Article detailing the decline and fall

[Anonymous]

I didn’t read the article and don’t want to get into a political debate about the author or the merits of FCPS or whatever. However it is true that enrollment overall, I would describe as “flat.” https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools And use the menu to go to Enrollment. The main thing keeping enrollment right around the usual 180k number is an increase in the preschool programs. These aren’t new students, just students they are capturing a year or two earlier vs. when they would have enrolled in K. These students are also needier, because the only ways to get public preschool/pre K are to be lower income or have special needs. But the numbers of 1-12 (not counting K in that as it always tends to be smaller) is about equal each year. But Pre-K has ballooned from 4280 in 2022-23 to almost 5000 in 24-25 - about a 17% increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s just a fact that FCPS has been losing a lot of kids in recent years (both absolutely and in percentage terms) while other school systems in the area have seen enrollment growth.

You can blame this on purely exogenous factors beyond the control of county and FCPS leadership, but that’s a stretch. And even if you indulge FCPS, one might ask why a top priority has been to mess around with school boundaries and buy a new high school, when enrollments are declining and overcrowding concerns should resolve themselves over time. Meanwhile more and more kids in FCPS struggle to master the basics, and existing schools that could have been renovated remain neglected while Michelle Reid touts a new school that she fatuously claims will offer “22nd Century learning” beginning this fall. And, while all this is happening, most of the School Board members just go with the flow and prioritize a CBA that will make the unions happy over everything else.

If you don’t see some big issues here, you have your head buried very deep in the sand. It really doesn’t matter whether the issues are flagged by a MAGA Republican or a frustrated Democrat. They exist.

You keep trotting out that MAGA "enrollments are declining" talking point. Enrollments are not declining where the new school was purchased. Enrollments are not declining near the Silver Line stops either. The amount of housing approved to go up in both areas over the next 10 years is massive. Investing in adding capacity has been one of the few places the school board didn't screw up, and that happened only because it fell in their laps.

It’s just a fact that enrollments are declining.

As for the rest of your post, it’s more of an indictment than an endorsement of FCPS leadership if they are only doing something you claim is necessary because something “fell in their laps.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

Well yes, ad hominems are a perennial go-to when you can't debate the facts in question.

When are you republicans and anti-FCPS groupies going to realize that no one cares about your spun cherry picked “facts”? By and large FCPS is doing fine, people like their schools, and people like living here. Get over yourselves.

DP, and Harris voter.

After seeing the school board in action these last couple of years, I very much care about these facts.

Some of us are smart enough to not just blindly follow party lines, left or right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

The article cited data from the state. What do you disagree with? Do you think that because it is posted on a site you don't like that the data is wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

The article cited data from the state. What do you disagree with? Do you think that because it is posted on a site you don't like that the data is wrong?

nope

i was pointing out the previous poster's ignorance and bias.

[Anonymous]

I’ve worked in FFX County for 8 years. It is definitely declining. COVID was a major setback and many teachers took advantage of the low expectations and emphasis on SEL instead of pushing academic integrity and rigor. Not their fault, that’s what we were told to do. The county is moving towards scripted curriculum in math and has already gone there in L/A. Kids are encouraged to wear pajamas and the majority of parents have low expectations for their kids work ethic. There is very little, if any homework expectations. There are few rules or disciplinary actions for bad behaviors. Computer and screen time is not regulated properly.

Sped staffing is not adequate and overpopulated ELL classes are becoming the norm. The school district needs more gen ed kids to balance ELL and sped numbers but they don’t seem to be coming from anywhere. There is very little the district is doing correctly and/or proactively. Expect taxes to increase to due continued waste from the school board. Every year the state removes things from the curriculum so kids have to learn less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked in FFX County for 8 years. It is definitely declining. COVID was a major setback and many teachers took advantage of the low expectations and emphasis on SEL instead of pushing academic integrity and rigor. Not their fault, that’s what we were told to do. The county is moving towards scripted curriculum in math and has already gone there in L/A. Kids are encouraged to wear pajamas and the majority of parents have low expectations for their kids work ethic. There is very little, if any homework expectations. There are few rules or disciplinary actions for bad behaviors. Computer and screen time is not regulated properly.

Sped staffing is not adequate and overpopulated ELL classes are becoming the norm. The school district needs more gen ed kids to balance ELL and sped numbers but they don’t seem to be coming from anywhere. There is very little the district is doing correctly and/or proactively. Expect taxes to increase to due continued waste from the school board. Every year the state removes things from the curriculum so kids have to learn less.

what grade do you teach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...However it is true that enrollment overall, I would describe as “flat.” https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools And use the menu to go to Enrollment. The main thing keeping enrollment right around the usual 180k number is an increase in the preschool programs. These aren’t new students, just students they are capturing a year or two earlier vs. when they would have enrolled in K. These students are also needier, because the only ways to get public preschool/pre K are to be lower income or have special needs. But the numbers of 1-12 (not counting K in that as it always tends to be smaller) is about equal each year. But Pre-K has ballooned from 4280 in 2022-23 to almost 5000 in 24-25 - about a 17% increase.

