FCPS comprehensive boundary review

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even now, the school board members mislead the public.

After the school board revised 8130 over the summer with equitable access being one of the primary factors for redistricting, Dunne pretends that it isn’t:

https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/news/2024/10/29/fairfax-county-to-begin-process-of-changing-school-boundaries/

Don’t trust them. This is still a radical liberal equity play.

Dunne is the Mount Vernon district rep. West Potomac got a huge expansion to 3000 courtesy of taxpayers but, now that his school has been attended to, we have to pinch pennies and screw other schools.

These people are such hypocrites.

He intentionally left out equity. Maybe he now realizes just how unpopular these changes are going to be, or maybe he is just trying to hide their intent. I think the latter, but I’m sure their life has not been fun this past year Having to constantly hear how badly they are messing up the county, so maybe he’s finally coming to his senses?

His district has a lot of gerrymandering and bizarre borders between MVHS and West Potomac that will stick out like a sore thumb to outside consultants who are looking at the maps for the first time with fresh eyes. If the stink of “reasoning for SES equity reasons” gets attached to him, it will dog him for a very long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even now, the school board members mislead the public.

After the school board revised 8130 over the summer with equitable access being one of the primary factors for redistricting, Dunne pretends that it isn’t:

https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/news/2024/10/29/fairfax-county-to-begin-process-of-changing-school-boundaries/

Don’t trust them. This is still a radical liberal equity play.

Dunne is the Mount Vernon district rep. West Potomac got a huge expansion to 3000 courtesy of taxpayers but, now that his school has been attended to, we have to pinch pennies and screw other schools.

These people are such hypocrites.

He intentionally left out equity. Maybe he now realizes just how unpopular these changes are going to be, or maybe he is just trying to hide their intent. I think the latter, but I’m sure their life has not been fun this past year Having to constantly hear how badly they are messing up the county, so maybe he’s finally coming to his senses?

His district has a lot of gerrymandering and bizarre borders between MVHS and West Potomac that will stick out like a sore thumb to outside consultants who are looking at the maps for the first time with fresh eyes. If the stink of “reasoning for SES equity reasons” gets attached to him, it will dog him for a very long time.

Well too late for him. Looks like he and the school board are the dogs that caught the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

The bolded is a lie being told by the school board.

The entire area from West Springfield, Lake Braddock, Lewis (then Lee) and Hayfield was completely rezoned when South County opened in 2005.

Using "they haven't been rezoned since the early 80s" as one of the justifications for rezoning those 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153 neighborhoods is very disingenuous, if not an outright lie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

The bolded is a lie being told by the school board.

The entire area from West Springfield, Lake Braddock, Lewis (then Lee) and Hayfield was completely rezoned when South County opened in 2005.

Using "they haven't been rezoned since the early 80s" as one of the justifications for rezoning those 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153 neighborhoods is very disingenuous, if not an outright lie

It’s a classic case of thinking that if you repeat a lie enough times some people will start to believe it’s true.

[Anonymous]

I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

Maybe in some parts of the county, but in West Springfield, they changed in 2004 when South County HS opened. (See this collection of Letters to the Editor sent by unhappy residents at that time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/12/09/drawing-south-county-lines/b39f8591-b68b-4db3-855a-1aefacdc14ec/).

They changed again more recently when the Daventry neighborhood was switched to WSHS from Lewis HS.

I don't know why Daventry Mom keeps turning this thread to focus on WSHS when there are a lot of areas of the county that make more sense for this boundary study to focus on. But here we are.

I went back and researched old Washington post articles from when South County was opened. The school board has been hurting Lewis high school for close to 20 years. South Hunt Valley was redistributed to West Springfield from Lee as part of the South County boundary adjustment when the school was opened. Then Daventry was moved to West Springfield. Why did that happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

Maybe in some parts of the county, but in West Springfield, they changed in 2004 when South County HS opened. (See this collection of Letters to the Editor sent by unhappy residents at that time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/12/09/drawing-south-county-lines/b39f8591-b68b-4db3-855a-1aefacdc14ec/).

They changed again more recently when the Daventry neighborhood was switched to WSHS from Lewis HS.

I don't know why Daventry Mom keeps turning this thread to focus on WSHS when there are a lot of areas of the county that make more sense for this boundary study to focus on. But here we are.

I went back and researched old Washington post articles from when South County was opened. The school board has been hurting Lewis high school for close to 20 years. South Hunt Valley was redistributed to West Springfield from Lee as part of the South County boundary adjustment when the school was opened. Then Daventry was moved to West Springfield. Why did that happen?

Hunt Valley was redistriced to WSHS 20 years ago because kids south of the parkway went from Hunt Valley to Irving to Lee(Lewis) while their friends went on to WSHS. The neighborhoods asked the SB to send their kids to WSHS instead so they wouldn’t lose all their friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

Maybe in some parts of the county, but in West Springfield, they changed in 2004 when South County HS opened. (See this collection of Letters to the Editor sent by unhappy residents at that time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/12/09/drawing-south-county-lines/b39f8591-b68b-4db3-855a-1aefacdc14ec/).

They changed again more recently when the Daventry neighborhood was switched to WSHS from Lewis HS.

I don't know why Daventry Mom keeps turning this thread to focus on WSHS when there are a lot of areas of the county that make more sense for this boundary study to focus on. But here we are.

