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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to talk particulars of the different boundaries like the other threads.  Just how to we, as individuals and groups, push the issue?

Letter writing? Collect and hire legal counsel for a class action? Picket?

I know there are some pretty smart people on here. What are the best courses of action?[/quote]

Best thing you can do is reach out to your school board reps (all 4) to let them know you oppose the boundary changes. Make it personal, but avoid talking about property value - the school board members don’t care about property values even though school quality is linked to them.

Next is organize a campaign to contact school board members. Timber Lane had a big campaign to stay at McLean instead of being moved, and they were vindicated today when the new maps were released.

Next, longer term, is don’t just vote for these clowns because they have a D next to their names. I say that as someone who just filled out my mail in ballot voting for the Ds at the statewide level, [b]but opposed the school bond,[/b] which I used to vote for.  You are just one vote, but if the school board members fear for their jobs or funding then the boundary change crap will disappear mighty quick.

There is at least one organization, fairfact matters that appears to generally be against the boundary changes. You should consider reaching out to them to see if there are other things.[/quote]

Ridiculous. I can't take anything you said seriously because you opposed the school bond. [/quote]

DP. Why should people vote for this school bond?  Enrollment is declining yet they want to open new schools and expand existing ones when they could be making current facilities nicer.  They aren’t good stewards of taxpayer money. [/quote]

Couldn’t agree more.  Time to do the only thing voters can do at this time.  Send a clear message that the superintendent and SB are poor stewards of taxpayer money by voting “no” on the school bond initiative on the ballot. [/quote]

I hope that readers here are smart enough to recognize that this person and the other who claims they voted NO are people who want to ensure that their children get vouchers for "school choice". It's fairly easy to spot you trolls nowadays.[/quote]

I’m the one who originally posted that I voted no on the bond.  Your claim is dead wrong.  I think it’s pretty unlikely that my family would qualify for vouchers based income.  We can afford private without vouchers, but I’d like to stay in the public school system and support it, so long as the school board doesn’t screw over my kids.

It’s funny, because you and I probably have the same ostensible goal - to save FCPS - but your version requires all the schools to be mediocre or worse.  And your version dooms FCPS rather than saves it.[/quote]

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