Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:53
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
McLean to Marshall and Langley
Marshall to Falls Church
Falls Church to Madison.
Some Madison to Langley
Some of these areas are obvious
Marshall to Falls Church
Falls Church to Madison.
Some Madison to Langley
Some of these areas are obvious
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:45
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
I thought there was still a Woodson attendance island out by Wegman's in Fairfax?
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:42
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
I feel like the boundaries for Frost, Robinson, Lake Braddock could be improved.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:40
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
So which middle school(s) are you going to close or which high school are you going to overcrowd? There are 23 middle schools and 22 high schools (along with the 3 secondary schools), and one of those high schools draws from all over the county (TJ).
It would easy to eliminate attendance islands by in some cases redrawing boundaries to attach the island to the core attendance area, but then some people would scream bloody murder if they were redistricted.
If it were easy to create true pyramids it would have been done already.
I think there is a misunderstanding. Multiple elementary schools should be able to feed into one middle school. Multiple middle schools can feed into one high school, if required. But my point is that you should not have a situation where a non AAP ES is sending students to three different non AAP MS. Even an AAP ES should not be sending students to multiple AAP MS.
eliminating centers solves that one pretty easily
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:38
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
So which middle school(s) are you going to close or which high school are you going to overcrowd? There are 23 middle schools and 22 high schools (along with the 3 secondary schools), and one of those high schools draws from all over the county (TJ).
It would easy to eliminate attendance islands by in some cases redrawing boundaries to attach the island to the core attendance area, but then some people would scream bloody murder if they were redistricted.
If it were easy to create true pyramids it would have been done already.
I think there is a misunderstanding. Multiple elementary schools should be able to feed into one middle school. Multiple middle schools can feed into one high school, if required. But my point is that you should not have a situation where a non AAP ES is sending students to three different non AAP MS. Even an AAP ES should not be sending students to multiple AAP MS.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:37
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
I’d open more schools and make them all smaller. Better education that way. But that’s a pipe dream because of taxes.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:24
Subject: Re:How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
I don't think they should make changes that result in middle and high schools with huge differences in enrollment. They need to be within a certain range for each school to offer similar courses and opportunities. It is less of a concern at the elementary school level.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:11
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The schools along Rte 50 inside the beltway's attendance boundaries are a clusterf_ck - I'm talking Graham Rd, Pine Spring, Beech Tree. And then there's Timberlane - a random school half zoned to McLean - in the middle of all that, and Shrevewood which is very overcrowded. Such a mess.
Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.
Stenwood is going to have its boundaries substantially changed when Frisch's Dunn Loring project is finished. Part of Shrevewood will finally move to Stenwood, and much of Stenwood (and part of Freedom Hill) will end up at Dunn Loring.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:08
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:The schools along Rte 50 inside the beltway's attendance boundaries are a clusterf_ck - I'm talking Graham Rd, Pine Spring, Beech Tree. And then there's Timberlane - a random school half zoned to McLean - in the middle of all that, and Shrevewood which is very overcrowded. Such a mess.
Proximity to other jurisdictions with either their own schools (Falls Church City) or a requirement that all kids within the jurisdiction attend certain FCPS schools (Fairfax City) complicates the boundaries.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 11:05
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
So which middle school(s) are you going to close or which high school are you going to overcrowd? There are 23 middle schools and 22 high schools (along with the 3 secondary schools), and one of those high schools draws from all over the county (TJ).
It would easy to eliminate attendance islands by in some cases redrawing boundaries to attach the island to the core attendance area, but then some people would scream bloody murder if they were redistricted.
If it were easy to create true pyramids it would have been done already.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 10:59
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:The schools along Rte 50 inside the beltway's attendance boundaries are a clusterf_ck - I'm talking Graham Rd, Pine Spring, Beech Tree. And then there's Timberlane - a random school half zoned to McLean - in the middle of all that, and Shrevewood which is very overcrowded. Such a mess.
Yup, and the Stenwood parents continue to fight allowing kids who are closer to Stenwood than Shrevewood attend. It's absurd.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 10:58
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
The schools along Rte 50 inside the beltway's attendance boundaries are a clusterf_ck - I'm talking Graham Rd, Pine Spring, Beech Tree. And then there's Timberlane - a random school half zoned to McLean - in the middle of all that, and Shrevewood which is very overcrowded. Such a mess.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 10:24
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
I would have to look at population densities of school age children in addition to weirdness like islands and split feeders to redraw maps for the county's schools. Since I'm not about to spend the next week digging into all that, I'll have to pass.
Generally I would prioritize keeping neighborhoods together, avoiding islands and not having split feeders.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 10:19
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Anonymous wrote:Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
I'm stuck in an attendance island. It's frustrating to drive past a closer school to get to my kids' assigned one.
Anonymous
10/04/2021 10:02
Subject: How would you change the FCPS boundary maps?
Given that these are the boundary maps for FCPS:
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.
High School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries_0.pdf
Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
AAP Middle School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Middle%20Schools%20by%20Middle%20School.pdf
AAP Elementary School - https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20Elementary%20Schools.pdf
What would you change about them? I would eliminate attendance islands for any school. As an example, I would make the tendril in Woodson High School part of Fairfax High School so that the Fairfax High School region is connected. I would also get rid of split feeders as much as possible. Everyone from one elementary school should go to the same middle school and everybody from one middle school should go to the same high school. Of course AAP complicates things, but I still think one AAP elementary school should feed into one AAP middle school.