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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what I think: they will hardly change the maps we have already seen other than fixing whatever obvious mistakes were pointed out. This is why they don't care that there is a round of meetings in September. They were just telling us the original maps were very rough drafts because they were tired of hearing from people freaking out about them. They do. not. care. about our input despite what they are saying. [/quote]
I figured they’d front load the meetings with the pyramids that have minimal recommended changes. So it’s surprising to see West Springfield HS with one of the early slots when Thru has already announced they’re going to explore different options for addressing capacity, since the HVES split feeder was challenged. What is the point of addressing that community without options to discuss beforehand?

It’s obvious that they recognized the tight timeline for meeting with every pyramid, coupled with scheduling challenges with reserving meeting space. They’ve been chewing on data crunching all summer. It took months to filter and publish feedback. Does anyone think there will be any meaningful changes from the first set of meetings before the new drafts are released less than two weeks later. It’s a check mark next to the 8130 Policy to alleviate some school board members “concern” with the process. [/quote]

West Springfield doesn't have any meetings scheduled yet.

That early spot on September 16 is for West [i]Potomac[/i] NOT West [i]Springfield[/i]

FCPS appears to be avoiding meeting with the West Springfield pyramid.  In spite of WSHS having some fairly significant changes proposed, FCPS has not held a single meeting with the community, not even the school board rep holding small community meetings.

The only pyramids with scheduled meetings are Justice, West Potomac and Oakton.

Do any of those pyramids have anything more than minor tweeks?[/quote]

There was a proposal earlier this year to move part of Hollin Meadows/Sandburg/West Potomac to Riverside/Whitman/Mount Vernon to “fix” the current situation where Whitman MS lies outside its attendance area.  The parents have complained and Mateo Dunne has told them he supports them.

A big focus of Thru’s proposals was to eliminate attendance islands and situations where schools lie outside their attendance areas, but they’ve gotten a lot of pushback. Ricardy Anderson has objected to the Thru proposal to redistrict Bailey’s Upper ES (which currently lies within the Sleepy Hollow ES boundary) and the Timber Lane families have objected to getting moved from McLean to Falls Church to eliminate an attendance island.

If they toss out the proposal to change the Whitman boundaries, their rationale for these other changes also goes out the window.  They’ve been told repeatedly that most parents view eliminating attendance islands and split feeders as a low priority. [/quote]

Some of us have been saying since the start of this nonsense that families don’t want their own kids moved. Some jerks are okay with other people’s kids being moved, of course, But most people just don’t want that hit to their own kid’s psychological health.

The school board has already done immense damage to its own brand by engaging in this, and they’ll no doubt do it again in a few years. I guess we get what we deserve.

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And some jerks are okay with other people's kids dealing with multi-split feeders and crazy long bus rids for years and years so long as the problem doesn't get addressed while their kids are in school.[/quote]

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