Anonymous wrote:I was on KG grounds just last evening.

There are TWO (2) new temporary trailers parked on the athletic fields, ready to be installed.

When my kids were there in 2021, DS’s teacher suffered chronic respiratory illness in a trailer (which is still there). Turns out the trailer was full of black mold, which isn’t surprising because they are supposed to be used for a year or two ( ie temporarily), but it had been there for over 7 years!

The current School Board views McLean as “privileged” so they won’t spend one penny more than they absolutely must on Kent Gardens. Same goes for dilapidated McLean High School.

If only there were an election coming up for a new school board . . .

Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY2022-23ElementarySchoolBoundaries.pdf the children zoned for KG that are south of Kirby are on the same block as haycock. it is ridiculous. they could go down and walk on the sidewalk (never leaving the block!) to get to haycock, but instead need to be bussed or dropped off, as they are too far and have to cross 2 major roads.

students north of chain bridge do not need to attend Kent gardens.

there are also students zoned for Franklin Sherman that should attend Churchill.

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Anonymous wrote:It should be rezoned. There are kids zoned for KGES that live on the same block as Haycock. It's crazy.


Nobody should be crying about getting rezoned to franklin sherman, chesterbrook, haycock. It will be easier and better for everyone if the zoning is recalibrated. All of these schools are in the pyramid and are all equally as good if not better than KG. Part of the zoning for KG should go to Churchill, which is Langley district. Boo hoo it will raise their property values.

While they are at it, they should fix the dumb Churchill/Spring Hill zoning.

We are a Churchill family. We used to get a lot of Kent gardens kids for AAP but not since Cooper also became an AAP center. If I were a KG parent, I would not want to send my kid to Churchill to be one of few kids who don’t go to Cooper/Langley and go to Longfellow/McLean instead. I’m sure keeping all the AAP kids did not help KG overcrowding.

I do think there could be some boundary fixing between Spring Hil, Churchill, Franklin Sherman and Kent Gardens.

Anonymous wrote:It should be rezoned. There are kids zoned for KGES that live on the same block as Haycock. It's crazy.


Nobody should be crying about getting rezoned to franklin sherman, chesterbrook, haycock. It will be easier and better for everyone if the zoning is recalibrated. All of these schools are in the pyramid and are all equally as good if not better than KG. Part of the zoning for KG should go to Churchill, which is Langley district. Boo hoo it will raise their property values.

While they are at it, they should fix the dumb Churchill/Spring Hill zoning.

Anonymous wrote:Rezoning is always a hard sell. Even between highly rated schools. Families have multiple kids, they don’t want to have them at different schools. People develop relationships with principals, teachers, and staff. People live in communities that support them and when parts of that community gets switched to another school, it does change the dynamics of the community for many years.

I’m not saying it’s not the right choice in a lot of cases, but I think people should try to understand and be sympathetic instead of just saying there shouldn’t be a discussion.

Anonymous wrote:Rezoning is always a hard sell. Even between highly rated schools. Families have multiple kids, they don’t want to have them at different schools. People develop relationships with principals, teachers, and staff. People live in communities that support them and when parts of that community gets switched to another school, it does change the dynamics of the community for many years.

I’m not saying it’s not the right choice in a lot of cases, but I think people should try to understand and be sympathetic instead of just saying there shouldn’t be a discussion.

Anonymous wrote:The school guard should never have ceded the old Lewisville school property to the county programs. Redoing and reopening it would be hugely beneficial now. It could get back its old district that KG now had snd could absorb some of Tyson’s anticipated growth.

Anonymous wrote:Just be happy that your school is actually getting the rezoning. Ours is just getting a new school nobody asked for or needs in 8-10 years.

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Anonymous wrote:How many children are in French Immersion? If they moved that to an under crowded school, would that solve the problem?

According to a county map I saw a while back, the KGES district has the highest concentration of French speakers of anywhere in the county. I’m sure some moved into the area due to the FI program.