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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If you have the space, why not share it to make the lives of those 90 kids a bit easier.
It sounds like Haycock wants to take it all and not give an inch.

Is it your view that the current overcrowding at Haycock does not need to be addressed before next year? Nothing has gone horribly wrong yet so let's just keep adding more kids?

Timber Lane is a land unknown. It is a bit of a cluster 1 island in that its boundaries do not touch other cluster 1 boundaries. It is also a split feeder with Luther Jackson MS and Falls Church HS. I expect the entire school will be shifted to Jackson and Falls Church in the coming years as the McLean schools become more and more crowded.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If the school is renovated, and still does not have sufficient capacity, FCPS can adjust the Haycock/Kent Gardens/Franklin Sherman boundaries. They are all fine schools, and revising the boundaries of schools that are all within the McLean pyramid is unlikely to give rise to the same angst that has occurred here.

But that does not support broader grandfathering now or turning Haycock into an 1,100-student megaschool.

Haycock is more likely to shift students to Lemon Road or Shrevewood. Those schools are closer than Kent Gardens or Franklin Sherman.

Or Timberlane. Timberlane abuts the Haycock boundaries and feeds int Longfellow and McLean, just like Haycock does.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If you have the space, why not share it to make the lives of those 90 kids a bit easier.
It sounds like Haycock wants to take it all and not give an inch.

The school with the space right now is Lemon Road, and making use of it is intended to make the lives of a lot of kids and teachers a bit easier.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If the school is renovated, and still does not have sufficient capacity, FCPS can adjust the Haycock/Kent Gardens/Franklin Sherman boundaries. They are all fine schools, and revising the boundaries of schools that are all within the McLean pyramid is unlikely to give rise to the same angst that has occurred here.

But that does not support broader grandfathering now or turning Haycock into an 1,100-student megaschool.

Haycock is more likely to shift students to Lemon Road or Shrevewood. Those schools are closer than Kent Gardens or Franklin Sherman.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If the school is renovated, and still does not have sufficient capacity, FCPS can adjust the Haycock/Kent Gardens/Franklin Sherman boundaries. They are all fine schools, and revising the boundaries of schools that are all within the McLean pyramid is unlikely to give rise to the same angst that has occurred here.

But that does not support broader grandfathering now or turning Haycock into an 1,100-student megaschool.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

If you have the space, why not share it to make the lives of those 90 kids a bit easier.
It sounds like Haycock wants to take it all and not give an inch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

Agreed. So how does grandfathering help Haycock fit better?

Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

Whether one or 200 parents share that sentiment, Janie will not allow the Haycock renovation to be delayed any longer. I think that she honestly believes that there's too much risk associated with doing so, and that breaking ground on the renovation ASAP is what most of her constituents want. If the property can be rezoned simultaneously, so much the better.

The school board should not delay the renovation. Haycock has waited for decades for a renovation. Delaying the renovation would take Haycock out of their current place in the line, with no promise of when a renovation would occur in the future. Also, the school should not be re-zoned. The new school will accommodate around 800 students, which is still a large school. Ms. Strauss noted at the October renovation meeting that large elementary schools do not provide the best learning environment for young students. The school board should continue to find ways to equalize the enrollment of Haycock with the many local elementary schools that have much lower enrollments. Reducing the size of the AAP community at Haycock is an appropriate way to achieve this goal.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Haycock will not fit in the planned school building, and will still need trailers.

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Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

That could significantly increase the cost of the renovation as building costs are reltively low right now. Plus, the facility is in dire need of something.

A year or two won't make a huge difference. The families and the school are more important. If they do the renovation now using the current plans, Haycock will always be overcrowded, and the only alternative will be to eliminate the center altogether or redraw the boundaries.

Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

This statement discounts entirely that Haycock is overcrowded

Anonymous wrote:The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.

That could significantly increase the cost of the renovation as building costs are reltively low right now. Plus, the facility is in dire need of something.

The school board needs to delay the Haycock renovation. That would allow for grandfathering, re-zoning, and a new plan for renovation and expansion that actually meets the schools needs.