I went back and researched old Washington post articles from when South County was opened. The school board has been hurting Lewis high school for close to 20 years. South Hunt Valley was redistributed to West Springfield from Lee as part of the South County boundary adjustment when the school was opened. Then Daventry was moved to West Springfield. Why did that happen?

Hunt Valley was redistriced to WSHS 20 years ago because kids south of the parkway went from Hunt Valley to Irving to Lee(Lewis) while their friends went on to WSHS. The neighborhoods asked the SB to send their kids to WSHS instead so they wouldn’t lose all their friends.

+1 they fixed a split feeder, which is one of the stated goals of the current boundary changes as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

Maybe in some parts of the county, but in West Springfield, they changed in 2004 when South County HS opened. (See this collection of Letters to the Editor sent by unhappy residents at that time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/12/09/drawing-south-county-lines/b39f8591-b68b-4db3-855a-1aefacdc14ec/).

They changed again more recently when the Daventry neighborhood was switched to WSHS from Lewis HS.

I don't know why Daventry Mom keeps turning this thread to focus on WSHS when there are a lot of areas of the county that make more sense for this boundary study to focus on. But here we are.

I went back and researched old Washington post articles from when South County was opened. The school board has been hurting Lewis high school for close to 20 years. South Hunt Valley was redistributed to West Springfield from Lee as part of the South County boundary adjustment when the school was opened. Then Daventry was moved to West Springfield. Why did that happen?

Hunt Valley was redistriced to WSHS 20 years ago because kids south of the parkway went from Hunt Valley to Irving to Lee(Lewis) while their friends went on to WSHS. The neighborhoods asked the SB to send their kids to WSHS instead so they wouldn’t lose all their friends.

+1 they fixed a split feeder, which is one of the stated goals of the current boundary changes as well.

There wouldn’t be a split feeder if all of Hunt Valley or another WS feeder were reassigned to Key and Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

Or maybe, despite what you believe, there are actually lots of actual parents who support this review and the SB’s efforts.


You

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

Or maybe, despite what you believe, there are actually lots of actual parents who support this review and the SB’s efforts.


You

Umm, only the ones who think they are going to get some positive house equity (a pipe dream) or the ones whose kids have zero friends in their current schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

Or maybe, despite what you believe, there are actually lots of actual parents who support this review and the SB’s efforts.

That’s what SB members and their cronies would have you believe but the outreach conducted by the prior consultant confirmed that most parents engaged enough to weigh in oppose major boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

Or maybe, despite what you believe, there are actually lots of actual parents who support this review and the SB’s efforts.


You

Parents either safely ensconced in good pyramids surrounded by good pyramids may feel safe. Those in bad pyramids may feel hopeful. Those in ok pyramids near bad pyramids are going to be angry. Thankfully, these changes are going to coincide with statewide elections, so at least those parents will have an outlet. Youngkin had LCPS to thanks, governor Miyares will have FCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the sense that Gatehouse told its employees to stop the inflammatory boundary change advocacy on DCUM since we are so close to the election.

They’re scared about what the boundary changes will do to politics in our area. As they should be. It’ll be like the San Francisco and Portland backlash to too liberal policies.

Or maybe, despite what you believe, there are actually lots of actual parents who support this review and the SB’s efforts.


You

Parents either safely ensconced in good pyramids surrounded by good pyramids may feel safe. Those in bad pyramids may feel hopeful. Those in ok pyramids near bad pyramids are going to be angry. Thankfully, these changes are going to coincide with statewide elections, so at least those parents will have an outlet. Youngkin had LCPS to thanks, governor Miyares will have FCPS

+1. This is why they are already running scared from the equity rationale for redistricting.

Parents whose children’s education will be sacrificed on the equity altar are going to be mad as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line to all of these discussions seems to be: If I bought in WSHS pyramid, I'm against boundary changes and if I bought in Lewis pyramid, I'm for and can think of all the justifications for/against in either scenario. Honestly though, the boundaries haven't changed since the 80s and there has been a lot of growth and change.

Maybe in some parts of the county, but in West Springfield, they changed in 2004 when South County HS opened. (See this collection of Letters to the Editor sent by unhappy residents at that time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/12/09/drawing-south-county-lines/b39f8591-b68b-4db3-855a-1aefacdc14ec/).

They changed again more recently when the Daventry neighborhood was switched to WSHS from Lewis HS.

I don't know why Daventry Mom keeps turning this thread to focus on WSHS when there are a lot of areas of the county that make more sense for this boundary study to focus on. But here we are.

I went back and researched old Washington post articles from when South County was opened. The school board has been hurting Lewis high school for close to 20 years. South Hunt Valley was redistributed to West Springfield from Lee as part of the South County boundary adjustment when the school was opened. Then Daventry was moved to West Springfield. Why did that happen?

Hunt Valley was redistriced to WSHS 20 years ago because kids south of the parkway went from Hunt Valley to Irving to Lee(Lewis) while their friends went on to WSHS. The neighborhoods asked the SB to send their kids to WSHS instead so they wouldn’t lose all their friends.

+1 they fixed a split feeder, which is one of the stated goals of the current boundary changes as well.

There wouldn’t be a split feeder if all of Hunt Valley or another WS feeder were reassigned to Key and Lewis.

That would have been a very stupid move that made zero sense geographically.