FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in one of the neighborhoods that looks likely to move for elementary and one thing I haven’t seen in these discussions is SACC.

It doesn’t matter if you have a spot at your current location; you go to the bottom of the waitlist for your new school. Our family depends on SACC and the prospect of another years long wait list is so upsetting

Where has this been stated? In previous boundary adjustments, if you were currently enrolled in a SACC service, it was transferred to the new school. Similarly, if you were on a wait list, it was transferred to the new school’s waitlist based on the creation date of the request.

DP. I haven’t heard either way, but this feels like it fits in the grandfathering category. Sandy wants maximum flexible to nuke the boundaries, so SACC seems like it’ll be an afterthought.

I can’t see how they’ll be able to accommodate this with all the proposed changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in one of the neighborhoods that looks likely to move for elementary and one thing I haven’t seen in these discussions is SACC.

It doesn’t matter if you have a spot at your current location; you go to the bottom of the waitlist for your new school. Our family depends on SACC and the prospect of another years long wait list is so upsetting

Where has this been stated? In previous boundary adjustments, if you were currently enrolled in a SACC service, it was transferred to the new school. Similarly, if you were on a wait list, it was transferred to the new school’s waitlist based on the creation date of the request.

DP. I haven’t heard either way, but this feels like it fits in the grandfathering category. Sandy wants maximum flexible to nuke the boundaries, so SACC seems like it’ll be an afterthought.

I can’t see how they’ll be able to accommodate this with all the proposed changes.

Isn’t SACC run through the county? I’m not sure FCPS has a say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in one of the neighborhoods that looks likely to move for elementary and one thing I haven’t seen in these discussions is SACC.

It doesn’t matter if you have a spot at your current location; you go to the bottom of the waitlist for your new school. Our family depends on SACC and the prospect of another years long wait list is so upsetting

Where has this been stated? In previous boundary adjustments, if you were currently enrolled in a SACC service, it was transferred to the new school. Similarly, if you were on a wait list, it was transferred to the new school’s waitlist based on the creation date of the request.

DP. I haven’t heard either way, but this feels like it fits in the grandfathering category. Sandy wants maximum flexible to nuke the boundaries, so SACC seems like it’ll be an afterthought.

I can’t see how they’ll be able to accommodate this with all the proposed changes.

Isn’t SACC run through the county? I’m not sure FCPS has a say.

It’s very clear that the county and FCPS don’t communicate since building permits and developments always manage to surprise FCPS.

[Anonymous]

I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

I’m still shocked some of the proposals made it past the sniff test. At least they offer one option where Westgate isn’t bussing their walkers to Franklin Sherman. Marshall has so many last minute hastily implemented changes that I imagine the next draft of the map will look totally different.

Although, they might come out even on net changes with the schools moved into their attendance areas (Graham Road, Bailey’s Upper, Whitman) offsetting the schools who would be sending walkers to neighboring schools. Not that that makes it okay. As a rule of thumb, if you can see a school from your bedroom window, you should probably be assigned to it barring county lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

I’m still shocked some of the proposals made it past the sniff test. At least they offer one option where Westgate isn’t bussing their walkers to Franklin Sherman. Marshall has so many last minute hastily implemented changes that I imagine the next draft of the map will look totally different.

Although, they might come out even on net changes with the schools moved into their attendance areas (Graham Road, Bailey’s Upper, Whitman) offsetting the schools who would be sending walkers to neighboring schools. Not that that makes it okay. As a rule of thumb, if you can see a school from your bedroom window, you should probably be assigned to it barring county lines.

The best rule of thumb is don’t change boundaries unnecessarily. The school board creates problems rather than solves them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

I’m still shocked some of the proposals made it past the sniff test. At least they offer one option where Westgate isn’t bussing their walkers to Franklin Sherman. Marshall has so many last minute hastily implemented changes that I imagine the next draft of the map will look totally different.

Although, they might come out even on net changes with the schools moved into their attendance areas (Graham Road, Bailey’s Upper, Whitman) offsetting the schools who would be sending walkers to neighboring schools. Not that that makes it okay. As a rule of thumb, if you can see a school from your bedroom window, you should probably be assigned to it barring county lines.

