This June 2nd, 2025 Loudoun County School Board, attendance Zone, public hearing and work session. Dallas, South Secondary, School, attendance zone, change change process. Um, I think. we'll start with item 2 uh Department of Stew Support Services, Della South Secondary School, attendance Zone, presented by Miss Beverly, Tate director, planning ngis services and I think Mr. Kevin Lewis.
Um, again tonight I have folders at your places of the day. Um, quickly, although it's all familiar information, I will go over it. The information is also posted on our planning web page. First you have a copy of tonight's presentation Then you have the map of the conditions without change of No attendance on changes were adopted. This would be, what is reflected. Then we have a copy of the staff plan, the redistrict plan 040, redistrict plan, 289, redistrict plan,
293 and redistrict plan, 935. We have copies of those Maps as well as the supporting rationale. We also have a copy of the planning zone map, which probably probably the map isn't as important, but we have the planning zone data behind there. So if you're interested in how many sixth graders live in a given planning zone during tonight's conversation, um, that is there We've also provided tonight. A copy of policy. 8160 exception to school assignment due to attendance zone change, and I will speak to that later in the presentation.
And then finally the last 2 documents are just the um, compiled Q&A that we've received questions, we've received from members of the public, the answers provided um as of this morning at 7 oclock and then um The 2 questions we've had from board members, uh, chair Mansfield and Dr. Rasheed, that were asked outside of the attendance Zone process. So, as of now and following, Just going to say the March 2020, after the May 2020 school
board meeting the other week. We have 5 plans that are under active consideration by the board. These have moved forward for additional discussion and comment it. Tonight's public hearing, so staff plan and then the 4 members of the community utilizing your redistrict and then sponsored by, um, All 4 response by Miss chernoff and plan, 040 is also sponsored by Cher mannsville. The staff plan looking for my little cheat sheet notes, the
staff plan reassigned 7 planning zones um with our plan and with it. Um speaking only to the middle schools because the high school capacity with all 5 plans. Um, is stable for this duration of the 2627 and 2728 year, but for the 2627 and 2728 year with the staff plan, we would have J. Michael Lunsford, at 96 and 99 percent respectively for those years. Mercer Middle School at 105 and 108 percent Willard Middle
School at 101 and 104 percent. The redistrict plan 040, reassigns 4, planning zones. And with that J, Michael Lunsford would be at 95% utilization in the 2627 year and 97 in the 2728 year. Mercer would be at 104 and 108 percent and then Willer would be 103 and 105%. Redistrict plan 289 reassigns.
9 and I'm counting 1. 2, 8, no. Sorry. Um, and that when has J Michael Lunsford at 101% and 103% in the 26th and 27 school years and then Mercer is at 102 and 104 percent Willard is at 100% And 103%. Redistrict 293 reassigned, 6, planning zones. It has Jay Michael lindsford at 96 and 99 percent capacity
in the 2627 and 2728 years. Mercer is at 100 and 103 percent in Willard is at 105 and 108 percent. Redistrict 935. As J M lens in those, same 2 years, school years, 98%, and 100%, And then 101, and 105% for Mercer and 103, and 106 percent for Willard. This is the final public hearing before next Tuesday's
action by the school board to adopt changes to the delis, South attendance and change. On the I guess I should get back to that on the 10th, the board members, um, board members can make a recommendation to adopt any of those plans. Um, and then if Amendments can be made to that any move to bring an additional new plan that's been created or offered by the community members or even board members up to that point would require the requisite 3 2/3 percent of those on the
deis at the time in order to move another plan forward. But in your purview as a school board, you can adopt any plan or any change to it following the policy. Policy 8160 and this speaks to a question. Miss chernoff, had asked the other night policy, 8160 offers, um, surveying at the time of an attendance zone change, we've stated that Rising seniors would not have to change. They would remain at their current school year for the 2627
school year. Their final year, we also buy policy will survey, active High School siblings. So students who are already enrolled in high school and have a sibling that will be a senior that year policy asks that we survey that interest for that child to remain at and graduate from their current High School. They would remain with their older sibling. Policy also outlined surveying Rising Juniors. Those entering grade 11 at the time of a tenant zone. Change to
determine their interest for remaining at their current High School assignment, for 2 years through graduation. And then it also identifies entering grade 8, Those who will be finishing their final year of Middle School to also survey for their interest to remain at their current Middle. School staff will be surveying based on whatever is adopted on June 10th staff will be surveying these families for interest for their students and report back to you as a school board for you to consider and vote on those requests.
