FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s really funny to see the whining from the equity warriors right now because thru saw through their pretext and saw the naked equity attempt.

Glad that the school board and superintendent came to their senses on it. They saved the county tax base and the Fairfax county Democratic Party by not listening to the extreme left flank.

What are you talking about? Plenty of neighborhoods (including mine) are slated to get moved. Nothing has been decided yet.

It's just a Forestville, Great Falls, or even worse one of the "good" Herndon address homeowners doing a victory lap because they weren't moved. They don't care about you or your family, only that they got what they wanted.

DP. I belong in none of your odd "categories," but having followed this discussion for months, I am loving the fact that people like you got a metaphorical pie in the face. You've been insisting that one particular community be moved - because you hate them - and that didn't happen. But what do you know? YOUR kids are going to be moved. Sorry, that is karma in a nutshell.

I hope you learned your lesson. Worry about your own kids.

DP. Aren’t you that creepy Colvin Run mom who has posting on here for years? You single-handedly keep Langley’s enrollment down below 105% because people don’t want to be around people like you or your kids.

You’re like a scarecrow in a field. Forestville should pay you a commission.

^^ Perfect example of a mentally unwell person. Please, please seek help for your LDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cooper will get overcrowded before Langley with the Spring Hill move that is already proposed but they will work the system in a few years to get modulars installed at Cooper and Langley to add more capacity.

Or they'll just deal with temporary overcrowding, knowing that student numbers will decline in the coming years. You poor thing.

[Anonymous]

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They currently have, and should continue to have, the ability to consider boundary changes when schools are under-enrolled as well as over capacity.

Only if they include the students who are Pupil Placed OUT.

It is not fair to take other neighborhoods and move them to a school that is losing students to pupil placement. That needs to be addressed first.

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Students need to be returned to their base schools before any boundary changes are even contemplated. And that goes for AAP centers, which should be a thing of the past. As should IB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cooper will get overcrowded before Langley with the Spring Hill move that is already proposed but they will work the system in a few years to get modulars installed at Cooper and Langley to add more capacity.

Or they'll just deal with temporary overcrowding, knowing that student numbers will decline in the coming years. You poor thing.

DP, but moving that big chunk of Tysons to Cooper/Langley may be a game changer. That’s a growing area, unlike the aging single-family neighborhoods that have been losing school-age kids.

No idea why you’re so confrontational. Are you the scarecrow poster?

[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

Where are you getting that number? The latest CIP has it budgeted for $59 million.

They expand every school in the 2008 queue getting renovated, regardless of current need. It’s the schools not in that old queue that need additions that get ignored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cooper will get overcrowded before Langley with the Spring Hill move that is already proposed but they will work the system in a few years to get modulars installed at Cooper and Langley to add more capacity.

Or they'll just deal with temporary overcrowding, knowing that student numbers will decline in the coming years. You poor thing.

DP, but moving that big chunk of Tysons to Cooper/Langley may be a game changer. That’s a growing area, unlike the aging single-family neighborhoods that have been losing school-age kids.

No idea why you’re so confrontational. Are you the scarecrow poster?

The troll is back again, calling anyone she disagrees with names. I have no idea what you're talking about, but you do indeed know exactly why I and others aren't interested in humoring you any longer. Once again, there may be a temporary influx of students, but that will abate in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

I can't speak to Armstrong, but yanking Karl Frisch's idiotic boondoggle would certainly help the budget shortfall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

Where are you getting that number? The latest CIP has it budgeted for $59 million.

They expand every school in the 2008 queue getting renovated, regardless of current need. It’s the schools not in that old queue that need additions that get ignored.

I double counted. Still $59 million for an unnecessary expansion is the height of idiotic. I get expanding schools that need them, but 41% projected capacity after the expansion? That’s criminal negligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cooper will get overcrowded before Langley with the Spring Hill move that is already proposed but they will work the system in a few years to get modulars installed at Cooper and Langley to add more capacity.

Or they'll just deal with temporary overcrowding, knowing that student numbers will decline in the coming years. You poor thing.

DP, but moving that big chunk of Tysons to Cooper/Langley may be a game changer. That’s a growing area, unlike the aging single-family neighborhoods that have been losing school-age kids.

No idea why you’re so confrontational. Are you the scarecrow poster?

The troll is back again, calling anyone she disagrees with names. I have no idea what you're talking about, but you do indeed know exactly why I and others aren't interested in humoring you any longer. Once again, there may be a temporary influx of students, but that will abate in the future.

You may want to look at both the capacity and the residential development applications dashboards for further information on both recent enrollment trends and the potential student yields from additional development in the part of Tysons that Thru has proposed to move to Langley.

Birth rates can decline both nationally and locally, yet if growth is concentrated in a specific area school enrollments can still increase.

Try not to act so unhinged next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

Where are you getting that number? The latest CIP has it budgeted for $59 million.

They expand every school in the 2008 queue getting renovated, regardless of current need. It’s the schools not in that old queue that need additions that get ignored.

I double counted. Still $59 million for an unnecessary expansion is the height of idiotic. I get expanding schools that need them, but 41% projected capacity after the expansion? That’s criminal negligence.

That is really low capacity utilization, so the expansions of both Armstrong and neighboring Dranesville, which is projected to be at 58% following its own ongoing renovation, will exert some pressure to pull kids from other schools, including perhaps at least one to the north.

[Anonymous]

Here is the leaked boundary maps

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/05/14/fcps-shares-initial-suggestions-for-school-boundary-changes/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is the leaked boundary maps

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/05/14/fcps-shares-initial-suggestions-for-school-boundary-changes/

Is a map leaked of they’re the official draft releases that have been posted to the FCPS website and discussed here for weeks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the leaked boundary maps

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/05/14/fcps-shares-initial-suggestions-for-school-boundary-changes/

Is a map leaked of they’re the official draft releases that have been posted to the FCPS website and discussed here for weeks?

The latter. Nothing new there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what’s up with Armstrong elementary? It seems like they are getting a renovation and expansion that will bring them from 74% capacity to 41% capacity. At a cost of over $116 million.

Good news, I think I found a line item that would go a long way toward solving the budget shortfall.

Why in the world are they expanding a school at 74% capacity?

Got to get below 60% so they can trigger moving in all those Forestville homes south of Rt. 7