Boundary Review Meetings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.

Well, they suggested moving Bren Mar Park there, which would have taken the utilization at Lewis to 105%, but that just got killed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid just said they will leave ES (BM) alone as is for now

BM will move in the next fiver year cycle because of the new developments closer in. They just bought some more time. They argue they are inside the beltway and should stay that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like they’ll just add 6th to Bren Mar Park in order to send it to Key and Lewis.

Is there not an elementary school in the West Springfield pyramid that could be moved to Lewis instead with K - 6? Seems like so many unnecessary changes to move Bren Mar. Plus they'll either pass Edison HS or have to take 395 to get to Lewis.
Or another ES that's currently in the Edison pyramid?

The only other schools that make even a slight amount of sense, on paper, to move would be North Springfield from Annandale (but you get the K-5/K-6 problem in that case) or Franconia from Edison. I doubt the whole schools could move in either case, there are kids who walk to both Franconia and Edison, and if BMP is saying they can’t move because they’re inside the beltway, North Springfield is also largely inside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.

Didn’t Lewis get a Distinguished rating?

[Anonymous]

Tonight's slides show Rolling Valley staying at Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.

Didn’t Lewis get a Distinguished rating?

They got at least On Track.

The solution is easy but FCPS doesn’t want to hear it, because it would definitely lead to a lot of cascading effects. Dump IB at Lewis and replace it with a full slate of AP classes, and bring in some more vocational classes too to bring back the transfers to Edison and wherever else (maybe Falls Church?) The problem is they know that if they end IB at one school, everywhere else that has it and has, like, 20 students or fewer getting an IB diploma (which is most of them) is going to clamor to end it at their school too. Then FCPS would have to admit that IB isn’t popular and doesn’t create “life long learners” and “a school within a school” and they could never, ever admit that.

[Anonymous]

Nothing is changing at Lewis, except that they will limit transfers.

Shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is changing at Lewis, except that they will limit transfers.

Shameful.

How are they planning to do that? If they would make transferring out of Lewis more difficult than transferring out of any other school, that seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen … unless they add a bunch of programming, which they have seemed unwilling to do.

[Anonymous]

You are such a troll. They got distinguished. You just let your prejudices feed your vitriol.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.

Didn’t Lewis get a Distinguished rating?

They got at least On Track.

The solution is easy but FCPS doesn’t want to hear it, because it would definitely lead to a lot of cascading effects. Dump IB at Lewis and replace it with a full slate of AP classes, and bring in some more vocational classes too to bring back the transfers to Edison and wherever else (maybe Falls Church?) The problem is they know that if they end IB at one school, everywhere else that has it and has, like, 20 students or fewer getting an IB diploma (which is most of them) is going to clamor to end it at their school too. Then FCPS would have to admit that IB isn’t popular and doesn’t create “life long learners” and “a school within a school” and they could never, ever admit that.

[Anonymous]

You messed up the quote so I’m not going to quote you, but if they did indeed get a Distinguished then why are we all acting like they’re circling the drain? They’re clearly doing fine and should be left alone. It can’t be both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is changing at Lewis, except that they will limit transfers.

Shameful.

How are they planning to do that? If they would make transferring out of Lewis more difficult than transferring out of any other school, that seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen … unless they add a bunch of programming, which they have seemed unwilling to do.

No clue. They mentioned stopping transfers, a new principal and the establishment of an academy (for an associates degree?). Other than that, my impression was that Lewis would be addressed during the next cycle - in 5 years.

I’ve attended enough of these meetings now to understand that there is no serious interest or effort to support the Lewis community through this boundary process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Reid just say that they were going to table the move from BrenMar to Key/Lewis? Already backpedaling?

What a clustefck.

Wow they came up with all these moves and just decided to do nothing. LOL. Meanwhile Edison actually does need some kids to be moved out.

Not exactly.

She said they were tabling the proposal to move Bren Mar Park from Holmes/Edison to Key/Lewis for five years.

