FCPS HS Boundary

[Anonymous]

This just came in from Robin Lady:

Yesterday, I visited Langley HS and attended their PTSA meeting. There were great questions: expanding MS sports, SR&R including vaping and cell phone usage, budget, and staffing. One parent asked what my top three priorities were, and I shared on the academic side literacy/numeracy and pre-K for all students. My third was to save money/address spending. One way forward on this is the holistic view of the county wide Boundary Policy which has not been altered in 38 years. By looking at the policy, we can look at capacity issues both over and under, long commutes, fewer buses, more sleep for students, and find ways to save taxpayers money. Based on the February Forum, the Governance Committee has been reviewing Policy 8130. The latest draft can be found here. The next Governance meeting is scheduled for May 20th and is open to the public. Once the policy has been approved by the Board, the next step is operationalizing this new policy.

Note the lie: the policy has been continuously modified since 1983, most recently in 2013, which she would have known if she had read the draft policy as the revision history is clearly called out. But of course she's not writing her own communications, unelected PR people are. And not to mention that "saving money" and "pre-k for all" are mutually exclusive.

They're absolutely setting out to give the bureaucracy carte blanche to change boundaries around to meet their equity agenda, as long as they can claim it will save money. School board will rubber stamp and boom.... everybody gets a mediocre learning environment with lots of distractions.

[Anonymous]

From Robyn Lady’s newsletter - looks like she’s is on the McDaniel burn-it-all-down bandwagon. Note she says “Once” not “If” below:

“One way forward on this is the holistic view of the county wide Boundary Policy which has not been altered in 38 years. By looking at the policy, we can look at capacity issues both over and under, long commutes, fewer buses, more sleep for students, and find ways to save taxpayers money. Based on the February Forum, the Governance Committee has been reviewing Policy 8130. The latest draft can be found here. The next Governance meeting is scheduled for May 20th and is open to the public. Once the policy has been approved by the Board, the next step is operationalizing this new policy.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This just came in from Robin Lady:

Yesterday, I visited Langley HS and attended their PTSA meeting. There were great questions: expanding MS sports, SR&R including vaping and cell phone usage, budget, and staffing. One parent asked what my top three priorities were, and I shared on the academic side literacy/numeracy and pre-K for all students. My third was to save money/address spending. One way forward on this is the holistic view of the county wide Boundary Policy which has not been altered in 38 years. By looking at the policy, we can look at capacity issues both over and under, long commutes, fewer buses, more sleep for students, and find ways to save taxpayers money. Based on the February Forum, the Governance Committee has been reviewing Policy 8130. The latest draft can be found here. The next Governance meeting is scheduled for May 20th and is open to the public. Once the policy has been approved by the Board, the next step is operationalizing this new policy.

Note the lie: the policy has been continuously modified since 1983, most recently in 2013, which she would have known if she had read the draft policy as the revision history is clearly called out. But of course she's not writing her own communications, unelected PR people are. And not to mention that "saving money" and "pre-k for all" are mutually exclusive.

They're absolutely setting out to give the bureaucracy carte blanche to change boundaries around to meet their equity agenda, as long as they can claim it will save money. School board will rubber stamp and boom.... everybody gets a mediocre learning environment with lots of distractions.

+1

It’s a self-interest play to try to increase her Herndon property values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This just came in from Robin Lady:

Yesterday, I visited Langley HS and attended their PTSA meeting. There were great questions: expanding MS sports, SR&R including vaping and cell phone usage, budget, and staffing. One parent asked what my top three priorities were, and I shared on the academic side literacy/numeracy and pre-K for all students. My third was to save money/address spending. One way forward on this is the holistic view of the county wide Boundary Policy which has not been altered in 38 years. By looking at the policy, we can look at capacity issues both over and under, long commutes, fewer buses, more sleep for students, and find ways to save taxpayers money. Based on the February Forum, the Governance Committee has been reviewing Policy 8130. The latest draft can be found here. The next Governance meeting is scheduled for May 20th and is open to the public. Once the policy has been approved by the Board, the next step is operationalizing this new policy.

Note the lie: the policy has been continuously modified since 1983, most recently in 2013, which she would have known if she had read the draft policy as the revision history is clearly called out. But of course she's not writing her own communications, unelected PR people are. And not to mention that "saving money" and "pre-k for all" are mutually exclusive.

