FCPS Boundary Review - New Maps

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Exactly. They never should have moved Daventry into WSHS. Now Daventry will have to move as well as the Hunt Valley neighborhoods. Which will cause a cascade of moves at South County because they are unlikely to send those Gambrill neighborhoods to Lewis, which is twice as far away. It's an absolute mess. I don't believe the WS families who say that the population at WSHS will drop in coming years. It's probably only going to go up. 200 or 300 more kids? Who could know. Five years from now, which West Springfield neighborhood goes next? Orange Hunt? Rolling Valley?

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Anonymous wrote:For a school "Closed" to transfers for years, 60 transfers does seem high. I can see them letting some teachers transfer in their students, but that would likely only be a handful of students. Is it clear that these transfer students are using the official transfer policy? Could it be a special education program that is not part of the normal transfer policy?

Another thought - it is possible between the 2005 boundary changes and moving Daventry into WS (2015) that they shrunk the Lee/Lewis boundaries TOO much. Remember, while the Lewis boundaries look simple and as large as West Springfield's, there is a huge no-man zone (no homes) carve out. The Ft. Belvoir north property with NGA, 95, Mixing Bowl, Fullerton industrial center, other industrial use on the southern end of Backlick, the car dealerships and data center on Loisdale, and GSA warehouse property all together take a big chunk out of that boundary. So much so that they pretty much make Saratoga an island.

The first step overall should still be to go back to AP at all FCPS high schools. The county is not obligated to offer two advanced programs at the high school level. The second step, which should be done in tandem with the first, is to standardize language offerings in the county. Less common languages (say Russian) should be available virtually. If these two things are not done, then any boundary changes will be moot because of the tsunami of transfers that will happen.

A couple of comments seemed to suggest that they should keep the differences in curriculum so that students can transfer. That is no way to run a school system and punishes those remaining at the school (many of whom can't transfer).

FCPS has become quite dysfunctional in the last 20-25 years.

I believe the thing about the Daventry move was that they UNDER estimated how many HS students it would affect. Like they thought it would be a small number, but it was much more because kids who were pupil placing to (LB, SC, Hayfield, Edison etc.) suddenly came back to their new base school at WS now that it was an option. I believe you’d see the same thing happen if they moved the nicer TH and SFH in the RV split to Irving-WSHS - it would be many more students than their initial estimate.

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Anonymous wrote:For a school "Closed" to transfers for years, 60 transfers does seem high. I can see them letting some teachers transfer in their students, but that would likely only be a handful of students. Is it clear that these transfer students are using the official transfer policy? Could it be a special education program that is not part of the normal transfer policy?

Another thought - it is possible between the 2005 boundary changes and moving Daventry into WS (2015) that they shrunk the Lee/Lewis boundaries TOO much. Remember, while the Lewis boundaries look simple and as large as West Springfield's, there is a huge no-man zone (no homes) carve out. The Ft. Belvoir north property with NGA, 95, Mixing Bowl, Fullerton industrial center, other industrial use on the southern end of Backlick, the car dealerships and data center on Loisdale, and GSA warehouse property all together take a big chunk out of that boundary. So much so that they pretty much make Saratoga an island.

The first step overall should still be to go back to AP at all FCPS high schools. The county is not obligated to offer two advanced programs at the high school level. The second step, which should be done in tandem with the first, is to standardize language offerings in the county. Less common languages (say Russian) should be available virtually. If these two things are not done, then any boundary changes will be moot because of the tsunami of transfers that will happen.

A couple of comments seemed to suggest that they should keep the differences in curriculum so that students can transfer. That is no way to run a school system and punishes those remaining at the school (many of whom can't transfer).

FCPS has become quite dysfunctional in the last 20-25 years.

I believe the thing about the Daventry move was that they UNDER estimated how many HS students it would affect. Like they thought it would be a small number, but it was much more because kids who were pupil placing to (LB, SC, Hayfield, Edison etc.) suddenly came back to their new base school at WS now that it was an option. I believe you’d see the same thing happen if they moved the nicer TH and SFH in the RV split to Irving-WSHS - it would be many more students than their initial estimate.

This is exactly what will happen

Daventry had far fewer high school students in their estimated numbers than Rolling Valley has.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Exactly. They never should have moved Daventry into WSHS. Now Daventry will have to move as well as the Hunt Valley neighborhoods. Which will cause a cascade of moves at South County because they are unlikely to send those Gambrill neighborhoods to Lewis, which is twice as far away. It's an absolute mess. I don't believe the WS families who say that the population at WSHS will drop in coming years. It's probably only going to go up. 200 or 300 more kids? Who could know. Five years from now, which West Springfield neighborhood goes next? Orange Hunt? Rolling Valley?

This is a ridiculous post.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

If they want to change the WSHS boundary they are going to do it with or without a trailer or two to justify it.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

If they want to change the WSHS boundary they are going to do it with or without a trailer or two to justify it.

I wonder if all this resistance and hostility to doing a residency check at over capacity high schools before rezoning people who live in bounds is a sign of people who are committing residency fraud to attend that high school.

The hostility towards the idea of enforcing FCPS policy that no transfers are allowed in schools closed to transfers is fairly telling.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

Those are two totally different things.

The AP chem class has nothing whatsoever to do with the 2 new trailers.

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

From what I understand, the AP Chem teacher is the reason there’s a section of the class before school starts (0 Period)

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Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

From what I understand, the AP Chem teacher is the reason there’s a section of the class before school starts (0 Period)

Yes, because two AP chem teachers followed the principal to TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

From what I understand, the AP Chem teacher is the reason there’s a section of the class before school starts (0 Period)

Yes, because two AP chem teachers followed the principal to TJ.

