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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Missed the first few speakers, but I think from what other speakers said at least 2 were students concerned about split feeders and not staying with peers as they move from ES->MS.

4 - OpenFCPS, wants a McLean addition and bond this year for McLean expansion
5 - Supports as short-term measure, but wants a full McLean addition/renovation
6 - Supports as short-term measure, but wants a full McLean addition/renovation
7 - Supports
8 - Wants to reassign Timber Lane ES instead
9 - New neighborhood assigned to Herndon, wants adjustment to go to Langley instead
10 - Concerned about split feeders, wants a bond this year for McLean expansion
11 - Add McLean renovation to the CIP this year, concerned about split feeders
12 - Doesn't think we have enough information yet to make a decision (no alternative solution suggested, just that we should wait and do more work before deciding on a plan)
13 - Supports, lives in the area that would switch to Langley in the revised proposal
14 - Objects, doesn't address the core problems of overcrowding, and doesn't address split feeder issue.
15 - Absent
16 - Says pause until there's more information post-pandemic, address split-feeder issue, add long-term capacity and McLean
17 - Objects, wants option A (where he lives) to go to Langley, reduce split feeders not make them worse, first 3 options were better
18 - Objects, wants B or A (to move his neighborhood, Colvin, to Langley). Falsely says C doesn't eliminate a split feeder (it does eliminate Spring Hill, just not HIS split feeder).

Looks like there's at least 12 more speakers, but I have to drop.

Also, several speakers expressed appreciation for the grandfathering even if they aren't 100% excited about the solution. One said in their case the proposed grandfathering actually is worse, another said maybe make it optional for kids if they want to grandfather or not depending on their circumstances.[/quote]

Re #18 - the modified option C doesn't eliminate the split feeder at Spring Hill, as it would leave some Spring Hill kids at Longfellow/McLean.

But yeah people come up with all sorts of arguments to justify why they should be ones who move to the richer school.  Who would have thought that might happen?   [/quote]

Right, the "Hybrid Option C" doesn't eliminate the split feeder, but "Option C" (the original) does, just like the Option A and B originals do as well.  Maybe a semantic difference, but seems like they're kind of twisting it to make their point.[/quote]

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