There are a bunch of other changes they still apparently have in mind. Some move kids from Parklawn ES in the Justice pyramid to Columbia ES in the Annandale pyramid and to Belvedere ES in the Justice HS pyramid.

Other changes would move kids at Beech Tree ES from Glasgow MS/Justice HS to Poe MS/Falls Church HS and at Belvedere ES from Glasgow MS to Holmes MS (but keep them at Justice HS).

I don't understand why Reid said the BMP proposal is being withdrawn because it's too rushed, but wants to move forward with other changes that weren't in Scenario 4 and will take families by surprise.

Ironically, it's the proposal that's being withdrawn that would address the bigger issue - the under-enrollment at Lewis HS - whereas the other proposals that they apparently intend to move forward don't involve Lewis at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.

Didn’t Lewis get a Distinguished rating?

Yes. Reid made sure that got mentioned tonight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Reid just say that they were going to table the move from BrenMar to Key/Lewis? Already backpedaling?

What a clustefck.

Wow they came up with all these moves and just decided to do nothing. LOL. Meanwhile Edison actually does need some kids to be moved out.

Not exactly.

She said they were tabling the proposal to move Bren Mar Park from Holmes/Edison to Key/Lewis for five years.

There are a bunch of other changes they still apparently have in mind. Some move kids from Parklawn ES in the Justice pyramid to Columbia ES in the Annandale pyramid and to Belvedere ES in the Justice HS pyramid.

Other changes would move kids at Beech Tree ES from Glasgow MS/Justice HS to Poe MS/Falls Church HS and at Belvedere ES from Glasgow MS to Holmes MS (but keep them at Justice HS).

I don't understand why Reid said the BMP proposal is being withdrawn because it's too rushed, but wants to move forward with other changes that weren't in Scenario 4 and will take families by surprise.

Ironically, it's the proposal that's being withdrawn that would address the bigger issue - the under-enrollment at Lewis HS - whereas the other proposals that they apparently intend to move forward don't involve Lewis at all.

The changes to Parklawn and Glasgow are to appease Ricardy Anderson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Reid just say that they were going to table the move from BrenMar to Key/Lewis? Already backpedaling?

What a clustefck.

Wow they came up with all these moves and just decided to do nothing. LOL. Meanwhile Edison actually does need some kids to be moved out.

Not exactly.

She said they were tabling the proposal to move Bren Mar Park from Holmes/Edison to Key/Lewis for five years.

There are a bunch of other changes they still apparently have in mind. Some move kids from Parklawn ES in the Justice pyramid to Columbia ES in the Annandale pyramid and to Belvedere ES in the Justice HS pyramid.

Other changes would move kids at Beech Tree ES from Glasgow MS/Justice HS to Poe MS/Falls Church HS and at Belvedere ES from Glasgow MS to Holmes MS (but keep them at Justice HS).

I don't understand why Reid said the BMP proposal is being withdrawn because it's too rushed, but wants to move forward with other changes that weren't in Scenario 4 and will take families by surprise.

Ironically, it's the proposal that's being withdrawn that would address the bigger issue - the under-enrollment at Lewis HS - whereas the other proposals that they apparently intend to move forward don't involve Lewis at all.

The changes to Parklawn and Glasgow are to appease Ricardy Anderson.

I understand but it's odd for Reid to come and say they've recognized the BMP proposal is too rushed, but then drop changes on other families in the Justice pyramid that weren't in any of the prior proposals at this late stage.

The Beech Tree families now proposed to move to Poe/Falls Church from Glasgow/Justice had no idea that was in the cards. Ironically, there's a different group of Beech Tree families who do want to move from Beech Tree/Glasgow/Justice to Graham Road/Jackson/Falls Church, but they've been ignored.

Similarly, the Belvedere families that are now proposed to move from Glasgow to Holmes, but stay at Justice, didn't know this was coming. They might want to stay at Glasgow, or conversely move to Annandale if they are being moved to Holmes. The BRAC is meeting in a couple of days, so they don't have much time to weigh in.