What can we do to stop the boundary change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to see any parent make a case against boundary changes that doesn't involve dramatics over two things:
1) my snowflake shouldn't have to move to schools because of friends.
2) I'm racist and paid $200k more for my house to not be with the poors.

Occasionally the data isn't good, and then the changes should be carefully considered. But I think most changes shouldn't involve any parent input at all. Because we are all led my emotion of our personal situation, not what is actually best for the school or the county or OTHER people who are coming behind us.

And I have yet to see a compelling reason for boundary changes except:

1) I don’t care about any kids but my own, gimme a handout; or
2) screw whitey.

See, we can all be dumb reductionists like you.

If the school board had been responsibly changing boundaries as needed over the last 25 years, we might not have had to do nearly so many costly rennovations. That's hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that could have gone to teachers and programs.

THAT is the compelling reason for boundary changes.

We’ve had countless boundary changes over the last two decades, you’re just parroting their talking point without questioning it.

And even if they hadn’t changed boundaries, past school renovations are a sunk cost. So you’re 0-2, and we’re still without a compelling reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pro boundary changes and I don’t understand why it takes them so long to do them. School boundaries should be more dynamic. My elementary school is currently very overcrowded because they opened a new development. But the other two elementary schools which are 1/4 mile and 1 mile away are under enrolled.

What we need is a neutral boundary change process that depends on data and not humans to do it. I’m sick of Gerrymandered boundaries.

School boundary rezonings should require a residdncy check of all schools under consideration for rezoning.

The kids from out of boundary should be removed before any in boundary students . . .

+1000

Residency verification is LONG overdue.

Gatehouse (FCPS) employs exactly ONE PERSON responsible for residency verification, for the entire, enormous, county.

I think all the extra school board assistants hired this fall need to be reassigned to residency checks.

It would be a much more responsible stewardship of taxpayer funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have yet to see any parent make a case against boundary changes that doesn't involve dramatics over two things:
1) my snowflake shouldn't have to move to schools because of friends.
2) I'm racist and paid $200k more for my house to not be with the poors.

Occasionally the data isn't good, and then the changes should be carefully considered. But I think most changes shouldn't involve any parent input at all. Because we are all led my emotion of our personal situation, not what is actually best for the school or the county or OTHER people who are coming behind us.

And I have yet to see a compelling reason for boundary changes except:

1) I don’t care about any kids but my own, gimme a handout; or
2) screw whitey.

See, we can all be dumb reductionists like you.

If the school board had been responsibly changing boundaries as needed over the last 25 years, we might not have had to do nearly so many costly rennovations. That's hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that could have gone to teachers and programs.

THAT is the compelling reason for boundary changes.

We’ve had countless boundary changes over the last two decades, you’re just parroting their talking point without questioning it.

And even if they hadn’t changed boundaries, past school renovations are a sunk cost. So you’re 0-2, and we’re still without a compelling reason.

The point is that current boundary changes can prevent future unnecessary expansions - like at Centreville HS for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m pro boundary changes and I don’t understand why it takes them so long to do them. School boundaries should be more dynamic. My elementary school is currently very overcrowded because they opened a new development. But the other two elementary schools which are 1/4 mile and 1 mile away are under enrolled.

What we need is a neutral boundary change process that depends on data and not humans to do it. I’m sick of Gerrymandered boundaries.

School boundary rezonings should require a residdncy check of all schools under consideration for rezoning.

The kids from out of boundary should be removed before any in boundary students . . .

+1000

Residency verification is LONG overdue.

Gatehouse (FCPS) employs exactly ONE PERSON responsible for residency verification, for the entire, enormous, county.

This is the way to stop the boundary change and also to get an accurate picture of where change might truly be needed in isolated situations. Every single family in FCPS should demand residency verification at minimum for transition years like elementary to middle and middle to high school. This isn't a political issue. It's an issue of whether kids are actually attending their zoned schools or schools in the county where they reside. Gatehouse and Reid have pushed back suspiciously hard whenever it gets brought up.