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FCPS comprehensive boundary review
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Anonymous
Before we went to 5 regions, FCPS was divided into nine that roughly matched the magisterial districts. Perhaps, they want to go back to that. Plus, since the school board members are elected based on magisterial districts it makes sense to note that so each school board member can concentrate on their constituency. It seems logical to me to include it. |
Anonymous
Yeah it’s great belonging to a split feeder in a pyramid that’s outside your magisterial district and completely disconnected from the region it’s assigned to. I believe they want to have multiple school board members with vested interests in multiple regions, but I don’t see that in practice. |
Anonymous
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The School Board has been sued or threatened with law suits by minority groups on a pretty frequent basis, that is why they are included in the process.
We have a slew of cultural and religious holidays off because the SB could not just give off the days with high numbers of absences that were associated with religious or cultural days without being sued by the religious groups that did not have days off even if there was little change in absences. Maybe if people didn’t sue over every perceived sleight the SB could make decisions based on numbers and facts but that is not the world we live in. No amount of redistricting is going to improve the test scores for families that don’t emphasize education at home. The education gap is not a funding gap or a lack of devoted teachers. The education gap is because there are families that don’t read to kids as toddlers, teach numbers, letters, and sounds. It is because there are families that were not raised to value education or had no access to education where they came from. We have increased funding, created special programs, and decreased classroom size at poor schools and the gap has grown. It isn’t going to change because poverty is redistributed among the schools. But the groups representing URM families keep blaming the schools instead of trying to figure out how to convince their generationally poor to care about school. |
Anonymous
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While members do look out for their districts, the way the lines are drawn does not correlate with the attendance. For example, neither Centreville nor Chantilly are in Sully District--yet, I am guessing that most of their students live in Sully. They are in Springfield district. Chantilly is on Stringfellow Rd. It is in Springfield district. Directly across the street is Chantilly Library which is in Sully.
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Anonymous
The School Board should focus on what to do about these students instead of trying to cover up their abysmal scores. I've posted before. I'[ve taught children who were living in extreme poverty. One thing is for sure. Most people love their children and want then to have good lives. If the funds spent on changing boundaries were spent trying to reach those parents and show them what is needed, we might have better results. If the funds spent on renaming schools and setting up a silly academy were spent on this, the students might be better prepared. If the funds spent in the DEI office were spent on actually teaching students instead of setting up silly programs, we might have better results. Even in poverty, there are students who can excel. I've seen this. It may not be the majority of the students, but it is a start. But, ALL students deserve a good education. That does not begin by putting wealthier kids in the schools. It begins with good solid instruction at the level of the student. It does not begin by adding multivariable calculus to the program. It begins with learning about how to manage their money. It begins with preparing them for being able to do a job. The kids who stand out and excel can be pushed into tougher programs. The others just need to learn to read. But, the first thing they need to do is to SHOW UP AT SCHOOL That is where the SB should start. |
Anonymous
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No offense, but plenty is spent in Title I and near Title I schools. We have friends who started ES in Title I schools and moved. They talked about books sent home for families to keep, encouraging parents to read to their kids. Programs to review subjects being taught at school were offered but not attended. Teachers go to homes before school to meet the parents and students. There are services available at schools.
What else can be done to reach out? This is not unique to FCPS. It is an issue with the rural poor and intercity poor. |
Anonymous
| who is Vanessa from Mantua? |
Anonymous
To whom it concerns, Wanting to direct attention to DEI efforts in the backyard of Washington DC. In the Fall of 2024, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced a Comprehensive Boundary Review. The dominantly liberal School Board is currently in the process of rezoning all high schools (therefore middle and elementary schools) based on the pillars of diversity, equity and inclusion which could be detrimental to student's mental and social health, established neighborhoods, traffic patterns, real estate values, and more. This supports "One Fairfax" which immediately states "joint racial and social equity policy" on the website opening. FCPS is one of the most prosperous counties in the USA, with many schools ranked as Top Schools in the Nation. Many of your government federal and military employees will be significantly impacted by this. The current Superintendent has brought in representation from nearly every ethnicity, lgbtq+, migrant families, neurodivergent while excluding military and special needs who would focus on academic excellence, accountability and fiscal responsibility. The pricetag of equity in FCPS is $6.4 million. https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/pricetag-of-equity-in-fairfax-county-schools-6-4-million/article_6e14ee46-db8a-11ef-ba7b-4b737bdff938.html Multiple public forums of community members are banding together against this. Please help us pivot funding and leadership efforts towards keeping communities together, raising devoted teacher salaries, supporting programs throughout, repairing older facilities, and more. |
Anonymous
Not sure but I think we could all follow Mantua’s neighborhood directives and write to representatives in our districts. They have a great outline in their rezoning efforts website here at the very bottom: https://www.mantua-1.org/ |
Anonymous
You should fact check this because claims about excluding military and special families from BRAC are demonstrably false. There are two reps from SEPTA and a rep for the Military connected family advisory group. |
Anonymous
Oh that’s great news! Should be removed then. Was pulling from context previously mentioned. |
Anonymous
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FCPS has posted and debunked the “leaked maps”
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/bulletins/3d1f239 |
Anonymous
No “formal discussions” is carefully crafted language. |
Anonymous
That was part of the gerrymandering by Jeff McCay on the board of supervisors to demolish the Springfield district to "get" Pat Herrity, constituents be damned. |
Anonymous
This is inaccurate. Military and special needs ARE represented in the committee. Please do full research yourself and look at the actual links before sending out letters to blow down the system |