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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] So what’s the prediction on what will happen with redistricting?[/quote]

The straightforward route would be for the area west of the beltway (Dunn Loring) to switch to Stenwood, and then the northern half of Stenwood's area goes to Freedom Hill.  I have no idea whether the northern Stenwood families would raise enough of a major stick to avoid going to Freedom Hill.

In theory, you could also take the area along Idlywood north of 66 and send that to Lemon Road, and then some of Lemon Road goes up to Westgate, but that looks less straightforward and I don't know if it would be enough kids out of Shrevewood.

The real problem here is that any boundary adjustment is going to have to include at least 2 other elementary schools since Shrevewood is surrounded by schools that are projected to be at or above capacity for the long haul.  (Stenwood 97%, Lemon Road 96%, Timber Lane 94%, Pine Spring 117%, Fairhill 108%, all from pg 88).[/quote]

Couldn't they do it piecemeal to spread the kids out and have it make more sense when looking at a map?  The Dunn Loring apartments go to Stenwood.  The townhomes/SFHs behind the golf course/funeral home go to Timber Lane.  Some of the houses between Shreve and West go to Timber Lane (we have friends at Shrevewood whose next door neighbors go to Timber Lane). The apartments and SFHs off of Pimmit near the Whole Foods go to Lemon Road.  All of those schools are physically closer to those neighborhoods than Shrevewood.[/quote]

I thought about that too, but part of that is also the bus situation.

If you are only moving the Dunn Loring apartments to Stenwood, but leaving the rest of the area west of the Beltway to Shrevewood, then that probably requires another bus route.

Same problem applies when you move the golf course/Hyson Ln. houses and townhouses to Timber Lane, but leave the apartment buildings next to the cemetery as a feeder to Shrevewood.

The Westwood Park/Poplar Heights neighborhood between Shrevewood and Timber Lane is already split, and even if you move the boundary a bit (Tower St.) that is probably just a handful of kids.  You can't really take Allan or those parts of Fairwood since they literally border the Shrevewood property.

The Whole Foods area is possible because it is already split up.  The taller towers (Eaves/Idylwood) currently go to Shrevewood, and the garden apartments behind Whole Foods are split between Lemon Road and Freedom Hill.

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