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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is anybody able to share actual, real justification that is being used to move Rolling Valley into WSHS?  
I understand why neighborhoods would be moved out.  I can't understand at all why neighborhoods would be moved into WSHS, especially Rolling Valley.  Makes sense to leave it where it is.

Can anybody at least share the STATED justification?  If this happens, feel like this whole thing is just corrupt.  [/quote]

The process is completely broken because they started out with a policy with specific goals, then proposed boundary changes that didn't fully track the policy but at least tried to do, although very poorly, some specific things (eliminate attendance islands, put schools within their attendance areas, eliminate lopsided split feeders, and get schools at or under 105% capacity), and then devolved to making changes when vocal, organized groups asked for them and got BRAC members to take up their causes.

It's basically turned into a free-for-all.  Some will walk away next January feeling heard and others will walk away feeling ignored.  Overall it will be a negative for FCPS because any benefits will be outweighed by greater distrust and lack of confidence in FCPS leadership at the Superintendent/School Board level.

If anyone deserves to be singled out for blame it is Rachna Sizemore-Heizer, who chaired the School Board's Governance Committee when the amendments to the policy governing boundary changes were adopted.  She pushed through the policy changes without obtaining sufficient public input.  Then, as they realized that the priorities in the policy don't align with what the public wants or expects from FCPS, they started paying less attention to the policy and more attention to just doing whatever the loudest groups of parents want.  It's a complete and utter shit show.  [/quote]

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