LCPS School Rezoning?

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

Kincora is a road right beside Dulles Town Center which is just past Countryside in Sterling. That’s a quick 3 miles down 7 to Dominion vs up 7 into Leesburg to Riverside. It’s a weird switch IMO

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

Kincora is a road right beside Dulles Town Center which is just past Countryside in Sterling. That’s a quick 3 miles down 7 to Dominion vs up 7 into Leesburg to Riverside. It’s a weird switch IMO

You're right! I didn't compare them. I just thought it was odd that they were currently zoned to PVH when everyone else is from Sterling proper. I am not even sure that they are slotted to be rezoned to Riverside though, so someone who is more invested will have to look into it.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

Kincora is a road right beside Dulles Town Center which is just past Countryside in Sterling. That’s a quick 3 miles down 7 to Dominion vs up 7 into Leesburg to Riverside. It’s a weird switch IMO

You're right! I didn't compare them. I just thought it was odd that they were currently zoned to PVH when everyone else is from Sterling proper. I am not even sure that they are slotted to be rezoned to Riverside though, so someone who is more invested will have to look into it.

Yeah that’s why the PP who was like “we at riverside are welcoming those coming from park view” was strange. First because I’m not sure anyone zoned to park view is going to be switched to Riverside and the tone of “our high school in one of the wealthiest country club communities WELCOMES the kids coming from the title I school” was weird

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

Not many but a few. Also a few from Potomac Falls.

As a Dominion parent I was shocked to see no changes at all for us, since we are technically included in the current “review.” I was expecting to receive some PFHS students since we have room and they are over capacity. Shrug.

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Anonymous wrote:Follow Beth Barts on Facebook, she has been discussing this. If you're zoned for one of the central Leesburg.

Did she take her page down? It was private but I was accepted to see it for months. Can’t see it now. Have never made any political FB posts/comments. ??

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Anonymous wrote:Follow Beth Barts on Facebook, she has been discussing this. If you're zoned for one of the central Leesburg.

Did she take her page down? It was private but I was accepted to see it for months. Can’t see it now. Have never made any political FB posts/comments. ??

She turns her page on and off depending how much online bullying or threats are occurring.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

Kincora is a road right beside Dulles Town Center which is just past Countryside in Sterling. That’s a quick 3 miles down 7 to Dominion vs up 7 into Leesburg to Riverside. It’s a weird switch IMO

You're right! I didn't compare them. I just thought it was odd that they were currently zoned to PVH when everyone else is from Sterling proper. I am not even sure that they are slotted to be rezoned to Riverside though, so someone who is more invested will have to look into it.

Yeah that’s why the PP who was like “we at riverside are welcoming those coming from park view” was strange. First because I’m not sure anyone zoned to park view is going to be switched to Riverside and the tone of “our high school in one of the wealthiest country club communities WELCOMES the kids coming from the title I school” was weird

It is in response to the poster who say "ALL THE RICH IN LOUDOUN HATE THE POORS AND DON'T WANT THEM AT THEIR SCHOOLS. #TUSCARORA." So yes, RVHS is going to be "welcoming" to the incoming students and zero current families are complaining. Sorry if that does not match up with your views on "country club" people.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

It was a nightmare driving to Tuscarora in the morning from the east, and forget about football games. Traffic backed up for miles. Show me where it was about race? Receipts? It was about their terrible math department for our family.

RVHS is excited to welcome the new families from Parkview, PFHS, etc. and no one I know is complaining about their race or economic status.

Also, east Lansdowne families are fighting to stay at Weller, which has many more FARMS families than Seldens.

Riverside isn’t getting anyone from Park View … ?

I heard they are getting some from various HSs including PV, but maybe there's a new draft. Their district is expanding east and south and grabbing a bunch of different places.

If this attendance zone map is correct (I didn't bother to confirm), then a small number of kids who are currently very oddly zoned to Park View from across 28 by Dulles Town Center could be switched.

Why on earth would they go to riverside instead of even dominion? Weird

Did you look at the map? They are near Kincora, not Park View or Dominion.

Kincora is a road right beside Dulles Town Center which is just past Countryside in Sterling. That’s a quick 3 miles down 7 to Dominion vs up 7 into Leesburg to Riverside. It’s a weird switch IMO

You're right! I didn't compare them. I just thought it was odd that they were currently zoned to PVH when everyone else is from Sterling proper. I am not even sure that they are slotted to be rezoned to Riverside though, so someone who is more invested will have to look into it.

Yeah that’s why the PP who was like “we at riverside are welcoming those coming from park view” was strange. First because I’m not sure anyone zoned to park view is going to be switched to Riverside and the tone of “our high school in one of the wealthiest country club communities WELCOMES the kids coming from the title I school” was weird

It is in response to the poster who say "ALL THE RICH IN LOUDOUN HATE THE POORS AND DON'T WANT THEM AT THEIR SCHOOLS. #TUSCARORA." So yes, RVHS is going to be "welcoming" to the incoming students and zero current families are complaining. Sorry if that does not match up with your views on "country club" people.

I don’t have any views at all, just pointing out your tone of condescending generosity in welcoming what, maybe 2 entire families to “your” school as if they are refugees

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If a school is under-enrolled (such as Rock Ridge), is there an opportunity for a student to transfer into that school even if they reside in a neighborhood zoned to another school? No idea if that is a thing or not but seems like it should be.

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Anonymous wrote:If a school is under-enrolled (such as Rock Ridge), is there an opportunity for a student to transfer into that school even if they reside in a neighborhood zoned to another school? No idea if that is a thing or not but seems like it should be.

