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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And don’t forget the earlier problem in that area pre-Covid was overcrowding at Shrevewood ES, which could have promptly been addressed by moving part of Shrevewood to Stenwood and part of Stenwood to under-capacity Freedom Hill.  Those changes could have already been in place by now, whereas the reopening of Dunn Loring won’t happen for years (and when it does will likely require more extensive boundary changes than otherwise would have been necessary in order to justify the DL project).  It will be a mess.[/quote]

Before he butted in, they were going to do a boundary study in Fall 2020 and make changes in Fall 2021. Then Covid happened, and Karl (who is unemployed btw) had too much time on his hands.[/quote]

That would have been too sensible and positioned Shrevewood for a future, post-Covid return to full enrollment or overcrowding.  Instead, he had to play fast and loose with bond money to impress his friends.  He needs to be called out for his nonsense, just as his School Board colleagues need to be called out for letting him play games. [/quote]

I posted about the possible use of Dun Loring as an APS option type school site for immersion-relief on Kent Gardens. Frankly a school at Bllake lane Park was not necessary based on open capacity all along the Hunter Mill corridor and it is not needed for the Marshall pyramid schools mentioned above.

But since FCPS is determined to waste taxpayer money what should go there?  The money is gone, every at large board member for multiple cycles is a tool, and now inexplicably Palchik is the BOS rep for Providence.  Incompetence in SB was rewarded by BOS job.  Frisch incompetence now to a state rep.

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Kent Gardens has been overcrowded, but it would be the final nail in Elaine Tholen's coffin (or any Democrat purporting to represent Dranesville on the School Board) if the French immersion program was relocated in its entirety to Dunn Loring simply to justify Frisch's nonsense.  [b]There are other ways to address the KG overcrowding, and there are quite a few families who specifically bought in the KG district for the immersion program[/b] (which also transitions to Longfellow).

But, yeah, since Dunn Loring isn't needed to address overcrowding at the closest schools in Vienna/Dunn Loring/Merrifield, maybe it could have a new immersion program in Spanish or Chinese, or they could model it after one of the "choice" schools in APS like Campbell.  Hell, if the school's focus is on environmental/expeditionary learning, maybe Tholen could become the principal - she certainly hasn't been much use as a School Board member.  [/quote]

So if you bought hoping to get into French FLI that was no guarantee on being in FLI.  Tholen raised incoming FLI to 75% in boundary.  In any event, buying a property in boundary for KG is a raw deal.

Votes?  There could be far more pleased to move programs than keep some at current locations.  [/quote]

Raising the percentage of in-boundary students for the French immersion program makes it more, not less, likely you'd buy in the KG district for access to FLI.

And, while there are no guarantees, changing the location of a program simply to justify a half-baked scheme cooked up by Karl Frisch to save a dog park in Oakton isn't going to cut it.   [/quote]

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