Union Mill is going to be super tight next year. We do not have room now and many kids from Clifton are going to join us. We do not know now how many kids yet will be moved into our school.

Everyone is losing since no one seems to have a great plan in place for next September.

Thanks Jack Dale.

Has anyone had an update on the FOIA case?

Dunno about Union Mill, but I hear Colin Powell has over 1200 students in it, which blows my mind hardcore........................

Those are nice little community schools . ..

Numbers game Wrote:
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> Union Mill is going to be super tight next year.
> We do not have room now and many kids from Clifton
> are going to join us. We do not know now how many
> kids yet will be moved into our school.
>
> Everyone is losing since no one seems to have a
> great plan in place for next September.
>
> Thanks Jack Dale.


No, thank your School Board Members - Liz Bradsher and Kathy Smith for having done this to you. They are the ones that voted for this. They could have overridden anything Jack Dale wanted but chose not to do so. Both Liz Bradsher and Kathy Smith had their own agendas. If you vote for either one of them again than it is your own fault.

All these people moving in to you school are moving out of somewhere people are leaving your school too. do the math.

moveoutmovein Wrote:
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> All these people moving in to you school are
> moving out of somewhere people are leaving your
> school too. do the math.
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um, you do the ENGLISH first, please

LoLz

does anybody know what the h*ll that means?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2011 11:08AM by Gordon Blvd.

it means look at the final numbers. not only are people moving INTO your school some are MOVIN OUT. Like the Billy Joel song.

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/southwesternstudy/detailedmoves.htm

I only see students moving IN to Union Mill--none moving out.

That page also show people moving from a school to a trailer park. Try another page.

moveoutmoveit said:


That page also show people moving from a school to a trailer park. Try another page.



Good catch! More good work from our illustrious facilities dept--the dept that needs no outside help because they are so good at what they do......After all, they are good because they manage such a big budget.

Scary.

Lotsa little immigrant families moving from prince william into said area. We allow it, Prince William is not standing for it. Plain and simple. Who is our Corey Stewart?

mmoore Wrote:
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> Lotsa little immigrant families moving from prince
> william into said area. We allow it, Prince
> William is not standing for it. Plain and simple.
> Who is our Corey Stewart?
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wow.......let me guess - you dont even live here, do you? If you did, you would know the REAL actual issue is the closing of Clifton Elem. School that's going on.

...........................immigrant families..................someone needs to read up on his/her American History and lease a clue. Maybe start with the inscription on the Statue of Liberty for starters..........................

Gordon Blvd Wrote:
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> mmoore Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Lotsa little immigrant families moving from
> prince
> > william into said area. We allow it, Prince
> > William is not standing for it. Plain and
> simple.
> > Who is our Corey Stewart?
> ---------------------------
>
> wow.......let me guess - you dont even live here,
> do you? If you did, you would know the REAL
> actual issue is the closing of Clifton Elem.
> School that's going on.
>
> ...........................immigrant
> families..................someone needs to read up
> on his/her American History and lease a clue.
> Maybe start with the inscription on the Statue of
> Liberty for starters..........................


The previous posters missed an important word -- ILLEGAL. The ILLEGAL immigrants are not paying for the resources they are using (schools) and that is a huge problem. If they were, the School Board wouldn't have been able to use the *excuse* of not enough money to renovate Clifton even though people following this know this was essentially about Liz Bradsher moving WSHS up the queue by closing Clifton. When Prince William cracked down on the ILLEGALS a large influx of them landed here in the Southwestern part of the County where they are now doing these boundary changes. Just look at the enrollment numbers. PWC enrollment numbers went down and this area went up. Simple math.

@ the CLUELESS missing word:

read this: maybe you can join us in the real world someday.............

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=349412&paper=72&cat=110

not imagination, but REALITY

Just read this and found it to be very enlightening.

Serving Up Crow For FCPS Officials on School Renovations & Additions
Red Apple Mom | April 9, 2011 at 3:11 pm |

Remember the scathing editorial School Board member Liz Bradsher wrote last October in the Fairfax Times? It’s the one where she attacked a parent who raised important questions about FCPS’ renovation queue relative to FCPS’ closure of Clifton ES.

Bradsher’s editorial titled “Don’t Let the Facts Get In the Way of a Good Op Ed” specifically stated: “…Clifton Elementary School has 366 students and all students can be moved to successful nearby schools without the necessity of additions or renovations.

Well, well, well. Look out Ms. Bradsher –looks like some multi-million dollar facts are getting "in the way." You told parents and taxpayers that additions and renovations weren’t needed. The FCPS 2011 Proposed 2011 School Bond Referendum tells a different story.

The proposed 2011 bond, released by FCPS last week, shows $13.7 million for “additions and renovations” to schools that Clifton ES students will now be transferred to.

Among the proposed bond projects include:

Fairfax Villa ES (6 rooms) $ 3,129,294
Greenbriar East ES (9 rooms) $ 3,889,687
Union Mill ES (8 rooms) $ 3,419,715
Modular Relocations $ 3,250,000
Capacity Enhancement Subtotal: $ 13,688,696

Ready to eat some crow Ms. Bradsher?

Save some for FCPS Chief Operation Officer for Facilities Planning Dean Tistadt.

Back in October, Tistadt told concerned parents and taxpayers at a SW Boundary study meeting that FCPS already had money for any projects that might be needed as the result of shifting students from Clifton ES to new schools.
“We actually have a great deal of money in what we call the “construction reserve,” Tistadt is quoted in the Centreville Patch. The Patch quotes Tistadt saying that the funds were left over from previous bond referendums. “According to law, that money can be spent on any capital project,” said Tistadt.

So FCPS, if you already have leftover bond money , why are you sticking taxpayers with an additional proposed $13.7 million tab on the 2011 Bond?

If you already have leftover bond money, why the delay in jumpstarting much needed renovations at FCPS’ legacy high schools like Langley and West Springfield who have languished in the renovation queue for way too long?!

I smell the need for a serious audit of FCPS’ budget. Board of Supervisors, are you listening?

Message went out today to Fairview Elementary families from the Principal telling them that Transportation needs more time to get students to the school so their start time at Fairview will be moved back to 9:05 with dismissal at 3:45. Principal's note indicated this is a dramatic change from the current start time. She also indicated in the message that dismissal processes in the afternoon could change. I assume this is due to the fact that already today buses sit along 123 at dismissal time and will only be worse as more students are added to the school.

Wonder what the interior modifications to accommodate the added number of students look like.

Oh, and please remember that according to transportation, no dramatic changes in drive times would occur after these efforts went in effect. Yeah, right!

According to Fairview website, their school hours are currently 8:20am - 3:00pm.

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