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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anyone questions the nearly unified community opposition to the boundary review I strongly suggest that you drive through the neighborhood that is getting moved from McLean to falls church high. Pretty much every house has a yard sign opposing the move.[/quote]

All that shows is one neighborhood that should have never been zoned to McLean (it’s far away) being unhappy about the prospect of being moved. It doesn’t say the rest of the FCPS community is opposed to changes.[/quote]

It’s an example of what’s happening across the county at nearly every location with a proposed move. Gatehouse has been getting deluged by angry constituents, and if anyone said otherwise just know they are gaslighting.[/quote]
That’s not the case. We live in an area with a lot of recommended changes and I haven’t seen a single sign. It doesn’t mean the county is unopposed to change, but the outrage at TLES is on a different level. [/quote]

It’s not just Timber Lane not wanting to get moved from McLean to Falls Church.

It’s families at Lemon Road living next door to Marshall not wanting to get moved to McLean.

It’s families at Shrevewood not wanting to see their school turned into a new split feeder to Marshall and McLean.

It’s families at Westgate who live next door to Westgate not wanting to be moved to Franklin Sherman.

It’s Westbriar families wondering why they are being moved from Marshall to Madison, with the Wolf Trap area at Marshall potentially left isolated from the rest of the Marshall attendance area.

There’s a reason why the whole area near the McLean/Marshall boundary is the biggest “hot spot.” The FCPS/Thru proposals affecting those schools were incredibly sloppy and the bigger issue is the lack of attention to the needs of Kilmer MS in the Marshall pyramid and McLean HS. [/quote]

Thru + Reid 's staff did show incredibly sloppy work as seen in the prior post.  Add to it 'forgetting" new Falls Chuch HS capacity and targeting capacity at 105%.  [b]Westgate is closer to Mclean than Lemon Road but there was no boundary change in drafts between those 2 sites. 
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MOCO is similar in scope to FCPS and the way changes in MOCO are happeneing or proposed differs dramatically from FCPS.   Regions are geographic and optional/magnet programs will be geographic.  https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/06/25/mcps-leaning-toward-regional-programming-model/     Nothing like the Marshall in Region 5 with Westfield .

MOCO also has a new schools opening, did a spreadsheet on program transfers for HS.  FCPS does not provide this and the entire junk from Thru ignored program location https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DJVQ56678E2B/$file/Attachment%20D%20SY2025%20Student%20Enrollment%20Countywide%20Programs%20250724.pdf[/quote]

Westgate is 0.8 miles closer to McLean than Lemon Road is, but Lemon Road is 1.0 mile closer to Longfellow than Westgate is.  Westgate is also closer to Kilmer than to Longfellow.

All these schools are close to one another, so proximity really isn't a compelling reason to change established boundaries. [/quote]

Compelling reason is Tysons exists.  Lemon Rd boundary has walkers to Marshall and that alone is a compelling reason.  Kilmer is a range from Westgate of 2.5 to 3.6 miles and Longfellow is about 2.7.  Longfellow has greater capacity than Kilmer so it could be the same situation as Carson:KAA.   ES is a basic 7 years, HS 4, and MS 2.  Walk zone eligible is relevant so skip the MS argument for non walkers to either site. [/quote]

They are addressing Tysons growth by proposing to move the Spring Hill island to Langley.  It doesn't have much relevance to which parts of Lemon Road or Westgate feed to Marshall or McLean.  And there are kids at Lemon Road who can walk or quickly bike to Longfellow.  They neither want nor need to get moved to Kilmer/Marshall, just as those within walking distance of Marshall don't want to get moved to Longfellow/McLean.

Longfellow already is the "same situation" as some hope for Carson relative to KAA, insofar as everyone at Longfellow feeds to McLean.

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