Anonymous
10/10/2025 21:26
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From a post on the FairFACTS Matters FB page this evening:
"BRAC members were told yesterday that we would have an opportunity to view the updated draft map before it is shared with the community later in the day (meaning today). It’s after 8PM and the map still hasn’t been shared with the BRAC…"
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
At the end of the day whether BRAC sees it before or after the public really doesn’t matter. Just release the maps.
The BRAC members were advised of the changes. They just didn't see them in the map format.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 21:15
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Keene Mill ES (THE big AAP center for WSHS) showed a decrease from 825 at the end of last school year to 740 in September? What’s going on with that?
Did one of their feeder schools add level 4 AAP?
I’m not sure, I thought they all had LLIV apart from the two schools that go to Sangster instead of KMES for AAP. It did look like last years 6th grade class/this year’s 7th is pretty large, so maybe they just weren’t weren’t replaced by as many kids. But thats still a big drop off. Does anyone know if they had any de-staffing?
Orange Hunt and Hunt Valley lost teachers this year.
All of those WSHS feeders are decreasing in size.
It is a shame the FCPS won't do residency checks between elementary > middle school and between middle school > high school.
I suspect if FCPS did residency checks at those transitions, as well as enforcing no transfers at schools closed to transfers, that WSHS would have an enrollment very close to capacity instead of several hundred over capacity and would not need to be rezoned.
Cardinal Forest UP 20 students
708 September 2024 vs 728 September 2025
Hunt Valley DOWN 68 students students
724 September 2024 vs 656 September 2025
Keene Mill (AAP center with students from other pyramids) DOWN 72 Students
812 September 2024 vs 740 September 2025
Orange Hunt (German Immersion with kids from other pyramids) DOWN 25 Students
875 September 2024 vs 850 September 2025
Rolling Valley (splits with Key/Lewis, also a special ed center) UP 15 students
519 September 2024 vs 534 September 2025
West Springfield ES DOWN 43 Students
542 September 2024 vs 499 September 2025
** Sangster sends around 100-150 students to WSHS each year. Sangster enrollment is basically flat, with a loss of 1 student.
928 September 2024 vs 927 September 2025
The WSHS pyramid elementary schools are down almost 200 students this year, yet the FCPS CIP projections show WSHS continuing significant growth over the next five years.
Why won't FCPS do a residency check at WSHS to figure out why there is such a discrepancy between their elementary and middle school enrollment, and the high school projections and enrollment?
It looks like there are some large classes passing through Irving and WS over the next 5-6 years and then enrollment might fall to match what we’re seeing at the elementary level. The current 7th graders seem like a big class just based on the fact that enrollment fell so much at Keene Mill from last year to this year.
I agree that residency checks and a thorough examination of transfers are needed.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 21:03
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
They proposed 3 scenarios that were riddled with errors, then held meetings pointing out all the problems but telling us not to worry because they’d be fixed in September. Then they said the end of September. Then they said “fall.” Then they said October 7. Then they said October 10. And now we’re still left hanging to see if they incorporated any of our feedback. This is insane.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 21:03
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
If they arent going to release them tonight are they at least going to tell us?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 21:01
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:you know it’s probably set to automatically come out and whatever time they selected. The fact that several days ago they said “evening” just makes me think 9pm
Welp, maybe 10pm?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:43
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
Stunning incompetence or stunning manipulation?
They aren't mutually exclusive and have been abundantly on display throughout this entire process.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:43
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
I’m also surprised we didn’t find out until an hour ago that BRAC didn’t receive the maps as planned!
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:41
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From a post on the FairFACTS Matters FB page this evening:
"BRAC members were told yesterday that we would have an opportunity to view the updated draft map before it is shared with the community later in the day (meaning today). It’s after 8PM and the map still hasn’t been shared with the BRAC…"
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
What is it going to take before voters finally fire the board?
For people to ignore the Democrat endorsement. You do understand that is how they get money for their campaigns?
Ding dongs will just vote blue down the ballot like sheep.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:40
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Wait, BRAC didn’t view the maps on October 7? What is the point of having them preview the map on the day of its release? It’s not like they can provide any feedback in time.
Possibly to prepare to answer questions? Only reason I can think of.
Just launch the shit.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:37
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Such a PR disaster. and proof of incompetency. Because I can't imagine there's a team at Gatehouse frantically working on this last minute and empowered to post the maps tonight (not that they should need this long) ... so WT(actual)F?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:37
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From a post on the FairFACTS Matters FB page this evening:
"BRAC members were told yesterday that we would have an opportunity to view the updated draft map before it is shared with the community later in the day (meaning today). It’s after 8PM and the map still hasn’t been shared with the BRAC…"
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
What is it going to take before voters finally fire the board?
For people to ignore the Democrat endorsement. You do understand that is how they get money for their campaigns?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:36
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:From a post on the FairFACTS Matters FB page this evening:
"BRAC members were told yesterday that we would have an opportunity to view the updated draft map before it is shared with the community later in the day (meaning today). It’s after 8PM and the map still hasn’t been shared with the BRAC…"
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
What is it going to take before voters finally fire the board?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:35
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Wait, BRAC didn’t view the maps on October 7? What is the point of having them preview the map on the day of its release? It’s not like they can provide any feedback in time.
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:35
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
Stunning incompetence or stunning manipulation?
Anonymous
10/10/2025 20:34
Subject: Boundary Review Meetings
Anonymous wrote:From a post on the FairFACTS Matters FB page this evening:
"BRAC members were told yesterday that we would have an opportunity to view the updated draft map before it is shared with the community later in the day (meaning today). It’s after 8PM and the map still hasn’t been shared with the BRAC…"
This is just stunning incompetence on the part of Reid and Thru Consulting. What is it going to take before they finally fire her? Everything they do sucks, and it's never on time.
At the end of the day whether BRAC sees it before or after the public really doesn’t matter. Just release the maps.