The overall number for the entire county may be flat, but some areas are growing and others are shrinking. The part of the county growing the fastest is the area that will see relief from this new school, and the area around Tysons - which will get relief when needed by sending the rest of the Herndon zip code to Herndon HS since this new school ensures they still have some space. It's a win-win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/02/virginias-largest-public-school-district-is-unraveling/

"While neighboring districts such as Loudoun County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools grew by 8,315 students and 3,429 students, respectively, Fairfax Schools saw a decrease of 6,894 students during the same period."

"Virginia Department of Education’s data show that roughly a quarter of students in Fairfax Schools failed their reading, math, and science Standards of Learning exams,"

"20% of the district’s 199 public schools are underperforming."

"66,000 students in the state are homeschooled this academic year, up from 38,000 in 2019."

"Ironically, the district spends $22,644 per student in fiscal year 2026—far more than the average private school tuition—yet its classrooms cram 25 students per teacher while private schools manage just 10:1."

On the plus side, all the the school board members appear to be safe in their positions and the voters continue to approve the bond requests.

I have never heard of The Daily Signal, but this has all sorts of red flags: "Stephanie Lundquist-Arora is a contributor for IW Features, The Federalist, and the Washington Examiner." She's also the disgusting creature who dropped out of the race for Fairfax County School Board in 2022 after laughing at an autistic boy who was singing the national anthem. What kind of monster does that? (https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps)

Those are all ideological right-wing publications with a poor history of following basic tenets of journalism. The International Women's Forum basically was founded in reaction to people trying to block Clarence Thomas's nomination to the SCOTUS, i.e. it was created to DEFEND HIM after he was accused of sexual harassment of Anita Hill (and looked how CT's tenure turned out). The Federalist, as we all know, lacks any credibility. And the Daily Signal was created by the Heritage Foundation, the same people who crafted Project 2025, which is systematically being deployed to destroy our country.

So, you will have to forgive me for rejecting this "article" out of hand as being propaganda bullshit. If Stephanie Lundquist-Arora had anything useful to say, she would have found a more credible platform to say it in. The fact that she was unable to speaks volumes.

It did occur to me that Stephanie herself posted this in a lame effort to self-promote. If OP is Stephanie, I guess I'd just tell her to go back to her hole and let the smart people deal with Fairfax.

You've never heard of the daily signal?

Next you're going to say you've never heard of the heritage foundation.

Thats a failure as a washingtonian...

Um, no. I'd never heard of the Daily Signal. I certainly do know the Heritage Foundation. That was enough to discount the Daily Signal out of hand as not a credible source of anything.

Never said it was reliable, but if you know anything about the Heritage Foundation, then you know that the Daily Signal was founded by...
the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-45376

It's not a source used by serious people.

No one cares about your opinion.

[Anonymous]

The article is just more doom and gloom. Outlining supposed problems and causes that aren’t connected.

Private Catholic high schools cost more than FCPS per pupil spending as I and other have pointed out.

South Arlington has most of its schools in the needs improvement category

The rating system changed in 2025 and it resulted in a decline in ratings

Arlington Kindergarten class is very low this year and enrollment there is dropping as well

But in the end, the result of doom and gloom mongering isn’t to help anyone. It is to make more people lean republican. Tried and tested strategy like attacking “Obamacare”

But republicans never have a plan to fix anything. They just like to attack and build power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is just more doom and gloom. Outlining supposed problems and causes that aren’t connected.

Private Catholic high schools cost more than FCPS per pupil spending as I and other have pointed out.

South Arlington has most of its schools in the needs improvement category

The rating system changed in 2025 and it resulted in a decline in ratings

Arlington Kindergarten class is very low this year and enrollment there is dropping as well

But in the end, the result of doom and gloom mongering isn’t to help anyone. It is to make more people lean republican. Tried and tested strategy like attacking “Obamacare”

But republicans never have a plan to fix anything. They just like to attack and build power.

I don’t think FCPS is ever going to lean Republican. But I also don’t think “prioritize classroom instruction over bureaucracy, measure success by student achievement rather than rhetoric, and rebuild trust with families who feel unheard.” are somehow “Republican” ideas.

It is absolutely the case that the
board has lost credibility, I think the boundaries debacle is a good example. A suggestion to rebuild trust is a good one.

[Anonymous]

what grade do you teach?



Not a teacher, employee at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...However it is true that enrollment overall, I would describe as “flat.” https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools And use the menu to go to Enrollment. The main thing keeping enrollment right around the usual 180k number is an increase in the preschool programs. These aren’t new students, just students they are capturing a year or two earlier vs. when they would have enrolled in K. These students are also needier, because the only ways to get public preschool/pre K are to be lower income or have special needs. But the numbers of 1-12 (not counting K in that as it always tends to be smaller) is about equal each year. But Pre-K has ballooned from 4280 in 2022-23 to almost 5000 in 24-25 - about a 17% increase.

The overall number for the entire county may be flat, but some areas are growing and others are shrinking. The part of the county growing the fastest is the area that will see relief from this new school, and the area around Tysons - which will get relief when needed by sending the rest of the Herndon zip code to Herndon HS since this new school ensures they still have some space. It's a win-win.

I see what you did there. But moving more kids to a troubled school before FCPS has taken steps to improve its academic standing isn’t a win-win so much as a recipe for further enrollment loss.