FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Putting DRAFT on the maps--now that Thru is done?

They must already be getting pushback. The question is: where is the pushback that they care about coming from?
They don't care about ALL pushback.

Lady made it clear what her interests were. Is that why they posted DRAFT?

Sorry, WS parents, I don't know enough about your area. What about your SB rep?

The maps have blatant errors that are kind of embarrassing for a project deliverable. Fairfax HS and Katherine Johnson MS no longer share the same footprint and are off by one SPA. McLean/Longfellow have a phantom SPA assigned from Westgate that isn’t addressed in the Westgate to Franklin Sherman shift. They make several claims of “resolving” split feeders without citing the split feeders they’ve created. One example is Kilmer MS. They remove the Kilmer/Madison feeder pattern, yet invent a Kilmer/McLean pattern and explicitly call the split feeder resolved in their summary chart.

All this! Also they created a new Marshall/McLean split feeder at Shrevewood and “resolve” the split feeder at Kilmer by sending more kids to Thoreau, a three-way split feeder to Madison, Marshall, and Oakton that they don’t try to address.

They also proposed to create a split feeder at Longfellow where a very small number of kids would go to Falls Church - the exact type of split feeder they said they were trying to eliminate.

No surprise that they aren’t scheduling a meeting at Marshall or McLean, where they might get people in the same room questioning these proposals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What types of things are they saying? I don't want to go on their Facebook.

Why would you criticize Fair Facts like this, when you haven't even taken the effort to research what they are about?

There is a good post on the FB page after 5/5 from one of the FairFACTS Matters reps on the BRAC. I don’t know if she’s from Langley or not but she seems very thorough and on top of everything and also frustrated by the lack of information that FCPS staff and Thru made available to the BRAC members.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

Yeah. Lewis is squarely in the middle of the desired capacity range on the slides(60-105%) and will continue to be. Minimal disruptions is a desired outcome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

Yeah. Lewis is squarely in the middle of the desired capacity range on the slides(60-105%) and will continue to be. Minimal disruptions is a desired outcome.

When “minimal disruption” is unnecessary, it should still be avoided.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

Yeah. Lewis is squarely in the middle of the desired capacity range on the slides(60-105%) and will continue to be. Minimal disruptions is a desired outcome.

Disruptions aren't minimal for the families that are about to be moved. Their kids taken away from their communities and friends.

[Anonymous]

While Thru Consulting purported to have guiding principles, they omitted an obvious one:

“When a solution to an existing problem creates a new problem (e.g., an attendance island, a < 25% split feeder, or projected overcrowding in excess of 105%) that we cannot address consistent with our other guiding principles, we will not recommend it.”

They did not do so, presumably because they wanted more recommendations to justify their consulting fee. But this failure renders some of their proposals ludicrous and seriously undermines their proposals, including those that may make sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

Yeah. Lewis is squarely in the middle of the desired capacity range on the slides(60-105%) and will continue to be. Minimal disruptions is a desired outcome.

Disruptions aren't minimal for the families that are about to be moved. Their kids taken away from their communities and friends.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While Thru Consulting purported to have guiding principles, they omitted an obvious one:

“When a solution to an existing problem creates a new problem (e.g., an attendance island, a < 25% split feeder, or projected overcrowding in excess of 105%) that we cannot address consistent with our other guiding principles, we will not recommend it.”

They did not do so, presumably because they wanted more recommendations to justify their consulting fee. But this failure renders some of their proposals ludicrous and seriously undermines their proposals, including those that may make sense.

Can you please provide a link to where you found this? It would be hugely helpful for me as I'm putting together comments to fight changes in my neighborhood. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

A potential influx of hundreds of new kids will impact the Lewis community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While Thru Consulting purported to have guiding principles, they omitted an obvious one:

“When a solution to an existing problem creates a new problem (e.g., an attendance island, a < 25% split feeder, or projected overcrowding in excess of 105%) that we cannot address consistent with our other guiding principles, we will not recommend it.”

They did not do so, presumably because they wanted more recommendations to justify their consulting fee. But this failure renders some of their proposals ludicrous and seriously undermines their proposals, including those that may make sense.

Can you please provide a link to where you found this? It would be hugely helpful for me as I'm putting together comments to fight changes in my neighborhood. Thanks!

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I’m saying this is a guiding principle they should have included, but did not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

A potential influx of hundreds of new kids will impact the Lewis community.

What kids are you talking about? No new students are being zoned to Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

A potential influx of hundreds of new kids will impact the Lewis community.

Who is getting rezoned to Lewis?

The Rolling Valley neighborhood is already zoned for Lewis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between sending out maps that are impossible to read, to scheduling the feedback meetings at schools not affected by rezoning, and refusing to answer specific questions the BRAC committee members have repeatedly asked about specific issues with rezoning, it is clear that FCPS school board and Thru actually do not want feedback from the communities affected by rezoning.

The committee was just for show, which is a terrible disservice to the peope who devoted all their time to help make this process as painless as possible for their neighbors and students across FCPS.

The maps are designed to hide and confuse familes as to what is actually happening with rezoning and who will be affected.

The meetings are scheduled at locations to make it difficult for the affected families to give meaningful feedback. If they cared about getting feedback, FCPS would have scheduled the meetings near the schools being rezoned.

Not even bothering to hold a meeting at West Springfield is such an insult when they are proposing to move so many kids out of the school.

Reid should be fired immediately and this process halted in its tracks.

Is there something preventing you from driving to Lewis for the meeting? The Lewis community will be impacted too. Why not have it there?

No changes are proposed to Lewis’s boundaries.

Yes but there will be changes to their school.

No, there won't.

Lewis is not affected by this boundary process at all.

Your region meeting should be at Annandale or Edison.

A potential influx of hundreds of new kids will impact the Lewis community.

Who is getting rezoned to Lewis?

The Rolling Valley neighborhood is already zoned for Lewis.

Not if Sandy Anderson has her way. At the WSHS PTA meeting earlier this week she suggested those kids would get redistricted to WSHS. Which made all of the parents of Hunt Valley kids who would get kicked out of WSHS pretty upset.