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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of those on here that are against this move will be at the hearing on the 22nd when this will be voted on?  Raise your hands please..[/quote]

Not living in the area, I may not show up. I know the school board has read these threads and have talked to them personally about the issues. I have also talked to facilities. It's their responsibility to make a sound decision. I do not feel obligated to show up just to make sure they do the right thing. I cannot show up to every hearing and it is not my responsibility. What if I was sick or had an obligation? These are the people we elected. The responsibility is on their shoulders.[/quote]

But you are not the only one carrying the weight of the opposition on your shoulders, pp (or are you?).  I thought there were a few hundred based on the length of this thread.

While I get your point about the county needing to worry about this vs us, they cannot make any decisions if they have to worry about 3rd and 4th order consequences of every decision.

The issue they are addressing is overcrowding at LJ.  
Potential solutions - Move kids to Thoreau (which has overcapacity).  I'm sure parents were involved in pushing for this solution (OES and the other two schools).   
Move kids to Poe - Where are the parents asking for this?  If not them, who else will?   You will not find OES parents asking for this.  In fact, if someone had proposed this, they would have vehemently shot it down because the school is just too far away!

I don't think it's fair for someone to pontificate on this when they are not personally involved.

One Fairfax is specifically set up so that people aren't just looking out for their own interest, but those of the entire County. I really can't say whether this proposal meets One Fairfax because I haven't seen any data analyzing it. So what would I argue about other than the lack of data? FCPS is supposed to listen to constituents but make decisions based on the entire county. Of course even though I'm not directed affected by the move, I'm indirectly affected by schools that have very high FARMS rates and low achievement rates. We have some schools that are on the brink of the state getting involved. Those schools are pulling resources from other schools. We do live nearby to these schools and they will affect me, but either way, I expect FCPS to adhere to their own policies for the betterment of the entire county. FYI, I've only posted a couple of times here. There are others that see issues. But this was why One Fairfax was created. To have an overarching policy that super-ceded whatever individual request was made.

Other issues you and other bring up such as :LJ will become a "poor people" school, performance will decrease, property values will decrease, etc are second/third order issues that FCPS just doesn't have the mental bandwidth/capacity/ability to address.  Once you bring those issues in you will not be able to change anything.[/quote][/quote]

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