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Anonymous wrote:Hello Everyone:

I will be holding a "Meet & Greet" next Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Dolley Madison Library. Please come, say hello, get to know my stances on various issues, ask questions, challenge me on my responses and help me understand where you are coming from. Let's have an open dialogue. Please let your neighbors and friends, in particular, the ones in McLean who have children in school know about it. I have a link to the event on my facebook page and NextDoor below. Please feel free to forward.

Best;

Ardavan Mobasheri

Candidate for the Fairfax County School Board-Dranesville District

https://www.facebook.com/events/1412507432232946/

https://nextdoor.com/events/3281381/

I cannot attend this event, but thanks for the invitation.

I have been present at other events where you distributed materials that included statements I found problematic:

For Herndon, "Significant expansion and investment in * * * ESL programs": OK, but would that come at the expense of other academic programs, analogous to the wide range of World Languages at Langley, for Herndon students who do not require ESOL services?

For Langley, "Permanently keeping all communities presently mapped into Langley High School in the pyramid." Why should Langley enjoy such protection when you haven't made a similar commitment to Herndon or McLean families? If a new high school is built in western Fairfax, as now planned around 2030, why shouldn't all the school boundaries in that part of the county be reviewed for potential adjustment? Langley was excluded from the scope of the 2008 boundary study that led to adjustments to the boundaries of Chantilly, Madison, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield HS, and the decision to exempt Langley from that study had ripple effects on other schools that did not receive similar protection.

For McLean, "Late PM - Early Evening Courses" and "More online and summer class offerings": Why should McLean students be expected to attend classes in split shifts or take classes online when students at other schools continue to enjoy a traditional learning environment?

For McLean, "Architecturally transforming Mclean High School to be the semi-urban institution that it has turned into": In what sense is McLean a "semi-urban institution"? It sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood of single-family homes, just as Langley does (although Langley is located off a busier road with more traffic).

For Tysons, "The development of an all urban middle and high school for the Tysons area." Where do you see the funding of this secondary school coming from, and what leads you to believe that concentrating those who live in multi-family housing in Tysons in a single secondary school that invariably would have a higher concentration of FARMS students than the other schools in the area is preferable to spreading those students among Langley, McLean and Marshall.

The bottom line is that your proposals appear to stem from a series of stereotypes about current and future schools in Dranesville: Herndon is for ESOL students; McLean is a "semi-urban" school; students in Tysons should be segregated in their own "urban" school: and Langley should be protected as the school for the landed gentry. Maybe that's how people in Great Falls think about the rest of the county, but I'm not sure why anyone zoned for Herndon, McLean, and Marshall should embrace this "Langley First" agenda.

Anonymous wrote:Hello Everyone:

I will be holding a "Meet & Greet" next Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Dolley Madison Library. Please come, say hello, get to know my stances on various issues, ask questions, challenge me on my responses and help me understand where you are coming from. Let's have an open dialogue. Please let your neighbors and friends, in particular, the ones in McLean who have children in school know about it. I have a link to the event on my facebook page and NextDoor below. Please feel free to forward.

Best;

Ardavan Mobasheri

Candidate for the Fairfax County School Board-Dranesville District

https://www.facebook.com/events/1412507432232946/

https://nextdoor.com/events/3281381/

Anonymous wrote:There are also two debates scheduled this month at the McLean Community Center where all the Dranesville candidates for the School Board will be present: one on 10/17 (7 PM) and the other on 10/30 (at 7:30).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s assume this proposal was accepted in its entirety.

We hired a consultant and tasked the consultant to look at boundaries across the county with a primary goal of maximizing use of available facilities.

Let’s further assume that, when changing boundaries is required to achieve that goal, demographic balance should be a relevant consideration along with commuting times and trying to minimize split feeders.

And, finally, let’s assume that, as a result, we still had concentrations of relatively high FARMS schools and low FARMS schools, reflecting the residential housing mix in different areas, but we had more schools closer to the county-wide average and fewer schools at either extreme.

Wouldn’t most people in the county see that as a good outcome, notwithstanding the hysteria of groups like One Great Falls?

It’s a shame that all of the Dranesville candidates are from the Langley district and none is willing to engage in a discussion that others in Herndon and others in the county feel is overdue.

As Sandy Evan's pointed out, if they don't make schools demographically the same, people will start moving.

