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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that is the best likelihood - members choosing not to run again. I really do not know if Tholen is subpar or not. I know some people hate her., based on reading here I'm a Herndon parent. No one I know is talking about her one way or the other. Some overall irritation or not over the opening of schools, but no one is naming her as the issue. [/quote]

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The SB members I hear the most about are the three mentioned in the other post - Omeish, Frisch, and Cohen.  The worst of the worst.[/quote]

Tholen is worse than Cohen.  [/quote]

I disagree.[/quote]

It’s not a coincidence that Tholen was the first to get enough signatures to trigger a potential recall.  Do you really think no one in Herndon had anything to do with that?  [/quote]

I have no idea what people think but without researching budgets, staffing, and facilities it's difficult to comment on any of the board members.  FCPS really had nowhere to immediately put Shouse Village and other Route 7 mega islands other than Langley.  Oddly the most logical place for Shouse is Madison-you don't even have to drive on Route 7, the Beltway, or go through Tysons to get there.   Long term the just north of Tysons Spring Hill residences should have been moved to Langley.

Title 1 schools in Herndon should get their fair share of existing budget $ allocated in program budgets and they do not.  Hunters Woods and Baileys magnet $ plus the extra  $ for non-dual immersion and any IB.  Under Brabrand the non-dual immersion went up to a standard allocation of an extra 3 for accommodating low class sizes at even high SES schools. So in Tholen's district a student that is ELS+farms could have a higher pupil:teacher ratio than an immersion student.  That program should run under regular ratios and if attrition is a problem program sites  should be consolidated [see Floris and Fox Mill].

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BVYNFM5F5A65/$file/Staffing%20Standards%20from%20FY%202021%20Approved%20Budget%20Appendix.pdf

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BVHNKJ6037A6

Fritsch?  Blake Lane Park appeared as the site after the 2017 planning money bond and FCPS did not analyze the Fairfax City movement of AAP nor the existing open capacity along the entire Hunter Mill Road corridor from Forest Edge down to Oakton.  Even Palchik and Gerry Connolly were against building on Blake Lane Park.   Fritsch's real problem with nowhere to put people was Shrevewood.

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Why exactly is Fox Mill being brought into this? Looking at the yearbook there are some smaller Gen Ed classes but the overall total number of kids per class follows the class size guidelines. The JI classes tend to be larger then the Gen Ed classes so I don't think it has much to do with the JI program.[/quote]

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