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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You thinking I and the families who seek stability are delusional is very telling.[/quote]

Why are you more entitled to stability than others?[/quote]

Thanks for the question.

I’m not. Everyone in the county deserves stability in their pyramid. Thats what the vast majority of residents seek as reflected in the tens of thousands of comments from the thousands of Fairfax families who came out to the various meetings who were overwhelmingly against boundary changes.[/quote]

Scenario 4 only moves about 2% of kids. Most people have stability. Some will be moved because it makes sense for capacity, transportation…[/quote]

Someone pointed this out to me when I, mistakenly, said that 1% of kids were moving; 2% cannot include the number of kids moving with the new HS. If my math is correct, 2% is about 3,600 students. The new HS alone moves between 1,700-2,000 students and there are kids moving to backfill the schools filling in the new HS.

I happen to agree that even that is a relatively small number of kids. The kids at the new HS will all be in the same boat and a small number will be moving from one HS to a different HS. The groups that are screaming the loudest are the ones who are a part of that 2% or 5% or whatever the number ends up being who don’t want to move. The ones that are pasting the message board with messages of doom are the ones who see their kids moving from what they see as a strong school to a weak school or who are afraid they might be moved some day and so it is best to fight every change. [/quote]
The people who minimize the disruption to FCPS families and FCPS students are just hoping for a handout from Aunt Sandy in the form of a slight increase in their home equity.

Count me on the side of fighting for kids and their mental health, rather than moving them like pawns for your and your neighbors’ poor home choices and your hope for increased home equity.[/quote]

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