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Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

The Crossfield screamers are the worst. And yes, I'm a Crossfield parent and would love for my kid to go to the new high school.

Meren attempts to run blockades on anything that benefits schools other than her South Lakes pyramid. If she had any sense she'd go after the Westbriar/IB Marshall island for Sunrise Valley. The 10 moved to Colvin Run lived off Route 7 and were already Cooper/Langley [fact FFM rep didn't know or couldn't figure out independently.] Plus could pick up some other Colvin Run/Langley and top of the odd Oakton ES feed. Replacement products for changes of Fox Mill 100% or a new Fox Mill after appropriate boundary changes with Crossfield.

Maybe the level of screamers is why FCPS stuck the non contiguous boundary schools Oakton and Langley at the same meeting. Then you have the Timber Lane Mclean screamers. Mclean is still in dire straits and that crew would move Chesterbrook to Langley to keep Mclean. Better scoping on elementary boundaries and middle/high school feeds would have solved many issues but Thru and Reid didn't do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

The Crossfield screamers are the worst. And yes, I'm a Crossfield parent and would love for my kid to go to the new high school.

Meren attempts to run blockades on anything that benefits schools other than her South Lakes pyramid. If she had any sense she'd go after the Westbriar/IB Marshall island for Sunrise Valley. The 10 moved to Colvin Run lived off Route 7 and were already Cooper/Langley [fact FFM rep didn't know or couldn't figure out independently.] Plus could pick up some other Colvin Run/Langley and top of the odd Oakton ES feed. Replacement products for changes of Fox Mill 100% or a new Fox Mill after appropriate boundary changes with Crossfield.

Maybe the level of screamers is why FCPS stuck the non contiguous boundary schools Oakton and Langley at the same meeting. Then you have the Timber Lane Mclean screamers. Mclean is still in dire straits and that crew would move Chesterbrook to Langley to keep Mclean. Better scoping on elementary boundaries and middle/high school feeds would have solved many issues but Thru and Reid didn't do that.

No one at Timber Lane has ever suggested moving Chesterbrook from McLean to Langley. No one. All they asked for was to stay at McLean, and it appears that FCPS will make the sensible decision to move the Spring Hill kids at McLean to Langley instead, which will eliminate the split feeder there and finally assign a portion of Tysons to Langley.

That was Janie Strauss’s original plan back in 2018 after Langley was expanded to almost 2400 seats but it was delayed, first because the School Board was already toying with the idea of a county-wide review and then because Elaine Tholen blocked it to appease her Great Falls neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

The Crossfield screamers are the worst. And yes, I'm a Crossfield parent and would love for my kid to go to the new high school.

Meren attempts to run blockades on anything that benefits schools other than her South Lakes pyramid. If she had any sense she'd go after the Westbriar/IB Marshall island for Sunrise Valley. The 10 moved to Colvin Run lived off Route 7 and were already Cooper/Langley [fact FFM rep didn't know or couldn't figure out independently.] Plus could pick up some other Colvin Run/Langley and top of the odd Oakton ES feed. Replacement products for changes of Fox Mill 100% or a new Fox Mill after appropriate boundary changes with Crossfield.

Maybe the level of screamers is why FCPS stuck the non contiguous boundary schools Oakton and Langley at the same meeting. Then you have the Timber Lane Mclean screamers. Mclean is still in dire straits and that crew would move Chesterbrook to Langley to keep Mclean. Better scoping on elementary boundaries and middle/high school feeds would have solved many issues but Thru and Reid didn't do that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

The Crossfield screamers are the worst. And yes, I'm a Crossfield parent and would love for my kid to go to the new high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

The Crossfield screamers are the worst. And yes, I'm a Crossfield parent and would love for my kid to go to the new high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

Meren sent and email out that said that the school wouldn’t open next year and then backtracked in her FB comments to say that she meant that the first year would be opt in. She is doing her damndest to stop this. Fox Mill parent here, just to be transparent. I think that there is pressure from SLHS families to keep Floris and Fox Millat SLHS. I think that there are a good number of fox Mill families writing her that they want to move, but I know not everyone does. I think the loud screams to not move Crossfield are creating a scenario where Fox Mill moves and Meren knows that she has constituents that won’t be happy with that. She also has pressure to not allow the Vienna folks from being moved to a different HS. I suspect that she knows that she is losing one, if not both, of those arguments.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

The following opt-in language was apparently added last night (that’s why they had to suspend the 48 hour notification requirement):

and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
For SY26-27. Grades 9 and 10 will be opt-in;
for SY27-28, grades 9, 10, and 11 will be opt-out;
and for SY28-29, grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be firm boundary.

