Boundary Review Meetings

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Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of bumbling idiots.

I can’t wait for the next review when they send all the AAP kids back to their base schools. My prediction based on this review is that Carson will inexplicably remain the only AAP center. And Thoreau will operate with 1600 students because they won’t be allowed to move anyone back to Kilmer and they’ll be too afraid to move anyone else out.

They will remove the Oakton students out to the Jackson space they create by removing it as a center.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of bumbling idiots.

I can’t wait for the next review when they send all the AAP kids back to their base schools. My prediction based on this review is that Carson will inexplicably remain the only AAP center. And Thoreau will operate with 1600 students because they won’t be allowed to move anyone back to Kilmer and they’ll be too afraid to move anyone else out.

They will remove the Oakton students out to the Jackson space they create by removing it as a center.

What you mean is Reid will recommend Oakton students be moved to Jackson. Oakton parents will throw a fit and then Reid will acquiesce and Thoreau will operate even more above capacity. Jackson will then be backfilled by Mason Crest students, which will be haphazardly converted to a K-6 school at the eleventh hour. A week before the vote, that recommendation will also be withdrawn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of bumbling idiots.

I can’t wait for the next review when they send all the AAP kids back to their base schools. My prediction based on this review is that Carson will inexplicably remain the only AAP center. And Thoreau will operate with 1600 students because they won’t be allowed to move anyone back to Kilmer and they’ll be too afraid to move anyone else out.

They will remove the Oakton students out to the Jackson space they create by removing it as a center.

What you mean is Reid will recommend Oakton students be moved to Jackson. Oakton parents will throw a fit and then Reid will acquiesce and Thoreau will operate even more above capacity. Jackson will then be backfilled by Mason Crest students, which will be haphazardly converted to a K-6 school at the eleventh hour. A week before the vote, that recommendation will also be withdrawn.

This is 100% what will happen, LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Total number of students impacted is now down to a little under 1,700. Quite a comprehensive review!

Maybe they can consider offering transportation now.

Where are you finding the new numbers?

It is less than 1% of FCPS students.

Did they really need to create a 2 year half a million+ dollar debaucle to move less than 1700 students?

This could have been handled by the old policy 8130 that focused solely on capacity and emergency rezoning for things like flooded schools from pipes bursting and natural disasters.

What sucks is for us it is not a necessary move and now our high school children are forced if we don't provide them transportation to change high schools so the elementary students can stay with ALL their classmates through high school.

Which high school is getting rezoned?

Are you in the Madison/Marshall Pyramid, Langley/McLean Pyramid, or West Potomac/Mount Vernon Pyramid?

DP. Part of Justice is also getting rezoned to Falls Church. That would eliminate the split feeder at Mason Crest. But without transportation there would be kids at an IB school moved into an AP school.

FCPS really needs to eliminate IB from all of its high schools except maybe Robinson and 1 other magnet in the middle of the county.

At the public hearing, IB at Justice was surprisingly popular.

I'm assuming most of the support was from people pretending to want IB, but really wanting to keep it as an easy way to pupil place their kids somewhere else.

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Yes that’s it.

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To anyone that was able to be successful in getting Dr Reid or anyone else to listen to their views , what is the best strategy? We have presented a clear obvious path to move our students into an underutilized school and make us walkers but yet it remains as is.

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Anonymous wrote:Total number of students impacted is now down to a little under 1,700. Quite a comprehensive review!

Maybe they can consider offering transportation now.

Where are you finding the new numbers?

It is less than 1% of FCPS students.

Did they really need to create a 2 year half a million+ dollar debaucle to move less than 1700 students?

This could have been handled by the old policy 8130 that focused solely on capacity and emergency rezoning for things like flooded schools from pipes bursting and natural disasters.

What sucks is for us it is not a necessary move and now our high school children are forced if we don't provide them transportation to change high schools so the elementary students can stay with ALL their classmates through high school.

Which high school is getting rezoned?

Are you in the Madison/Marshall Pyramid, Langley/McLean Pyramid, or West Potomac/Mount Vernon Pyramid?

DP. Part of Justice is also getting rezoned to Falls Church. That would eliminate the split feeder at Mason Crest. But without transportation there would be kids at an IB school moved into an AP school.

FCPS really needs to eliminate IB from all of its high schools except maybe Robinson and 1 other magnet in the middle of the county.

At the public hearing, IB at Justice was surprisingly popular.

I'm assuming most of the support was from people pretending to want IB, but really wanting to keep it as an easy way to pupil place their kids somewhere else.

No they explicitly complained about being moved to FCHS, an AP school, which would force them to pupil place back to Justice for IB, where they’d now have to provide their own transportation. There were a lot of glowing testimonies about IB at Justice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To anyone that was able to be successful in getting Dr Reid or anyone else to listen to their views , what is the best strategy? We have presented a clear obvious path to move our students into an underutilized school and make us walkers but yet it remains as is.

