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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The same Langley posters who complain that FCPS should never offer Russian to all students online as opposed to in-person at their school would also be the first to complain if FCPS ever proposed to move them to another school that didn’t offer Russian.

That’s why more standardized academic options across schools really are a pre-condition to discussing any county-wide changes. FCPS would need to be in a position to say in good faith that students generally will have access to the same courses at every school (the academies complicate matters, but not as much as currently having both AP and IB schools and different in-person foreign language options).

If that’s not feasible, Anderson and her colleagues should stop talking about any type of county-wide boundary review, as it will be a total waste of time and effort. [/quote]

I agree with much of what you wrote, but no one from Langley is "complaining" about anything.  They are simply pointing out that Russian would never be moved online because it is a very popular (and valuable) language to study and has plenty of interest from students at that school.  There would be no issues with moving it online *as well* as continuing to offer it in person.  But really, this is a moot point and another one of those straw man / speculations that has no basis in reality.  Not even sure why it was brought up in the first place as languages aren't even an issue the SB has expressed interest in.[/quote]

Please stop trying to dictate what FCPS-related topics people can discuss. [b] The new SB has definitely expressed interest in a county-wide boundary review[/b] and some of us are previewing some of the specific issues that will make that challenging, including current disparities among schools when it comes to programs and course offerings. 
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I find that hard to believe. When it was posted last fall it was dismissed as pre-election “fear mongering” [/quote]
Go watch the January 25 SB meeting. Throughout that meeting, multiple SB members referenced the staff’s work on revised priorities to inform a county-wide redirecting.  My recollection is that there was one comment about the disparity in course offerings at different schools, although most of the SB comments pertained to overcrowded schools, underutilized capacity, wasteful spending on inefficient busing, etc.[/quote]

Yes, four different SB members referenced the "holistic boundary review" that the SB is currently undertaking, so it is definitely happening.  They first will want to modify Policy 8130 so that they can do more of what they want during the boundary review.  That fell apart when they last tried to amend 8130 back in 2018-2019, but I have no doubt that they will try again.  This was raised by Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Sandy Anderson and Kyle McDaniel at the February 13 Work Session.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BDZRXQ6E59AB[/quote]

The effort didn’t “fall apart.”

They tabled it because the democrat majority didn’t want to lose any seats in the imminent election.[/quote]

That was five years ago.  It fell apart.  But with a 100% Democrat school board they want to take their shot now.  [/quote]

Of course. They were just elected, so if they are going to do it, now is the time.

Hopefully they get cracking and implement new boundaries by fall of 2025[/quote]

If they do it now, the cost democrats in November. That statement is true no matter what year they do it and it's the reason they will never actually do it. [/quote]

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