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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We avoided houses along Hunter Mill (specially anything north of the bike trail) because we feared redistricting. But our oldest is only 7, so we were thinking longer out than 5 years.[/quote]

Everything North of the trail got moved in the last cut.  It hit our housing values hard.  [/quote]

Did you get moved to South Lakes or to Marshall?

I live just south of the bike trail, but I think there are a few buffer neighborhoods in Madison - Tamarack, Wayside/Westside (cannot remember the name), etc.  But the other side of Hunter Mill is South Lakes.[/quote]

Marshall was not part of the 2008 South Lakes redistricting.  I believe the only high schools affected were South Lakes, Chantilly, Oakton, Madison, and Westfield.  Herndon was part of the original study, but no students were moved.  A lot of people were angry that Langley was excluded from the study's scope.

Some think the primary purpose of the redistricting was to add more affluent and higher-scoring kids to South Lakes.  At the time of the redistricting, though, South Lakes was definitely under-capacity.  It's over-crowded now, so the study can be criticized in hindsight.  Of course, the economy and other developments, such as PWC's increasing antipathy towards Hispanics, may have had an impact on enrollments as well.  There's no doubt that South Lakes' current demographics look more like the neighboring schools than they did in 2007.  For some, that might be a reason to stop fretting about sending their kids there.

The School Board hasn't changed Marshall's boundaries for a long time.  The school's enrollment increased, and the test scores and rankings improved, due to a combination of expensive new housing and people wanting to live near Tysons.  The impact on real estate values of getting moved from Madison to Marshall would be negligible today.   Maybe getting moved there from Langley might be a bigger deal.  [/quote]

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