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[Anonymous]

If one of their goals is to reduce bussing and times, bussing HV to Lewis makes no sense. I have no issues with the school but I don’t want to be driving there every evening in that traffic to pick up after school sports. Doing it now with WSHS is tolerable as would SC be.

Also they want to keep communities together. We would not even be close to living in the community of Lewis high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If one of their goals is to reduce bussing and times, bussing HV to Lewis makes no sense. I have no issues with the school but I don’t want to be driving there every evening in that traffic to pick up after school sports. Doing it now with WSHS is tolerable as would SC be.

Also they want to keep communities together. We would not even be close to living in the community of Lewis high school.

But to them, now there are actual after school activities the require you to drive there during that "traffic". Those actives weren't available before increasing the school's size.

You all need to stop fighting and just accept. You are the furthest school. End of story. Everyone in that boundary must take a bus to middle and high school. AND most take a bus to elementary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If one of their goals is to reduce bussing and times, bussing HV to Lewis makes no sense. I have no issues with the school but I don’t want to be driving there every evening in that traffic to pick up after school sports. Doing it now with WSHS is tolerable as would SC be.

Also they want to keep communities together. We would not even be close to living in the community of Lewis high school.

But to them, now there are actual after school activities the require you to drive there during that "traffic". Those actives weren't available before increasing the school's size.

You all need to stop fighting and just accept. You are the furthest school. End of story. Everyone in that boundary must take a bus to middle and high school. AND most take a bus to elementary.

Yes they do have swim already. And volleyball. And pretty sure track and field but haven’t confirmed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

You know it is a terrible commute.

Or you are not from the area and have no idea what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If one of their goals is to reduce bussing and times, bussing HV to Lewis makes no sense. I have no issues with the school but I don’t want to be driving there every evening in that traffic to pick up after school sports. Doing it now with WSHS is tolerable as would SC be.

Also they want to keep communities together. We would not even be close to living in the community of Lewis high school.

But to them, now there are actual after school activities the require you to drive there during that "traffic". Those actives weren't available before increasing the school's size.

You all need to stop fighting and just accept. You are the furthest school. End of story. Everyone in that boundary must take a bus to middle and high school. AND most take a bus to elementary.

Yes they do have swim already. And volleyball. And pretty sure track and field but haven’t confirmed.

I think we swim in their division. There were multiple kids who had barely swum before it seemed like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

Not in WS zone but come on don’t be ridiculous. 1) it’s a Sunday and 2) it’s August. Drive time on a Sunday - or even weekday in Aug - is not at all representative of normal times during the year. Do you never drive in the DC area? How do you not know this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

Not in WS zone but come on don’t be ridiculous. 1) it’s a Sunday and 2) it’s August. Drive time on a Sunday - or even weekday in Aug - is not at all representative of normal times during the year. Do you never drive in the DC area? How do you not know this?

Traffic would be added to both the WS and Lewis routes. These are not Great Falls to Langley distances. And the more important point was the end - if they send Saratoga kids to Lewis, which is just as far as Hunt Valley, then they CAN send Hunt Valley. Not saying they will. Parts of Hunt Valley have attended Lewis (Lee) before.

And actually, since COVID, traffic has been greatly reduced on the Fairfax County Parkway between Rolling and Springfield. Not near the volume there used to be. And I am from this exact area.

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

That drive to Lewis is not accurate, unless tlyou are going 80 MPH down the parkway and 50 MPH down Sydenstriker.

Say you are unfamiliar with the area without saying you are unfamiliar with the area.

[Anonymous]

Driving the speed limit from Hunt Valley Elementary to Lewis at low traffic times is 20 minutes. You cross multiple stoplights, several major intersections, the Rolling Road interchage which carries almost all of the Fort Belvoir commuting traffic, the Springfield Metro exit/entrance traffic, the Springfield Mall traffic, and the Mixing Bowl, while passing by at least 2 other WSHS zoned elementary schools (one of which is 5 minutes from Lewis and the other one currently a split feeder to Lewis).

