a year long process of anxiety. This fighting and worry and competitiveness is not helping our kids get a better education.

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Anonymous wrote:This right here (all this squabbling) is really a showcase of poor FCPS leadership. If they had come out with well thought out changes, people would complain a bit but then shift and we’d move on. Instead, we got poorly thought out maps and misinformation so now people are loud and it’s a year long process of anxiety. This fighting and worry and competitiveness is not helping our kids get a better education.

For some people there is no "well thought out" change that they will accept. They are whining that any changes whatsoever are happening. It's not a realistic position and it's being tuned out by the people making decisions, especially if the loud people are ones already known to FCPS to be constantly lashing out and complaining about every little thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This right here (all this squabbling) is really a showcase of poor FCPS leadership. If they had come out with well thought out changes, people would complain a bit but then shift and we’d move on. Instead, we got poorly thought out maps and misinformation so now people are loud and it’s a year long process of anxiety. This fighting and worry and competitiveness is not helping our kids get a better education.

For some people there is no "well thought out" change that they will accept. They are whining that any changes whatsoever are happening. It's not a realistic position and it's being tuned out by the people making decisions, especially if the loud people are ones already known to FCPS to be constantly lashing out and complaining about every little thing.

One of the Options presented for the Western high school makes perfect sense. That is PP's issue. I know it and she knows it. She just does not like it.

And, the irony--this new school could be a great addition to her family's quality of life. It is close and it will likely have a lot of high achieving students. The first couple of years might be challenging with sports, etc, but the academics should be solid--if they get a decent plan of how to roll this out.

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What a toxic thread.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if anyone caught today's school board boundary work session...but what a clown show. Board Members not getting the numbers they are asking for, Dunne threatening to censure another board member because she accused other board members of 'mailing secret deals', Sandy Anderson spewing about only hearing from the 'loud' voices, Lady saying she will flat out refuse the notion of providing phased transportation, many board members railing on the absolutely terrible job Thru Consulting did...I'm so disappointed in our elected officials and this whole process.

[Anonymous]

Also did anyone watching the meeting notice just how much Mateo Dunne hates Melanie Meren? He seems like such a jerk. And she seems idiotically woke - like she did not understand that not bussing people outside of boundaries is how it works everywhere. It's not an equity thing. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone caught today's school board boundary work session...but what a clown show. Board Members not getting the numbers they are asking for, Dunne threatening to censure another board member because she accused other board members of 'mailing secret deals', Sandy Anderson spewing about only hearing from the 'loud' voices, Lady saying she will flat out refuse the notion of providing phased transportation, many board members railing on the absolutely terrible job Thru Consulting did...I'm so disappointed in our elected officials and this whole process.

Out of fairness to Thru, they could only work with the faulty data and parameters they were given by FCPS and the school board.

I think under the circumstances, they did a far better job than one would expect given the deplorable lack of valud data from FCPS and the inpossible tasking

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Anonymous wrote:Also did anyone watching the meeting notice just how much Mateo Dunne hates Melanie Meren? He seems like such a jerk. And she seems idiotically woke - like she did not understand that not bussing people outside of boundaries is how it works everywhere. It's not an equity thing. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

I think the hate for Meren is understandable and universal. She is a waste of time and breath in these meetings. Almost nothing she says is based on logic. She seems more like a talk show host or TicTok influencer trying to get likes and clicks than someone actually trying to do her job and solve problems. Nothing of any value comes out of her mouth, only complaints about what everyone else is trying to do.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

My home is within a half-mile of of our ES, MS and HS. Fairfax County.

Poplar Tree/Rocky Run/Chantilly? Or maybe Greenbriar West?

There's also Laurel Ridge/Robinson.