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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are so many families upset at the boundary changes.  The only ones that seem to be happy are those that are being moved to a school that they view as better than the one they are assigned to. Reid is going to move forward with these changes, talk about how she was able to re-district one of the largest school systems in the country...and then leave FCPS with us living and sorting out the mess.[/quote]

Not necessarily.

Sangster is upset about getting moved to a school virtually equal to WSHS in every metric, that 80% of their community attends and is only 1 mile ish difference in commute time.

People don't want to change schools, even if the schools are equal and attending the new school makes far more sense than their current school, the move fixes overcrowding in the least disruptive way possible for the current overcrowded high school, and the new school is more of a community school for them than attending the school they are currently assigned to.

Rezoning is NOT welcome by the community, even when it makes perfect sense and the new school is equal or better, like the Sangster split feeder and a few other schools.

I think a better observation is that the only people happy with rezoning are those getting moved to a *significantly* better high school, such as the Rolling Valley neighborhood getting rezoned to WSHS from Lewis.[/quote]
Yep, and even if the parents like the move to the significantly better school, the kids typically do not because they have established communities. The boundary review comes at significant mental health costs to our students.

Turns out that the vast majority of families just don’t want to be moved.  If only the school board would listen to that message.[/quote]

But everyone can't just get what they want. That is how we end up with situations like West Potomac. Expanded when space was available next door at Mt. Vernon. Someone has to look out for the whole picture and the taxpayer.[/quote]

The taxpayers do not want boundary changes and prefer adding capacity rather than reshuffling kids.  They've made this clear when they've voted for School Board members, voted for school bonds, and spoken up in the earlier review of the FCPS boundary policy.

The current School Board ignored this because they got giddy with the idea that they could effect equity-driven boundary changes at schools like Langley by claiming the changes were driven by cost and efficiency considerations.  Then they got cold feet, as they always do, and now we're left with this sad little turd of a "county-wide" boundary review that wasn't necessary in the first place.  Their focus always should have been on Coates, but by undertaking this larger fiasco they delayed relief at Coates for at least a year. [/quote]

This taxpayer does not want to see spending on new capacity until the county can efficiently use the space it already has. Tough decisions need to be made on boundaries and even closing some schools.[/quote]

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