Are you Briarwood? Because Reid said they did a study to see if the neighborhood could safely be classified as a walk zone to Marshall Road and were unable to do so because it crosses several I-66 entrance/exit ramps.

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Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

The school board’s job is to represent the community and educate kids, not placate your equity fetish.

And not caring about kids’ mental health really speaks volumes about how out of touch you are. Self-introspection could do some wonders for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

The school board’s job is to represent the community and educate kids, not placate your equity fetish.

And not caring about kids’ mental health really speaks volumes about how out of touch you are. Self-introspection could do some wonders for you.

Why does the mental health of some kids matter more than the mental health of others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

WRONG! The mental health of kids and a high quality education is the biggest issue. Just because small neighborhoods are moving doesn't mean kids are moving with friends. At least in middle and high school friends at school come from neighborhoods outside of where a student lives. Families do move everyday but that is their choice / necessity not driven by political hacks and loud voices that don't actually know what is best for the system as whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total number of students impacted is now down to a little under 1,700. Quite a comprehensive review!

Maybe they can consider offering transportation now.

Where are you finding the new numbers?

It is less than 1% of FCPS students.

Did they really need to create a 2 year half a million+ dollar debaucle to move less than 1700 students?

This could have been handled by the old policy 8130 that focused solely on capacity and emergency rezoning for things like flooded schools from pipes bursting and natural disasters.

What sucks is for us it is not a necessary move and now our high school children are forced if we don't provide them transportation to change high schools so the elementary students can stay with ALL their classmates through high school.

Which high school is getting rezoned?

Are you in the Madison/Marshall Pyramid, Langley/McLean Pyramid, or West Potomac/Mount Vernon Pyramid?

DP. Part of Justice is also getting rezoned to Falls Church. That would eliminate the split feeder at Mason Crest. But without transportation there would be kids at an IB school moved into an AP school.

I thought that recommendation was amended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

WRONG! The mental health of kids and a high quality education is the biggest issue. Just because small neighborhoods are moving doesn't mean kids are moving with friends. At least in middle and high school friends at school come from neighborhoods outside of where a student lives. Families do move everyday but that is their choice / necessity not driven by political hacks and loud voices that don't actually know what is best for the system as whole.

+1. These posters and school board members pushing bigger boundary changes have always just been in it for themselves. Turns out they don’t give a crap about the emotional harm that they cause to students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

WRONG! The mental health of kids and a high quality education is the biggest issue. Just because small neighborhoods are moving doesn't mean kids are moving with friends. At least in middle and high school friends at school come from neighborhoods outside of where a student lives. Families do move everyday but that is their choice / necessity not driven by political hacks and loud voices that don't actually know what is best for the system as whole.

+1. These posters and school board members pushing bigger boundary changes have always just been in it for themselves. Turns out they don’t give a crap about the emotional harm that they cause to students.

The emotional harm by pitting neighborhood against neighborhood is terrible for Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the 859 elementary students, 364 middle school students, and 474 high school students who are being forced to move as part of this messed up review.

I hope that they find happiness after their mental health has been sacrificed on the altar of Sandy Anderdon’s misguided comprehensive review, and may we have the wisdom to shutdown the ongoing five-year reviews before they can do further harm to thousands and tens of thousands of additional students.

I feel upset because the process was a disaster that did nothing to fix the larger issues in the county and ended up being controlled by the parents with the loudest voices because the school board refuses to do what they think is actually best for the county. The moves don’t address any of the real issues and are pretty much happening only because the school board can’t afford to throw up their hands and say “Well, that accomplished nothing.”

I am not worried about the mental health of the kids moving, they are moving with friends and will be just fine. Kids move every day for a variety of reasons. Most don’t move with another group of kids that they know.

But the School Board needs to actually make choices that might be unpopular to address over crowded schools. They won’t but that really is their job. I don’t think their original motives for starting this made sense. They should have started by looking at every school that was over crowded and made adjustments to move kids from over crowded schools to decrease that issue. That is it. And some families would not have been happy with the moves, which sucks, but if it makes sense to move SPAs from an over crowded school to the school next door that has space, then that is what should have happened.

WRONG! The mental health of kids and a high quality education is the biggest issue. Just because small neighborhoods are moving doesn't mean kids are moving with friends. At least in middle and high school friends at school come from neighborhoods outside of where a student lives. Families do move everyday but that is their choice / necessity not driven by political hacks and loud voices that don't actually know what is best for the system as whole.

+1. These posters and school board members pushing bigger boundary changes have always just been in it for themselves. Turns out they don’t give a crap about the emotional harm that they cause to students.

The emotional harm by pitting neighborhood against neighborhood is terrible for Fairfax County.

Yep, and instead of rallying parents to support the schools and the budget, they make the parents spiteful and hate the school district and each other.

The sentiment has really turned against FCPS because of the boundary review. I wish the school board members understood this.

All pain and downside for the last two years.