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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neighbors prefer new principal at FS over previous.  Not sure why though.[/quote]

I’ve heard more frequent and better communications with parents and more attention to LLIV-eligible kids.  The prior principal had been there many years and had developed a “my way or the highway” attitude.

The other thing happening is that, with the boundary changes affecting Franklin Sherman, Chesterbrook, Kent Gardens, Churchill Road, and Haycock, and the options that grandfathered families have to stay at their current schools or switch to their new schools this fall, the principals are competing with each other for students now.  If the grandfathered families at Kent Gardens stay there rather than move to FS, but the grandfathered FS parents move to Chesterbrook and Churchill Road early, it would gut FS’s enrollment for a few years.  So that’s another reason for Ms. Thomas to work hard to make a good impression. [/quote]

OP - what does that mean for someone considering FS vs a private like Langley or Potomac for K in 2025? Does FS still have an advantage in class room size or is it worth paying for the smaller class sizes at private? [/quote]

FS will continue to be a relatively small school, but the class sizes will vary based on the number of kids in a grade.  So if they have a grade with 40 kids in total, they'll have two classes with 20 kids, which is low by FCPS standards.  But if they had 58 kids in a grade, they could end up with two classes with 29 kids, which is large, unless the principal finds some money in the budget to hire an additional classroom teacher.

Overall, I think the new principal and the boundary changes will be positive for the school, but only you can decide whether it's worth paying for private to be guaranteed smaller class sizes.    [/quote]

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