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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shrevewood is currently at 118% of capacity and projected to be at 125% of capacity by FY 2023.

Stenwood is currently at 97% of capacity and projected to be at 95% of capacity by FY 2023.

Having two schools at 110% capacity is better than having one at 125% and another at 95%. The longer-term plan is to reopen Dunn Loring as an elementary school.  [/quote]

The reopening of the Dunn Loring center as a school has been in the CIP for quite some time, and yet nothing seems to progress on that. Meanwhile, Shrevewood's enrollment keeps going upwards - there are almost 800 kids there now!

The biggest issue of the boundaries is that it adjoins several other high school pyramids, so it's not as simple as just moving kids to the next nearest ES. I think Timber Lane ES is the next closest school, but feeds into different pyramids (McLean and Falls Church HS). There is also Haycock (McLean HS). And of course Falls Church City Schools as well. Then Lemon Road and Stenwood, both which feed into Marshall and both have enrollments around 600.  So maybe the short term solution is to move some of Shrevewood to Lemon Road, and some to Stenwood.

On a solely geographic basis, there are many apartments and condos right near the Dunn Loring metro that can feed into Stenwood (and would be walking distance). Lemon Road could pick up some of the THs along Idylwood, or maybe part of Idylwood Towers. Those would be close, but likely need to be bused to avoid crossing Route 7. [/quote]. Lemon Road is a split feeder too. Some go to Marshal and some go to McLean.  Lemon Road has grown substantially in the past 5-6 years- its site is extremely small and they are already overbuilt on the site.  It dont think the site can handle more.   They took a swath from Freedom Hill a few years ago because FH was bursting and now it is not.  And they took on the AAP Center aspect.  Both of which more than doubled the population.  The only way to increase the number of students now is to kick out the daycare that is in the facility and the BOS will NEVER allow it.  [/quote]

PP here. Unlike Freedom Hill (projected to be at 75% capacity by 2023), Lemon Road is projected to be almost full in a few years (95%).  That's why I suggested Shrevewood-to-Stenwood and Stenwood-to-Freedom Hill shifts might make more sense.

To the extent Lemon Road had available space, it could be used to accommodate some kids from perpetually overcrowded Haycock.  That would also make Lemon Road a less one-sided split feeder to Marshall and McLean  - isn't it currently about 80% to Marshall and 20% to McLean?  [/quote]

I am a shrevewood parent and agree the shrevewood to stenwood and stenwood to freedom hill makes a lot of sense.  There is a cluster of housing at the Dunn Loring Metro that is walkable to stenwood.  [/quote]

PP here - I should add that cluster is currently at shrevewood.  Also - Timber Lane has to stay under enrolled b/c it is Title 1 so that move is trickier, even if it didn't affect pyramids.  [/quote]  What do you mean by this?  [/quote]

I think what PP means is that, if Timber Lane is Title I, it is receiving extra funds for smaller class sizes, and couldn't be at full capacity without having a lot of kids in trailers.  [I assume she's right that the capacity is calculated without regard to whether the school is Title I, but don't know if that's actually the case.]

There are other Title I schools at or above capacity.  But FCPS probably wouldn't move Shrevewood kids there and have Timber Lane split to Kilmer/Marshall, Longfellow/McLean, and Jackson/Falls Church.  It's actually closer to Marshall than to McLean, and they could move the McLean half of Timber Lane to Marshall, but they'd need to move other Marshall areas in Tysons/Pimmit to McLean.  And that would get people more agitated than just changing the boundaries of schools that are already Marshall feeders (Shrevewood, Stenwood, and Freedom Hill), which would probably also even out the FARMS rates among Shrevewood, Stenwood, and Freedom Hill.  [/quote]

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