FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are moving some of Shrevewood that currently goes to Kilmer to Longfellow (creating a change) and taking out neighborhood that timber lane to Longfellow. Unclear what problem they are solving by changing more kids schools and friends. And creating a small Shrevewood split feeder.

The Shrevewood split feeder is really odd. After all of their tinkering, Kilmer and Marshall are at 90% capacity, so there’s no reason to move it.

They may have been trying to balance middle school capacities. If they they don't move it, Longfellow is going to be at around 85% capacity vs. 88% with the proposed move. Kilmer is still at 90% with the move.

Or it may just be that it's a leftover from the earlier proposal to add that area to bridge the Timber Lane attendance island at McLean. That's moot with the proposal to now move the area currently at Timber Lane to Falls Church and Marshall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got this email because I'm registered for the Oakton meeting tonight. It sounds like you get to go and use the tool in person and talk to others at your table about it, but then the only feedback they take is from multiple choice Qs on an app? I have actual questions about the maps that have been released so far.

Meeting Format

Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid will discuss FCPS’ mission, purpose of the comprehensive boundary review, and timeline.

A representative from Thru Consulting will talk about the boundary review process so far, introduce the three initial draft boundary scenarios, and demo the Boundary Explorer Tool.

Participants will divide into groups (in-person and on Zoom). They can then look up their address in the Boundary Explorer Tool, discover how the proposed draft scenarios might affect their school or neighborhood, and discuss the proposed boundary scenarios with their group... community boundary review meetings via Zoom, we highly recommend you use a laptop for the best experience instead of a mobile device.

Are better off taking a laptop if in person? So the Boundary Explorer Tool is a 1 address look up to see impacts like the FCPS Boundary Locator? Any insights on these? :

Westgate - 118 walkers to Franklin Sherman. 2 buses? FS program capacity is 418 so at 98%, 8 more students put it at 100%. 21 more it's the Thru/Reid magic 105%. Franklin Sherman now has 123 transferring into Kent Gardens- immersion + boundary process?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/4-11-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf
Slide 30:
Cooper +107 = 101%
Kilmer -31 =115% . What elementary school is this? Westgate Spring Gate area is now pink on map to Longfellow/Mclean.
Longfellow -76 =88%. Spring Hill Island?
Slide 34 :
Jackson -89= 87%.
Kilmer -110 [+ 39 Jackson -149 Thoreau] = 108% on site with trailers + modular.
Longfellow +50 Jackson =97%
Thoreau +149 Kilmer=101%.

Thanks - doesn't sound like the meetings will offer better information.

If you have access to the "FCPS School Boundary Explorer," that's apparently what you need to look at now. The proposals relating to Langley are the same (only move is moving the Spring Hill island from McLean to Langley), but the proposals relating to McLean, Marshall, Madison, and Falls Church are all different.

Thanks. I saw the Timber Lane island as Jackson/Falls Church. Surprised to see the Westgate walkers [Dartford] still changed to Franklin Sherman. Blairstone [street in Westbriar Island] still Westbriar/Kilmer/Marshall. It would be helpful to see maps. Not have to find out addresses...

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised they're proposing to move that area in Vienna north of Old Courthouse Road near Westbriar from Marshall to Madison. Does Westbriar now technically move into the Madison pyramid?

The boundaries for Kilmer and Marshall would still be contiguous, but barely. It almost looks like they're creating a new attendance island in the Wolftrap area.

[Anonymous]

Is the boundary map tool live for the public or only those going to this meeting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got this email because I'm registered for the Oakton meeting tonight. It sounds like you get to go and use the tool in person and talk to others at your table about it, but then the only feedback they take is from multiple choice Qs on an app? I have actual questions about the maps that have been released so far.

Meeting Format

Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid will discuss FCPS’ mission, purpose of the comprehensive boundary review, and timeline.

A representative from Thru Consulting will talk about the boundary review process so far, introduce the three initial draft boundary scenarios, and demo the Boundary Explorer Tool.

Participants will divide into groups (in-person and on Zoom). They can then look up their address in the Boundary Explorer Tool, discover how the proposed draft scenarios might affect their school or neighborhood, and discuss the proposed boundary scenarios with their group... community boundary review meetings via Zoom, we highly recommend you use a laptop for the best experience instead of a mobile device.

Are better off taking a laptop if in person? So the Boundary Explorer Tool is a 1 address look up to see impacts like the FCPS Boundary Locator? Any insights on these? :

Westgate - 118 walkers to Franklin Sherman. 2 buses? FS program capacity is 418 so at 98%, 8 more students put it at 100%. 21 more it's the Thru/Reid magic 105%. Franklin Sherman now has 123 transferring into Kent Gardens- immersion + boundary process?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/4-11-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf
Slide 30:
Cooper +107 = 101%
Kilmer -31 =115% . What elementary school is this? Westgate Spring Gate area is now pink on map to Longfellow/Mclean.
Longfellow -76 =88%. Spring Hill Island?
Slide 34 :
Jackson -89= 87%.
Kilmer -110 [+ 39 Jackson -149 Thoreau] = 108% on site with trailers + modular.
Longfellow +50 Jackson =97%
Thoreau +149 Kilmer=101%.

