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Anonymous
True. This one seems like a particularly self-inflicted political wound, and it’s not like they hadn’t heard from the community by the time they really started down this path. We really have to do better electing school board members who represent the community’s views. |
Anonymous
I know quite a few with kids currently at Timber Lane. The neighborhood immediately south and adjacent to the pool is zoned to Timber Lane. Wonderful families. |
Anonymous
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At what point does the school board get concerned that the outrage is intense enough that it starts to put their reelection in jeopardy?
I’d argue they’ve been playing with fire on this and at least a few of them are now vulnerable. Even if one seat flips with an accompanying focus from that new board member on accountability it’d be fascinating to see what additional scandals might surface. |
Anonymous
+1 FCPS should make boundary changes more often so the community understands that it is a normal process for growing communities. They waited too long and now everyone is being a big fat whiny baby about it. |
Anonymous
Oh yeah, the best way to stop screwing over your constituents is to screw them over so much that they get used to it. You aren’t a serious person. |
Anonymous
+1. The best way to get these clowns out of office is to have them double down on stupid. |
Anonymous
SB chair Karl Frisch had a political war-chest of over $400,000 during the last election, while every other candidate (D or R) had about $50,000. Karl donated most of his donations to other candidates, including disgraced Kyle McDaniel. Karl only needs a simple majority on the Board to steam-roll through whatever changes he wants. Your Board does not care what you think because they know they are invincible in FFX simply by virtue of the “D “ behind their name. |
Anonymous
Growing communities? Perhaps. FCPS has flat enrollment and is looking at enrollment declines. The fact is that these boundary changes are a farce, and county residents repeatedly give them an opportunity to pull the plug on this idiocy. They have completely failed to make the case that these changes would provide tangible benefits. |
Anonymous
When a couple of elementary schools send forth hundreds of parents to show up or vote en masse, that is not an accurate representation of the community's views. There are 140+ elementary schools in FCPS, and feedback is being submitted virtually in favor of changes. Any smart analyst would know that a few dozen responses across FCPS regions is far more valuable than 500 responses from one elementary school. |
Anonymous
BS. The majority of school districts across the country do not rezone in the way FCPS is attempting to do because stability for kids is crucial. The vast majority of school districts across the country only rezone when new schools are built or when schools are closed. |
Anonymous
Karl Frisch does not have kids, does not have a background in education, received the majority of his financial support from California, and planned to use his original election as a one term step to higher office. With all of this public knowledge, it is astonishing that his constituents reelected him, and even crazier that he will probably win again by large margins. |
Anonymous
It’s very easy to sign up for their boundary meetings, participate virtually, and anonymously submit comments expressing your support for either specific boundary changes or the proposed boundary changes in general. No one will know it’s your comment and no one can downvote your comment, only upvote your comment. But you know what? They are getting next to no comments of this nature, much less comments that get broad support, because they have not convinced people these changes are needed or will provide benefits worth the disruption. I don’t think they’ll desist because if they cancel this review it’s an admission that they and their hand-picked superintendent are abject failures. But there is incredibly little enthusiasm for what they are doing. They haven’t shown it is either necessary or beneficial. |
Anonymous
The comments in favor of rezoning are few and far between. Resoning is not popular. |
Anonymous
You mean like the dozens of community meetings that have been held across the country over the last year where the community EVERY time says they are against the boundary changes? Are all those meetings representative? Like the overwhelming outrage focused on these boundary changes at every opportunity given to the community? The SB has a real mess of their own making on their hands. |
Anonymous
| No matter how FCPS got here (poor planning, bad data, gerrymandering), there are very real issues with the boundaries that need to be fixed. For example, the intense overcrowding at Coates and the (single/double) split feeders that endanger students mental health. It is not right to cancel the whole review when some communities need changes. However, FCPS is going about this in the worst way possible. If they offered grandfathering, then they could make changes without sacrificing an entire generation of kids. Lots of families would be fine being rezoned, but wouldn’t be fine with their child having to switch after already attending a certain school. These kids are already a mess after Covid shutdowns. It’s so frustrating that FCPS seems to not care about the children and families when that should be their main focus. |