Vienna ES

[Anonymous]

Our new house is zoned for Vienna ES in FCPS. We are considering private, but would prefer to send our children public. Does anyone have personal experience with this school? TIA

[Anonymous]

Our kids spent some time there before moving to the Level IV AAP Center at Louise Archer beginning in 3rd grade. It is a gem of a neighborhood school with a close-knit community feel and caring teachers and staff. A lot of students live within walking distance, which adds to the small-town atmosphere. I don't know anything about how distance learning is going at VES, but from what I know of the school, I wouldn't hesitate to send my child there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids spent some time there before moving to the Level IV AAP Center at Louise Archer beginning in 3rd grade. It is a gem of a neighborhood school with a close-knit community feel and caring teachers and staff. A lot of students live within walking distance, which adds to the small-town atmosphere. I don't know anything about how distance learning is going at VES, but from what I know of the school, I wouldn't hesitate to send my child there.

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Vienna ES is just a great little school. It is exactly the type of school you would want for your kids: enthusiastic and kind teachers, responsive administration and a truly warm school community.

[Anonymous]

FCPS is all virtual probably until past next year- just keep that in mind. The gems of schools are not gems when it's all distance learning and FCPS cuts the education to the bare minimum + 4 days /week.

[Anonymous]

Excellent school, community, and teachers. We have been pleased with DL, but we also seem to have a strong teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is all virtual probably until past next year- just keep that in mind. The gems of schools are not gems when it's all distance learning and FCPS cuts the education to the bare minimum + 4 days /week.

It's not about quantity at all, it's way worse than that. I would take 1-2 days of high quality teaching which would easily surpass what is being done currently in 4 days + 1 asynch day... The material is incredibly watered down, and honestly I don't believe it's due to DL.

[Anonymous]

There are plans afoot on the FCPS school board to re-zone Vienna ES, basically, bus some areas currently zoned for Vienna to other schools, and bus in kids from other schools to Vienna ES, to balance the racial demographics.

You can look up One Fairfax and the changes to the FCPS boundary guidelines that they are working on for more information. No specific new lines have been drawn yet; so you’ll have to just roll the dice if you’re considering moving there.

FCPS school board has been pretty adamant over the years that people should not expect their home address to remain zoned for the same schools, and that it’s caveat emptor all subject to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plans afoot on the FCPS school board to re-zone Vienna ES, basically, bus some areas currently zoned for Vienna to other schools, and bus in kids from other schools to Vienna ES, to balance the racial demographics.

You can look up One Fairfax and the changes to the FCPS boundary guidelines that they are working on for more information. No specific new lines have been drawn yet; so you’ll have to just roll the dice if you’re considering moving there.

FCPS school board has been pretty adamant over the years that people should not expect their home address to remain zoned for the same schools, and that it’s caveat emptor all subject to change.

I'll believe that when I see it. The FCPS School Board talks a good game and then favors wealthier communities over less wealthy ones in practice.

Why do you think FCPS is building a $40M addition at West Potomac, if not to keep kids from being rezoned to poorer (and under-enrolled) Mount Vernon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plans afoot on the FCPS school board to re-zone Vienna ES, basically, bus some areas currently zoned for Vienna to other schools, and bus in kids from other schools to Vienna ES, to balance the racial demographics.

You can look up One Fairfax and the changes to the FCPS boundary guidelines that they are working on for more information. No specific new lines have been drawn yet; so you’ll have to just roll the dice if you’re considering moving there.

FCPS school board has been pretty adamant over the years that people should not expect their home address to remain zoned for the same schools, and that it’s caveat emptor all subject to change.

I'll believe that when I see it. The FCPS School Board talks a good game and then favors wealthier communities over less wealthy ones in practice.

Why do you think FCPS is building a $40M addition at West Potomac, if not to keep kids from being rezoned to poorer (and under-enrolled) Mount Vernon?

Yes, in years past, they have talked a good game but failed to racially balance schools in FCPS. The One Fairfax racial equity plan, and the changes to the boundary policy, are concrete new steps they have taken that will enable the diversity of Fairfax to be spread equally across schools.

Just think - could any of us ever have dreamed that the sacred cow of TJ would be forced to change their admittance policies to accept more black and brown students? This is not the FCPS of 10 years ago, or even 5 ... as a wise man once said the times they are a changing!

[Anonymous]

Well they just voted to make Vienna wealthier with the change in split with Freedom Hill, so even with One Fairfax, they are working in the opposite direction. Not to mention doing the same with Thoreau over Jackson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they just voted to make Vienna wealthier with the change in split with Freedom Hill, so even with One Fairfax, they are working in the opposite direction. Not to mention doing the same with Thoreau over Jackson.

“Just voted”? When was this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well they just voted to make Vienna wealthier with the change in split with Freedom Hill, so even with One Fairfax, they are working in the opposite direction. Not to mention doing the same with Thoreau over Jackson.

“Just voted”? When was this?

This happened a couple years ago. FH had a small pocket of kids in TOV that go to Madison pyramid schools. They switched them over. But they never sent Vienna kids who are Marshall pyramid into FH, which they should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plans afoot on the FCPS school board to re-zone Vienna ES, basically, bus some areas currently zoned for Vienna to other schools, and bus in kids from other schools to Vienna ES, to balance the racial demographics.

You can look up One Fairfax and the changes to the FCPS boundary guidelines that they are working on for more information. No specific new lines have been drawn yet; so you’ll have to just roll the dice if you’re considering moving there.

FCPS school board has been pretty adamant over the years that people should not expect their home address to remain zoned for the same schools, and that it’s caveat emptor all subject to change.

I'll believe that when I see it. The FCPS School Board talks a good game and then favors wealthier communities over less wealthy ones in practice.

Why do you think FCPS is building a $40M addition at West Potomac, if not to keep kids from being rezoned to poorer (and under-enrolled) Mount Vernon?

Yes, in years past, they have talked a good game but failed to racially balance schools in FCPS. The One Fairfax racial equity plan, and the changes to the boundary policy, are concrete new steps they have taken that will enable the diversity of Fairfax to be spread equally across schools.

Just think - could any of us ever have dreamed that the sacred cow of TJ would be forced to change their admittance policies to accept more black and brown students? This is not the FCPS of 10 years ago, or even 5 ... as a wise man once said the times they are a changing!

Ah, here we have a One Fairfax acolyte. Enjoy busing your children for miles out of their way, all in the name of “racial equity.”

[Anonymous]

One of the best things about Vienna Elementary is the fact that it is NOT an AAP center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the best things about Vienna Elementary is the fact that it is NOT an AAP center.

Why? Because it stays small?