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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s crazy is that this amendment wouldn’t even apply to this round of boundary changes because of KAA.

From the proposed amendment: These allowances shall not be applicable in the opening of a new school, or in the closing of an existing school.

If that new school gets opened fall of 2026, then the grandfathering wouldn’t apply.[/quote]
To students zoned to KAA. There are many recommended adjustments to high school boundaries that are not related to KAA. [/quote]

That’s open to interpretation - the amendment is not drafted well.[/quote]

The amendment is very clear on that part.[/quote]

GTFO, it is anything but clear on that point. But if you’d care to enlighten us how that sentence is somehow very clear whether the amendment applies across the board or just to KAA, please enlighten us. We’ll wait.[/quote]

DP.  Here's the language relating to HS boundary adjustments:

[i]High Schools: When a boundary adjustment occurs at the high school level, attendance in the new school boundary shall be mandatory for incoming 9th grade students. Students in grades 10-12 shall be given the option to remain at their current school or attend the school in the new boundary. These allowances shall not be applicable in the opening of a new school, or in the closing of an existing school.[/i]

I think this is clear that, for the type of boundary adjustments that Thru Consulting has been proposing, the intent would be that all rising 9th graders would attend the new school, and students in grades 10-12 would have a choice to either attend the new school or stay at their current schools.   It's fairly obvious that a student in grades 10-12 could remain at their current school through graduation, although there's some ambiguity as to whether they'd need to make a one-time election the first year or could make a different choice in subsequent years.  The policy is completely silient with respect to transportation, so folks would be left guessing, until there is further clarification, as to whether FCPS would provide transportation to students' current schools.

The last sentence seems to speak to situations like KAA, since KAA would be a "new school" for FCPS.  FCPS would make a separate decision specific to the reopening of KAA as an FCPS school at a later date.  Going by the practice in other jurisdictions, it's unlikely KAA would have any seniors its first year.  FCPS might decide that all 9th through 11th graders rezoned to KAA should attend the school, or they might decide that all 9th and 10th graders rezoned to KAA should attend the school, and 11th graders might be able to elect to stay at their current schools or attend KAA.  But the only thing that's clear is that, for a new school like KAA, FCPS wouldn't commit in advance to grandfather students in grades 10-12 by giving them an option to attend either their current schools or KAA.  [/quote]

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