Four boundary options have been prepared for the upcoming school boundary meeting on December 3rd. If you’re new to this situation, Fairfax County is looking to move new students to different high schools to alleviate overcrowding in some, and help fill others with open seats.
Option 1 would move students from McNair and Floris elementary schools to South Lakes and Herndon. The move would initially affect a little over 100 students. The west end of the McNair and Floris schools would move to Herndon, while the east end would move to South Lakes. Oak Hill students would be moved to Westfield High School. Lastly the “Madison Island” students would not be affected.
Option 2 moves Fox Mill and some McNair students to South Lakes. The other McNair students would attend Herndon. Oak Hill would then attend Oakton High. Students in Wolf Trap would move to South Lakes.
Option 3 moves students in Fox Mill, Wolf Trap, and parts of McNair to South Lakes. The other McNair students would attend Herndon. Navy is then moved to Oakton.
Option 4 moves the astronaut schools (Aldrin and Armstrong) to South Lakes, where as they previously attended Herndon. Wolf Trap also moves to South Lakes. Oak Hill would be moved to Westfields. Parts of McNair and Floris would attend Herndon.
Option number four has many advantages, the most being that it keeps Reston students in Reston schools. It helps balance crowding, socio-economic unbalance, and would probably create the least complaints. Students in other communities would stay in schools that their parents view “as better,” and creates a win-win situation for most county residents and Fairfax County. The redistricting only would only affect high school students entering in the 2008-2009 school years.
The town hall meetings have improved to enhance citizen communication, and will be scaled to the larger than expected crowd sizes. People will be broken into small groups. Video will be streamed to each small group presenting the boundary changes and frequently asked questions.
Residents can use an online form to submit input the FCPS or in small groups they can present their opinions to a small group leader, who will then report back to FCPS and the school board. The small groups and silent communication prevents the problems of last month’s study that was disrupted by some problem parents who where against the boundary changes.
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