One.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Those transfer students move the needle enough that eliminating the transfers into WSHS would also eliminate one of the new trailers.

That is a huge impact, especially since the new trailers are being used as a justification for rezoning.

Are the trailers literally just there because they lost that AP Chemistry teacher to TJ as a poster upthread posted? I can’t imagine that the enrollment increased by that many students all of a sudden but who knows.

From what I understand, the AP Chem teacher is the reason there’s a section of the class before school starts (0 Period)

Yes, because two AP chem teachers followed the principal to TJ.

One.

And one AP and the director of athletics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No transfer until 10th grade when AP classes start.

No more AAP in middle.

If you're stuck at an IB school, and you know you'll want to take AP courses, you should be allowed to transfer starting in 9th grade.

What you propose is punitive to a lot of kids.

Not every damn thing in the county has to be reverse-engineered to keep WS kids from ever getting moved to Lewis.

So presumably you'd then support the newly transferred WS kids immediately transferring back out to continue their AP classes somewhere else?

I'd rather we have AP county-wide than do what you're proposing, which would force kids to attend an IB school for their freshman year even if they want to take AP courses.

If we are going to continue to have AP and IB schools, and WS kids are moved to an IB school, they should be allowed to transfer to an AP school with capacity if they plan to take AP courses. So it might be Lake Braddock or South County rather than West Springfield, but they could attend those schools for all four years of HS.

IB to AP transfers are supposed to reapply for the transfer every year.

They are not guaranteed 4 years at the AP school, per FCPS policy.

If they drop out of AP classes, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

If the AP school is closed to transfers, they are not supposed to be allowed to stay at the AP school.

So a Lewis zoned freshman should not be allowed to transfer into WSHS because WSHS has been closed to transfers for a decade or more even though FCPS allowed nearly 60 students to transfer into WSHS last year.

They might be able to transfer into SoCo or LB as a 9th grader, but if either of those schools close to transfers, or if the Lewis student doesn't continue taking AP classes, they are supposed to transfer either to a different AP high school or back to their base school if they are no longer taking AP classes.

If a single student currently attending WSHS has transferred into WSHS using AP, they need to be sent back because the school was closed to incoming transfers the entire time any current students were attending high school.

The nearly 60 transfers into WSHS is a huge issue, especially since the school is scheduled to be rezoned.

Start first with those out of boundary students before rezoning a single WSHS zoned student.

Fewer than 10 students transfer from Lewis to WSHS. Majority of WSHS transfers come from South County and Lake Braddock. Most Lewis transfers are to Edison, South County, and Lake Braddock.

There are approximately 60 students who transfer into WSHS using legitimate, recognized channels

If FCPS had enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, then WSHS would have had 2690 students last year instead of 2750 students.

If FCPS had enforced their policy on transfers, then WSHS would only need 1 trailer, if that. The trailers that are being used by WSHS hold 2 classrooms of roughly 25 students per classroom. That is 50-60 students accomodated per trailer, nearly the exact number of student transfers into WSHS last year.

If FCPS enforced their policy on schools being closed to transfers, ALL of Rolling Valley could have attended WSHS instead of being a split feeder, and the school enrollment would be equal or less than it is currently with roughly 60 transfers of students from other high schools.

If FCPS enforced its policy on schools being closed to transfers, then the Sangster neighborhood and the Hunt Valley neighborhood down Gambril Rd could stay at WSHS and the enrollment would decrease next year.

If a school is closed to transfers, then the only transfers that should be allowed at that school are outbound transfers. The transfers into the school should not double over the course of 3 years, as it did at WSHS according yo FCPS own transfer dashboard records.

All out of bound students need to be removed before any in bound student is rezoned at any overcapacity school, not just WSHS but all of the overcapacity schools.

West Springfield has a capacity of 2493, so it's significantly overcrowded with either 2690 students or 2750 students. Last year it had almost 2800 students.

The 58 students transferring in last year, only 39 of whom were transferring pursuant to the student transfer regulations, just don't move the needle that much.

Exactly. They never should have moved Daventry into WSHS. Now Daventry will have to move as well as the Hunt Valley neighborhoods. Which will cause a cascade of moves at South County because they are unlikely to send those Gambrill neighborhoods to Lewis, which is twice as far away. It's an absolute mess. I don't believe the WS families who say that the population at WSHS will drop in coming years. It's probably only going to go up. 200 or 300 more kids? Who could know. Five years from now, which West Springfield neighborhood goes next? Orange Hunt? Rolling Valley?

Well, the 8th grade class at Irving right now is smaller than the class of 9th graders that matriculated to WSHS this year, so that's a small reason for hope. Unfortunately, the current 7th grade class is quite large.

Here's the data from 2024-2025:

https://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:107::::0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID,P0_EDSL:151,0

https://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:107::::0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID,P0_EDSL:151,0

If you assume grades 8-11 stayed roughly in tact as they moved up, 670 12th graders graduated and were replaced by 640 8th graders, reducing overcapacity by 30. Using the same approach, next year the 580 kids who were in 7th grade last year will replace the 720 kids who were in 11th grade last year, which if all else stays the same would reduce overcapacity by another 140.

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FCPS just posted the next school board meeting for 8/26 and accompanying agenda. Looks like about an hour to discuss the boundary update, and a full 3 hours dedicated to the "New Western High School". Hopefully some insight and clarity comes of it all.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/Public