Split feeders?

[Anonymous]

Why do Marshall, Madison and Oakton pyramids have so many overlapping split feeders compared to all of the other pyramids in fcps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do Marshall, Madison and Oakton pyramids have so many overlapping split feeders compared to all of the other pyramids in fcps?

FCPS could have aligned Madison’s boundaries with Thoreau’s, and Marshall’s with Kilmer, and thereby eliminate the middle/high split feeders. It hasn’t done so, as that would mean part of the Town of Vienna would go to Marshall, and now part of Oakton has been reassigned to Thoreau as well. Oakton is a tougher case because the high school isn’t really close to any middle school.

If you want to avoid the split feeders, Cooper/Langley, Longfellow/McLean, Frost/Woodson and Irving/West Springfield are straight feeders, and Lake Braddock and Robinson are both 7-12 secondary schools (although some Robinson kids go to Lake Braddock for AAP).

[Anonymous]

I am not trying to avoid split feeder.

I was just looking at the Lee thread where someone posted feeder info, and noticed that those 3 schools have crazy feeder plans that do not make any sense compared to the rest of fcps pyramids, that are almost all straight feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do Marshall, Madison and Oakton pyramids have so many overlapping split feeders compared to all of the other pyramids in fcps?

FCPS could have aligned Madison’s boundaries with Thoreau’s, and Marshall’s with Kilmer, and thereby eliminate the middle/high split feeders. It hasn’t done so, as that would mean part of the Town of Vienna would go to Marshall, and now part of Oakton has been reassigned to Thoreau as well. Oakton is a tougher case because the high school isn’t really close to any middle school.

If you want to avoid the split feeders, Cooper/Langley, Longfellow/McLean, Frost/Woodson and Irving/West Springfield are straight feeders, and Lake Braddock and Robinson are both 7-12 secondary schools (although some Robinson kids go to Lake Braddock for AAP).

Or the other way round. Marshall kids could go to Kilmer instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do Marshall, Madison and Oakton pyramids have so many overlapping split feeders compared to all of the other pyramids in fcps?

FCPS could have aligned Madison’s boundaries with Thoreau’s, and Marshall’s with Kilmer, and thereby eliminate the middle/high split feeders. It hasn’t done so, as that would mean part of the Town of Vienna would go to Marshall, and now part of Oakton has been reassigned to Thoreau as well. Oakton is a tougher case because the high school isn’t really close to any middle school.

If you want to avoid the split feeders, Cooper/Langley, Longfellow/McLean, Frost/Woodson and Irving/West Springfield are straight feeders, and Lake Braddock and Robinson are both 7-12 secondary schools (although some Robinson kids go to Lake Braddock for AAP).

Or the other way round. Marshall kids could go to Kilmer instead.

The issue is that both Thoreau and Kilmer currently sit in the Marshall district, so the cleanest alignment would have been to align the high school boundaries with the middle School boundaries. To do the opposite would mean that you’d go to Kilmer if you lived next door to Thoreau.

But it’s moot given the latest changes. There will be split feeders in that area at least until the new western high school is built.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do Marshall, Madison and Oakton pyramids have so many overlapping split feeders compared to all of the other pyramids in fcps?

FCPS could have aligned Madison’s boundaries with Thoreau’s, and Marshall’s with Kilmer, and thereby eliminate the middle/high split feeders. It hasn’t done so, as that would mean part of the Town of Vienna would go to Marshall, and now part of Oakton has been reassigned to Thoreau as well. Oakton is a tougher case because the high school isn’t really close to any middle school.

If you want to avoid the split feeders, Cooper/Langley, Longfellow/McLean, Frost/Woodson and Irving/West Springfield are straight feeders, and Lake Braddock and Robinson are both 7-12 secondary schools (although some Robinson kids go to Lake Braddock for AAP).

Or the other way round. Marshall kids could go to Kilmer instead.

The issue is that both Thoreau and Kilmer currently sit in the Marshall district, so the cleanest alignment would have been to align the high school boundaries with the middle School boundaries. To do the opposite would mean that you’d go to Kilmer if you lived next door to Thoreau.

But it’s moot given the latest changes. There will be split feeders in that area at least until the new western high school is built.

Agreed, but there are also houses that are assigned to Kilmer very close to Madison.

[Anonymous]

The other issue is that Thoreau and Kilmer are very close to each other while Madison and Marshall are further apart and different programs.

Cunningham Park is already a split feeder to the high schools. Stenwood and Cunningham Park could be realigned so that Stenwood went to Kilmer/Marshall and Cunningham Park went to Thoreau/Madison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The other issue is that Thoreau and Kilmer are very close to each other while Madison and Marshall are further apart and different programs.

Cunningham Park is already a split feeder to the high schools. Stenwood and Cunningham Park could be realigned so that Stenwood went to Kilmer/Marshall and Cunningham Park went to Thoreau/Madison.

It usually comes down to people complaining about the split feeders and then wanting someone else moved from Madison to Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Our elementary school is a split feeder and DC is complaining that most of her friends will be going to a different middle school, and doesn't want to separate from her friends. We didn't think about this when we bought our house when our children were babies and toddlers. However, in a way, I'm glad DD will be making new friends as the girls in her current elementary school are clickish and hasn't been that great socially for her. For us, split feeder is a mixed bag.

[Anonymous]

I think it's bizarre that the middle schools are so close to each other, almost in a row. Weird planning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's bizarre that the middle schools are so close to each other, almost in a row. Weird planning.

History of segregated schools is part of it.