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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scenario 3 was better for that area of wolftrap. No more attendance island [/quote]

It's not a Wolftrap ES island.  It's a Westbriar ES island.

Moving that island to Wolftrap would have been the obvious solution and avoided the new problems they've created (they've turned the island into an ES/MS/HS island rather than just an ES island, and they're crowding Thoreau).

But it will be hard to put the genie back in the bottle once they've offered the Wolftrap families now at Marshall a one-way ticket out of IB to a wealthier school.  [/quote]

For those of us currently zoned Wolftrap/Kilmer/Marshall and the perfect student body mix at Marshall with strong academic performance here's hoping this boundary review process crashes and burns and no change is made.  [/quote]

Marshall Pride is nice but judging from the revisions to Scenario 3 and the comments at public meetings most of those zoned for Wolftrap/Kilmer/Marshall clearly welcome the Scenario 4 proposal to move to Thoreau/Madison.  They haven't just quietly acquiesced in the change; they've come out in droves to say they support it. [/quote]

I'm lost - is this a popularity contest?  How are we measuring things?   What was the "voter turnout"?  Is it the wishes of parents of students now versus those that have come before or will come in the future?  Is it focused on parents of students currently at a particular stage of schooling versus those at another (i.e., elementary versus high school)?  Is it which moves makes neighborhoods more valuable?  Is it to reduce the economic and/or ethnic diversity at certain schools while concentrating needs at certain schools?  I hope this work is being done to ensure schools can handle capacity over the next 10 - 20 years, improve transportation, try to balance needs across schools, and provide the best education possible for all.  [/quote]

Let's recap, shall we?

Kilmer is overcrowded, Madison was recently expanded, and the latest proposal eliminates the split feeder at Wolftrap by assigning all of it, including the Marshall neighborhoods, to Thoreau/Madison.  So it's kind of a three-for-one (helps with overcrowding at Kilmer, takes advantage of additional capacity at Madison, and eliminates a split feeder).

They had a community meeting this week, and those from the affected Wolftrap neighborhoods were close to unanimous in their support for the move.  Reid then told them that, even if other changes were made affecting Madison/Marshall boundaries, she wouldn't anticipate the proposal affecting Wolftrap getting reversed.

Anything is possible with FCPS, but they'd have an awful lot of egg on their face at this point if they said "never mind" and reverted to the current Wolftrap boundary.

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Okay, but you’re ignoring the fact that scenario 4 has:

- Kilmer at 101% and Thoreau at 104%
- Thoreau’s numbers shift even higher if TOV-Westbriar goes to Thoreau too, and if they don’t Kilmer remains a split feeder
- That moving all of Wolftrap creates a gaping attendance island for Kilmer and Marshall
- That portions of Stenwood and Cunningham Park are already zoned to Thoreau, yet sent to Marshall when they could be taking advantage of Madison’s new capacity without overcrowding Thoreau and helps reduce a three way split feeder down to two schools

So it’s creating just as many problems as it’s “fixing.”[/quote]

I'm not ignoring any of this.  There aren't perfect solutions.

Maybe the area now at Westbriar/Kilmer/Madison ends up a very small split from Kilmer to Madison.  Their main goal was to stay at Madison, not get moved to Thoreau.  And they could still come up with something that doesn't leave the Westbriar island an ES-MS-HS island.  Further, if the three-way split at Thoreau is so troublesome (it's something a prior School Board very deliberately created), maybe the solution is to move the Oakton areas back to Jackson.

In any event, Reid has very clearly told the Wolftrap families now at Marshall they can expect to move to Madison.  If she makes such statements, and the School Board then overrides them later, she might as well submit her resignation letter.  [/quote]

Do you have any idea how many statements she has made?  She gets wrapped-up in making people that she is standing in front of her happy.  [/quote]

this. how many times last night did she tell people to write down their proposals so she could look at them. there is no way she’s taking most of them serious [/quote]

Telling people to write down their suggestions on a piece of paper is quite different than specifically telling them she does not expect changes in Scenario 4 to be reversed later.  If that happens, Reid has blown her credibility and I’d expect to see SB members like Meren seek her termination. [/quote]

Reid specifically told WSHS/LBSS that Map 3 is back on the table.[/quote]

I was referring to statements Reid made to people about specific proposals in Scenario 4.  I wasn’t saying she said nothing in Scenario 4 could change.  [/quote]

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