Driving the speed limit from Hunt Valley Elementary to West Springfield during low traffic times is 5 to 7 minutes, depending on whether or not you hit a red light at Hillside. The ride is all neighborhood roads except for a few dozen yards on Old Keene Mill between Huntsman and Hillside, 2 stoplights if your kid drives themselves, 3 stoplights if your kid is riding the bus or is a senior with a parking lot pass. Two of the stoplights are a right turn. One stoplight is a left turn that has a yield green light for most of the cycle. Every Hunt Valley neighborhood inside the parkway is walkable to WSHS. The entire Hunt Valley zoned neighborhood is bike able to WSHS.

It takes roughly the ssme amount of time to drive the back neighborhood roads from Hunt Valley neighborhoods to West Springfield as it does to drive the neighborhood roads from Hunt Valley neighborhoods just to merging onto the Parkway.

From the parkway merge fown the parkway through the mixing bowl to Lewis is another 10 to 15 minutes at best, during low traffic times.

Anyone who claims otherwise is full of it, or is quoting a time as the crow flies from the very last house on the very edge of the Rolling Valley Elementary/Hunt Valley border, and not road traffic.

One can only hope that this person claiming such a ridiculous commute time has nothing to do with determining the rezoning maps.

If they are involved in the rezoning process, the whole district is screwed.

[Anonymous]

Claiming drive time and distance is futile.

And no students of HV are "legally" considered walkers. Stop saying that.

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

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People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

That drive to Lewis is not accurate, unless tlyou are going 80 MPH down the parkway and 50 MPH down Sydenstriker.

Say you are unfamiliar with the area without saying you are unfamiliar with the area.

Oh yes it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Driving the speed limit from Hunt Valley Elementary to Lewis at low traffic times is 20 minutes. You cross multiple stoplights, several major intersections, the Rolling Road interchage which carries almost all of the Fort Belvoir commuting traffic, the Springfield Metro exit/entrance traffic, the Springfield Mall traffic, and the Mixing Bowl, while passing by at least 2 other WSHS zoned elementary schools (one of which is 5 minutes from Lewis and the other one currently a split feeder to Lewis).

Driving the speed limit from Hunt Valley Elementary to West Springfield during low traffic times is 5 to 7 minutes, depending on whether or not you hit a red light at Hillside. The ride is all neighborhood roads except for a few dozen yards on Old Keene Mill between Huntsman and Hillside, 2 stoplights if your kid drives themselves, 3 stoplights if your kid is riding the bus or is a senior with a parking lot pass. Two of the stoplights are a right turn. One stoplight is a left turn that has a yield green light for most of the cycle. Every Hunt Valley neighborhood inside the parkway is walkable to WSHS. The entire Hunt Valley zoned neighborhood is bike able to WSHS.

It takes roughly the ssme amount of time to drive the back neighborhood roads from Hunt Valley neighborhoods to West Springfield as it does to drive the neighborhood roads from Hunt Valley neighborhoods just to merging onto the Parkway.

From the parkway merge fown the parkway through the mixing bowl to Lewis is another 10 to 15 minutes at best, during low traffic times.

Anyone who claims otherwise is full of it, or is quoting a time as the crow flies from the very last house on the very edge of the Rolling Valley Elementary/Hunt Valley border, and not road traffic.

One can only hope that this person claiming such a ridiculous commute time has nothing to do with determining the rezoning maps.

If they are involved in the rezoning process, the whole district is screwed.

She isn't. It's Saratoga Mom on her one-woman crusade to rezone Hunt Valley to Lewis.