Are walkers even allowed at Bailey's Upper? I thought I'd heard that due to its location no one was a walker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in one of the neighborhoods that looks likely to move for elementary and one thing I haven’t seen in these discussions is SACC.

It doesn’t matter if you have a spot at your current location; you go to the bottom of the waitlist for your new school. Our family depends on SACC and the prospect of another years long wait list is so upsetting

Where has this been stated? In previous boundary adjustments, if you were currently enrolled in a SACC service, it was transferred to the new school. Similarly, if you were on a wait list, it was transferred to the new school’s waitlist based on the creation date of the request.

We posed this question to Frisch directly and he said he didn’t know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

I’m still shocked some of the proposals made it past the sniff test. At least they offer one option where Westgate isn’t bussing their walkers to Franklin Sherman. Marshall has so many last minute hastily implemented changes that I imagine the next draft of the map will look totally different.

Although, they might come out even on net changes with the schools moved into their attendance areas (Graham Road, Bailey’s Upper, Whitman) offsetting the schools who would be sending walkers to neighboring schools. Not that that makes it okay. As a rule of thumb, if you can see a school from your bedroom window, you should probably be assigned to it barring county lines.

Are walkers even allowed at Bailey's Upper? I thought I'd heard that due to its location no one was a walker.

It’s currently locate outside the Bailey’s Lower ES attendance area. There are neighborhoods that are physically near Bailey’s Upper, but it’s kind of isolated on Rt-7, so I’m not sure if they’d become walkers or the road is considered too busy to support it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in one of the neighborhoods that looks likely to move for elementary and one thing I haven’t seen in these discussions is SACC.

It doesn’t matter if you have a spot at your current location; you go to the bottom of the waitlist for your new school. Our family depends on SACC and the prospect of another years long wait list is so upsetting

Where has this been stated? In previous boundary adjustments, if you were currently enrolled in a SACC service, it was transferred to the new school. Similarly, if you were on a wait list, it was transferred to the new school’s waitlist based on the creation date of the request.

We posed this question to Frisch directly and he said he didn’t know.

Of course he doesn’t! Who thinks about the insignificant little details like SACC, and schools that might start to fall under the Title 1 category but also be affected by the current chaos in the federal government, when there are “transformational” changes that need to be made! /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would really like to see the net change of walkers v bus for some of these proposed changes.

I’m still shocked some of the proposals made it past the sniff test. At least they offer one option where Westgate isn’t bussing their walkers to Franklin Sherman. Marshall has so many last minute hastily implemented changes that I imagine the next draft of the map will look totally different.

Although, they might come out even on net changes with the schools moved into their attendance areas (Graham Road, Bailey’s Upper, Whitman) offsetting the schools who would be sending walkers to neighboring schools. Not that that makes it okay. As a rule of thumb, if you can see a school from your bedroom window, you should probably be assigned to it barring county lines.

I still can't get over that proposal to move Tysons Green from Marshall to Madison. Makes the Wolftrap area look so isolated. I'd keep that area at Westbriar and then, if they need to move kids into Thoreau/Madison to deal with the overcrowding at Kilmer, move the Wolftrap area south of Meadowlark and west of Beulah.

[Anonymous]

I'm signed up for the virtual session tonight for Chantilly. Is it worth my time? It seems the previous sessions have been frustrating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm signed up for the virtual session tonight for Chantilly. Is it worth my time? It seems the previous sessions have been frustrating.

The virtual feedback portal is the formal collection of community feedback. If your views aren't in that, they aren't even going to pretend to listen to them. It is an extremely frustrating 90 minutes. But you can just log on for the last 15 minutes for the feedback portion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm signed up for the virtual session tonight for Chantilly. Is it worth my time? It seems the previous sessions have been frustrating.

If you go, you can significantly increase your impact by approaching your reps and giving them a piece of your mind. Same re: the superintendent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm signed up for the virtual session tonight for Chantilly. Is it worth my time? It seems the previous sessions have been frustrating.

If you go, you can significantly increase your impact by approaching your reps and giving them a piece of your mind. Same re: the superintendent.

Your reps have already lobbied for their own views. Do you really think Reid even knows these schools and neighborhoods?