snowdenscold Wrote:
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> Yo, Jeff Wrote:
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> > The Woodson district had the lowest number of
> > apartments and townhouses of any HS district
> > except Langley. That is going to change,
> because
> > FCPS just moved the Fairfax Villa area (with
> more
> > THs/condos) from Fairfax to Woodson and moved
> part
> > of Fairfax Station (SFHs) from Woodson to
> > Robinson. It will take a while to show up in
> the
> > test scores, because the changes start with 9th
> > graders, but I'd expect to see Woodson scores
> drop
> > in three or four years.
>
> Ah, that makes a good deal of sense. I thought
> that might be the case (the housing mix), but that
> was just my speculation. Also, while I knew about
> the Fairfax Station island (Robert Carter / Clara
> Barton) going away, I didn't realize Fairfax Villa
> was moving in in its place.
>
> Speaking of Woodson boundary changes, does anyone
> have any insight into whether the school board has
> ever talked about going further and eliminating
> that far western peninsula of homes (about the
> now-gone island, connected by a GMU "isthmus"), or
> is that pretty safe?
Are you talking about the western part of the Woodson district that was already in the district before the last round of adjustments? That area seems "safe" (in terms of staying in the Woodson district) for a long time. There are areas in Fairfax City that are closer to Woodson than these neighborhoods, but by law all of City of Fairfax goes to Fairfax HS.
You can see the "new" boundaries on this map:
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/fairfaxlanier/adopted_may_9_2013.pdf