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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at a meeting last school year at some random church in central Springfield. And yes, I have children impacted by boundary changes currently in middle and high school. I found the meeting to be full of parents of young elementary school students and preschoolers who were whining about purchasing their homes for a specific combination of schools. Also, lots of “I don’t like the secondary school model” from parents of preschoolers.

It’s important to understand that when you look at Great Schools, Sangster outperforms the rest of the elementary schools that feed West Springfield HS. And that WSHS outperforms LB. So parents will fight for this specific combination of schools for their children. [/quote]

If you look at the SAT scores, LB usually out performs WSHS there.  WSHS is stronger than LB in other metrics. The two schools really are equal.

I have seen similar things as you too.

Parents of older elementary kids and teens are mostly content or quietly in agreement with the rezoning of Sangster, as long as there is generous grandfathering.  Grandfathering is key.  They have more community involvement and feel connected to both WSHS and LBSS, through years of sports, activities and community events, and through Sangster itself.

The parents of little kids, preschool kids and babies are furious, just as you observed.  They don't have the same deep community ties yet as the Sangster parents of older kids do, so they don't really understand how connected the LB and WS communities really are, and also haven't seen what it is like for those Sangster kids to have most of their friends go to LB while they have to start over at Irving.

My Sangster kid did have to start over at Irving.  Even knowing the AAP kids who ended up at Irving, it was much harder than if they had been able to go to Lake Braddock with most of their Sangster friends and classmates.

Change is hard.  But after the initial disappointment, with ample grandfathering, I predict that this rezoning change will end up being a very positive thing for the students in that Sangster neighborhood. [/quote]

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