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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All three of the seriously overcrowded high schools have large Asian populations. It’s another example of the disrespect shown towards that community by the School Board.  Maybe two Asian parents will step up to challenge Pekarsky and Tholen. [/quote]

Frankly, I'm reasonably certain that the Asian population at those schools would be the first group to vehemently oppose any feasible solutions that would reduce overcrowding. For example, Herndon and Westfield are sitting at 93%. It would be reasonable to change some boundaries around Centreville and Chantilly so that Herndon and Westfield hit about 105% capacity which seems to be a fully acceptable over-enrollment rate. But, of course, you'll get very vocal opposition to that.

Generally these families (not only Asians specifically anymore) have made it clear they would much prefer to stay at an overcrowded school than go to a less crowded "bad" school. What they really want are renovations and expansions so that they can stay at their preferred school, while demanding reduced class sizes, while all of us other taxpayers foot the bill for their gargantuan private-esque school.
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FCPS sends out two mailings a year with mail return in order to try to catch boundary cheaters.  It works if you've sold your house and moved somewhere, but it doesn't work to catch the people that are using a family member's address. 
What makes a school "gargantuan private-esque"?

If "gargantuan" is an issue, someone should have stepped in before Corbett Sanders was allowed to gobble up money to build West Potomac out to 3000 seats.

If "private-esque" is an issue, you might want to start by looking at Langley's demographics and Tholen's recent cherry-picking of single-family McLean neighborhoods (but no Tysons apartments).

Otherwise, I think they need to do something for Centreville, Chantilly, and McLean sooner rather than later. [b] As for the western HS, if it were an AP school, and it wasn't drawing primarily from the poorest areas now assigned to Herndon and South Lakes, people would be more receptive to rezoning[/b].  There are plenty of Asian families in Loudoun and they have accepted the frequent redistricting there as new schools were built.

The problem is the School Board is too political and consumed with the social issues to pay attention to the basics. [/quote]

My point stands. It is understood that rezoning is only amenable to the western population [i]if[/i] certain thresholds for SES and demographics are met at the new school, wheher it's through boundary changes or a brand new building. Hence why I stated that their only acceptable outcome puts them closer to resembling a private school than the FCPS average of 30%  FARMs.

Langley of course already is guilty of this but I leave them out not to derail the conversation. Boundary changes are the easiest, cheapest, and quickest temporary solution for the west. What other solution would you offer to ease Chantilly/Centreville overcrowding [i]right now[/i] and not 10 years from now?[/quote]

Confirm residency of all students before they are allowed to register for classes by requiring a utility bill from within the last 2 months.[/quote][/quote]

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