FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

Do we know when the next boundary meeting is, where they go over these options 1 and option 2 scenarios?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s such a big misstep for the school board to be fighting with lots of Fairfax families over boundary changes when they could be consolidating support from those exact same families by providing consistency and stability at a time of major upheaval for the region.

This is why none of them will ever have successful political careers.

Seriously. It feels like a complete lack of perspective on the part of the school board. I really do hope that at least some of them read this thread to get a dose of perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone answer why Woodson has three community representatives on the BRAC, when the school has about the same number of students as McLean and South Lakes? If any school should have three representatives, it seems like it should be Chantilly, not Woodson.

I asked FCPS through the website and got no response. You could ask the FCPS office of the Ombudsman, but that office is overseen by Lisa Youngblood Hall who was involved with the manipulated process for selecting BRAC members, so good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we know when the next boundary meeting is, where they go over these options 1 and option 2 scenarios?

Someone on Reddit said the next BRAC meeting was Monday (3/10).

[Anonymous]

Oh! Where’s the Reddit threat about this?

Interesting it would be Monday, haven’t they been Friday’s historically?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone answer why Woodson has three community representatives on the BRAC, when the school has about the same number of students as McLean and South Lakes? If any school should have three representatives, it seems like it should be Chantilly, not Woodson.

I asked FCPS through the website and got no response. You could ask the FCPS office of the Ombudsman, but that office is overseen by Lisa Youngblood Hall who was involved with the manipulated process for selecting BRAC members, so good luck.

Shameful. We really do need the VDOE or the federal government to step in at this point. FCPS has shown it’s incapable of even setting up an objective advisory committee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone answer why Woodson has three community representatives on the BRAC, when the school has about the same number of students as McLean and South Lakes? If any school should have three representatives, it seems like it should be Chantilly, not Woodson.

I asked FCPS through the website and got no response. You could ask the FCPS office of the Ombudsman, but that office is overseen by Lisa Youngblood Hall who was involved with the manipulated process for selecting BRAC members, so good luck.

Crazy retelling of that story. Those great falls Nextdoor people are unhinged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone answer why Woodson has three community representatives on the BRAC, when the school has about the same number of students as McLean and South Lakes? If any school should have three representatives, it seems like it should be Chantilly, not Woodson.

I asked FCPS through the website and got no response. You could ask the FCPS office of the Ombudsman, but that office is overseen by Lisa Youngblood Hall who was involved with the manipulated process for selecting BRAC members, so good luck.

Crazy retelling of that story. Those great falls Nextdoor people are unhinged.

DP. Can you explain it then? If you are going to assert it is crazy, please let us know what happened with #35.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone answer why Woodson has three community representatives on the BRAC, when the school has about the same number of students as McLean and South Lakes? If any school should have three representatives, it seems like it should be Chantilly, not Woodson.

I asked FCPS through the website and got no response. You could ask the FCPS office of the Ombudsman, but that office is overseen by Lisa Youngblood Hall who was involved with the manipulated process for selecting BRAC members, so good luck.

Crazy retelling of that story. Those great falls Nextdoor people are unhinged.

PP. So what is your explanation for why Woodson got more people on the BRAC than other pyramids, including one well known shill for the School Board? It doesn’t look like they even tried to hide the fact that they were stacking the deck.

They were never under any obligation to accept any BRAC input, but their recommendations won’t have any credibility given the obvious bias in favor of “friendly faces” and apparent other irregularities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh! Where’s the Reddit threat about this?

Interesting it would be Monday, haven’t they been Friday’s historically?

Based on the dates they have been all over the place. Two Mondays, one Wednesday, Two Fridays

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1i4kriu/new_fcps_boundaries_2025/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who took 3 online classes in high school, I can tell you they are not a lesser option. You cover everything you are supposed to cover every week and there are no distractions from the unruly kids. My school had an admin / library helper who monitored the kids in the online class. It's just a smaller, quieter room with the teacher on the monitor.
If it was online as in "on your honor" or watch from home then I could see kids skipping class or getting behind. That's not what this is though.

I actually think this well prepares students to stay on top of online courses they may take in college. And let’s be honest, maybe will take remote roles when they start careers. This is good practice of time management.

And before someone yells at me, of course in-person is fantastic and needed. However, for some of these more niche interests, put together virtual courses for everyone all over the county vs allow a transfer in for ONE topic.

Online doesn't work for all children. A child whose parents can arrange transportation for them to learn in person should not be blocked by the school board. Online doesn't work for all teachers. A teacher who thrives in the classroom with live and in person students shouldn't be forced to try to adapt their style, personality and talents to a screen.

Someone who definitely does not want her kid at the base school!

My base school is Langley. Maybe you can only express ideas that are in your narrow self-interest but others can at least acknowledge that there is more than one way of viewing things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Online AP classes for kids forced to attend IB is not equitable. Online is an inferior option and should not be the option offered kids who have no say in what their school offers.

I agree with AP online. I’m saying if they made all AP available at ALL schools, that would decrease the transfer loophole.

The language could be online for those with smaller interest groups vs again, using that as an excuse to transfer out of an undesirable school.

Bring valued base education to all schools, offer online options for niche languages.

This is a problem. Giving families a little flexibility should not be seen as a de facto provision of an "escape route."

If FCPS shuts down this flexibility out of a desire to "trap" children in their zoned schools/pyramids, perhaps they should ask themselves why a kid would want to "escape."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who took 3 online classes in high school, I can tell you they are not a lesser option. You cover everything you are supposed to cover every week and there are no distractions from the unruly kids. My school had an admin / library helper who monitored the kids in the online class. It's just a smaller, quieter room with the teacher on the monitor.
If it was online as in "on your honor" or watch from home then I could see kids skipping class or getting behind. That's not what this is though.

I actually think this well prepares students to stay on top of online courses they may take in college. And let’s be honest, maybe will take remote roles when they start careers. This is good practice of time management.

And before someone yells at me, of course in-person is fantastic and needed. However, for some of these more niche interests, put together virtual courses for everyone all over the county vs allow a transfer in for ONE topic.

Online doesn't work for all children. A child whose parents can arrange transportation for them to learn in person should not be blocked by the school board. Online doesn't work for all teachers. A teacher who thrives in the classroom with live and in person students shouldn't be forced to try to adapt their style, personality and talents to a screen.

Someone who definitely does not want her kid at the base school!

Agreed. And this is the type of accessibility that not all families have, from lower class up to those now returning to office everyday. This is what the board will be trying to level out with their equity attempts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh! Where’s the Reddit threat about this?

Interesting it would be Monday, haven’t they been Friday’s historically?

Based on the dates they have been all over the place. Two Mondays, one Wednesday, Two Fridays

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1i4kriu/new_fcps_boundaries_2025/

“ As a member of the BRAC, we have not looked at any boundary changes yet. No decisions have been made. We will begin looking at scenarios at either our next meeting on Feb 21st or March 10th.”

Alright, get ready for FCPS to publicly post these scenarios as they should or FairFACTS will be ready to submit a FOIA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh! Where’s the Reddit threat about this?

Interesting it would be Monday, haven’t they been Friday’s historically?

Based on the dates they have been all over the place. Two Mondays, one Wednesday, Two Fridays

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1i4kriu/new_fcps_boundaries_2025/

“ As a member of the BRAC, we have not looked at any boundary changes yet. No decisions have been made. We will begin looking at scenarios at either our next meeting on Feb 21st or March 10th.”

Alright, get ready for FCPS to publicly post these scenarios as they should or FairFACTS will be ready to submit a FOIA.

Correct, the agenda and slides from all of the other boundary review meetings have been posted. This one should be no different.