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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did Reid just say that they were going to table the move from BrenMar to Key/Lewis? Already backpedaling?

What a clustefck. [/quote]

Wow they came up with all these moves and just decided to do nothing. LOL. Meanwhile Edison actually does need some kids to be moved out. [/quote]

Not exactly.

She said they were tabling the proposal to move Bren Mar Park from Holmes/Edison to Key/Lewis for five years.

There are a bunch of other changes they still apparently have in mind.  Some move kids from Parklawn ES in the Justice pyramid to Columbia ES in the Annandale pyramid and to Belvedere ES in the Justice HS pyramid.

Other changes would move kids at Beech Tree ES from Glasgow MS/Justice HS to Poe MS/Falls Church HS and at Belvedere ES from Glasgow MS to Holmes MS (but keep them at Justice HS).

I don't understand why Reid said the BMP proposal is being withdrawn because it's too rushed, but wants to move forward with other changes that weren't in Scenario 4 and will take families by surprise.

Ironically, it's the proposal that's being withdrawn that would address the bigger issue - the under-enrollment at Lewis HS - whereas the other proposals that they apparently intend to move forward don't involve Lewis at all.  [/quote]
The changes to Parklawn and Glasgow are to appease Ricardy Anderson. [/quote]

I understand but it's odd for Reid to come and say they've recognized the BMP proposal is too rushed, but then drop changes on other families in the Justice pyramid that weren't in any of the prior proposals at this late stage.

The Beech Tree families now proposed to move to Poe/Falls Church from Glasgow/Justice had no idea that was in the cards.  Ironically, there's a different group of Beech Tree families who do want to move from Beech Tree/Glasgow/Justice to Graham Road/Jackson/Falls Church, but they've been ignored.

Similarly, the Belvedere families that are now proposed to move from Glasgow to Holmes, but stay at Justice, didn't know this was coming.  They might want to stay at Glasgow, or conversely move to Annandale if they are being moved to Holmes.  The BRAC is meeting in a couple of days, so they don't have much time to weigh in.

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Additionally, the Beech Tree changes create split feeders that were not previously there. Aren't we trying to eliminate those?[/quote]

Yes, that supposedly is a priority in Policy 8130 but they are creating new split feeders at other schools like Shrevewood in this process.

At least with the Beech Tree proposal those kids would go to Falls Church with a decent cohort from Poe, even if most of Poe goes to Annandale. With the Belvedere proposal the percentage of redistricted kids going from Holmes to Justice would be minuscule.

I’ve no doubt this was a last-minute effort to satisfy Ricardy Anderson’s repeated requests to bring down the enrollment at Glasgow.  Glasgow has a big building, so it’s not as overcrowded in percentage terms as some other schools, but most agree it’s too many MS kids in one place.  But the proposal - turning Holmes into a three-way split feeder to Annandale, Edison, and Justice where only 5% of the kids go to Justice - is a terrible idea.  At a minimum they need to consider moving those kids to Annandale as well.

This process has been so poorly managed it’s almost unbelievable. 
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