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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

I remember when he came to Shrevewood with his grand plan to reduce enrollment - parents were. PISSED. The school board had originally promised a boundary study in the fall of 2021 with changes implemented in the fall of 2022. Then Covid blew everything up and Frisch took advantage of everything to push his stupid school that nobody asked for through. I don't know a single Shrevewood family that is happy about this plan - for one thing, we don't need any changes now, our school is under capacity after Covid; and second, at the time, we needed/wanted immediate changes. Nobody wants a new school - all the schools that they would have moved our kids to were good schools (Stenwood & Freedom Hill). Now who knows what is going to happen with this new school that is like a mile down the road from Stenwood by the way.

Well said. It will be a total sh*t show.

Wasn't the Shrevewood PTA in total support of him? I heard rumblings that they did nothing to speak up against his plan at that meeting.

Are you trying to start drama with the Shrevewood folks with this comment?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

Yes, local families with kids do. It was opposed by some of the immediate neighbors. There was a counter-movement in support of the school, although it was late to organize given that a construction start date for the new school was already in the FCPS plans and assumed to be happening.

Yall should’ve organized harder. I don’t blame a politician for listening to grassroots people who were organizing opposition in the masses.

It’s not the job of a School Board member to take his cue from a bunch of people who want to keep a dog park and don’t care if kids attend schools that are factories. Frisch is a disgusting POS and so are you.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

Yes, local families with kids do. It was opposed by some of the immediate neighbors. There was a counter-movement in support of the school, although it was late to organize given that a construction start date for the new school was already in the FCPS plans and assumed to be happening.

Yall should’ve organized harder. I don’t blame a politician for listening to grassroots people who were organizing opposition in the masses.

Well like I said above I know the Providence Community got wind of it right before Christmas break and from the public meeting I attended it was basically a done deal to move the money. We may have missed the boat on the Blake lane site, but perhaps maybe the school is needed in a different spot in the area not sure where, but Blake does have it's traffic issues. The county is crazy approving all this housing with no school help. I don't believe their crap that their won't be that many kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

I remember when he came to Shrevewood with his grand plan to reduce enrollment - parents were. PISSED. The school board had originally promised a boundary study in the fall of 2021 with changes implemented in the fall of 2022. Then Covid blew everything up and Frisch took advantage of everything to push his stupid school that nobody asked for through. I don't know a single Shrevewood family that is happy about this plan - for one thing, we don't need any changes now, our school is under capacity after Covid; and second, at the time, we needed/wanted immediate changes. Nobody wants a new school - all the schools that they would have moved our kids to were good schools (Stenwood & Freedom Hill). Now who knows what is going to happen with this new school that is like a mile down the road from Stenwood by the way.

Well said. It will be a total sh*t show.

Wasn't the Shrevewood PTA in total support of him? I heard rumblings that they did nothing to speak up against his plan at that meeting.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

Yes, local families with kids do. It was opposed by some of the immediate neighbors. There was a counter-movement in support of the school, although it was late to organize given that a construction start date for the new school was already in the FCPS plans and assumed to be happening.

Yall should’ve organized harder. I don’t blame a politician for listening to grassroots people who were organizing opposition in the masses.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

Yep and this will be a huge mess. The AT&T site at Chain Bridge and Jermantown may be getting up to a 1000 housing units, not sure if these would be sent to Oakton or Mosaic. They are looking to replace office building with apartments on Arrowwood near OakMar, those fed would go to Providence at the moment. There is proposals for townhouses and apartments along Eaton Place on the City of Fairfax/ Fairfax County line that will feed to Providence these would be city kids so they must go to a City of Fairfax school. This could lead to the Fairfax Village and Oakton Park needing to be moved from Providence to Oakton perhaps. Fairfax City also has all the new Housing at Boulevard VI going to Providence, hasn't been a big impact yet, but I suspect the early buyers of the towns who may have not had kids yet or school age kids may just stay due to low interest rates and lack of SFH to move up to. Major mess and the funding switch was rammed though right before the Holidays in 2021. I know their was a virtual public meeting for Oakton, Mosaic and Providence parents, but there wasn't much notice and it was like maybe the Tuesday or Thursday before the Holiday break. I'm no Republican I just care about the City of Fairfax and our close county neighbors and friends. I lived off Blake before moving to the City of Fairfax. I can't even vote for or against Frisch. I think he was a terrible board member and should lose, the other candidate doesn't sound great. Maybe somebody could get a decent write in candidate.

Anonymous wrote:I know OP is a republican troll trying to rile up people in the Providence district to vote for a republican, and it's not working. What's going to happen is more people just flat out won't vote and the rest will vote for Karl. But your Republican candidate doesn't stand a chance. Sorrynotsorry. I don't want book banners/body policers governing our school system.

