FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

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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.

This one is particularly bad. If you zoom in, the Wolftrap area is only connected to the Marshall community via 267 and a walking trail. It’s a ridiculous recommendation. They should be looking at the Thoreau/Marshall areas first if they want to put more kids at Madison, and yes, Wolftrap if they need more room at Kilmer (although I’m not sure why with Kilmer down to 89% with the Tysons Green move and Thoreau at 104%) Making the arm off the Marshall zone even more narrow doesn’t make sense.

[Anonymous]

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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.

What families need and want is completely off his radar. His priority has always been childless activists, often from out if state.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Reid visits lots of areas but I don't think she retains anything after she's written her weekly newsletter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Reid visits lots of areas but I don't think she retains anything after she's written her weekly newsletter.

LOL you think she actually writes any of her communications. They pay a law firm/PR company to write everything that comes out of FCPS, including school board newsletters etc.

[Anonymous]

Where can I find the latest official materials and proposed changes coming out of this study? I find the written materials and proposals to be a little bit hidden or tough to follow the trail what is the official record.

Is it these? Anything more?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/5-5-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf

https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org. (interactive map)

As far as I can tell, the area I am looking at (Dunn Loring metro station) is not proposed to change at all, which is not surprising as most things won't change at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can I find the latest official materials and proposed changes coming out of this study? I find the written materials and proposals to be a little bit hidden or tough to follow the trail what is the official record.

Is it these? Anything more?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/5-5-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf

https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org. (interactive map)

As far as I can tell, the area I am looking at (Dunn Loring metro station) is not proposed to change at all, which is not surprising as most things won't change at all?

The interactive map is the most recent. The material from the BRAC meetings could probably be considered obsolete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where can I find the latest official materials and proposed changes coming out of this study? I find the written materials and proposals to be a little bit hidden or tough to follow the trail what is the official record.

Is it these? Anything more?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/5-5-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf

https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org. (interactive map)

As far as I can tell, the area I am looking at (Dunn Loring metro station) is not proposed to change at all, which is not surprising as most things won't change at all?

You have the latest. It’s possible there could be changes later this year affecting the area near the Dunn Loring metro (possibly some Thoreau/Marshall areas moved to Madison) and most expect the elementary boundaries to change in a few years when Dunn Loring opens. But for now no changes have been proposed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where can I find the latest official materials and proposed changes coming out of this study? I find the written materials and proposals to be a little bit hidden or tough to follow the trail what is the official record.

Is it these? Anything more?

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/5-5-2025%20Superintendent%20Boundary%20Review%20Advisory%20Committee%20Presentation.pdf

https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org. (interactive map)

As far as I can tell, the area I am looking at (Dunn Loring metro station) is not proposed to change at all, which is not surprising as most things won't change at all?

The interactive map is the most recent. The material from the BRAC meetings could probably be considered obsolete.

Agree with this.

[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.

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

What families need and want is completely off his radar. His priority has always been childless activists, often from out if state.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Reid visits lots of areas but I don't think she retains anything after she's written her weekly newsletter.

LOL you think she actually writes any of her communications. They pay a law firm/PR company to write everything that comes out of FCPS, including school board newsletters etc.

She does not write her newsletter. Different people from regions write it for her about what she’s done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Reid visits lots of areas but I don't think she retains anything after she's written her weekly newsletter.

LOL you think she actually writes any of her communications. They pay a law firm/PR company to write everything that comes out of FCPS, including school board newsletters etc.

She does not write her newsletter. Different people from regions write it for her about what she’s done.

All the more reason to think she really has very little idea where most schools are located and next to no sense of the county’s transportation grid. Entrusting her and a clueless NJ consultant to develop boundary recommendations is gross negligence on the part of the School Board. Shame on Karl Frisch and the rest of these clowns.

[Anonymous]

Oh look, another community meeting, another round of feedback that the community does not want boundary changes.

When will the school board get it through their thick skulls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Reid visits lots of areas but I don't think she retains anything after she's written her weekly newsletter.

LOL you think she actually writes any of her communications. They pay a law firm/PR company to write everything that comes out of FCPS, including school board newsletters etc.

She does not write her newsletter. Different people from regions write it for her about what she’s done.

All the more reason to think she really has very little idea where most schools are located and next to no sense of the county’s transportation grid. Entrusting her and a clueless NJ consultant to develop boundary recommendations is gross negligence on the part of the School Board. Shame on Karl Frisch and the rest of these clowns.

This is the most insightful comment have seen on this board in a while! This x 1000!

[Anonymous]

That Chantilly presentation was so bare - indicative of how little effort went into these boundary drafts.

[Anonymous]

Are they really going to read through and incorporate all the thousands of comments? Or it just a whitewash?