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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the people championing for Kingsley Commons not to go to Timber Lane are likely the families north of 29(who petitioned to stay in McLean/not go to FCHS) since it will make the school more FARMs. If you put it into google maps Kingsley Commons is 5 min from both Graham Rd and Timber Lane. The neighborhood that is being moved to Graham Rd currently passes Graham Rd to get to Timber Lane. It’s understandable for that neighborhood to want to finally want to not be split into three elementary school and be at their neighborhood school. [/quote]

I looked at the BRAC feedback on Scenario 3 provided by Region 2 (Falls Church, Justice, and McLean).

Here's what it said about Timber Lane boundaries:  "We are not recommending a reversion to the old Timber Lane boundaries. [b]The community is ok with the new draft boundaries for Timber Lane and Graham Road and is in support of putting Graham Road in its own attendance area.[/b] What we would like to see is a change to the middle and high school boundaries for the new proposed Timber Lane boundary (at least north of Route 29) to be Longfellow/McLean (not Jackson/Falls Church)."

There is a separate comment:  "Explore the demographic impact of moving Pine Spring elementary students who currently live east of Strathmeade to Timber Lane elementary."

The revisions to Scenario 3 that left Kingsley Commons an isolated attendance island appear to have come out of concerns from Falls Church members of the BRAC that the FARMS rate at Pine Spring would increase. So Thru pulled this area out of Timber Lane, which pushes up the FARMS rate there.

Given that the FARMS rate at Graham Road (also in the Falls Church pyramid) is going to go down quite a bit, it follows that the FARMS rate at one or both of Pine Spring and Timber Lane will go up.  They might as well not create a new attendance island in the process. [/quote]
+1

There are a lot of sweeping demographics here. Scenario 4 creates a new split feeder, creates a new attendance island, and likely loses a Title I school. Moving Graham Road into its attendance island deserves a more focused study that I don’t think a bunch of overwhelmed consultants can achieve. [/quote]

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