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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The split at wolftrap should not have been a priority as it was an almost even  split. But Kilmer needed help. [/quote]
Capacity at Kilmer can be resolved by sending existing Kilmer/Madison students to Thoreau. That is the only change needed to get them below 105%

Wolftrap/Marshall families’ dream of moving to Madison was put into peril when Westbriar/Madison families demanded to stay at Madison. If those students stay at Madison, they either need to move to Thoreau, which pushes the school above 105% or they will stay at Kilmer and it will remain a split feeder (something like 4%)

Marshall families will not be happy if the result of this exercise leaves them with more split feeders in their pyramid than what they started with (only Madison schools are being fixed and Shrevewood is turning into a split feeder) and an attendance island for Kilmer/Marshall. [/quote]

Reid was asked multiple times "If the Westbriar families that Scenario 4 proposes to move to Marshall remain at Madison, will the Wolftrap families that Scenario 4 proposes to move to Madison still move to Madison?"

In each instance, she said yes.  In at least one instance, she interrupted someone asking the question to say yes.  She said she'd met with the principals of both Marshall (Litz) and Madison (Calvert) and the numbers still worked.

I don't see how they do a 180 turn without Reid forever losing credibility in the community.   At a minimum, she ought to schedule an in-person meeting at Wolftrap, apologize profusely in person, and explain why they might have since concluded they need to leave Wolftrap a split feeder, whether it's to avoid overcrowding Thoreau, avoid driving up the FARMS rate at Marshall, avoid making the existing attendance island at Westbriar worse, etc.

And even then more will start pupil placing to Madison, because they've had Madison and AP dangled right in front of their faces by FCPS and Reid.  
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What is driving the love for Madison amongst Wolf Trap families?  Is it AP in some cases providing more college credits or receiving an IB diploma takes more effort than just AP courses?  Is it these families struggle with economic and ethnic diversity and would rather go to a less diverse or "more well off" school?  Is it sports oriented families that recognize Madison as the stronger school from that perspective?  As mentioned before, it is currently a fairly equal split between Marshall and Madison at Madison and the distance these neighborhoods are to Madison or Marshall are very similar / almost identical.  [/quote]

As a Wolftrap homeowner, I don't really care about if it is Madison or Marshall. I just want the whole school to move together, and don't want to change the community around Wolftrap. Most people I know consider Wolftrap to be their community (not either high school) and would like to see that remain consistent for their kids that spend 7 years of their school lives at this one school. [/quote]

I believe all of Wolf Trap goes to Kilmer and then the split occurs or has that changed? Based on capacity issues at Kilmer it seems to make sense for the split to occur at middle school with the Wolf Trap families currently zoned for Marshall going to Kilmer and those zoned for Madison going to Thoreau.  I imagine as students progress to high school they will see that and not the elementary school as their community during those years.  The first months away from old friends at a new school may be challenging but I believe students are resilient and will make new friendships and don't have to leave old friends behind. Ultimately elementary schools will always be considered more the community as they are smaller, represent a longer period of time, and are generally closer to where people live.  I think your word "want" hit it perfectly.  This is a want not a need. [/quote]

Well, I would agree with your assessment that it is a want and not a need, but it is a want based on the stated parameters of the policy driving this boundary review. One of the tenants of it was to fix split feeders. So, I think personally wanting our split feeder to be fixed in alignment with the goals is not an unreasonable or misplaced "want".[/quote]

We live in the Wolftrap area and at least for our family our want is to maintain the split feeder and stay with Wolftrap / Kilmer / Marshall.  We certainly may have had a different view if the split was very unbalanced but it is not.[/quote]

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