um, if the exception is, granted Transportation may not be provided, there will be Transportation provided. The first year, the 2627 year for those seniors because they will not be moving. So if there's space available on the bus, that would be an option for them. Miss chernoff, you had asked about the potential of also surveying Rising sophomores because those will be students that start next fall as a freshman at either, John champe, light Ridge or Freedom High School depending on what is
adopted. So we could consider that at the direction of the board. We would also survey those students for interest and we would report that back to you for your consideration as well. Some State. We would make that as an amendment or Miss shernoff would make that as an amendment. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Um, again this This is our web page, our email. Um, any questions comments we receive? Um, we're posting answers to all questions. We receive in writing so all can read them any comments. We are again, forwarding them to you and Dr. Spence and, um,
that concludes my presentation. Okay. Um, because it's not a work section, I don't know that we have any Question, if you have questions. Yes, I'm happy to sorry. I didn't state that as I closed, okay? Yes, Miss sure enough. I have a couple questions. Thank you, madam chair and thank you to the team and I'm looking forward to hearing from all of you tonight as well. And I want to also thank for all the many people that have reached out via email. I've had several phones in person meetings, so really appreciate um,
the context to help us make. Good decision. I'm going to piggy back off of what you just said, Miss Tate about the survey because last time it was a late hour and if I am remembering correctly there was I felt like there was a feeling of like we don't want to dangle a carrot and Survey all these students and then be like, oh, there's too many, never mind, we can't do it. So, can you speak to that? Because I know you went ahead and ran those numbers and is it? it true that we feel confident that if we were to survey the rising, I think, 10th graders, write the sophomores that we
feel that our high schools would be able to have that capacity and that that would allow for continuity for all high schoolers involved. Yes, ma'am. And there may be families who choose not to request that because they will have a rising freshman, who would be attending a different school. This would only be applicable to those students who start Grade 9 but the range if we're just looking at the resident students in the planning zones that are recommended with each of the 5 plans. Um we are talking about um at a maximum and that's if everybody requested to
remain at their High School which And my knowledge that's never happened. Um, that we're talking about 201 resident students, that would be with plan 289 and the lowest range would be um, 79 students with plan 935. The staff plan again just counting resident eighth graders this year. We are at the staff plan would involve 133. Students, the plan 040 would be 105 plan. 289 would be 201 plan. 293
would be 1. 120 and play a 935 would be 79 and I would, um, Offer that. There should be capacity, but again, it depends too on the rising 11th graders in the senior 6 day. But I, I don't foresee that as being a problem. Okay. I think that's important. And if that is the sentiment, I really don't see a downside to doing that survey. So I'm definitely planning on moving forward that with that Amendment and I will work with the team to have that posted in board docs on Friday
when they agenda goes live. Um, another question I've had that's kind of risen out of. This is surrounding. Um, DS 13.8. It's a pretty small amount of students from my understanding. And I was wondering if if is it, I guess the question I'm trying to get contacts on is were they changed and are like to a different 1 the first time and then now we're changing them back because I am considering um even if we were to adopt the staff plan, I am considering making
an amendment to take out DS 13.8. Just, um, hearing from those families and thinking about That changed and now changing them back. Just feels a like something we would try to avoid. 13.8. And this 1, that she that she made for us, that's, is that playing for D? It's the um it's the Dallas era area attendant zone changes that she color-coded. Yep. Um reassigned, it looks like DS 13.8. Is that what you said? Yeah, it says zero times. Zero times.
so, when John champe open, Well actually when light Ridge opened it was reassigned from Freedom High School to John champe, High School. and with our, with the staff recommendation, and a couple of the others, uh, plans that are before you, that we are recommending that they leave John champe and go back to Freedom High School in J, Michael. Lunsford. And when was that? That was when light Ridge opened. So light Ridge opened in 2020. So it was okay that year um, we did. I mean
there were The kpatrick Farms folks that are here. They also moved that year so they too have moved. Okay. And we're recommending that I move back but specific to your question. The um DS 13.8 has right now, 20 resident middle school students and 22 resident high school students. So it is a small planning zone. You are correct? Okay. I may present that Amendment as well. Um, just wanted to put that on the table and then, I put forward 4 of the plans. 1 is plan, 40 in conjunction
with Miss man. Um chair Mansfield, do you? I will speak only for myself. I really did that as a way to kind of look at various options and impact um especially kind of to prove the point with 289 that you really have to move. A lot of people to get those numbers really low. Um, 935 is a completely different look but it really disrupts the feeders of the elementary. Um, so that doesn't feel like a great option. Um, so if I personally am not going to consider 289, 293 and 935.
Do we still put those forward at this point because I put them forward or is there a process for that? We just leave it as is. That is totally at your discretion. Um, there may be other board members who like 1 of those and would like to keep them in discussion for next Tuesday, but in making a motion, whoever makes the motion on Tuesday, they would make a motion to adopt a plan. And then if there were amendments to that plan then that would be how it would proceed. Um we would not put forth all 5 plans for a vote.