Thanks - doesn't sound like the meetings will offer better information.

If you have access to the "FCPS School Boundary Explorer," that's apparently what you need to look at now. The proposals relating to Langley are the same (only move is moving the Spring Hill island from McLean to Langley), but the proposals relating to McLean, Marshall, Madison, and Falls Church are all different.

Thanks. I saw the Timber Lane island as Jackson/Falls Church. Surprised to see the Westgate walkers [Dartford] still changed to Franklin Sherman. Blairstone [street in Westbriar Island] still Westbriar/Kilmer/Marshall. It would be helpful to see maps. Not have to find out addresses...

If you're talking about Blairstone Drive in Maymont Estates, they are still proposing to move it that area from Westgate to Wolftrap, and then keep it at Kilmer/Marshall.

I think the issue they have with Westgate and Franklin Sherman is two-fold. But the big issue is that they seem to have screwed up their projections when they did the Kent Gardens boundary study in late 2023 that involved Chesterbrook, Churchill Road, Franklin Sherman, Kent Gardens, and Haycock. When they did the study, they moved a bunch of kids at Franklin Sherman to Churchill Road and Chesterbrook, and then claimed this would be more than offset by the kids they were adding to Franklin Sherman from Kent Gardens. But this past fall the Sherman enrollment was down quite a bit and the projections in the latest CIP showed a further decline. They need to add kids to Franklin Sherman to keep it viable, but they are probably reluctant to change boundaries that were part of the 2023 study since those changes are still being phased in (there was generous grandfathering). So Westgate then becomes a two-for-one, since they think they can eliminate the split feeder there and also beef up the enrollment at Sherman. They haven't yet eliminated the split feeder though, because they'd now have the Spring Gate apartments going to Westgate/Longfellow/McLean. And they'd have kids who could easily walk to Westgate taking a bus to Sherman.

[Anonymous]

Anyone has the zoom link for today's meeting? We were supposed to get an email with the link, but I didnt.

[Anonymous]

Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

You mean Marshall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

Jackson is the middle school. You might be getting moved to Falls Church HS.

Take a look at Falls Church's renovation. It will be a much nicer facility and it's got AP classes like McLean.

But if they don't grandfather kids it could really suck for your kid and others all over the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

You mean Marshall?

No. Some of the Timber Lane apartments got moved to Kilmer/Marshall the SFH got moved to Jackson/Falls Church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

You mean Marshall?

No. Some of the Timber Lane apartments got moved to Kilmer/Marshall the SFH got moved to Jackson/Falls Church.

DP. All the single-family homes and most of the apartments now zoned for Timber Lane/Longfellow/McLean would move to Jackson/Falls Church and stay at Timber Lane. The part of Timber Lane south of 29 would be completely different (would be areas at Pine Spring ES and Graham Road ES) but continue to feed to Jackson/Falls Church.

The apartments west of Hollywood Road now zoned for Timber Lane/Longfellow/McLean would move to Shrevewood/Kilmer/Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid is at McLean hs and in this would move to jackson hs - really not happy.

You mean Marshall?

No. Some of the Timber Lane apartments got moved to Kilmer/Marshall the SFH got moved to Jackson/Falls Church.

DP. All the single-family homes and most of the apartments now zoned for Timber Lane/Longfellow/McLean would move to Jackson/Falls Church and stay at Timber Lane. The part of Timber Lane south of 29 would be completely different (would be areas at Pine Spring ES and Graham Road ES) but continue to feed to Jackson/Falls Church.

The apartments west of Hollywood Road now zoned for Timber Lane/Longfellow/McLean would move to Shrevewood/Kilmer/Marshall.

^ The area west of Hollywood Road isn't just apartments, as there are also townhouses in that area.

[Anonymous]

The capacity projections since significantly different from what were in the slides, I'm guessing from compounding impacts of different scenarios but it sounds like there are some changes that are being proposed that was not previewed during the scenarios?

[Anonymous]

Wow so many typos. Let me fix:

The capacity projections seem significantly different from what they displayed in the slides. I'm guessing that is from the compounding impacts of different scenarios but it sounds like there are also some changes in the tool that was not previewed during the scenarios...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow so many typos. Let me fix:

The capacity projections seem significantly different from what they displayed in the slides. I'm guessing that is from the compounding impacts of different scenarios but it sounds like there are also some changes in the tool that was not previewed during the scenarios...

They previously ignored the expansions at Falls Church and Madison, which left a lot of excess capacity for tweaking the Marshall and McLean boundaries.