Meren was furious about this last minute change and wanted to strike them out. Her motion failed. Instead they decided to remove only SY2027 and SY2028 details.

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Anonymous wrote:SB is crashing out while discussing KAA tonight. What a joke

Always great to see so many people I loathe sniping at each other.

Meren got visibly upset.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the traditional school motion passed as expected, but they removed the details about the 2027 and 2028 school years. I tried to watch that part of the meeting to see the discussion, but maybe that part of the meeting was private? It's not on YouTube.
From Board Docs:

Amended Main Motion: I move that the School Board approve Western High School to be a comprehensive high school with traditional boundaries, that includes a special programming pathway option, and the following enrollment plan will be implemented:
2026-2027 Grades 9 and 10 opt-in.

Motion by Seema Dixit, second by Karl V Frisch.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yes: Karl V Frisch, Marcia St John-Cunning, Sandy B Anderson - Chair, Seema Dixit, Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Mateo Dunne, Ilryong Moon
No: Melanie K Meren, Ryan McElveen, Ricardy J Anderson
Abstain: Robyn Lady - Vice Chair

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SB is crashing out while discussing KAA tonight. What a joke

Always great to see so many people I loathe sniping at each other.

Anonymous wrote:I really hope they don’t use the opt in/opt out data for next year to draw the boundaries. That would be really stupid. The cohort of families who has to decide for the next two years is likely to have completely different concerns than families who won’t have a high schooler until after that time when things are built out.

Anonymous wrote:SB is crashing out while discussing KAA tonight. What a joke

Anonymous wrote:I am trying to think of it's possible to f up a school opening in more ways. My personal favorite is asking kids to opt-in before boundaries are set such that they may have to hitchhike to ninth grade while all their friends head off in another direction for their base school.

I also admire the 7-part detailed school naming process when there are no teachers, curriculum, or for that matter, students, assigned.

There is something to be said for suggesting it be a cutting-edge AI and Engineering sub-school and never mentioning it again. Intrigue!

Don't discount extreme crowding relief at local HS with a sharp 6-year plan to migrate students. Children in ELEMENTARY school can still decide what high school they will attend for 4 years, 3 years from now. Delightful!

Did I mention, we are all in on the NAMING?

And of course, who won't fondly remember all of the community meetings of Oakton parents ready to sell their souls for an Oakton-logo hoodie and rambling on endlessly about their years of "Oakton Sports Readiness". It reminds me when my oldest was about 10, I printed off a list of the top 10 careers and everyone one of my kids knows what is what in that regard (and no, Oakton sports star is not on the list), always good to see a community of mostly middle agers getting to relive their high school glory though their kids high school sports. Heaven forbid an objective rational decision be made about proximity and boundaries. That would be no fun because in honesty, zero parent input is required for that decision.

Then we have the slate of back stabbing double dealing school board members, promising their cohorts all sort of stuff, spilling insider knowledge, working the room they are!

But lets just be glad its not a MAGNET school because Western region parents really enjoy sending their kid on an hour bus ride for a school day that is 1 hour longer than everyone else's making it a 12 hour day for those kids. Thank HEAVENS we aren't so foolish as to give the highly motivated kids a place to excel at a curriculum that meets their abilities. We dodged a bullet there!

I honestly cannot wait for what tomorrow brings because I am not sure this can get more janky, but I am not a disbeliever either. Bring it on, Reid!

Anonymous wrote:This took so long, but the board finally voted that the Western HS will be a comprehensive traditional school with a special program. The opt-in for (at least) the first year.

No more magnet nonsense.