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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, parents successfully bullied the SB into letting go of changing anything, right?[/quote]
It was heroic parents standing up for kids in the face of bully Sandy and the rest of the school board goons.

These parents saved a lot of kids. I wish they could’ve protected them all, and my heart aches for the kids whose lives are about to be upended by boundary changes without any justification.[/quote]

Some of our kids are so screwed if they ever face any real adversary. I swear, some of you are so over the top with your pronouncement of doom and gloom because people move schools. It is not ideal but it is not the end of the world. [/quote]

DP.  If you are going to defend this you at least ought to be able to demonstrate the necessity.  Otherwise you’re just making excuses for people within FCPS and on the School Board who aren’t very good at their jobs. [/quote]

How is saying that the kids are going to be fine if they move defending anything? You can dislike something and realize that the change still isn't going to have their "lives upended" by changing schools. I have written the school board, attended meetings, and posted on this site why I think this process is wrong. And I still think that the kids who change schools will be fine. [/quote]

We're a Springfield family and we're still not sure if we're going to be moved. It's caused me a lot more anxiety than my daughter. Will my kid be okay if she gets moved? Probably? She's good at making friends and I think she'd be fine. But I know some of her more introverted friends would struggle with being moved. You can't make generalizations about this. Some will be fine, some won't. The broader issue here is that the school board shouldn't just be moving kids around like widgets without a really good reason. For schools that are incredibly overcrowded, yes, some kids should be moved. For schools that are in the 100% to 110ish% capacity bucket, is it worth it, given the demographics of this county, which shows there will be a slow decline of students? Less clear.

Unfortunately, Reid and this school board don't seem to care either way.[/quote]

Ironically, the one school that needed urgent relief (Coates) didn’t get it this year because they wanted to wrap it into the broader comprehensive review.

You can’t make this stuff up.[/quote]

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