Anonymous
09/05/2023 20:58
Subject: Re:Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:I am hoping that mention of middle and high schools means that they will send the FS and Springhill kids to Langley to fix the issue at McLean…win for everyone
Don’t even start. This is a Kent Gardens boundary study, not another Langley/McLean boundary study.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 20:55
Subject: Re:Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:I am hoping that mention of middle and high schools means that they will send the FS and Springhill kids to Langley to fix the issue at McLean…win for everyone
+1
Anonymous
09/05/2023 20:51
Subject: Re:Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
I am hoping that mention of middle and high schools means that they will send the FS and Springhill kids to Langley to fix the issue at McLean…win for everyone
Anonymous
09/05/2023 20:39
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why is Spring Hill part of the study?
What is the status of the new Tysons Elementary school?
There’s a weird little Churchill Road attendance area largely within the Spring Hill boundaries.
It’s possible they could try to clean this up even though it doesn’t appear to have much to do with Kent Gardens. But if part of KG got moved to Franklin Sherman, they could move part of FS to Churchill Road, and move that CR area to Spring Hill.
A new Tysons ES won’t get built for decades. Frisch and Tholen made a hash of things by getting money allocated to build a new ES at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, instead. So as Tysons gets built up, it still won’t get its own school, which is a shame because it would help make Tysons a more attractive place to live. I think FCPS still has a site off Jones Branch Road - FCPS just doesn’t have a vision that aligns with what the Board of Supervisors claims to want for Tysons.
I am also very pro-removal of the weird gerrymandered areas. They don't have any place in this district. There are some like this all over McLean, not quite as bad, but still oddly cut off from their communities.
Also I agree with a PP regarding how the other schools are better. They probably are. Don't understand why some want to stay so badly when they can be rezoned to better uncrowded schools that are more conveniently located for them.
The other schools are no better, but if they have space and are in the same pyramid (feed to the same MS/HS) it’s a relatively easy fix as far as boundary adjustments go.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 20:26
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why is Spring Hill part of the study?
What is the status of the new Tysons Elementary school?
There’s a weird little Churchill Road attendance area largely within the Spring Hill boundaries.
It’s possible they could try to clean this up even though it doesn’t appear to have much to do with Kent Gardens. But if part of KG got moved to Franklin Sherman, they could move part of FS to Churchill Road, and move that CR area to Spring Hill.
A new Tysons ES won’t get built for decades. Frisch and Tholen made a hash of things by getting money allocated to build a new ES at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, instead. So as Tysons gets built up, it still won’t get its own school, which is a shame because it would help make Tysons a more attractive place to live. I think FCPS still has a site off Jones Branch Road - FCPS just doesn’t have a vision that aligns with what the Board of Supervisors claims to want for Tysons.
I am also very pro-removal of the weird gerrymandered areas. They don't have any place in this district. There are some like this all over McLean, not quite as bad, but still oddly cut off from their communities.
Also I agree with a PP regarding how the other schools are better. They probably are. Don't understand why some want to stay so badly when they can be rezoned to better uncrowded schools that are more conveniently located for them.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 16:56
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Phasing out French Immersion needs to be on the table for consideration. That alone would fix the problem.
Language immersion is a high-end luxury. FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.
They can move some Kent Gardens kids to Franklin Sherman and some FS kids to Churchill Road. Problem solved and French immersion stays at Kent Gardens.
No problem as long as the program is only open for IB kids. The neighborhoods walkable to Kent Gardens are turning over very quickly. Families with 2-3 kids are moving into the new homes that are replacing tear downs. A walkable neighborhood school is more important than an immersion program vs a peogram that brings more car traffic to the tight streets surrounding the school.
Not every neighborhood currently zoned to KG now is really walkable to the school. I’d hope they’d really try to make sure every area that is truly walkable to KG stays there.
They have pared back the percentage of OOB students in the immersion program but it’s not feasible to say only IB kids can avail of it. If there is sufficient demand, expand the program to a second school that would be make sense location-wise.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 16:47
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Phasing out French Immersion needs to be on the table for consideration. That alone would fix the problem.
Language immersion is a high-end luxury. FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.
They can move some Kent Gardens kids to Franklin Sherman and some FS kids to Churchill Road. Problem solved and French immersion stays at Kent Gardens.
No problem as long as the program is only open for IB kids. The neighborhoods walkable to Kent Gardens are turning over very quickly. Families with 2-3 kids are moving into the new homes that are replacing tear downs. A walkable neighborhood school is more important than an immersion program vs a peogram that brings more car traffic to the tight streets surrounding the school.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 16:37
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Why is Spring Hill part of the study?
What is the status of the new Tysons Elementary school?
There’s a weird little Churchill Road attendance area largely within the Spring Hill boundaries.
It’s possible they could try to clean this up even though it doesn’t appear to have much to do with Kent Gardens. But if part of KG got moved to Franklin Sherman, they could move part of FS to Churchill Road, and move that CR area to Spring Hill.
A new Tysons ES won’t get built for decades. Frisch and Tholen made a hash of things by getting money allocated to build a new ES at Dunn Loring, where it isn’t needed, instead. So as Tysons gets built up, it still won’t get its own school, which is a shame because it would help make Tysons a more attractive place to live. I think FCPS still has a site off Jones Branch Road - FCPS just doesn’t have a vision that aligns with what the Board of Supervisors claims to want for Tysons.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 16:15
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Phasing out French Immersion needs to be on the table for consideration. That alone would fix the problem.
Language immersion is a high-end luxury. FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.
They can move some Kent Gardens kids to Franklin Sherman and some FS kids to Churchill Road. Problem solved and French immersion stays at Kent Gardens.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 15:59
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Phasing out French Immersion needs to be on the table for consideration. That alone would fix the problem.
Language immersion is a high-end luxury. FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.
Language immersion is a high-end luxury. FCPS has no business running this when a school is at 125% capacity.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 15:59
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Spring Hill is still a split feeder.
Building a new ES in Tysons (which needs to happen!) would solve most of these issues.
Building a new ES in Tysons (which needs to happen!) would solve most of these issues.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 15:16
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Why is Spring Hill part of the study?
What is the status of the new Tysons Elementary school?
What is the status of the new Tysons Elementary school?
Anonymous
09/05/2023 12:57
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the very obvious answer to move the French immersion program elsewhere?
Yes.
The Kent Gardens district has the most native French speakers of any school district in FCPS. Moving the program would be a terrible idea.
Nobody in my IB neighborhood cares about French Immersion. We do care about an entire grade being housed in inadequate trailers. How many native French speakers are IB for Kent Gardens?
Anonymous
09/05/2023 12:52
Subject: Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
My son used to play baseball at FS field. He likes that school but it is kind of far from young blood neighborhood. We prefer haycock.
Anonymous
09/04/2023 16:55
Subject: Re:Where should the county move the Kent Gardens kids?
Anonymous wrote:My kid is in Franklin Sherman, it’s a cute school with super involved PTA and around 400 kids, just move extra Kent Gardens kids to FS, I thought this was a no brainer.
Lots of personal attention and activities at FS, that’s the one Kent Gardens parents should be fighting for.
+1.