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Yes they listed the option of creating trailers and also projected a decline in certain areas where they are over capacity. The Metro in Tysons created one problem and the construction off 28 the other. |
The first paragraph is factually incorrect. There are a number of areas on the “Herndon” side of Route 7 in Herndon, Reston, and Vienna that currently go to Langley. Moving these or other areas to Herndon or other schools wouldn’t start a race war, unless you assume the Langley parents would launch one. |
Maybe I’m not following you, but your post seems to attempt to make One Fairfax out to be a SES policy, rather than a racial equity policy. I get why you would want to make that argument, but it just isn’t accurate, if that is what you are trying to do. If the boundary changes have always been about capacity, please inform us why the BRAC contains many special interest groups, including race-based special interest groups. And can you also let us know why Mateo Dunne at the publicly-available October 8, 2024 meeting, around 4:02 indicated that he wanted the chief equity officer on certain committees because “One Fairfax”? You all keep asserting that this isn’t equity-based redistricting and then we provide you with our receipts to show that it is. |
I didn't keep it but it was on the handout that stated the goals of the review. It was the first sentence and the 'equity' or 'equitable access' was in the sentence. When I read that, there was no question in my mind what this was all about and I think everyone should be very afraid, unless we think the SB is going to think twice about this agenda given the way things are going with the new administration. |
The term expires December 31, 2027 so you can vote late 2027. By then, they will have pushed through this boundary change and it will be too late to unravel all of this work. Plus, the county will still reelect a largely Democrat (if not all Democrat) school board that will not be motivated to make any drastic changes. |
Your receipts are - interest groups and a chief equity officer are present. This is circumstantial and not proof - they are there so no future complaints cannot be made such as: what you are implying. I'm looking for a document or meeting minutes that says that the boundary adjustment is about equity and not capacity. So far the meeting slides keep talking about capacity. And I hear the other side repeatedly say it's all about equity. Which is it? Show me the slides or meeting minutes. |
So...there's nothing that anyone can do to stop them? As far as reelecting Democrat, I will not. I am not conservative but this issue is a big one for me and I find it very problematic that the SB is so far to the left. |
Why does it have to be proven to you. You were there, you saw the slides. If you don't remember that equity was a chief goal in this, that is your problem, not ours. |
Ok. I follow you. I read that as one school doesn't get an advantage with facilities. Take a look at Herndon Middle and Hughes Middle they are completely different. I went to Herndon Intermediate and right now Hughes is looking a lot better. There are more people in Reston willing to complain then the minority in Herndon. I read "equitable access" to mean we wont have that discrepancy. Which I am 100% fully behind. HMS should look stellar like Hughes Middle and they are a few streets away from each other. |
Circumstantial and not proof? Wtf are you talking about? Look at policy 8130. At some point it’s less about you not seeing the evidence and more about you not wanting to believe it. |
I'm talking about the boundary between Langley and Herndon and nope no Langley bus goes past 7 on Georgetown Pike. Move some (or a lot of) Herndon kids to Langley. Wouldn't that solve everyone's problems? Then I don't care - my commute and routine is in-tact. You can start a race war somewhere else. |
I don't think that's accurate. Most of the voters are blue across the county and across pyramids. Presumably parents in all the areas that saw their high schools shift from well/high-performing to mediocre or low-performing over the past several decades are happy. After all, they are the ones that increasingly eliminated republican politicians from the school board. It must be that they were getting benefits from other changes driven by the mindset/philosophy of the democrats. No person or party is perfect so the tradeoffs must have been worth it. Maybe it really is just the (democrat-voting) parents in the well/high-performing pyramids that remain that are especially hypocritical. |
https://www.fcps.edu/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/boundary-policy None of the bullet points state Equity. One sentence on: abides by One Fairfax which says every kid has the same equitable access and not one of the primary goals of rezoning.
Tell me what are you reading? I don't see it. |
https://youtu.be/iM4AfGQqTWE?si=hwRTnBGDPN2HSoML&t=90 |
Items not in 8130: equity, race, or one fairfax. Items in 8130: access to programming, proximity, capacity, transportation, minimizing disruption, minimizing transportation costs, aligning pyramids and eliminating split feeders, and supporting family involvement. So, yes, I agree with what you said. “At some point it’s less about you not seeing evidence and more about you not wanting to believe it.” |