I'm sure I will be accused of being a troll, but DH and I - Shrevewood parents - have always voted a straight D ticket since we started voting in the 90s. And both of us voted against Frisch (rather than for Sabio). I'm sure it won't make a difference, but wanted to send a message.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

I remember when he came to Shrevewood with his grand plan to reduce enrollment - parents were. PISSED. The school board had originally promised a boundary study in the fall of 2021 with changes implemented in the fall of 2022. Then Covid blew everything up and Frisch took advantage of everything to push his stupid school that nobody asked for through. I don't know a single Shrevewood family that is happy about this plan - for one thing, we don't need any changes now, our school is under capacity after Covid; and second, at the time, we needed/wanted immediate changes. Nobody wants a new school - all the schools that they would have moved our kids to were good schools (Stenwood & Freedom Hill). Now who knows what is going to happen with this new school that is like a mile down the road from Stenwood by the way.

Is the new school still happening?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

I remember when he came to Shrevewood with his grand plan to reduce enrollment - parents were. PISSED. The school board had originally promised a boundary study in the fall of 2021 with changes implemented in the fall of 2022. Then Covid blew everything up and Frisch took advantage of everything to push his stupid school that nobody asked for through. I don't know a single Shrevewood family that is happy about this plan - for one thing, we don't need any changes now, our school is under capacity after Covid; and second, at the time, we needed/wanted immediate changes. Nobody wants a new school - all the schools that they would have moved our kids to were good schools (Stenwood & Freedom Hill). Now who knows what is going to happen with this new school that is like a mile down the road from Stenwood by the way.

Well said. It will be a total sh*t show.

Anonymous wrote:I know OP is a republican troll trying to rile up people in the Providence district to vote for a republican, and it's not working. What's going to happen is more people just flat out won't vote and the rest will vote for Karl. But your Republican candidate doesn't stand a chance. Sorrynotsorry. I don't want book banners/body policers governing our school system.

People have specific criticisms of what incredibly poor decisions Frisch has not only made, but championed, and all you can do is come back with a bunch of BS about “book banning.”

If Frisch gets elected to the SB he’ll keep looking for another opportunity to run for higher office, just like he did in 2022 when he got trounced by Holly Seibold. Of course, he may get elected to the SB again because most people pay so little attention and vote a party line but maybe, just maybe, the next board will pay more attention and question his schemes. Because he is an idiot, and his boondoggle at Dunn Loring never came close to passing the smell test.

I know OP is a republican troll trying to rile up people in the Providence district to vote for a republican, and it's not working. What's going to happen is more people just flat out won't vote and the rest will vote for Karl. But your Republican candidate doesn't stand a chance. Sorrynotsorry. I don't want book banners/body policers governing our school system.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.

I remember when he came to Shrevewood with his grand plan to reduce enrollment - parents were. PISSED. The school board had originally promised a boundary study in the fall of 2021 with changes implemented in the fall of 2022. Then Covid blew everything up and Frisch took advantage of everything to push his stupid school that nobody asked for through. I don't know a single Shrevewood family that is happy about this plan - for one thing, we don't need any changes now, our school is under capacity after Covid; and second, at the time, we needed/wanted immediate changes. Nobody wants a new school - all the schools that they would have moved our kids to were good schools (Stenwood & Freedom Hill). Now who knows what is going to happen with this new school that is like a mile down the road from Stenwood by the way.

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Anonymous wrote:Frisch styles himself as an environmentalist and many in that crowd prioritize parks over schools.

However, kids are important to society, we need schools for kids, and in the long run making more kids travel longer distances to big schools isn’t necessarily environmentally friendly or conducive to learning. However, Frisch and his cronies would probably just as soon dispense with physical schools entirely and make all “learning” remote anyway.

So glad my kids will be done with FCPS soon.

Frisch does not have kids in FCPS.

In fact, he does not have any kids. He is not a parent.

Why, exactly, is he on a board for schools for children?

It’s like asking why do people live in studio apartments. It was the cheapest political office he could find.

+1. Great analogy.

Can someone suggest which new candidates are actually running because they care about academics and not their own pathetic political ambition?

In general, the GOP-endorsed candidates running for SB seem to care more about academics because they know it’s so difficult for anyone who isn’t a Democrat to get elected to local office. A few might get elected to SB given the level of disgust with the current SB, but it’s not like they’re going to parlay that into a seat on the BOS or the state legislature. In comparison, we’ve seen a steady stream of Ds on the SB seeking higher office (Kory, Niedzielski-Eichner, Moon, Smith, Storck, Palchik, McElveen, Frisch, Cohen, Pekarsky).

Hahahaha, no. They are in it for the same reason as everyone else - to further their political careers.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

Yes, local families with kids do. It was opposed by some of the immediate neighbors. There was a counter-movement in support of the school, although it was late to organize given that a construction start date for the new school was already in the FCPS plans and assumed to be happening.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually want an elementary school at Blake Lane? It was very very opposed by the community.

The specific location was opposed by some in the community, and supported by others, but what you’re missing is that the money is now gone for good and it will be many decades before the Fairfax/Oakton area has the opportunity to reduce the enrollment at Mosaic (over 960 kids) or Providence (875 kids) again.

Meanwhile a new school will get built at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, in an area where the nearby schools are below capacity and some only have 400 or fewer kids.

Only an idiot and a buffoon like Frisch could have come up with such a stupid idea, and only a school board composed entirely of members from the same political party could have failed to stop it. Shame on the entire school board for wasting taxpayer money.