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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McSpaces has over 700 people on its mailing list now. Hundreds of people showed up at the community meetings in December and left underwhelmed by the lack of data and clear plans.  Over a dozen community members and students from McLean testified at the CIP hearing in January.

The themes have been clear; if FCPS wants community support:

* All current students must be grandfathered
* The middle school boundaries must also be adjusted
* There must be plans for a permanent addition at MHS
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Sounds reasonable.[/quote]

I don't know about the permanent addition, because I don't live in that area and know the details.  But, the other two I understand.  That should apply to anytime kids are redistricted.
It boggles my mind that this was not already done.  I live in a boundary where the high school has been bursting at the seams for years.  However, there is no neighboring school that has room, either.  To have a high school right next door that has room and to have this situation just screams a lack of common sense.[/quote]

It's not lack of common sense.  They specifically said (last year) that they would not adjust the boundaries until the new policy was done.

[b]The new policy was being written to prioritize race and socioeconomics. The board discussed bussing and a complete redraw countywide. McLean and Langley are too demographically similar, and adjusting between those two doesn't distribute children properly.[/b]

This is why they rushed to amend the CIP when too many parents started paying attention too close to an election, and why not  thing was done for a few months. Now they wait for the consultant.[/quote]

Gosh, I can’t imagine why parents were furious with these proposals and mobilized to fight them.  /s[/quote]

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