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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As far as Janie Strauss is concerned, she always goes with staff--as long as staff protects Langley boundaries.  Go back and read the history of the South Lakes redistricting.  She was careful to keep Langley out of the mix-when several Langley neighborhoods are very close to South Lakes.  She joined Stu Gibson in implying that Floris parents were bigots for wanting to stay at Westfield, meanwhile protecting her Langley corridor at all costs.  Look at the Langley boundaries--the most western parts should be at Herndon and those along route 7 near the toll road should clearly go to South Lakes.
I am not so familiar with Haycock.  Sounds like Schultz was trying to come up with a compromise and not favor one set of parents over the other.  Maybe it wasn't practical--one thing for sure, it would have required some effort on the part of "Staff" and that does not ever suit "Staff".
It's not like Pimmit has never housed students.  Sounds to me like it would be a good use of FCPS property.  And, why are we trying to build more schools when there is FCPS property available?

FCPS has a tradition of favoring certain board members over others.

I'll have to say this for Strauss, she learned something from the last election.  How many constituents of hers are going to Lemon Road?[/quote]

Strauss is smart, works well with Staff, and usually accomplishes what most of her constituents want within the fiscal constraints imposed on FCPS.  It's why she keeps getting reelected, despite representing the district that has the most opinionated and high-maintenance parents in the county.

I am familiar with the South Lakes redistricting.  That was Stu Gibson's baby.  Strauss's constituents at both Herndon and Langley didn't want to be included in the scope of the study, and they were not.  Haycock was even more contentious, but the approach she supported was both logical and supported by most of her constituents at Haycock.  She did her homework and accomplished her goal, working with FCPS staff and Haycock teachers and administrators.  To answer your question, some of her constituents' kids will be reassigned from Haycock to Lemon Road, including some kids zoned for Longfellow/McLean who will now arrive at Longfellow knowing far fewer of their classmates than the Cluster 2 kids moved to Lemon Road will know when they arrive at Kilmer.

The Tysons area is expanding and new schools will be needed eventually, whether at Pimmit Hills or other sites in the area that are not currently up to code and that have been converted to other uses over the years (lewinsville, Dunn Loring).  Be that as it may, Haycock is long due for a renovation, and I suspect relatively few of us would welcome the idea of sending our kids to an annex, while the school's administrators primarily reside in another building under renovation miles away.  It is a tribute to the strength of Haycock's programs, and a reflection of the unhappiness of some parents that their children might be required to attend a different school than their current classmates next year, that the idea interested some parents, but the majority-held view by all consulted was that it was a bad idea.

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