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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the type of issue where “progressive” young parents in their 30’s first encounter liberal polices first hand.

You may have voted Dem without thinking twice your entire life, but if you like me have worked hard and sacrificed to afford a house in a school district you chose, you have to realize that there is a good chance your kids may be re-zoned into a different school in the name of “social justice” in the next 5-10 years.

You bought in Oakton / Langley Pyramid? - Herndon
You wanted your kids to go to Woodson / Lake Braddock?  - they are now heading to Annandale 
You though they were going to McLean? - it’s now Stuart / Justice
West Springfield is now Lee

This isn’t hyperbole, at the last working meeting they specifically reviewed changes to policy documents that would allow for widespread boundary changes in the name of “racial composition of students”, changing it from "socioeconomic characteristics of schools."

If you are ok with your children being part of this experiment then I applaud you on standing by your morals, sacrificing your child’s education and home value to serve idea I guess is a laudable act.

Please keep all of this in mind when you vote for School Board and County positions this fall. This election is going to be the biggest change in power in FFX county since the 1970’s with so many incumbents not seeking re-election.

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Let's look at these one by one.

FCPS has expanded or is expanding Oakton, Herndon and Langley, and Langley is under-enrolled, so it's unlikely Oakton or Langley kids will get moved to Herndon.

There are areas at Lake Braddock and Woodson that used to go to Annandale, so no one should be surprised if the decide at some point to send ome neighborhoods back to Annandale.

The only school to which kids at overcrowded McLean will be moving is Langley and they aren't going to leapfrog the Falls Church district to send kids to Justice.

They've moved kids from Lee to West Springfield in recent years, so they could move kids from West Springfield to Lee at some point, too.  But West Springfield also was just expanded, so that's less likely than it would have been if they'd just renovated WSHS.
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Even with the expansion West Springfield is supposed to be 245 students over capacity (110% of capacity) in a few years. Still not enough to trigger a boundary change despite Lee operating at 85% of capacity (with a projection of reaching 88%, which is doubtful because people keep bailing).

No one should worry, however, as this Board, despite lots of talk, will in the end do absolutely nothing to change the status quo on boundaries. No one is moving from Langley to Herndon (unless the Western HS gets built, and that is looking less likely), no one is moving from Woodson or Lake Braddock to Annandale, and no one is moving from West Springfield to Lee. Just won't happen.

Now - getting rid of IB is something that could be done without much hype except for a very small vocal group of devotees which unfortunately includes a few Board members. And making the language curriculums standard could go along way to stopping pupil placements. Pick 3 or 4 core languages and make the rest available online - do this across the board for all FCPS middle and high schools.[/quote]

You are looking at this through the lens of FCPS as it has operated for the last 30 years.

This Fall will see the biggest turnovers in Supervisor and School Board seats in FFx County ever.

A majority of the people running for those seats this fall (and who will probably win) have based their campaigns on Social Justice and Equality, which is the entire basis of the One Fairfax initiative.

Changing the policy that drives school boundaries is the first step to allowing the school board the authority to make drastic changes. Removing the mandate that any boundary change can only affect 15% of the student population at a school and allowing boundary changes to be made for undefined reasons "educational opportunities" were both included in the markup session last week.

If those policy changes are approved in September and then a majority of the school board is replaced by progressive candidates in November, then the school board has the ability and the mandate to impose the drastic boundary changes outlined above. (South County to Mount Vernon / Woodson to Annandale / West Springfield to Lee)

If you are ok with these changes then fine. We are all entitled to our opinions on the issues and all have our own vote.

I just hope that people on both sides of the issue realize just how much is at stake this fall and takes the time to truly understand the intentions of the people they are voting for.

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