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to contact Sandy Evans to comment about HVES/WSHS students being moved to Lewis HS, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcps.edu%2Fstaff%2Fsandy-anderson%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Gr3cAoZnJjBsEbcH17W9nrzCATjQz1jkd4738QQIv6J2czoJJsOakSrc_aem_5LAlboGhtWlnyzOk6TmejA&h=AT1upZxnEvMyjYUIbWPZqa_42yfaQYrNgXcsxeysrCfF7TeaC62598bH5-c7HFm_rHGi9RQ68PeO2FS6iXXZVByTgOMhstF3NfvpH3Cf3fgDO8y6zDaNrXhceGozfM8u5g&__tn__=R]-R&c[0]=AT0eMXYcxKKCnoAV3K2xTOke30P9EWcS-jOEOa-esEHravjz14pJp56bkaFOfaJbTP7G0gJw01i3_Ul4-znX7FYoSxsZZcoEH3vWQRERu79Oc6ycXXNOtifzJOiEx4WR8qfQ61HtixWJE_rz4XkHdNz9VqTgcSpA7rwDujkDOylf2yoHz9qqwl5zQxis9E8

Lewis is a failed HS and a lot of time, money, and resources has been poured into Lewis over the past 5 years, with no improvement. Now they want to move high SES, non-FARMS students to come in to help fix the school? Lewis is an FCPS problem, expecting good students from stable families to come in save the school is an interesting Hail Mary by Dr Reid. No way that people who paid almost a million dollars for a 50 y.o. split level in West Springfield are going to go for that nonsense.

No dog in this fight, but that attitude needs to go. It's absolutely not FCPS's nor the taxpayer's responsibility to remove all risk from overbidding for real estate. Do you always support government intervention, or only when the government will save your bottom line?

No one overbid for a house in West Springfield, we bought in a stable district with great schools. Lewis has been mismanaged by years, including appointing a Principal and nominating him as Principal of the Year, for no accomplishment. Why was that? Enormous amounts of money, resources, staff, and trial programs have been poured into Lewis, with no results. Nearby Hayfield HS and Edison HS have a number of out of state and out of district students, no one is focused on that issue either. There are 4 other HS's closer to West Springfield, but somehow bussing West Springfield students through the Mixing Bowl during morning and evening rush hours and requiring parents and student drivers to move through that same traffic nightmare is going to help solve what issue? The traffic and bussing issue should have made this a nonstarter from the get go. WS students will now spend 1+hour commuting each way for Dr Reid's equity experiment.

No dog in the fight? Are you a taxpayer? Are you concerned about FCPS waste and abuse? Are you a county resident and tax payer? Which school district do you live in?

Actually I do not support government intervention. At all. The government is seldom concerned about the bottom line or doing what is best for the majority of citizens. The school district is spending millions to build the Dunn Loring ES, where it is not needed; spent millions to expand WestPo, when it was not needed.

Can you substantiate that first bold claim? ESL and high FARMS heavy schools typically do get more funding, but 'enormous' amounts? And no results? The results are different because many of the students are starting at a much different place.

Second bold statement - the only high school closer to West Springfield than Lewis is Lake Braddock. The drive to Lewis is either straight down Old Keene Mill / Franconia to Frontier or you can use the elevated section of Franconia to bypass the mall area and then go in through the Springfield Estates neighborhood. Or other students would go straight down the parkway to Frontier. This is not a terrible commute. But you know that.

Third bold statement - just a bit of exaggeration in that commute timeline...

+1

People opposed to the change need to stop talking about the commute.

People who have no idea what they are talking about need to quit claiming that crossing the mixing bowl is no big deal.

At the minimum, on low traffic days, it more than doubles the commute to school.

From Hunt Valley ES to West Springfield this morning (given it is a Sunday, but you did say low traffic days) - 7 minutes
From Hunt Valley ES to Lewis - 11 minutes

From Saratoga ES to Lewis - 12 minutes

If they send Saratoga to Lewis then they can definitely send Hunt Valley.

That drive to Lewis is not accurate, unless tlyou are going 80 MPH down the parkway and 50 MPH down Sydenstriker.

Say you are unfamiliar with the area without saying you are unfamiliar with the area.

Oh yes it is.

Nah.

It is not at all accurate, unless you are going as the crow flies.