As a family whose kids go to a middle school whose kids are spread throughout multiple regions, I would like to see better alignment there. My kids' friends are going to go to three different high schools, which is such a bummer.

Anonymous wrote:Woodson, lake Braddock and Robinson should be in the same pyramid. They have a lot of split feeder schools

You mean region, not pyramid, but putting high schools into which split feeder ES or MS feed in the same region has never been a big priority for FCPS.

Woodson, lake Braddock and Robinson should be in the same pyramid. They have a lot of split feeder schools

Anonymous wrote:wow. just wow. of all the things they could have focused upon to change, they picked more administrative overhead. wow.

Amazing isn’t. FCPS used to be a good school system. How the mighty have fallen. Need to get rid of incumbent school board and get a good superintendent.

Anonymous wrote:An idea mentioned a couple months ago from another thread was to allow parents full rights to transfer to any school in their region as they wish. Perhaps each region could have a designated Academy, a designated IB school, a designated language immersion pyramid, etc. That would give some meaningful use to regions. Otherwise regions really have no practical use for the community, it's only an administrative tool.

Woe to the decent school in a region with high poverty schools. Region 3 gets around it now by having all schools with highish poverty rates, but region 2 has some of the poorest and richest schools Marshall and McLean would be over capacity from the second a right of transfer exists.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow. just wow. of all the things they could have focused upon to change, they picked more administrative overhead. wow.

Well, they also gave themselves a 77% pay raise while teachers got 3%...

I thought they settled on a mere 50% raise.

Anonymous wrote:wow. just wow. of all the things they could have focused upon to change, they picked more administrative overhead. wow.

Well, they also gave themselves a 77% pay raise while teachers got 3%...

wow. just wow. of all the things they could have focused upon to change, they picked more administrative overhead. wow.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My suggestions:

Region 1: Herndon, Langley, Madison, South Lakes

Region 2: Falls Church, Justice, Marshall, McLean

Region 3: Annandale, Edison, Hayfield, Lewis, TJ

Region 4: Fairfax, Lake Braddock, Robinson, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac, West Springfield

OR

Region 1: Falls Church, Langley, Marshall, McLean

Region 2: Annandale, Edison, Justice, Lewis, TJ

Region 3: Hayfield, Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac

Region 4: Lake Braddock, Robinson, West Springfield, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Fairfax, Madison, Oakton, South Lakes

Your option 2 list makes the most sense.

The first list assumed FCPS would try to keep schools in their current regions if possible for administrative continuity, recognizing some schools have to move if there’s a new region. The second list focused on grouping schools by relative proximity and/or communities of interest. So, for example, the new Region 1 would include four schools relatively too close to one another and also pairs two schools likely to face overcrowding with two schools likely to have capacity, the new Region 2 pairs TJ with four schools that are also relatively close to one another but on the smaller end, the new Region 5 groups the schools most likely to be affected by Silver Line growth in western Fairfax and/or a new HS if one were ever built, etc.

But it’s just an exercise - who knows what they’ll actually do.

Anonymous wrote:My suggestions:

Region 1: Herndon, Langley, Madison, South Lakes

Region 2: Falls Church, Justice, Marshall, McLean

Region 3: Annandale, Edison, Hayfield, Lewis, TJ

Region 4: Fairfax, Lake Braddock, Robinson, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac, West Springfield

OR

Region 1: Falls Church, Langley, Marshall, McLean

Region 2: Annandale, Edison, Justice, Lewis, TJ

Region 3: Hayfield, Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac

Region 4: Lake Braddock, Robinson, West Springfield, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Fairfax, Madison, Oakton, South Lakes

Your option 2 list makes the most sense.

Where was it mentioned that Region 2 will split?

My suggestions:

Region 1: Herndon, Langley, Madison, South Lakes

Region 2: Falls Church, Justice, Marshall, McLean

Region 3: Annandale, Edison, Hayfield, Lewis, TJ

Region 4: Fairfax, Lake Braddock, Robinson, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac, West Springfield

OR

Region 1: Falls Church, Langley, Marshall, McLean

Region 2: Annandale, Edison, Justice, Lewis, TJ

Region 3: Hayfield, Mount Vernon, South County, West Potomac

Region 4: Lake Braddock, Robinson, West Springfield, Woodson

Region 5: Centreville, Chantilly, Herndon, Westfield

Region 6 (New): Fairfax, Madison, Oakton, South Lakes

Anonymous wrote:An idea mentioned a couple months ago from another thread was to allow parents full rights to transfer to any school in their region as they wish. Perhaps each region could have a designated Academy, a designated IB school, a designated language immersion pyramid, etc. That would give some meaningful use to regions. Otherwise regions really have no practical use for the community, it's only an administrative tool.

Pyramids and regions (or, before that, clusters) within FCPS have always existed for administrative purposes, not to benefit families (except to the extent they suggest particular Gatehouse-based rather than school-based administrators to call with concerns). For example, you can be at an ES in the Madison pyramid, but your kid can be zoned for a MS and HS in the Marshall pyramid.

That’s unlike to change with six regions rather than five. FCPS doesn’t really want the regions to function as districts within the district, and certain programs- especially IB - are concentrated in certain parts of the county. But it was odd to have Region 2 with six high schools and Region 5 with only four.

An idea mentioned a couple months ago from another thread was to allow parents full rights to transfer to any school in their region as they wish. Perhaps each region could have a designated Academy, a designated IB school, a designated language immersion pyramid, etc. That would give some meaningful use to regions. Otherwise regions really have no practical use for the community, it's only an administrative tool.

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