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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think major boundary changes are coming, but they are doing some weird things now.

There are only two boundary studies currently under way:  (1) Kent Gardens ES and (2) Glasgow MS.

Kent Gardens is surrounded by under-enrolled ES.  Everyone thought they'd just move some Kent Gardens kids to other schools to relieve the overcrowding there.  Instead, FCPS came out with five scenarios, several of which involved moving almost 1/2 the kids out of another ES (Franklin Sherman) to other elementary schools to make way for KG kids moving to FS.  It almost seems like a trial balloon to see if FCPS can get away with big changes that otherwise aren't necessary.

No one knows what they'll do with Glasgow at this point.  It's a very big MS, but they could end up turning several middle schools (Holmes and Poe) into 3-way split feeders to various high schools (with Holmes potentially feeding to Annandale, Edison, and Justice; and Poe potentially feeding to Annandale, Falls Church, and Justice), unless they also change the HS boundaries. [/quote]

The Glasgow situation is bad (buses are always late both AM and PM) but turning it into a 3 way split feeder is an even hotter mess than they currently have. [/quote]

The easiest solution would be to send the AAP kids at Glasgow whose base schools are Holmes and Poe back to those schools.  But apparently someone from Gatehouse came to a meeting and provided incorrect information as to how AAP kids from those schools are at Glasgow, so parents came away thinking that moving the AAP kids from Holmes and Poe back to those schools wouldn't have any impact.  It will remain a hot mess until they get their facts right and people can provide input based on the correct information. [/quote]

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