FCPS Boundary Review - New Maps
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Anonymous
I agree with both sides here. What bothers me is that there could be similar issues all over Fairfax County and people are not aware and able to step in and correct it before it gets institutionalized. Honestly, I don't think the recommendation would have had any impact. I kind of think this was the driver to the school board and the Great Falls people organized and saved their boundary. All neighborhoods do not have that kind of impact. This happened during the South Lakes boundary study, too. Strauss would let no one touch Langley kids. And, I have always thought that as long as Langley was not overcrowded that FCPS should leave well enough alone. But, the strong protest against the KAA purchase has made me realize that their concerns did not spread to the needs of others. |
Anonymous
Educated people who share facts and transparency with everyone else. |
Anonymous
But, the only fact they have shared was Region's 5 priority to move Forestville. This has no effect on my neighborhood. I'd sure like to hear the other priorities. |
Anonymous
And apparently are allowed to meet with BRAC members and convince them to change their minds. I know who these people are - they are powerful lawyers and lobbyists who are organized in a political fashion. |
Anonymous
Your last paragraph is so incredibly petty. And we all know you are the poster who refuses to accept that people having questions about the purchase doesn’t mean that people are against it. We see your agenda for what it is. |
Anonymous
I haven't made any such claim. FairFACTS Matters has a 501(c)(4) organization, the FairFACTS Matters Foundation, that engages in advocacy relating to potential boundary changes. That organization is based in DC. Only a handful of people appear to have any formal role with this foundation. Separately, FairFACTS Matters has a Facebook page with over 2000 "members" and three administrators. It allows the members of that FB page to post in their individual capacity, and some of the administrators of that page also post on the page occasionally under the "FairFACTS Matters" moniker. Someone posting under the "FairFACTS Matters" moniker referred to "members of our group" meeting recently with Region 5 BRAC members. They might like to create the impression that they are representing over 2000 people who subscribe to their Facebook page when they meet with others, but that's not the case. The members of the FB page are mostly just following what the administrators post or occasionally responding to what other members post, but they don't necessarily agree with the views of the administrators. In this recent instance, there's certainly nothing wrong about the administrators of the group, who are well informed about boundary issues (particularly if they relate to the Langley pyramid), meeting with some BRAC members who clearly appear to have been under the false impression that overcrowding at Langley (the school isn't overcrowded) was somehow related to a Thru Consulting proposal to move kids who lived within walking distance of one school (possibly Marshall) to a different school (possibly McLean). If getting together educated those Region 5 BRAC members, and led them to conclude their earlier recommendation was based on a misunderstanding of the facts, it's hard to see why anyone should complain. |
Anonymous
At least be honest here. "contact your school board members to request a delay in purchase until these fundamental inspections have taken place and are documented." Why are you dead set against all of this being documented and made available to the public? How on earth would you know that these inspections have been done? You don't. |
Anonymous
DP. I really don't believe this is going to be a magnet school of any kind. The pushback they would get would be tremendous. He probably just means whether it will be an AP or IB school. |
Anonymous
DP. Why should one region have any say in another region's schools or boundaries? |
Anonymous
+1. You caught that poster lying yet again. She’s the transparent great falls hater grasping at straws. |
Anonymous
That seems unlikely to me, because the plan is to open the school in the fall of 2026 and there's a lengthy process to get IBO approval of a new IB diploma school. |
Anonymous
The regions are an artificial construct and the groupings aren't particularly logical. You might think that Langley, McLean, and Marshall should all be in the same region, but Langley is Region 1, McLean is Region 2, and Marshall is Region 5. I can easily think of another scenario where the BRAC representatives in one of these regions could have come up with recommendations involving schools in both that region and another one of these regions. It sounds like the since-disavowed Region 5 proposal was based on a factual misunderstanding, but that doesn't mean there couldn't have been more plausible scenarios involving schools from multiple regions. |
Anonymous
Most BRAC members have shared their email addresses and others have requested and had meetings with BRAC members. It's not hard to change someone's mind if you are on top of the facts and can quickly disabuse them of false assumptions. |
Anonymous
I suspect they will absolutely discuss the possibility of making it a magnet school, but they will definitely decide against it. Y'all still don't understand how the FCPS board works? They already knew the answer. They probably decided this would be a community school but haven’t announced it yet and will still go through the motions. My impression is that the board delayed discussing the acquisition until the last minute (I believe tomorrow is the actual sale date) to avoid early discussions about the school and potential criticism over 'transparency.' Ryan McElveen stated that the property will serve as our newest western high school. That’s what they intend to do, and that’s what will happen. |
Anonymous
It’s a truism that it will be a western HS because it’s located in western Fairfax. That doesn’t mean it will only serve kids in that area. Maybe it will, but it may depend on their figuring out how many kids it can actually accommodate. A former KAA teacher has noted it was designed with a lot of administrative offices and also open spaces, so they could end up spending a lot of additional money if they really want to have a local HS for over 2000 kids. It cracks me up when people suggest FCPS had this all figured out when they announced the agreement in principle to buy this building. It very much came across as an impulse purchase with many of the details to be worked out later. |