RealityCheck Wrote: In FME I don't see the kind of > lots that would make you want > > to stay in place rather than move up and out. > > Sounds like you have a long-term demographic > problem over there. I wouldn't expect this > boundary shuffle to provide lasting relief. Why not? What do you predict will happen to FME and the portion of Floris being considered for redi
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Floris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, I did a queick search at homedatabase.com to > get an idea how expensive RTC's condos are. For > sale today, in entire 20171 for anything below > 300k, there are 15 units on market, for Reston > (20190) 45 units. Did you look at addresses to confirm that they were in RTC? I'd expect most are in the Lake
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Floris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please explain why McNair, which consists of > mostly condos, town homes, and subsidized living > units, doesn't have under-enrollment. Because that type of housing attracts families, and expensive high rise dwellings, in the outer suburbs, don't.
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please tell us. > > Tell us why, based on this whole effort, South > Lakes appears to be having far more problems than > Stuart, which is also IB and which has about the > same number of students and which is considerably > more "diverse." I don't know, but I have learned through this process th
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Floris Wrote: > > What kind of analysis has done as WHY the school > is under enrolled, while there is substantial > population growth in and around SLH? The population growth around SLHS is pricey high density housing, which draws childless younger adults and retirees. There isn't any plan or space for growth in low - mid level income housing around SLHS. Please don't > do
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Floris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do we have actual numbers/analysis that other > options can not solve the SLH issue? We did when we were in the Option stage of planning. Every other Option moved more children than Option 5. How can the > act of picking the relative powerless communities > like Floris, better helps SLH? Better than what?
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Restonian Wrote: > > I've tried not to take a "stop your whining" > attitude here and IRL. I understand why and how > redistricting is hard to go through, especially > for families with older children already in high > schools. I'm only trying to defend SLHS from > false perceptions. Responding to myself. I don't think pointing out that children from Floris, are not vas
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Floris Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Restonian, > > I do not agree with you. When we were sent from > Oakton to Westfield, it took several years to > integrate into that school, because Floris was a > very small % of the student body, I do believe > that there are Floris children that do share some > activities with children in R
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Baffled Wrote: > With all this fuss about "boundaries", why step in > and bother other people's community boundaries by > yanking other people's kids to SL that you called > not a Reston high school? It is geographically > located in Reston, right? Not at the North Pole. Yes, it is in Reston. It needs more students. Giving it more students who only have Reston in their maili
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Floris Parent Wrote: > Restonian, > > I still do not understand then, where all of the > HS age children living in these communities are > going to school. If the are 60,000 people living > in Reston, the odds are great that at leat 3% are > children between the ages of 14-18, and should be > able to provide 1800-2000 children to SL. South Lakes is not the Reston high sc
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Floris Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone considered what will it be like for the > 69 children from the Floris community, if they do > end up at South Lakes High School. Teenage years > are already challenging emotionally, and peer > groups and friends are a huge part of a child > fitting in. Being a Freshman in HS is already very
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Floris Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello SLVerity,truthbetold and other Reston > Posters > > You seem to know much about Reston and South > Lakes, so I was wondering if there is some way of > finding out how many single family homes in Reston > feed to South Lakes vs. Towns and Condos. I was > driving around the school today, an
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Good luck with that. When did FCPS EVER allow a > vote of the parents to determine anything that > happens in our schools? > > It should be up to the community what the primary > educational program is in any school, but I have > never known that to happen in FCPS. Have you? > Staff does what
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BTW, you are being much nicer with this new nic. > Or newish nic. We all appreciate that. Nicer than what? Who do you think I used to be here?
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navy area parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Restonian Wrote: > > Anecdote is still not the plural of data. > > > > You keep writing this. To borrow from The > Princess Bride: I do not think it means what you > think it means. I think the term is actually "The > plural of anecdote is not data." Read carefully > and you'll
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