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Anonymous
I’d responded to a post that suggested kids would be moved out of Shrevewood. None of Thru’s proposals call for that, only for adding some kids now at Timber Lane to Shrevewood. Agree like the new Shrevewood split looks uneven, but they could address that by moving the part of Lemon Road right next to Marshall to another Marshall feeder like Westgate or Freedom Hill and keeping them at GCM. Both have capacity. Then they could move more of Shrevewood off Idylwood Road to McLean so it’s a more even split. I don’t think any group of any size at McLean or Marshall were pushing for changes so no problem w/me if they forget about ANY of these proposed changes. But if they start going down the path of addressing the Timber Lane island, the Graham Road situation (the school is outside its attendance area), the overcrowding at Kilmer, etc., they can make some tweaks that would make Shrevewood a more even split. I’m surprised Marshall parents aren’t raising more concerns about the kids who’d move to Madison under the latest proposals, but it seems the biggest complaint is from some Shrevewood parents who don’t want more FARMS kids off Route 29. But if that’s the case you have to give FCPS an alternative as Timber Lane can’t keep all those kids with the additional kids it would be picking up south of Route 29 as part of the Graham Road-driven changes. |
Anonymous
It doesn’t have any modulars. I’m saying FCPS/Thru is treating modular seats as the equivalent of permanent seats so WSHS w/out a modular looks more overcrowded than other schools whose modular seats are counted. But with respect to potential enrollment declines in the future, people at other schools like Chantilly and McLean could make the same argument, but they are proposing to move kids out of those schools as well. That’s why I think if you make that argument for WSHS you’re basically saying they should just deal with the two elementary schools with acute overcrowding. Everyone agrees they need relief. |
Anonymous
WSHS would need modulars for 1-2 years to get through their enrollment spike. After that, the enrollment naturally corrects itself. |
Anonymous
Doubt they are in the mood to spend $2.5-3.0 million to install a modular at a school that not long ago got a nice renovation and expansion. They might have some extra trailers, though. |
Anonymous
The families would be happy with temporary trailers over rezoning |
Anonymous
No the Shrevewood parents are pissed that it's now slated to become a split feeder - it's been a 100% feeder to Marshall for at least the past decade my kids attended. And that the way it's becoming a split feeder is to rip a neighborhood in half that attends (and can walk to) Shrevewood. And there are even crazier proposals related to Marshall - like moving the TH community adjacent to Marshall to McLean! If they were going to tackle Kilmer/Marshall overcrowding, why not look to the portion that is out past Wolf Trap rather than houses literally next door to Marshall! |
Anonymous
If you look at Marshall currently, there are 7 split feeders feeding into Marshall: Cunningham Park, Lemon Road, Vienna, Westbriar, Westgate, Wolftrap, and Kilmer. The latest Thru proposals try to reduce that number to 4: Cunningham Park, Shrevewood, Westbriar, and Wolftrap. I say "try" because they still have a split feeder at Westgate even though they purported to eliminate it. Even so, reducing 7 split feeders to 4-5 is progress if you think split feeders are bad. They shouldn't move the TH community adjacent to Marshall that's zoned to Lemon Road to McLean, but they can reassign it to another Marshall feeder like Westgate or Freedom Hill so all of Lemon Road goes to McLean and then move more of Shrevewood to McLean. Or they can do something else, or do nothing. If they moved the area near Wolf Trap out of Kilmer/Marshall, it would likely go to Thoreau/Madison. If they did this and made the other changes they've proposed, they'd be leaving Longfellow well under capacity and would need to find another area to move there. As I said before, they are trying to deal with several things, including the Timber Lane island, the Graham Road situation, the Kilmer overcrowding, and the additional capacity now available at Falls Church and Madison at the same time. |
Anonymous
Shrevewood is NOT a split feeder now and they proposing turning it into a split feeder. Nobody wants half of our neighborhood to go to Marshall and the other half to go to McLean. It's incredibly stupid and unfair to the kids who have grown up together most of them have known each other since birth, see each other every day at the pool, etc, now you're tearing them apart for some of their most formative years in high school? It's horrible. #TeamMarshall |
Anonymous
| Also we are literally biking distance from Marshall. It's ridiculous. |
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Anonymous
Literally the only benefit of turning Shrevewood into a split feeder is the increase to Falls Hill property values. Kilmer/Marshall have 20% excess capacity with the recommended moves. Marshall enrollment would be under 2000 students and Kilmer under 1000. |
Anonymous
I understand that. But it would become a split feeder as part of a set of related changes that would reduce the number of Marshall feeders that are split feeders. So it's a net gain from that perspective. You have your views, and I respect them, but I've already seen at least poster say they'd welcome the reassignment. Some may prefer AP at McLean. It looks like Kilmer needs relief and reducing the base enrollment at Marshall would mean that a bunch of motivated kids from the surrounding AP schools (Langley, McLean, Madison, and Falls Church) who want IB could attend Marshall, which used to get a lot of transfers for IB but has largely been closed to pupil placements in recent years. |
Anonymous
100 percent. There is no appetite in the West Springfield area for any changes. We're fine. Please focus on areas where there is real overcrowding. |
Anonymous
That's not correct. Kilmer would be at 89% and Marshall would be 85% (but would then likely see an enrollment increase due to pupil placements for IB). In some ways that could work out well, because Kilmer is overcrowded now, so they can get Kilmer below capacity while Marshall can take IB pupil placements from kids who attended Cooper, Thoreau, Longfellow, and Jackson rather than Kilmer. |
Anonymous
| New topic: I was just playing around in the tool and noticed that Scenarios 2 and 3 shift the kids who live in Fox Mill Woods (currently zoned to Crossfield - Hughes - South Lakes) back to Carson and Oakton, thus removing Crossfield as a split feeder. That was not in any of the slides that were presented. I know that a lot of people have posted on this board about how that neighborhood had a lot of drama when they were originally shifted from Oakton to South Lakes, and this change does make a lot of sense. I know that a lot of Crossfield families were very worried, so this is a relief. We want to stay in an AP school. |