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The South Lakes boundary change in 2007 was a major change that moved kids from Oakton, Westfield, and Madison to South Lakes, which at the time had an enrollment of under 1400 (vs. its current enrollment of over 2500).  Yes, Janie Strauss made sure that Herndon and Langley stayed out of the boundary study entirely, but many other neighborhoods were moved.

Then, when the enrollment went up more than expected, they built an addition at South Lakes, even when it wasn't scheduled for a full renovation.  Now, South Lakes gets a large number of pupil placements for IB, including over 150 kids from Herndon.  Had FCPS not done the boundary change, the enrollment would not have increased so much as to require the addition, and had the boundary change not happened and the addition not been built, it wouldn't be getting all the pupil placements now.

It was probably the last purposeful boundary change undertaken with the specific intent of increasing a school's enrollment and aligning its demographic profile more closely with neighboring schools.  A lot of people didn't like it, and indeed the backlash may have intimidated School Board members from pursuing similar changes elsewhere, but had they done nothing South Lakes would now be closer to Lewis, both in enrollment and perceived standing, than it is now to other schools like Westfield and Fairfax. [/quote]

Thanks for the info! It was bigger then I realized. Appreciate that[/quote]

&gt;&gt;&gt; Then, when the enrollment went up more than expected, they built an addition at South Lakes, even when it wasn't scheduled for a full renovation.  Now, South Lakes gets a large number of pupil placements for IB, including over 150 kids from Herndon.

Nope... The Anti-redistricters predicted that they'd be way over-enrolled.  They used FCPS numbers,  counted the number of kids in the pre-redistricting ESes, and found something like 150 per class were missing from South Lakes.  Answer - somehow all the Reston mummies and datties suddenly decided their houses were &quot;too small&quot; when it was time for little Johnny/Janey to go to Hughes/South Lakes... And Tisdadt told the &quot;lady in red&quot; that he simply didn't believe that the redistricted kids would show up.

And... of course... the Astronaut mummies insisted that their kids stay at Herndon - because Herndon had &quot;perfect demographics&quot; yet somehow have decided to send their kids to South Lakes &quot;for IB&quot;... [/quote]

Sounds like some lingering resentment there. Be that as it may, if FCPS hadn’t intervened back in 2008 South Lakes would be about the same as Lewis now - much smaller enrollment, much higher poverty rate, and not attracting hundreds of pupil placements. [/quote]

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