Don't rezone any students out of the Langley school pyramid

The Issue

The Fairfax County School Board has stated plans for countywide boundary changes that may affect the Dranesville district.  Residents are concerned about:

  • Keeping the community together. 
  • Take no child out of the Langley school pyramid.
  • No splitting student siblings and friends apart.
  • House values.

All communities are stronger together.  We live, play, work, volunteer and support each other. The synergy created through one community funnelling to one public high school propels the performance of that high school and knits the community even closer.  Students, graduates, parents, businesses, community organizations and leaders are all affected and care about this outcome.

We want our school board and administration to recognize that redistricting would pull apart our community, will significantly decrease property values of hard-working families who pushed the envelope to move into this community, and most importantly, leaves the underlying problems unsolved. 

Please work with our community to come up with solutions that fundamentally address overcrowding schools elsewhere in the county without hurting our Great Falls community in the process.

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The Issue

The Fairfax County School Board has stated plans for countywide boundary changes that may affect the Dranesville district.  Residents are concerned about:

  • Keeping the community together. 
  • Take no child out of the Langley school pyramid.
  • No splitting student siblings and friends apart.
  • House values.

All communities are stronger together.  We live, play, work, volunteer and support each other. The synergy created through one community funnelling to one public high school propels the performance of that high school and knits the community even closer.  Students, graduates, parents, businesses, community organizations and leaders are all affected and care about this outcome.

We want our school board and administration to recognize that redistricting would pull apart our community, will significantly decrease property values of hard-working families who pushed the envelope to move into this community, and most importantly, leaves the underlying problems unsolved. 

Please work with our community to come up with solutions that fundamentally address overcrowding schools elsewhere in the county without hurting our Great Falls community in the process.

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The Decision Makers

Ardavan Mobasheri
Ardavan Mobasheri
Candidate, Fairfax County School Board for Dranesville
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As the founding organizer of the effort to keep "One Great Falls", I am signing this petition wholeheartedly and urge everyone running for office in Fairfax County, especially those for the Fairfax County School Board to do the same. Our children deserve better than partisan politics. They deserve better than party allegiances, obligations and priorities. For this one time, lets put our children above politics, and on November 5th lets declare our independence.
Fairfax County School Board
Fairfax County School Board
Elaine Tholen
Elaine Tholen
Candidate, Fairfax County School Board for Dranesville
Anastasia Karloutsos
Anastasia Karloutsos
Candidate, Fairfax County School Board for Dranesville
Vinson Palathingal
Vinson Palathingal
Candidate, FCSB Member at Large

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Petition created on June 8, 2019