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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the Poster referencing Keene Mill - you do realize Keene Mill is right next to Irving - literally, and much closer to WSHS then some of the other neighborhoods. They also want to rezone neighborhoods further back in cardinal forest to Keene mill. Again these neighborhoods are way closer to irving than other neighborhoods so stop bringing up how Keene Mill is closer to Lewis. Its way more closer to Irving and WSHS. What the board needs to do is do the residency checks and be serious about them and have legal punishments for parents who submit false paperwork showing false addresses. Otherwise those of us who play by the rules will continue to play by the rules but those that dont and have no problem lying really dont seem to care that they lie and get away with it..[/quote]

The board definitely needs to get serious about residency checks before even one neighborhood gets moved out of WSHS.  They can easily do them when a child is submitting their vaccinations before entering Irving.  Have parents go through the same checking process (show a bill, etc) that they did when they first registered (usually at the elementary level).  Do it again when they transition from Irving to WHSH.  It is not that hard! [/quote]

100% agree.

This is where the fight nedds to be at WSHS.

[b]I am the poster who mentioned KM being the closest.  Those people need to stop talking about the nearby under enrolled high school needing WSHS kids rezoned to it, and start joining the other half of WSHS that is advocating for residency checks.[/quote][/b]

Daventry families should espcially take note.  They are laying low right now because they have not been mentioned on any maps.  But there are certain school board members bringing them up in other neighborhood discussions for "next time."  Based on the debates on the facebook pages - elementary schools seem to be a hot topic, but the over arching support of  residecy checks at the 7th and 9th grade years should be on the forefront, because even neighborhoods who think they are safe, may not be as secure as they assume. [/quote]

Well, Daventry should never have been added to Irving/WSHS. It was made abundantly clear when that area was developed that there was NOT room at WSHS for them and that they would go to WSES/Key/Lewis. I don't know the politics behind what happened when they got moved to WSHS in the 2010s. But I think they should be first out if WSHS remains overcrowded AFTER residency checks. They could avoid creating a split feeder issue at WS elementary if they moved Daventry to Garfield ES/Key/Lewis. I believe Garfield is at about 75% capacity. That is the real solution (again IF they do residency checks and it doesn't relieve the overcrowding). I'm baffled that it wasn't suggested. [/quote]

Daventry went to WSES/Irving/Lee (now Lewis)

Daventry never went to Key.

If Daventry could do the Irving > Lewis/Lee split feeder path, then parts of or all of Keene Mill could do the Irving > Lewis split feeder path since they are the closest WSHS neighborhoods to Lewis, closer to Lewis than Daventry, and much closer than Rolling Valley SPA 8922 as well as much closer than HV Gambrill.

Again, I don't think that any schools should be rezoned out of WSHS until the current 9th-12th graders graduate and we see if the much, much smaller 5th-8th grade classes result in smaller enrollment as all the numbers indicate, or increased enrollment like FCPS CIP predicts.  The 8th grade and below are on a steady path down for that pyramid, but the FCPS predictions show a big increase in enrollment at WSHS.  Something is not right at WSHS because the math is not making sense.  2-4 more years will either prove FCPS right or prove them wrong.

But no matter what, WSHS needs a full residency check before getting rezoned.  If FCPS doesn't want to check the whole school, start with just the rising 9th graders.

Keene Mill parents posting here, start fighting with the Sangster, Hunt Valley and Shannon Station families for a full residency check at WSHS.  Work with those families, instead of pushing for neighborhoods much farther away from Lewis than Keene Mill to drive past you to get rezoned to Lewis.[/quote]

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