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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you've followed these threads, these boundary changes have been described at times as the "Great Reset."

I think that is what Reid and the School Board want.  They want to make so many changes that anyone who objects will just be part of the noise (thereby canceling each other out); they want to change the demographics at some schools so much that the historic reputations of some schools will be rendered meaningless; and they want to make grandfathering impossible, so that kids will be shell-shocked and families will be sent the clear message that their preferences count for nothing and that Reid and the School Board are in charge.  "If you don't like it, you can leave (see PP today), but don't expect us to let you get in our way."[/quote]

What is the meaning of "historic reputation" in the context of FCPS's public schools? It's not like there is any selectivity for students to be allowed attend. Only TJHSST and private schools have a claim to a reputation of selective standards that makes any real sense. The rest only amounts to chitchat amongst neighbors.[/quote]

DP. we get it, you don’t like the USNews or great schools rankings.[/quote]

Does anyone actually pay attention to those rankings except new parents looking for houses who don't know better? You're an idiot if you think those actually reflect anything other than wealth in an area.[/quote]

DP. Which schools do your children attend? Serious question.[/quote]

Shrevewood, which is rated 3 because of a high low-income population. High achieving kids from high achieving families are all doing great. I'm happy with the education my children are receiving.[/quote]

DP.  I’d read some Shrevewood parents aren’t crazy about the recent proposals, which would move more low-income kids from Timber Lane to Shrevewood and also reassign some Shrevewood kids from the Falls Hill area from Marshall to McLean, turning Shrevewood into a split feeder. The ratings for Kilmer may also take a hit if, as proposed, all the Madison-zoned kids at Kilmer are reassigned to Thoreau.

Putting the validity of GS ratings aside, do you welcome all these changes?  I assume the Shrevewood boundaries will change yet again after Dunn Loring gets built. [/quote]

[b]Shrevewood[/b] is an interesting situation because a few years pre-Covid parents were saying the school was overcrowded and FCPS should do something.
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Then, the situation largely took care of itself, as the enrollment declined.[/b]  To the point where the 4/11 proposals contemplate moving 119 students into Shrevewood from another school that also isn't currently overcrowded.

Meanwhile Karl Frisch went ahead and starting pushing the Dunn Loring ES, which isn't really needed.  But maybe if they overcrowd Shrevewood again they can squint hard and pretend it is.  [/quote]

So was the decline based on students aging out of elementary school?  [b]Kilmer is grotesquely overcrowded.[/b]  Even with a 10 room modular it is 118% and only gets 20 in for AAP and a total of 39 from Thoreau.  How is it possible that Kilmer, with no expansion of Kilmer Center square footage, lost about 200 program capacity seats?  That is Providence District - Karl Fritsch.

CIP 25-29		984	modular 	1227 [10 rooms]
CIP 26-30		791	modular	1023 [10 rooms
difference		193		204

Westbriar Island and Westbriar are under Meren-Hunter Mill District.  The Island is between Sunrise Valley [Meren] and Colvin Run {Lady]yet Thru or Thru/FCPS moved it to Wolf Trap.
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