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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really does not speak well of Freedom Hill if they spent all that time meeting with people and the net result is that the people at Freedom Hill who want to move to Vienna get to do so, and none of the Marshall families at Vienna want to move to Freedom Hill. [/quote]

When the Town of Vienna families (who were zoned for FH) had to option to go to Vienna Elementary, only about 6 out of approximately 24 did that. Most of the FH parents seemed very happy with the FH. Sometimes, I think the Town of Vienna parents want the Marshall families out of Vienna because they perceive them as the poor step children. I'm not sure why moving the Marshall families out of Vienna is so critical to them considering that Vienna has a lot fewer students than FH.[/quote]

The reason being they want bussing.  With the option they would have to drive their kids to school.  If they make a formally make a mandated change, they will receive bus service.

That was their main reason for wanting to change their choice from optional to mandated.

The problem is that FCPS is presenting this as wanting to align schools as their reason.  But that reason is ridiculous if they see no reason to move the Marshall kids then, because that would also be to align schools.  So they are presenting false reasons as a way to boulder this decision.  I've absolutely no problem with the Marshall kids there, but if the argument is about alignment then stand by that.

If the argument sounds like this:
"We want bussing" vs "We don't want overcrowding" - both schools have a clear preference and there would need to be more support from Vienna Elementary school parents for this to pass without a big hoopla.

If the argument sounds like this:
"FCPS wants to align schools" vs "We don't want overcrowding"- it becomes a top down decision with much less input taken from Vienna El parents.

At the ONE last minute meeting they had about this at the end of the school year at the school, they were going through the motions but clearly had already decided what they were planning to do.  They did not care about input.

It's an incredible waste of money and it's shady.  Saying "oh well all of the schools are crowded, so let's make the one school that's not there yet, crowded too", shows how little FCPS plans to do about the overcrowding county wide.  Cattle them in attitude all the way only means worse things to come for the rest of the county.

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