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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parent who made the bus comment was a white oaks parent.  Not Sangster.   I heard many people say LBSS is a great school it’s just not the middle school and HS experience they went for their student, which is a valid point.  Please don’t lump all of together and make accusations like that.

Neither WO or Sangster parents threw any other neighborhoods under the bus with suggesting they “pick them” instead.   I heard overwhelmingly that they consider slowing these decisions down and reexamine data. Perhaps voting on a partial county boundary change to allow more time with accurate data be examined in this area. [/quote]

Someone is moving. Reid made that very clear. And if it’s not the Sangster split feeder and White Oaks attendance island then it will be West Springfield ES neighborhoods like Daventry, who will get returned to Lewis. Or sending Hunt Valley to Saratoga/Lewis or South County. Or maybe sending more of Orange Hunt to Sangster. Families are getting moved. It’s just a question of which ones. [/quote]

I think this comment is to stoke the fires and spread more fear.  It sounded like the community worked together last night to force more questions on data.  I also hope it made Dr.Reid and the board to acknowledge how challenging this process has been for every member of the community. [/quote]

Sandy Anderson has made it very clear the status quo won’t work. Current WSHS parents complain about overcrowding. SB and FCPS staff don’t care how challenging the process has been. Do you talk to any of them last night after the meeting? They are moving ahead with this. Someone is moving. The question is which neighborhood(s). [/quote]

Why can't they pursue looking at detailed demographic projections at a more granular level, not moving anyone from another pyramid in, doing boundary checks, truly closing to transfers, moving German, etc.? We're not at WSHS, but all of those things should be common sense. Why is it not "first do no harm" instead of "spread the harm around to as many as possible for poorly thought-out reasons"?

Of course people will be upset about any redistricting that affects them, but it would be MUCH less upsetting if they made a more compelling case that accounts for reality.[/quote]

To be fair, the vocal people are the ones getting moved or in danger of getting moved that want to stay at the school. There are also LOTS of people who want relief from overcrowding at WS. In fact, one of the first questions was about only reducing WSHS from 112% capacity to 106% capacity and why they weren't able to get it down lower in scenario 4. [/quote]

They could have gotten it down lower in scenario 4 if they had moved most of HV south of the Parkway to South County like they originally wanted. But then you had HV lobbying to stay at WS, which was granted, so now WSHS stays overcrowded. You can’t have it all - either everyone or most people stay at WS and it stays at 110%+ with trailers in essentially a brand new building, and the level of crowding will last until the large class of current 7th graders graduates. Or areas move out to address the crowding, but the people getting moved out end up at a smaller and more mixed income MS/HS (South County) or at the dreaded 7-12 secondary school (Lake Braddock) which they don’t want, so they lobby to stay. [/quote]

WSHS should lose ar least one of the trailers next year when class of 2026 graduates.  The numbers don't lie.[/quote]

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