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Anonymous wrote:Just got a non-answer to my email to my SB member. “Technical issues”, link to map page when they’re available, blah, blah, blah.

Why are they unable to post a
pdf file with maps if they are incompetent technically?

They aren’t unable. They’re unwilling. Tonight’s meeting is going to be ugly.

Anonymous wrote:Just got a non-answer to my email to my SB member. “Technical issues”, link to map page when they’re available, blah, blah, blah.

Why are they unable to post a
pdf file with maps if they are incompetent technically?

Just got a non-answer to my email to my SB member. “Technical issues”, link to map page when they’re available, blah, blah, blah.

Did FCPS get confused and think that the government shutdown applied to them? Where are the maps!!!?!?!

Anonymous wrote:They will maybe just say sorry for the delay, if that, and move on as if nothing happened. Don't expect anything more.

Yep, they will minimize it. It's really unacceptable, but this is where we are.

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

The first step to increase enrollment at Lewis is to do a residenct check at WSHS, followed by making Lewis AP and bringing back the 300 transfers out of lewis.

Same problem at Herndon

How do people transfer out or avoid going to Lewis and Herndon?

IB to AP, language, academy programs (lots of students zoned to Lewis end up at Edison for one of the vocational/academy classes).

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Anonymous wrote:If the tool has issues why couldn’t they post the PDFs?

Because they are completely incompetent

And they are completely indifferent to the fact that families are really anxious to receive this promised information.

At this point, jobs should be lost because of the delay. Completely unacceptable.

If Penn State can fire James Franklin, FCPS can fire Michelle Reid. He has an even bigger buyout clause!

Uninformed. One is funded by public dollars and taxpayers, the other is funded by endowments and alumni donations.

Any buyout of Reid would pale in comparison to the money she’s wasting.

Anonymous wrote:When are the new maps going to be released?

They expect no later than 6:29PM, but will not guarantee.

Anonymous wrote:I literally can not wait to sit on tonight's meeting and hear how they are going to explain themselves.

Reid should announce her resignation tonight. Nothing else is satisfactory after the way they’ve bungled this.

When are the new maps going to be released?

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

The first step to increase enrollment at Lewis is to do a residenct check at WSHS, followed by making Lewis AP and bringing back the 300 transfers out of lewis.

Same problem at Herndon

How do people transfer out or avoid going to Lewis and Herndon?

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/registration/student-transfer-information

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

The first step to increase enrollment at Lewis is to do a residenct check at WSHS, followed by making Lewis AP and bringing back the 300 transfers out of lewis.

Same problem at Herndon

How do people transfer out or avoid going to Lewis and Herndon?

It’s well documented here and other places how to pupil place.

If you want to do it for a school that doesn’t accept transfers and also remain eligible to play sports leverage the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The county has shown they accommodate those without question.

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

Lewis absolutely needs something now that they're at 1540 kids. I had no idea FCPS would let a singular pyramid operate at such a different level than the rest of the county.

Mount Vernon is at 1750. They’re at a crossroads for investing in those pyramids or setting in motion a school closure.

FCPS had a lot of schools between 1200 and 1800 students for years. Enrollments rebounded.

Combining Fort Hunt and Groveton decades ago turned out to be a mistake. It was like combing a Langley with a Lewis and ending up with an Edison instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

The first step to increase enrollment at Lewis is to do a residenct check at WSHS, followed by making Lewis AP and bringing back the 300 transfers out of lewis.

Same problem at Herndon

How do people transfer out or avoid going to Lewis and Herndon?

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Anonymous wrote:Will they move anyone to Lewis?

They should, right? Wasn't part of this exercise adding to underpopulated schools?

Nothing in the scenarios really helps Lewis or it's students in any meaningful way. Ridiculous.

Agree. I hope scenario 4 makes some attempt to help Lewis students (if they won’t just close the school outright).

Help them how? By zoning in other kids who will never go there? Like the 300 or so kids zoned there now who go elsewhere?

If kids are reassigned there, some may pupil place but not all.

Bottom line is that they’ve got to increase enrollment at Lewis. Seems like that could be accomplished by bringing more kids over AND increasing the academic offerings so they are incentivized to stay.

Lewis absolutely needs something now that they're at 1540 kids. I had no idea FCPS would let a singular pyramid operate at such a different level than the rest of the county.

Mount Vernon is at 1750. They’re at a crossroads for investing in those pyramids or setting in motion a school closure.