Staff Recommendation Is Out

After careful examination of the overcrowding situation at Annandale High School, the various options for resolving the overcrowding, and review of public feedback on the options, Facilities staff for Fairfax County Public Schools presented its recommendation to the school board today. In brief, the recommendation:

1. moves the Wakefield Forest ES students who would attend Poe MS and Annandale HS to Frost MS and Woodson HS;
2. moves the Bren Mar Park ES children to Holmes MS and Edison HS;
3. sends 85% of the new Lacey Center children to Poe MS and Falls Church HS, with the remainder going to Glasgow MS and Stuart HS; and
4. moves the Pine Spring ES island to Beech Tree ES, Glasgow MS and Stuart HS. 

The AAP Center at Glasgow MS will not be relocated. 

Facilities staff also recommended liberal grandfathering, applying to any student who started 9^th grade in the 2011-2012 school year.

The full text of the recommendation can be found on the FCPS site.

Those interested in registering to provide public comment on the recommendation, should do so by signing up online or by calling the FCPS Board Office at 571-423-1075, starting at 6 a.m. Friday, June 17. Public comments will be received at the public hearings scheduled for July 11 and 12, at 6:00pm at the Luther Jackson Middle School, Auditorium, 3020 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA.

The staff recommendation will be voted upon by the School Board on July 28.  Please continue to communicate your opinions to the School Board members.