Reply to APS elementary planning initiative called off

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "APS elementary planning initiative called off"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please rip off the bandaid and just get these changes done sooner rather than later.  All of this just prolongs hand wringing and worrying and makes all parents sound like whiny toddlers who aren't getting their way.  Pushing this off until later just means needlessly including more parents with more kids in the process who just want their kid to go to school somewhere nearby.  [/quote]

How do you see that working before Reed opens that isn't just pushing the burden onto people who aren't you? That's not to say you are more deserving of the burden, just that if we're going to create all that upheaval, it should be for some net benefit, not just a zero sum.[/quote]

I don't understand all the anger and hostility on this site?  This is worse than whiny toddlers who can at least be convinced to refrain from name calling with guidance.  Unclear why people seem to want to make this personal?  This is basic objective decision making.  Children can attend the nearby schools, those surrounding Reed.  There are 5 neighborhood schools  that will share a boundary with Reed when it opens.  It's not difficult to figure that out and have children attend whichever neighborhood school they are closer to and be with other neighborhood children - when Reed opens the new boundary is implemented and those planning units move.  Don't want to move twice?  No problem, give parents the choice.  Also not hard.  This is certainly not difficult to do when you redrawn boundaries for the entire county and one time instead of looking at each 'onsey-twosy' schools at a time.  [/quote]

THIS! thank you - balance enrollment across the system at one time! this is what we should be doing instead of the myopic decision making.  Too bad the school board doesn't have the courage to do this.[/quote]

That doesn’t work bc they will have excess capacity out west at that point and may move an option school. And if they make the decision now 3 years before implementation it will be dragged it debated endlessly. They need to just table it until reed opens and yes, then do a big rezone in 2021. [/quote]

they need make Reed an option program is what needs to happen[/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