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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a reply from Meren.

She said removing the Fox Mill ES population from South Lakes HS will decrease the already under-enrolled membership and that means the programming decreases. She also said such a reality would be unacceptable to South Lakes families.

I guess she just doesn't care about Fox Mill families.[/quote]

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.

The Hunter Mill representative on the school board has always allowed their priorities to be dictate primarily by what Reston and the Town of Vienna want.

That was the case in 2008, when Stu Gibson got neighborhoods moved into South Lakes. That was the case earlier this year, when Meren went along with the Town of Vienna‘s objections to anyone in the TOV getting moved out of Madison into Marshall (and other boundary changes that left Marshall weaker). And it will be the case later this year, when Meren objects to moving Fox Mill to Skyview.

The difference is that Meren  probably will get outvoted and Fox Mill will get moved anyway.  All she is probably doing now is laying a foundation for a noisy dissent.[/quote]

We know she doesn’t care about Fox Mill, we have known that since she was elected. She ignores all the pro move posts and replies that she understands to the few posts bemoaning Fox Mill moving. She is 100% going to try and let Floris go and keep Fox Mill. I am hoping the rest of the School Board sees that Fox Mill wants to move and realizes that they need the school to hit the numbers they want at Skyview.

But I don’t trust what has been said by anyone and won’t until the boundaries are drawn. I know that Fox Mill was moved in almost every scenario that they have put out so I am hopeful, I just don’t trust the school board.[/quote]

I’m sorry to say that your lack of trust is justified.

If they were only had a school with four feeders (Coates, Floris, McNair, and Oak Hill), then some families in those areas would be less likely to send their kids to Skyview, Skyview would be well under its already small capacity, and the school would be more dependent on pupil placements.

That is inconsistent with the prior directive to open Skyview as a neighborhood school, but you simply never know with these people.  You need only look at some of their actions in connection with the county-wide review to know they are capable of making truly bad decisions. [/quote]We need leaders who can truly make decisions that are best for our kids across the board instead of focusing on bogus equity goals that only benefit students and parents selectively, while leaving others out to dry.[/quote]

They pay but the merest lip service to equity, so a claim that they are “focusing” on equity goals can’t be taken seriously. [/quote]

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