Reply to FCPS Boundary Review Updates

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "FCPS Boundary Review Updates"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://patch.com/virginia/across-va/public-school-enrollment-continues-fall-including-virginia

Pretty soon, FCPS is going to have to decide whether it wants UMC families in the school system.

The school board can have its every five-year boundary change instability or they can retain these families. The trade-off is clear.[/quote]

There are not enough private schools in this area and most people cannot afford the $50,000 price tags, or more, of the majority of schools in this area. The article does not breakdown how many of those kids that are leaving are SPED kids whose parents are dissatisfied with the services offered in the public schools. It also points to kids leaving mainly in MS, where parents are placing kids in private school to avoid the hell that is MS by placing them in smaller MS. Many of those families return their kids to public HS.

They are not going to adjust all the boundaries every 5 years but they will shift to use available space as schools become more crowded and other schools decrease in numbers. Loudoun does this right now and there are not that many complaints. They need to open new schools because of growth, maybe that explains the lack of complaint, but I have friends whose kids have changed schools in ES and HS.

[/quote]
Arlington regularly shifts boundaries too. If you want to guarantee your pyramid, buy in FCC or the City of Fairfax. [/quote]

Arlington's lack of stable boyndaries is a big reason why many people but in FCPS instead of Arlington, and why many families mive frim Arlington to Fairfax County when their kids hit school age.

Every new neighbor who has moved into our neighborhood from Arlington did so specifically for the schools. 
[/quote]

A good number of people move to FCPS from Arlington because they want access to AAP, the gifted program in Arlington is not robust, or they want better MS and HS options then they have in Arlington. Or they are coming from South Arlington where the schools are not as strong. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics