That’s one reason. Other reasons include federal jobs losses and dissatisfaction with FCPS’s current direction and obsession with boundaries. One of those things is something within the sphere of responsibility of Reid and the School Board, but they pretend to ignore that. |
+1. They are a couple of days from the second to last set of maps being released and don’t even know what they are doing with KAA. It’s amateur hour. And when they change boundaries to accommodate KAA, it’s going to be insane. A couple board members have made it clear that there won’t be grandfathering for that school. Imagine being a 9th grader this year who is about to get yanked out of his/her school for KAA. |
Well that’s sort of insane. Why wouldn’t there be grandfathering? I thought there was full grandfathering when South County opened, kids could elect to stay at Hayfield if they were already going there. |
The top reasons are: 1) Immigration enforcement, 2) Demographic changes, 3) Federal job situation, and 4) Housing affordability. Boundary changes are not a significant factor affecting enrollment. |
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The grandfathering usually covers rising juniors and seniors. Since new high schools frequently start with just freshman and sophomore classes and then at a new class behind them the next year. I assume this is how they will do it. So current sophomores and juniors would be rising juniors and seniors next year and would stay at their current school. So, in a sense there is grandfathering. |
You have no way of knowing how many people are bailing on or avoiding FCPS due to uncertainty around boundaries. |
You have no way of knowing that. FCPS knows exactly how many kids moved to other parts of the county or state or moved out of state or left the country entirely and how many left for private or homeschool because that information is required when you un-enroll your child. They should release this information but they won't. |
That is not required. I would think it is routine to do it, but required? During the year, to get documentation, maybe. But, not if you move over the summer. Most people just enroll at a new school with the documentation they have. Do you think all our new students from south of the border brought documentation? |
I know of 3 just in my circle. 6th through 9th grades. |
DP. I know of at least four, mostly elementary. |
Moving before any boundaries changes are even made? I call BS. People who have left were probably already planning to leave. |
We’re currently zoned for WSHS and could get moved. I know three families in this neighborhood who have already sold to buy as close as they can to WSHS in the last 3 months. They wanted the certainty and didn’t want to wait in case the home values here fall. |
| i know at least 6 who moved to loudoun or switched to private since last school year due to uncertainties with boundaries. |
They all switched to private when the school board was talking about no grandfathering except for seniors No one wants theit high school students to change schools. |