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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are interested in boundaries, FCPS posted videos of a work session yesterday on boundaries.

It was inconclusive, with staff suggesting that it proposes to expand overcrowded schools because it can't count on the SB to push through boundary changes that parents would accept. and some SB members like Megan McLaughlin suggesting that the staff needs to provide the SB with a framework for considering boundary changes that recommends what the SB's priorities should be when considering changes (capacity utilization, minimizing commutes, demographic balance, etc).  Elizabeth Schultz expressed concern about boundary changes that were primarily intended to create more racial or economic diversity.

I think Janie Strauss was the only Board member who mentioned specific boundary changes.  Specifically, she said FCPS should not wait too much longer before changing the Langley/McLean/Marshall boundaries.  She appears to favor moving some of the multi-family housing in Tysons to Langley.  FYI for the Herndon poster, she also mentioned FCPS opening an AAP center soon at Herndon MS.  [/quote]

Herndon MS already has a local level IV, critical mass or not. There are typically only 25 Geometry students in 8th. An AAP center won't help. All of its feeders with the exception of the 2 smaller Reston elementaries have over 50% poverty. It needs to mix in the Langley western boundary and send Hutchison to Carson. That would balance things out.[/quote]

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