They're absolutely setting out to give the bureaucracy carte blanche to change boundaries around to meet their equity agenda, as long as they can claim it will save money. School board will rubber stamp and boom.... everybody gets a mediocre learning environment with lots of distractions.

Bingo. The only question now is how much of Langley will get moved to Herndon to ensure students in Great Falls can get “more sleep.”

[Anonymous]

I’m excited for the for this new boundary policy to go live. So much academic and social change for the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m excited for the for this new boundary policy to go live. So much academic and social change for the better.

I look forward to the outrage from the redistricted kids taking marginalized kids’ TJ spots.

This isn’t going to help anyone, it’ll only destroy much of the little value that remains in the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m excited for the for this new boundary policy to go live. So much academic and social change for the better.

I look forward to the outrage from the redistricted kids taking marginalized kids’ TJ spots.

This isn’t going to help anyone, it’ll only destroy much of the little value that remains in the system.

Experience factors weigh more than you think.

[Anonymous]

Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

Aren't her constituents generally supportive of fiscally conservative policy and paying less taxes to government? They should be loving such a plan that would reduce costs of the taxpayer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

Aren't her constituents generally supportive of fiscally conservative policy and paying less taxes to government? They should be loving such a plan that would reduce costs of the taxpayer.

Plus moving some McLean kids to Langley would help McLean’s overcrowding.

[Anonymous]

I’m also excited to see how much better Lewis can be with these new changes.

Chantilly could use boundary shifts as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

Aren't her constituents generally supportive of fiscally conservative policy and paying less taxes to government? They should be loving such a plan that would reduce costs of the taxpayer.

Hundreds of millions lost in property value decreases tax revenue far more than the savings of having a handful fewer buses carrying the kids to school.

Your analysis is the very definition of penny wise pound foolish, but I assume an economic analysis was not the true intent of your post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This just came in from Robin Lady:

Yesterday, I visited Langley HS and attended their PTSA meeting. There were great questions: expanding MS sports, SR&R including vaping and cell phone usage, budget, and staffing. One parent asked what my top three priorities were, and I shared on the academic side literacy/numeracy and pre-K for all students. My third was to save money/address spending. One way forward on this is the holistic view of the county wide Boundary Policy which has not been altered in 38 years. By looking at the policy, we can look at capacity issues both over and under, long commutes, fewer buses, more sleep for students, and find ways to save taxpayers money. Based on the February Forum, the Governance Committee has been reviewing Policy 8130. The latest draft can be found here. The next Governance meeting is scheduled for May 20th and is open to the public. Once the policy has been approved by the Board, the next step is operationalizing this new policy.

Note the lie: the policy has been continuously modified since 1983, most recently in 2013, which she would have known if she had read the draft policy as the revision history is clearly called out. But of course she's not writing her own communications, unelected PR people are. And not to mention that "saving money" and "pre-k for all" are mutually exclusive.

They're absolutely setting out to give the bureaucracy carte blanche to change boundaries around to meet their equity agenda, as long as they can claim it will save money. School board will rubber stamp and boom.... everybody gets a mediocre learning environment with lots of distractions.

Is there a longer commute in FCPS that the Herndon houses zoned to Langley? Maybe Langley can trade those middle class neighborhoods for Westmont

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

Aren't her constituents generally supportive of fiscally conservative policy and paying less taxes to government? They should be loving such a plan that would reduce costs of the taxpayer.

Hundreds of millions lost in property value decreases tax revenue far more than the savings of having a handful fewer buses carrying the kids to school.

Your analysis is the very definition of penny wise pound foolish, but I assume an economic analysis was not the true intent of your post.

Where did that hundred million figure come from? We're in a bottom of the barrel pyramid and my tax assessment is sky high and keeps going up at an accelerating rate. There is absolutely no decrease in taxes just because you think you should have one based on schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t imagine Robyn Lady thought her newsletter would appeal to any of her constituents other than people in Herndon who want Forestville and part of Great Falls redistricted to their school.

Aren't her constituents generally supportive of fiscally conservative policy and paying less taxes to government? They should be loving such a plan that would reduce costs of the taxpayer.

Plus moving some McLean kids to Langley would help McLean’s overcrowding.

They just moved McLean kids to Langley. But the only way to justify moving Langley kids to Herndon is to redistrict even more of McLean to Langley.

The Langley families won’t want to move to Herndon and the McLean families will be tired of MHS getting no funding and instead being treated like pawns, first by Tholen and now by Lady.