FCPS Boundary Review Updates

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Anonymous wrote:If my reps bend over backwards to do the bidding of wealthy Langley families I’ll vote for anyone who challenges them.

Uh, Gatehouse, you can’t vote in Great Falls unless you live in Great Falls. But nice attempt to stamp out this idea. Nobody is buying it.

Do not be discouraged by the chants of “you can’t win” or “they have more money” or “I will never vote for you.” They say those things because they are afraid that you will take action.

They speak out of fear. Ignore it. They want to shuffle your kids around with no consequences. Take action now!

Those who represent Great Falls also represent other areas and you are constantly trying to stir up others in the county who don’t live in Great Falls anyway.

Sorry, but your efforts to convince others to carry your water will fail. We can see it’s all about preserving your current school boundaries and that you’ve never cared about anyone else.

Hey Gatehouse. I’m not from the Langley pyramid. I have been looking for a way give people a way to have their voice heard. Here it is. They can be heard. Their delegates, if they serve their constituents, should not ignore a letter like proposed. I am not asking people to switch parties or vote for MAGA. I am suggesting that elected officials listen to their constituents. If they don’t, their constituents can replace them.

You, on the other hand, appear heck-bent on ensuring that no one, other than you, has a voice in where kids go to school. That’s not how this works. People will stick up for their kids. People reach out to their delegates and find out if they have an ally, or if there is going to be a primary challenge.

Come back when you’ve actually mounted these primary challenges, keyboard warrior.

I’m not here to score points on people in the internet. I am here to give people a plan of action to be heard. It’s up to them. The path is simple and clear. There is a clear choice: do nothing and let FCPS shuffle their kids where ever they want, or take action now and be heard in a way that will have genuine impact.

It’s up to the families of Fairfax county. The fact that you are squealing so loudly at the idea of a primary challenge to a representative who will not represent their constituents shows how concerned you are about this course of action. All you can do is act dismissive

To everyone who is concerned about this process: take action now! It is not unreasonable to ask for a pause. It is not a challenge to get 125 signatures. The alternative is to just take whatever FCPS decides without any consideration of you or your family’s needs.

Again, declare your own candidacy. Reveal your slate of candidates.

It’s not getting 125 signatures that’s the hurdle. It’s mounting an actual campaign and then making the commitment to serve.

Your road map appears to be an invitation to others to do work on your behalf that you’re personally not prepared to do.

Keep fueling the fire. Keep telling people they have no voice. See what that brings.

Your actions will not only give rise to the campaigns, it will provide interest and energy for them.

The goal is to be heard. If the delegate stands with their constituents, it is a success. No need for a primary. If FCPS backs off so as not to provide fuel for a rising tide, that is a success. If more people become aware of the actions you are taking as you treat their kids as your own personal property, to shuffle at will, it is a success.

Not everyone is focused on “winning” a public office. That is not the motivation. Most people want to be heard. You can snipe all you want. All you are doing is showing your fear that people have a REAL path to be heard, not the theater of BRAC.

A dog was chasing down a rabbit. After a time, the dog gave up and the rabbit got away. Another dog, who saw the chase, ridiculed the first dog for being outrun. The first dog replied “It is one thing to be running for your dinner, it is another to be running for your life.”

This issue matters to people. It is clear now that FCPS has set up a process where they are guaranteed to get the rabbit. I am here to tell everyone: you do not have run their race! This is a race for your life. Take action now. You did not choose your community and invest in your children for FCPS to shuffle you around because they want to. Run like this matters. It does! Reach out to your delegate! I hope you find that they will be your ally.

“This is a race for your life” if your kid attends Herndon, Lewis, or Annandale?

Oh my, we do have some crazy people on this forum. Entertaining, but crazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If my reps bend over backwards to do the bidding of wealthy Langley families I’ll vote for anyone who challenges them.

Uh, Gatehouse, you can’t vote in Great Falls unless you live in Great Falls. But nice attempt to stamp out this idea. Nobody is buying it.