That makes no sense. She has a middle school in her district with more kids than some high schools.

I think she meant by percentages, not numbers. 6rtr

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s assume this proposal was accepted in its entirety.

We hired a consultant and tasked the consultant to look at boundaries across the county with a primary goal of maximizing use of available facilities.

Let’s further assume that, when changing boundaries is required to achieve that goal, demographic balance should be a relevant consideration along with commuting times and trying to minimize split feeders.

And, finally, let’s assume that, as a result, we still had concentrations of relatively high FARMS schools and low FARMS schools, reflecting the residential housing mix in different areas, but we had more schools closer to the county-wide average and fewer schools at either extreme.

Wouldn’t most people in the county see that as a good outcome, notwithstanding the hysteria of groups like One Great Falls?

It’s a shame that all of the Dranesville candidates are from the Langley district and none is willing to engage in a discussion that others in Herndon and others in the county feel is overdue.

As Sandy Evan's pointed out, if they don't make schools demographically the same, people will start moving.

That makes no sense. She has a middle school in her district with more kids than some high schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Let’s assume this proposal was accepted in its entirety.

We hired a consultant and tasked the consultant to look at boundaries across the county with a primary goal of maximizing use of available facilities.

Let’s further assume that, when changing boundaries is required to achieve that goal, demographic balance should be a relevant consideration along with commuting times and trying to minimize split feeders.and, finally, let’s assume that, as a result, we still had concentrations of relatively high FARMS schools and low FARMS schools, reflecting the residential housing mix in different areas, but we had more schools closer to the county-wide average and fewer schools at either extreme.

Wouldn’t most people in the county see that as a good outcome, notwithstanding the hysteria of groups like One Great Falls?

1. No. Most people want their kids to stay where they are. It doesn't matter which school they go to, most people want to stay put. Go to some meetings about redrawing boundary lines and hear what the parents say. You might be surprised. I went to a meeting years ago for an anticipated redistricting for a new middle school. No one wanted to switch.
2. Have you any idea how disruptive this would be to families across the county? A fruitbasket turnover?
Think about the logistics It would be a mess.
3. And, you still have the issue of schools like Langley and McLean which are so close together and no logical boundary that works for Langley. You still have Oakton and Madison which are also so close together. And, you have all the feeder schools which would also be affected. I'm not as familiar with Springfield schools, but I'm pretty sure there are some there that also have close proximity.
4. Just as an experiment, why don't you try posting your suggestions on here. I'm sure that people could quickly point out the holes.

And, think about it. The Herndon mom who wrote incessantly on these threads with all sorts of plans for Herndon had only one goal: to get the poor kids sent out of Herndon and wealthier kids in. She didn't care about the logistics at all. But, she never suggested that her kid get sent out of Herndon. She was all over the place. She never saw why her favorite suggestion was so impractical--sending Hutchison kids to Langley and Great Falls to Langley.

Let’s assume this proposal was accepted in its entirety.

We hired a consultant and tasked the consultant to look at boundaries across the county with a primary goal of maximizing use of available facilities.

Let’s further assume that, when changing boundaries is required to achieve that goal, demographic balance should be a relevant consideration along with commuting times and trying to minimize split feeders.and, finally, let’s assume that, as a result, we still had concentrations of relatively high FARMS schools and low FARMS schools, reflecting the residential housing mix in different areas, but we had more schools closer to the county-wide average and fewer schools at either extreme.

Wouldn’t most people in the county see that as a good outcome, notwithstanding the hysteria of groups like One Great Falls?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s assume this proposal was accepted in its entirety.

We hired a consultant and tasked the consultant to look at boundaries across the county with a primary goal of maximizing use of available facilities.

Let’s further assume that, when changing boundaries is required to achieve that goal, demographic balance should be a relevant consideration along with commuting times and trying to minimize split feeders.

And, finally, let’s assume that, as a result, we still had concentrations of relatively high FARMS schools and low FARMS schools, reflecting the residential housing mix in different areas, but we had more schools closer to the county-wide average and fewer schools at either extreme.

Wouldn’t most people in the county see that as a good outcome, notwithstanding the hysteria of groups like One Great Falls?

It’s a shame that all of the Dranesville candidates are from the Langley district and none is willing to engage in a discussion that others in Herndon and others in the county feel is overdue.

As Sandy Evan's pointed out, if they don't make schools demographically the same, people will start moving.