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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keene mill is not closer to Lewis than it is to irving or WSHS. We are two min away from Irving and WSHS. Same neighborhood. We dont appreciate getting thrown under the bus when we can literally be at all 3 schools way closer than other areas. So why dont you stop targeting us. [/quote]

Keene Mill is equally between WSHS and Lewis by tenths of a mile, and the closest WSHS elementary school to Lewis. Fact.

No one is throwing you under the bus, but if you continue to push that some other farther away neighborhood from "overcrowded" WSHS needs to get rezoned to the "nearby under enrolled high school" because Lewis being under enrolled while WSHS is over capacity is not equitable, at some point, the rest of WSHS is going to start pointing out the obvious, that Keene Mill is the closest school to Lewis, situated almost equally between the 2 high schools, a straight shot down OKM, filled with kids from other high school pyramids due to AAP, and located in the perfect spot to become a split feeder between Irving to Lewis instead of Irving WSHS.  It is also not part of the Springfield magesterial district and currently does not have a school board rep, so the Springfield rep could easily decide to support her voting constituents desire to stay at WSHS and focus on rezoning a neighborhood located much closer to Lewis that does not live in her magisterial district or vote for her.  Rolling Valley, ironically, is in the Springfield district and votes for the Springfield rep, so she should prioritize RV families over KM families if it comes down to it.

Stop pushing for other WSHS neighborhoods to get rezoned to Lewis, especially if you live in the closest neighborhoods to Lewis, closer even than Daventry.

Instead, join those Sangster, HV and Shannon Station neighborhoods to help push for a residency check at WSHS starting in February 2026 when they form next years schedule.  If parents can manage to bring in shot records, then they can manage to bring in a current utility bill, notorized lease, or car tax receipt.  It is not that difficult.   Every other district in northern Virginia, DC and Maryland mange to do this with no difficulty, no fanfare,and minimal time or expense.  There is no escuse for FCPS to not do residenct checks every year, or at least in 7th and 9th grades.

Heck, they could require that the proff of residency be a car tax receipt or a waiver plus your military orders since the only people allowed to not register their car in Virginia are active duty military on orders.  That would kill 2 birds with 1 stone.  I am sure the car tax folks would be overjoyed to collaborate with FCPS on that. ;)

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Your “facts” are wrong.
1- Keene mill is closer to BOTH WSHS and Lake Braddock than Lewis.
2- Many Keene mill kids are walkers to WSHS and almost all are walkers to Irving.
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The Keene Mill neighborhoods along zold Keene Mill Rd are over 5 miles from Lake Braddock.

They are 3 miles from Lewis and 2.5 miles from WSHS, a half mile difference.

They are not within the walk zone to WSHS.

Daventry, by the way, is around 3.5 miles from bothe WSHS and Lewis High School.

The Sangster split feeder and the Shannon Station island are almost equally located between LB and WSHS.  The Hunt Valley area outside the Pkwy are almost equally located between SoCo and WSHS.

The RV SPA 8922 is around 3.5 miles to WSHS, but almost 5 miles to Lewis.

They are farther to Lewis than the neighborhoods along OKM.

This is one of the issues with the WSHS rezoning.  Every home is located with a couple miles of the high school, and the one neighborhood going to Lewis is farther away than both Daventry and the Keene Mill neighborhoods along OKM.  That is why they want to attend WSHS.  They pass by those 2 neighborhoods to get to their midfle and high school.[/quote]

Ohhh, so you are picking the closest HOUSE and calling it the ZONE.  That isn’t really how it works.

From Keene Mill Elementary itself which is mostly centered in the community and on Old Keene Mill to:

WSHS 1.5 miles (meaning a bunch of kids from the community walk to Keene mill, Irving AND West Springfield)

LBHS 3.6 mils

Lewis 3.8 miles

Destroying walk zones as a policy is insane.

And yes, the boundaries here ARE very very compact.  That is why we should all be left alone.[/quote]

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