Do not be discouraged by the chants of “you can’t win” or “they have more money” or “I will never vote for you.” They say those things because they are afraid that you will take action.

They speak out of fear. Ignore it. They want to shuffle your kids around with no consequences. Take action now!

Those who represent Great Falls also represent other areas and you are constantly trying to stir up others in the county who don’t live in Great Falls anyway.

Sorry, but your efforts to convince others to carry your water will fail. We can see it’s all about preserving your current school boundaries and that you’ve never cared about anyone else.

Hey Gatehouse. I’m not from the Langley pyramid. I have been looking for a way give people a way to have their voice heard. Here it is. They can be heard. Their delegates, if they serve their constituents, should not ignore a letter like proposed. I am not asking people to switch parties or vote for MAGA. I am suggesting that elected officials listen to their constituents. If they don’t, their constituents can replace them.

You, on the other hand, appear heck-bent on ensuring that no one, other than you, has a voice in where kids go to school. That’s not how this works. People will stick up for their kids. People reach out to their delegates and find out if they have an ally, or if there is going to be a primary challenge.

Come back when you’ve actually mounted these primary challenges, keyboard warrior.

I’m not here to score points on people in the internet. I am here to give people a plan of action to be heard. It’s up to them. The path is simple and clear. There is a clear choice: do nothing and let FCPS shuffle their kids where ever they want, or take action now and be heard in a way that will have genuine impact.

It’s up to the families of Fairfax county. The fact that you are squealing so loudly at the idea of a primary challenge to a representative who will not represent their constituents shows how concerned you are about this course of action. All you can do is act dismissive

To everyone who is concerned about this process: take action now! It is not unreasonable to ask for a pause. It is not a challenge to get 125 signatures. The alternative is to just take whatever FCPS decides without any consideration of you or your family’s needs.

Again, declare your own candidacy. Reveal your slate of candidates.

It’s not getting 125 signatures that’s the hurdle. It’s mounting an actual campaign and then making the commitment to serve.

Your road map appears to be an invitation to others to do work on your behalf that you’re personally not prepared to do.

Keep fueling the fire. Keep telling people they have no voice. See what that brings.

Your actions will not only give rise to the campaigns, it will provide interest and energy for them.

The goal is to be heard. If the delegate stands with their constituents, it is a success. No need for a primary. If FCPS backs off so as not to provide fuel for a rising tide, that is a success. If more people become aware of the actions you are taking as you treat their kids as your own personal property, to shuffle at will, it is a success.

Not everyone is focused on “winning” a public office. That is not the motivation. Most people want to be heard. You can snipe all you want. All you are doing is showing your fear that people have a REAL path to be heard, not the theater of BRAC.

A dog was chasing down a rabbit. After a time, the dog gave up and the rabbit got away. Another dog, who saw the chase, ridiculed the first dog for being outrun. The first dog replied “It is one thing to be running for your dinner, it is another to be running for your life.”

This issue matters to people. It is clear now that FCPS has set up a process where they are guaranteed to get the rabbit. I am here to tell everyone: you do not have run their race! This is a race for your life. Take action now. You did not choose your community and invest in your children for FCPS to shuffle you around because they want to. Run like this matters. It does! Reach out to your delegate! I hope you find that they will be your ally.

“This is a race for your life” if your kid attends Herndon, Lewis, or Annandale?

Oh my, we do have some crazy people on this forum. Entertaining, but crazy.

DP. I sometimes wonder how you can be so repetitively dense when you speak on this topic. Parents want stability for their schools. It’s not hard to understand, and that is the biggest driver of the sentiment here.

You seem to think you’re somehow on the morally right side, but you’re just pushing for a lot of upheaval for what appears to be a vendetta against people who you perceive as being wealthier than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

This is the way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

This is the way.

+2.

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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.

DP.

While I did not locate the map (and it appears an entire thread on the “leaked map” was deleted), I did find this leaked claimed to be from someone at Gatehouse:



“Take this with a grain of salt, but my friend who works at Gatehouse said that the redistricting plans in store for FCPS are going to be surprising to many.