Yes, the process is called special permission and lots of families use it across all grade levels. The only catch is that you have to provide your own transportation. There's a deadline for applying every spring for the following school year. Just search on the main LCPS website.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived through my kids going to 3 different elementary schools. When I moved to Ashburn we were told they were building an elementary school within walking distance of my neighborhood. My kids went to 2 different middle schools. The kids in my kids middle school were split and sent to 2 different high schools. It sucks and had I known it would be this bad I never would have moved to Ashburn.

I'm really sorry, PP. I'm so tired of hearing that resistance to school rezoning is solely about racism and entitlement, when most parents just want reasonable outcomes, like not having their families split among different schools, or having kids forced to change schools during high school, or other similar reasonable concerns.

Sometimes it is but other times it actually is racism. Sorry, if you didn’t see and hear the reasons Brambleton parents advocated moving their white kids out of rock ridge you might not understand but it is very racially motivated many times.

Can you explain? We are moving into a home that is zoned for Rock Ridge.

A lot of the white brambleton parents lobbied very hard for their kids to go to independence because they claimed that at Rock Ridge, which has a high population of Asian (specifically South Indian) students, their kids couldn’t be academically competitive. They also cited Rock Ridge not having good sports teams so they needed their kids to go to Indy to have a better experience with school sports. They claimed that white students are ostracized by the Indian students and the Indian students only socialize with other Indian students. Anyway, when Indy opened, Rock Ridge lost about 1200 students who had previously been going there. The boundaries were redrawn - now, 3 years later, independence is overcrowded. Rock Ridge has 1200 students enrolled and numbers aren’t projected to change for the next 5 years because only a few neighborhoods along Loudoun County Parkway are now zoned for Rock Ridge. Only 1 elementary and middle feed to RR. The school itself opened in 2013- it’s only 9 years old and is not being utilized to its full capacity because of how Brambleton parents wanted the boundaries for Independence drawn.

As a parent with a kid who already graduated and one still at Rock Ridge, there is more than some truth to this. There are some good teachers, but Rock Ridge has not been a great high school experience for them if you are not Indian or in the band or theater.

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Anonymous wrote:Basically they need to rebalance Tuscarora and Loudoun County. Some kids zoned for Heritage live in neighborhoods close to Riverside and could probably go there to alleviate Heritage crowding. Why independence isn’t on that list when it’s over capacity 3 years in while Rock Ridge sits half empty (literally- 1200 kids enrolled) is insane. Some new developments being built in Sterling may go to Park View.

I think Riverside is close to capacity. The kids you might be thinking of who currently attend Heritage (River Creek neighborhood?) I believe might get rezoned to Tuscarora under the current plan.

Another related issue is that Heritage was selected to be one of the two schools in Loudoun for the IB program starting soon... the expectation is that this will drive up the number of special permission requests to attend Heritage by a lot, pushing it way to capacity. (The other site is Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville.) So that's not helping with the crowding issues in central Loudoun.

River Creek parents will lose their mind if they pay those house prices , taxes and HOA fees for their kids to get sent to Tuscarora.

Let's talk about that attitude which is really fueled by racism and entitlement. Tuscarora has too many black kids for the parents in Landsdowne/Riverside. That's really what you are referring to. Rock Ridge was supposed to be built before Riverside because of the crazy crowding at the high schools in that part of Ashburn but one of the school board reps made sure her Landsdowne constitutents were taken care of before everyone else. Why does everyone who is not black avoid Tuscarora?

The amount of money you pay for your house should not have any determination as to where you go to school in a public school system.

Not many Black kids at Tuscarora at all. There are a lot of Latino kids, but very few Black.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived through my kids going to 3 different elementary schools. When I moved to Ashburn we were told they were building an elementary school within walking distance of my neighborhood. My kids went to 2 different middle schools. The kids in my kids middle school were split and sent to 2 different high schools. It sucks and had I known it would be this bad I never would have moved to Ashburn.

I'm really sorry, PP. I'm so tired of hearing that resistance to school rezoning is solely about racism and entitlement, when most parents just want reasonable outcomes, like not having their families split among different schools, or having kids forced to change schools during high school, or other similar reasonable concerns.

Sometimes it is but other times it actually is racism. Sorry, if you didn’t see and hear the reasons Brambleton parents advocated moving their white kids out of rock ridge you might not understand but it is very racially motivated many times.

Can you explain? We are moving into a home that is zoned for Rock Ridge.

A lot of the white brambleton parents lobbied very hard for their kids to go to independence because they claimed that at Rock Ridge, which has a high population of Asian (specifically South Indian) students, their kids couldn’t be academically competitive. They also cited Rock Ridge not having good sports teams so they needed their kids to go to Indy to have a better experience with school sports. They claimed that white students are ostracized by the Indian students and the Indian students only socialize with other Indian students. Anyway, when Indy opened, Rock Ridge lost about 1200 students who had previously been going there. The boundaries were redrawn - now, 3 years later, independence is overcrowded. Rock Ridge has 1200 students enrolled and numbers aren’t projected to change for the next 5 years because only a few neighborhoods along Loudoun County Parkway are now zoned for Rock Ridge. Only 1 elementary and middle feed to RR. The school itself opened in 2013- it’s only 9 years old and is not being utilized to its full capacity because of how Brambleton parents wanted the boundaries for Independence drawn.

As a parent with a kid who already graduated and one still at Rock Ridge, there is more than some truth to this. There are some good teachers, but Rock Ridge has not been a great high school experience for them if you are not Indian or in the band or theater.

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