Reply to ASFS/Key Swap Off . . .

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "ASFS/Key Swap Off . . ."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And let’s not forget the ASFS PTA meeting and election. If no one supported the swap, what was that about?[/quote]

What did that have to do with the swap? 
[/quote]

Yeah PTA drama was about Cherrydale students being zoned in and pushing out Rosslyn students. Nothing about swap just boundaries. [/quote]
Exactly.  Pta drama was because parents were sick of pta taking positions that did not benefit current students at the school.  Why was the pta sending out blasts encouraging people to right in letters asking for a walk zone?  Why was it taking a position at all since there was no consensus at the school beyond wanting to maintain status quo?  [/quote]

The [b]PTA never sent out letters asking folks to write letters supporting the walk zone[/b]--in fact, the former president's mantra was, everyone advocate however you best see fit because we cannot come to a consensus (which was logical given that the majority of the board, including the president, lived in the Key attendance zone and would never advocate for a walk zone).

The only time ASFS came close to a consensus was the year before, i..e, the year they were trying to get rid of the team model and change the option and transfer policy.  Everyone who was paying attention realized that once Key became an option only school, ASFS' capacity would soar since approximately 1/3 of the students who live in the Key zone went to Key (but in the future will have to go to ASFS).

But please do not state that there was a consensus to maintain the status quo because that was impossible-- yes, it would be great to keep the Key boundary for ASFS-- the school/program stays intact and the same neighborhoods that have gone to ASFS would continue to go there.  But now that Key is a full option, ASFS will not be able to handle ALL the new elementary school aged kids that live in the Key zone.  Nor can APS have a "neighborhood" school that doesn't allow kids in the neighborhood to attend.  The folks that were/are advocating hard for their positions understood this and knew change was coming.

Indeed, if everyone at ASFS wanted to maintain the status quo, then there wouldn't have been so much hate against the teachers and administration and the walkers who went to the SB meeting last year and advocated for keeping ASFS on Lincoln Street.  And there would have been/would be huge support from ASFS for Key staying on Key.  But that never happened, why?  Because anyone who is paying attention knows that ASFS cannot handle its current attendance zone (with or without the walk zone) population, and the best chance that many of the current community have of "staying at" ASFS is to move ASFS closer to them. [/quote]

While that was generally the former president's mantra, please check the email from June 3, 2017 - what is item #1?

There hasn't been consensus around status quo, but the majority certainly were leaning towards that, pending projection #s. Based on this most recent project, I'd guess most people now fully support two schools.

[/quote]

I stand corrected.  I forgot about that email and it's a (sad) reminder how much changed over the course of one year, i.e., folks were united on opposing the option and transfer policy changes but once it passed, ASFS became much more divisive.  Looking back over 2018, I think emotions on all sides got out of hand at various points but we all seem to be moving on and healing.  At the end of the day, the new projections, the new construction coming on line (that hasn't even been included in the projections  yet), and Amazon (to at least some small extent), make it clear that two neighborhood schools are needed.  I know that's not what our Key neighbors and friends want to accept at this point, but the Key building must become a neighborhood school.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics