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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rip the bandaid off and just make the boundary and call it a day. Many of the boundaries in this County dont make sense unless you look at demographics...but no one wants to bring that up in public...plenty of neighborhoods being bused way to far so they can fill the numbers of each demographic...nothing to do with transportion at all.[/quote]

The longest bus rides in the county are to stronger schools. Great Falls ES is far closer to Herndon then Langley but is bussed to Langley. Crossfield is closer to Skyview then Oakton but many parents want to stay at Oakton, even with the long bus ride. Crossfield is a bit different in that Skyview is likely to be a very good school but it will have a higher FARMs rate then Oakton currently does. Some RIO parents have been very clear that they don't want to attend Skyview because they see the McNair and Coates kids as being the "problem children" at Carson. Their words, not mine. [/quote]

You just proved me right....

My comment was meant to address all schools througout FCPS- not just skyview. There are entire neighborhoods near Centerville that are bused to Fairfax...there are other entire neighborhoods that pass Robinson to go to Woodson... many homes that are bused to Madison have a much closer HS...Mclean kids are pulled from way down Route 7...and the list can go on and on for HS. The point was that there are many other reasons that people are mad...transportation doesnt seem to be a priority for FCPS- they want to make "everything equal" and not piss everyone off- which is not possible with the amount of children and schools- the math and demographics dont work. If you just drew a circle around the HS and added in outside boundaries I bet it would look very different vs FCPS making accomidations for certain HS that demographics need to be adjusted. [/quote]

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