Anonymous wrote:Robyn Lady responds to the Region 5/Forestville controversy:

At the most recent BRAC meeting, representatives from each region presented their respective priorities. I was surprised to learn that one of Region 5's priorities was to recommend the redistricting of Forestville Elementary School from its current pathway to Herndon Middle School and Herndon High School.

This recommendation is problematic for two reasons:

1. It was not an official draft proposal. This suggestion was not included in any of the potential boundary change maps shared with the community for feedback.

2. It does not reflect our community's feedback. The priorities identified for Region 1 are based directly on the extensive feedback received from our constituents. This new suggestion is entirely separate from any identified needs.

Furthermore, I had the opportunity to discuss this situation directly with Superintendent Dr. Reid over the weekend. She shared that while each region is invited to share their priorities, it does not guarantee their implementation. Dr. Reid noted that since the current models all have Forestville remaining in the Langley pyramid and Langley is not considered to be overcrowded, she does not see that boundary likely to be recommended for change.

I will continue to advocate for the interests of our community. I believe it is critical that the committee focuses on addressing the priorities that have been articulated by the families and staff within each region. The integrity of the boundary review process depends on each representative's commitment to this principle.

Anonymous wrote:Robyn Lady responds to the Region 5/Forestville controversy:

At the most recent BRAC meeting, representatives from each region presented their respective priorities. I was surprised to learn that one of Region 5's priorities was to recommend the redistricting of Forestville Elementary School from its current pathway to Herndon Middle School and Herndon High School.

This recommendation is problematic for two reasons:

1. It was not an official draft proposal. This suggestion was not included in any of the potential boundary change maps shared with the community for feedback.

2. It does not reflect our community's feedback. The priorities identified for Region 1 are based directly on the extensive feedback received from our constituents. This new suggestion is entirely separate from any identified needs.

Furthermore, I had the opportunity to discuss this situation directly with Superintendent Dr. Reid over the weekend. She shared that while each region is invited to share their priorities, it does not guarantee their implementation. Dr. Reid noted that since the current models all have Forestville remaining in the Langley pyramid and Langley is not considered to be overcrowded, she does not see that boundary likely to be recommended for change.

I will continue to advocate for the interests of our community. I believe it is critical that the committee focuses on addressing the priorities that have been articulated by the families and staff within each region. The integrity of the boundary review process depends on each representative's commitment to this principle.

Anonymous wrote:Sharing that I reached out to my pyramid’s BRAC members and they were actually very pleasant. They don’t have much information either though.

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Anonymous wrote:Have deportations had any effect on student numbers? Will some “less desired” schools end up way under enrolled?

I believe someone asked that on one of the earlier iterations of this thread and the general response (supposedly from teachers at some of these schools at the ES level) was not really. But there’s always a lot of student movement at those schools. So it may take a few school years to have a noticeable drop if people get deported or leave and aren’t replaced by other new arrivals.

And, with high schools, there is also a high drop out rate during senior year at some schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Have deportations had any effect on student numbers? Will some “less desired” schools end up way under enrolled?

I believe someone asked that on one of the earlier iterations of this thread and the general response (supposedly from teachers at some of these schools at the ES level) was not really. But there’s always a lot of student movement at those schools. So it may take a few school years to have a noticeable drop if people get deported or leave and aren’t replaced by other new arrivals.

Anonymous wrote:Have deportations had any effect on student numbers? Will some “less desired” schools end up way under enrolled?

Anonymous wrote:Have deportations had any effect on student numbers? Will some “less desired” schools end up way under enrolled?

Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to check residency going forward would be to have people re-supply the residency documents when kids start at a new school level. Right now you just provide them when you initially register, whether that’s in preschool or K, or later if you start in public school later or move in later. But if you required it at the start of MS and then at HS, you could catch a lot of people who moved at some point to the big house in a less desirable school zone to save $$$, but never updated FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:How do residency checks currently work ? With all the online open source tools it should be fairly easy to do checks through open source available information using student lists and then call those parents in for an in person meeting - so is that how the process works, or what is the current process ? Especially for single family homes in the Lewis/WSHS areas. Just curious because it doesn't look like it would be a heavy lift honestly.

Agree 100%. It isn't and shouldn't be a laborious process in 2025, no matter what Reid and the SB claim. They don't want to address the issue so they pretend like the one person in charge of it at Central Office has to use the White Pages to look up every single student's address and then drive to each residence and speak to the occupants.[/quote]

1. Check residency of every new student or transfer.
2. Check residency of those reported as suspicious by neighbors or teachers.
3. Do random checks of 1-5% of the students.