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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's clear from the boundary map that the areas with apartments are much closer to Spring Hill than many of the Langley neighborhoods.

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/boundary-maps/springhilles.pdf

If the Langley parents don't like more kids from apartments at the school, they should ask to be reassigned and stop assuming that other people should change schools to accommodate their whims. [/quote]

I guess my eyes are getting old but I really can't fully read that map.  We are zoned for Spring Hill/Cooper/Langley and I honestly always assumed the apartments up Spring Hill to Chain Bridge and out to Route 7 were zoned for Spring Hill.  It appears that most of them are.  I agree this makes sense geographically.  Which apartments are we arguing should be zoned for Spring Hill that aren't?  That isn't clear to me from this thread.

What does not make sense in this debate is that Spring Hill is at the highest % utilization and the lowest number of under capacity of any of the surrounding elementary schools (with the exception of Freedom Hill which appears to be over capacity and does not feed into Cooper/Langley).  I understand that Cooper and Langley are under capacity and ways to resolve that should be discussed.  However, I don't agree that maxing out or moving any school over capacity in elementary school is a good solution.  Perhaps we need to be looking at moving an entire elementary school out of it's current pyramid and into the Cooper/Langley pyramid?  Why does Fairfax County keep building and building up Tyson's without a solid plan for what to do with all of the people moving in?!!!

Here are the numbers from the FCPS County website.  Please help me understand why Spring Hill should expand boundaries while it is the only school with a projected upward enrollment trend.

http://151.188.217.200/fts_drupal_support/dashboard/enrollment/esenroll16-17.html

Spring Hill  94% building utilization; 62 students under capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go up over current program capacity
Freedom Hill 101% building utilization; 5 students [i]over[/i] capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go down but going up in between
Colvin Run 91% building utilization; 80 students under capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go down 
Churchill Road 91% building utilization; 74 students under capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go down 
Westbriar 88% building utilization; 111 students under capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go down; expected to peak in 2018 and go down below where it is today by 2021
Westgate 78% building utilization; 152 students under capacity; 5 year trend enrollment projected to go down

As an aside, I hear parents from these schools complaining about over-crowding but it appears the only ones the County would agree with are Freedom Hill.[/quote]

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