FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

So, you are saying that the goal is to have every school have exactly the same demographics? Better raise that bus budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

You are welcome to look it up on the school profiles. The information is all publicly available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

So, you are saying that the goal is to have every school have exactly the same demographics? Better raise that bus budget.

11.4% White

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

So, you are saying that the goal is to have every school have exactly the same demographics? Better raise that bus budget.

11.4% White

Now. Tell us what the demographics are of those placing out for AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

So, you are saying that the goal is to have every school have exactly the same demographics? Better raise that bus budget.

11.4% White

Over 20% Asian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

White people have gotten hella weird in the last ten years or so.

[Anonymous]

Most parents of kids currently in school don't want their kids moved because being split from a chunk of your friend group sucks. Unfortunately with so many split feeders in FCPS that happens every single year to a new group of kids. The boundary review is meant to reduce that as much as possible. I wish they were able to do more to make true pyramids, but the uneven distribution of schools prevents that.
It is understandable that current parents are fighting to stop it from happening once to their kids. They don't outweigh years and years of new kids starting school in future years who won't have to face it if the boundaries are fixed. (speaking about split feeders only)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I am sorry you don't like being compared to the segregationists of Jim Crow. But, many of your arguments are the same.

How are the arguments the same? Please explain.

Wanting to keep your kids in their current close school is the same as Jim Crow? Where did you learn history?

I'm upset that they want to split my neighborhood and send some of us thirty minutes away when the current school is ten minutes away. And, by the way, the school that is thirty minutes away has a much lower FARMS rate and a much lower non-English speaking population.

Where did you get this idea? Most of the posters on here just want their kids to stay put. What is wrong with that?
Thru's options are pretty poor. There is no understanding of our communities, schools, and neighborhoods.

It is also quite ironic that the Jim Crow slurs came out in response to a post mentioning that South County zoned parents are upset about getting rezoned from their neighborhood school, which happens to have the 2nd highest percentage of African American students in all of FCPS, at roughly over 22%, with one of the smallest populations of white kids in the area, at 37%

People want to stay at their neighborhood schools.

DP. A 37% white enrollment at an FCPS high school is probably slightly above average now.

Right, but for the area, South County is one of the least white.

Madison is the whitest fcps at almost 59%, followed by Robinson at over 54% with Langley third at 51%.

All the remaining high schools are majority minority, which makes the Jim Crow accusations even more misguided, especially since the school comment that sparked that accusation was South County.

Do Lewis.

So, you are saying that the goal is to have every school have exactly the same demographics? Better raise that bus budget.

11.4% White

Over 20% Asian

54% Hispanic and 34% English learners. White flight. Shoot, the White people have flown.

[Anonymous]

^What school is this? Lewis? Back in the 90s Lewis/Lee was 60 to 70% white. The only truly diverse high school pyramid then (by today’s standards) was JEB Stuart/Justice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most parents of kids currently in school don't want their kids moved because being split from a chunk of your friend group sucks. Unfortunately with so many split feeders in FCPS that happens every single year to a new group of kids. The boundary review is meant to reduce that as much as possible. I wish they were able to do more to make true pyramids, but the uneven distribution of schools prevents that.
It is understandable that current parents are fighting to stop it from happening once to their kids. They don't outweigh years and years of new kids starting school in future years who won't have to face it if the boundaries are fixed. (speaking about split feeders only)

I get that. But then offer grandfathering to kids and deal with that for a few years and then move on to the new boundaries. I will have kids the worst grades for this move (8,10,12) and their best friends are friends from elementary who are on the other side of a proposed split.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^What school is this? Lewis? Back in the 90s Lewis/Lee was 60 to 70% white. The only truly diverse high school pyramid then (by today’s standards) was JEB Stuart/Justice.

Lewis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most parents of kids currently in school don't want their kids moved because being split from a chunk of your friend group sucks. Unfortunately with so many split feeders in FCPS that happens every single year to a new group of kids. The boundary review is meant to reduce that as much as possible. I wish they were able to do more to make true pyramids, but the uneven distribution of schools prevents that.
It is understandable that current parents are fighting to stop it from happening once to their kids. They don't outweigh years and years of new kids starting school in future years who won't have to face it if the boundaries are fixed. (speaking about split feeders only)

I get that. But then offer grandfathering to kids and deal with that for a few years and then move on to the new boundaries. I will have kids the worst grades for this move (8,10,12) and their best friends are friends from elementary who are on the other side of a proposed split.

In a few years the schools might not need the boundary adjustment. That is the point.

Schools that are overcrowded, and I would put that at 101% or more, should have their boundaries adjusted. That is going to affect other schools nearby as kids are moved. Let's see how much of that can be used to fix the split feeders and attendance islands. I suspect most of the families in the attendance islands are happy where they are and don't feel the need to be moved anyway. And there are people at split feeders that don't want to move because they would be moving form a strong school to a weak school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most parents of kids currently in school don't want their kids moved because being split from a chunk of your friend group sucks. Unfortunately with so many split feeders in FCPS that happens every single year to a new group of kids. The boundary review is meant to reduce that as much as possible. I wish they were able to do more to make true pyramids, but the uneven distribution of schools prevents that.
It is understandable that current parents are fighting to stop it from happening once to their kids. They don't outweigh years and years of new kids starting school in future years who won't have to face it if the boundaries are fixed. (speaking about split feeders only)

I get that. But then offer grandfathering to kids and deal with that for a few years and then move on to the new boundaries. I will have kids the worst grades for this move (8,10,12) and their best friends are friends from elementary who are on the other side of a proposed split.

In a few years the schools might not need the boundary adjustment. That is the point.

Schools that are overcrowded, and I would put that at 101% or more, should have their boundaries adjusted. That is going to affect other schools nearby as kids are moved. Let's see how much of that can be used to fix the split feeders and attendance islands. I suspect most of the families in the attendance islands are happy where they are and don't feel the need to be moved anyway. And there are people at split feeders that don't want to move because they would be moving form a strong school to a weak school.

I get that. They should focus on untangling boundaries and not balancing capacity, unless the capacity issues are burdening the community. Phase in the changes over the next 5-6 years to allow for grandfathering. Look into fixing capacity issues, if needed, during the next round. Untangling the web of split feeders shouldn’t hinge on balancing capacity at Chantilly and West Springfield.