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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is that if they grandfather but don’t provide transportation they are going to have even less of a handle on future enrollment numbers.  They could end up with situations where students are rezoned from School A to School B, and from School B to School C, and the enrollment at School B spikes because the kids moved from School A can’t arrange for transportation so move to School B but the kids moved to School C can and therefore remain at School B.

Their ability to forecast enrollments already is poor and they could be introducing even more uncertainty.  Conversely, if they limited boundary changes to those situations that are truly necessary, phased in the changes, but provided transportation to grandfathered students, they’d be able to forecast more accurately.

The ability of this School Board to make a total hash of things seems endless. 
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The kids grandfathered are kids who currently attend the high school.  This affects 3 grades worth of high school students for any given rezoning.

What you are describing is not hoing to happen.  It is not going to spike enrollment.   It will just maintain status quo for one year, then a gradual decrease in enrollment over the next 2 years as each grade graduates.[/quote]

+1 I am fine with this plan, even if it means my kids will attend different high schools their freshman/senior years (the only year they would be together in high school). I am willing to compromise that to help others and to balance out schools.  It just isn’t as impactful this way because the kids won’t be the ones paying the price by transferring in the middle of high school.

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You’re simply wrong.  That’s not what it means.  You could get a sibling pupil placement regardless of whether there is grandfathering, but grandfathering without transportation means some kids will be able to stay at their current schools and others will not be able to make arrangements to do so.  I don’t know if you’re misinformed or selfish, but you’re misrepresenting the advantages and disadvantages of what they may have in mind.  You’re enabling them to push through changes that may well be unnecessary because you personally can find a work-around.  [/quote]

You keep attacking people who see this as a step in the right direction and a positive thing for all of Fairfax families,  not just for this specific rezoning but for every rezoning in the future.

Every time you attack your neighbors over this positive first step, questioning their intellect, ability to discern, their motivations, calling them misinformed and selfish, you lose people from your side.

You are dividing and conquering far more effectively than any school board action.[/quote]

It seems like you’ve squished a whole bunch of posters into one theoretical boogeyman poster.

Don’t defend the school board for the unnecessary boundary changes. And try to keep us all straight.[/quote]

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