I have no idea if the following is true or not, but I wanted to highlight some potential moves in the works. My source stated that some low-income schools will be moved to other low-income schools to muddy the waters on any criticism that FCPS is ONLY moving UMC kids to low-performing schools.

Potential Moves:

The entirety of Wakefield Forest ES will be moved from Frost/Woodson to Poe/Annandale. Not just those living on the east side of Wakefield Chapel Road.

Ravensworth ES will also be zoned out of LBSS to Annandale as well. To make room for this at Annandale and to supply Lewis with more students, Bren Mar Park ES and Weyanoke ES will be moved from Edison and AHS.

Willow Springs ES will be moved out of Johnson/Fairfax to Robinson. Waples Mill ES will entirely be moved into Fairfax and the Greenbriar East areas that feed into Fairfax will be moved to Oakton. Fairhill ES will also be moved into Fairfax.

Forestville ES will be moved to HMS/HHS.

Oak View ES will entirely move to Robo while Terra Centre will be switched to Lake Braddock.

Hunt Valley ES will be rezoned to Key/Lewis.

These are the major HS-related moves that will potentially occur. Keep in mind ES and MS boundaries will be tweaked to accommodate these moves.

My source could be completely wrong, so keep that in mind.”

[Anonymous]

There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

She is playing the race-card to try to cancel discussion of the boundaries change currently before the School Board

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

One could believe much of what you're saying and still believe that FCPS ought to replace IB with AP 100% at Annandale and Lewis if they want to move kids from AP pyramids there.

IB is a non-starter for us. Rezone us to an IB school and we either pupil place or move. We moved to get out of an IB school and we simply won't accept it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

Pretty weak sauce, lady. That’s what you think because you’ve vilified community members’ desire for stability. You’ve dreamt this up as a battle against nazis and the kkk for unknown reasons. We have heard you call Kamala Harris voters “racist MAGA trolls.”

You really do your cause a disservice by labeling everyone racist.

However, what should be required is the school board to stand before all the kids in Forestville and the elementary schools in WSHS pyramid and tell them they don’t care about the communities that they’ve made. They don’t care about their friendships, and they don’t care about their activities that will be disrupted or the teacher relationships that have been made.

All because they want to continue to allow liberal transfers out of poor performing schools though ib/ap and can’t project out their membership with any reliability.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

She is playing the race-card to try to cancel discussion of the boundaries change currently before the School Board

Yep, seems like she’s currently being ratioed DCUM-style.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

She is playing the race-card to try to cancel discussion of the boundaries change currently before the School Board

If you re-read the post, that poster didn't say anything about race. You did, so perhaps your post should be viewed as an admission.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

She wants it shut down because she is starting to see what pushback these boundary changes will bring.

Nothing like someone who is okay with jamming through massive upheaval across the county and is adamant that people can’t express opposition to it without being racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

The DCUM “equity troll” has shown up to shame you and play the race card.

Everyone wants what’s best for their own child and that is not wrong. The “equity troll” does not care about your child’s best interests, and she is happy to sacrifice your child’s education on the “alter of equity.”

She is playing the race-card to try to cancel discussion of the boundaries change currently before the School Board

If you re-read the post, that poster didn't say anything about race. You did, so perhaps your post should be viewed as an admission.

DP. Are you serious? If so, looks like you really need to learn about US history. 🧐

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people on this forum that should walk before the students of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis, look those children in the eyes, and say, "I don't want my kid to go to school with you."

That's the message you're sending.

When you talk about community, you are saying that you don't want your children to be a part of the communities of Herndon, Annandale, and Lewis.

Because it's not the schools. It's not the teachers. People can make empty statements about "bringing programs to schools," but it's not the programs. It comes down to the fact that certain parents in FCPS don't want their kids to go to schools with the children at certain schools.

I wish this thread would shut down because it's full of ugliness. It's like we're repeating the 1960s, when parents didn't want schools to de-segregate. So much of the same language and behavior is being repeated here. It's ugly.

Get off your high horse. Your sanctimony is ugly.