Welcome to VOICE!

VOICE  is a group of parents and residents who live in and near the Annandale High School attendance area.  We are dedicated to promoting smart and minimally-disruptive solutions to the overcrowding problems at Annandale High School (AHS).  We oppose non-boundary "Option 1a”, currently being considered by the Fairfax County School Board.  Given the absence of any other reasonable alternative, we also support elimination of the “split feeder” at Wakefield Forest Elementary School and unification of the WFES students within the Woodson pyramid as an essential element of any overcrowding solution, in large part because Wakefield Forest ES is the only school in the current Annandale pyramid which is a K-6 school, and the only school to go to Poe in 7th grade.  No matter what solution the School Board chooses, we believe that liberal grandfathering and/or pupil placement policies will minimize the disruptions to current AHS students and families, and we fully endorse the adoption of such policies.

We are aware that there are some who oppose “Option 1a” but who also oppose boundary changes that would remove WFES from the AHS pyramid.  For this reason, our advocacy will proceed on separate but simultaneous tracks, much as the school board is simultaneously considering both nonboundary ("1a") and boundary options.  We will not represent to the School Board or any other party that petition signers support BOTH our positions unless we have received approval from the petition signer.  If you would like to sign our petition opposing "1a", but are not in favor of WFES boundary changes, we still welcome you, encourage you to sign our "1a" petition, and will advocate strongly for rejection of “1a” regardless of the outcome of the boundary deliberations.

We welcome all voices to our site.  Our vision is that the Annandale High School crowding can be solved without resorting to "Option 1a", while all of the children in our community that graduate from WFES can transition together to Frost Middle School and Woodson High School.  Please be aware that there are some in our community who do not share our vision-- the possibility of changing schools is highly emotional.  Therefore, we ask that you please respect other people's opinions, that you abide by the site's "terms of service", and that you actively participate in the formal process the county is facilitating to help our children!  In the end it will be the 12 School Board members that vote and make the decisions on these issues.  In the meantime, we welcome the discussion!