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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What elementary and middle school would this feed into?[/quote]

At present, Westbriar ES and Kilmer MS.  It would make sense to reassign the new buildings on Spring Hill Road and to the immediate north to Spring Hill ES and Cooper MS.  Spring Hill has capacity and Cooper has about 150 fewer kids now than Kilmer.  Kilmer has had temporary classrooms (trailers/modular) for years.  Cooper is being renovated and expanded now. 
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I know that Spring Hill is a split feeder and already one of the largest elementary schools in McLean. I thought the SB was going to get rid of the split feeder to Langley/McLean High but then they didn’t.

Do they make these tiny boundary adjustments for equity? We moved here 4 years ago. I have been trying to follow these boundary changes. I know there was a huge push for equity changes via One Fairfax to change boundaries across all of Fairfax county and I believe it was axed due to unpopularity. I wouldn’t want my kids reshuffled for the sake of equity.[/quote]

They have in the past. Ft Hunt elementary has a little island that encompasses one low income housing development[/quote]

I believe that island was moved to Fort Hunt in the 1970s to address overcrowding at Hybla Valley.  I don't think it had anything to do with equity.[/quote]

That sounds right.  But it's a convenient straw-man to imply that adjustments that would mitigate capacity imbalances are "social engineering"[b] when parents at the receiving schools don't like the demographics of the students being reassigned[/b].  [/quote]

DP.  Please do provide evidence that this is the case.  The rest of us know that is absurd, but I look forward to you presenting actual proof that anyone has said that, much less thinks it.  [/quote]

I'll entertain you with this document which contains the actual comments submitted by FCPS parents on the survey regarding boundary adjustments presented in December 2021. Some parents quite candidly assert that FCPS should not consider boundary changes because their personal real estate investments could go negative if demographics at their neighborhood school changes.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/C9L3KN074150/$file/MGT%20Supplement%20Materials.pdf[/quote]

Your description of the comments is misleading.  Reading through the linked document, the concerns appear primarily directed at property values going down if a house is re-zoned to a lower-rated school pyramid.  The concerns are not (as you imply) with "demographics at their neighborhood school" changing . . . the commenters are expressing that they want their houses to stay in the same pyramid, not that they don't want others added to their pyramid.

I think most people would concur in the sentiment expressed by the commenters -- all else being equal, houses in a good pyramid command a premium to similar houses in a lower-rated pyramid and that is one of the reasons that few people would favor a boundary change that results in their house being moved to a lower-rated pyramid.  That's just as true in the Langley pyramid as it is in other higher-rated pyramids.

That sentiment has little or nothing to do with "the demographics of the students being reassigned" -- a highly-rated pyramid will not be less highly-rated just because a certain number of lower-income students (or whatever other group) is reassigned there.  A number of the people commenting on both sides of the primary argument in this thread have made that same point.[/quote]

Precisely this.  Plenty of those comments expressed concern with their home values decreasing should they be reassigned to a different school - NOT if other kids were reassigned to their current school.  You are absolutely correct that the PP misrepresented what was being stated in those comments.  Here are a few examples of just that:

"We paid extra to buy a house that is zoned for Robinson. [b]If boundaries change, our house value decreases.[/b]  FCPS should be required to reimburse the difference in house value when we sell this house if it gets zoned to a different school pyramid."

"We moved into our home specifically for LBSS. Both of our children have IEPs and [b]not only would our child be negatively effected by a boundary change but also our property values.[/b] My husband is retired military and we chose this location as a place to provide stability for our two children."

"We don't want the boundary to change as it will disrupt our child's education. We purchased our home because our child will attend a better school. Any changes to the current school that my child currently attends and/or will attend [b]will negatively impact my child's education and my home value[/b]."

"We chose the Oakton pyramid after talking with numerous family & friends. The choice came at a [b]considerable personal financial expense/investment.[/b] To be moved out of that pyramid would have a negative impact on our children (ages 4-12) [b]a negative impact on home's long term value.[/b]"

"We bought the current house because of the school pyramid, just like most people in our neighborhood. [b]Our home value was/is largely based on that too."[/b]

"We bought house paying premium price because of Woodson HS. [b]If school gets changed then our house value will go down which we do not want.[/b]"[/quote]

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