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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Above all else, it’s the arrogance of the school board members that really angers me. They heard from us five years ago when they tried to change boundaries that we don’t want them moved. But throughout the whole process, they continue to ignore public opinion on boundaries.[/quote]

It’s the, “we know best” and “we are hearing from people who want this, trust me”. That gets me. When asked if our board member was hearing from people in our boundary that wanted this, she changed the subject to another neighborhood. Why? Because no one that I’ve come across in our small pocket wants this unnecessary change. We aren’t the only neighborhood in her constituency with a similar response. [/quote]

They haven’t even identified the problem they are trying to solve by redistricting.

What is their WHY? [/quote]

I'm one of the frequent WSHS posters and I'm not against the idea of boundary change. But you need to be targeted and solving an actual problem, like the Coates situation. The community needs to be behind the change and there needs to be liberal "phasing" (i.e. grandfathering) for families. That's what they've done in the past and despite their whole "we haven't changed boundaries in 40 years" spiel, they have changed boundaries for schools. Many times. This whole process seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Whatever their original intent was (moving kids so they could find space for universal pre-K; moving kids to even out FARMS rates), they've stepped back from that in the light of intense community pushback. The question is what they'll end up proposing. [/quote]

FCPS also needs to confirm residency with utility bulls or leases before rezoning any school[/quote]
This was brought up in a meeting with a SB member & while that member seemed to agree, they also shared that the position to check residency in central office isn’t even a 12 month position. [/quote]

That’s a dumb excuse on their part. They could hire a bunch of temps especially if they offered WFH. Or even if they couldn’t due to security concerns, they could hire some temp folks and let them come in part time during school hours or evenings or weekends. You could get a full residency audit done in a few months. [/quote]

DP.

They won’t do wide-scale residency checks. It’s an open FCPS secret that more poors are committing residency fraud than higher SES. For every loudoun county student caught there’d be several housekeeper’s kids caught.[/quote]

It's not an "open secret" because it's not true. The people committing residency fraud are people whose families have the time and money to transport them to and from school. [/quote]

My kids are at one of the Rt. 1 schools (MVHS and West Potomac pyramids.)  I've heard rumors for years that there are students at every school along the Rt. 1 corridor who actually live in PG county.  The closest elementary school along Rt. 1 is only about 4 miles across the border from MD, so it's not that far.  Our Kiss N Ride line always has several cars with MD plates.  Maybe they are nannies but maybe the rumors are true.[/quote]

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