It would Okay, I would defer to my colleagues then on that. I thank you so much. That's all I have. So, I have a a question about 289. um, I mean, I have to say the numbers are a little better as far as I'm concerned. But also, um, I am wondering about going to Champ and, um, Mercer are those. Are we thinking that DS O7 point2 and DS
o7.5? Are we looking that when HS 14 comes out? that they will be moving somewhere else other than champ and Mercer, or do we know? so, Presently. They are at Willard Middle School. In lightbridge, high school. The lenah mill community. It has and in our answering, some of the questions there's posted with the Q&A that's in your folder. We have, um, talked about the option that perhaps that Community would
be reassigned potentially to what, um, Mercer and John champe high school. But from a staff perspective, we did not make that recommendation because we need, we had planning zones that were located north of Route 50 that were um, specifically the Heartland Community. That's so close to either hs1 14 or Independents we wanted To make sure that there was still capacity at the high school level until that time. And so, we did not make that recommendation and we did not want to split the um
community at the time. I will offer though um at least my um concern on 289. And I know you have been advocate for cleaning up. The feed with Elementary, 289 does not keep all of Pine Brook together at Willard and, um, light Ridge. Um, the 1 plan Zoom, um, 12.8 is the only planning zone in the Pine Brook attendant Zone that would not go to Willard and light Ridge. And so you would have a split feed, um, and a
As some have asked of, you know, what is Splinter feed is a splinter, is a really small percentage of student and that would be a splinter feed in my opinion. And so also miss chernos um it was 13.8 that you were thinking about taking out of the staff plan. so, Would they? So they would stay at Uh Mercer, Mercer and champ. Don't you think that they would come back to Freedom
eventually freedom and Lunsford eventually. I mean because we're thinking all this down here is probably going to stay, right? They may and it may be that if that were a action that the board took where it would remain At Mercer and John champe, it may be that when we do the boundaries for hs1 14 that it would be a recommendation for them or other adjacent planning zones to go to freedom. But um That will be part of that, boundary process, the same as it
will be for DS, 7.2 and 7.5. Yes, uh, Dr. Rasheed thank you, share. Um, thanks so much for putting this together. This is quite cumbersome. Um, of all the data that was put together. Was there any when it came to the staff plan? Was there any data regarding those that walked to school in regards to vicinity? Because I know I see a lot of information regarding the busing but I know that especially in lenah Mill. Uh there's like a a portion of lenah Mill that is like literally walking distance to John champe but yet some of them bust to
lightbridge. So I was just curious. Was there any data regarding walking I do not have. Um, I do not have a walk soon for what John champe would be with lenah Mill. Um, when lenah Mill was assigned to John champe, it was that portion of the community that was developing at the time. And so the path that connects lenah Mill through kind of behind the stadium of John champe. Um, Existed, but very few students did and we weren't walking them because it was active construction all around. But it is certainly there would be students in 7.5. That
would probably be in the walk zone for John champe high school if it were assigned there. But there are also students um, in DS3 12, if I'm speaking correctly, that We're recommending be assigned to Mercer and John champe high school that could walk to Mercer Middle School. Um, there are new, there's a new development that's coming there in a path being constructed by the developer that will have um access to Mercer. likewise 1 might say that Liberty Elementary School,
there's a planning zone, that's adjacent to Freedom, High School that some of those students could walk to Freedom High School. But they're presently at Mercer and John champe. And we have not recommended that they be reassigned with this. But the entire planning zone of DS 7.5 would not be in a walk soon for John champe. Is there any choices to create walk zones for for some of these plans just to make it more easier for the students to get to school? So that we can perhaps decrease on the busing and have the students walk to the schools, if that's a choice.
certainly, if an at Transportation reviews, walk zones Every Spring. And so if there are opportunities similar to, I think J Michael Lindner, this spring that was bored considered at fno. Um you know whether some of those students live on the other side of Braddock would walk to J Michael Lunsford that's certainly something our transportation staff does each spring and so they would look at that depending upon what is adopted. I think so much. Anyone else?
Um, I'm wondering a little bit. Um, I know we discussed these things with principles too. Um, is there any principles when they're, when people are discussing these things with them? Um, what are some of their, um, generally, some of their feelings about overcrowded, or The percentage. thank you, Miss Mansfield, so We generally will talk and we did talk to Miss Mitchell in the department of school leadership. Um, as you know, we,
um, have General conversations with the principles but we don't, um, bring them into the fold of this personally because there's so many different families involved. But what we did talk with the, um, the folks in the department of school leadership, Miss Mitchell in particular, you know, they talked, About the benefits of reducing that, that overcrowding, especially at these middle schools where it would help with the increased access to different services, like social emotional support. The, the mental health access, the community events. Some of the, um, events at these middle schools are so, so large with different programs. They have
to go to a high school to do that because they're not, their school is not big enough to to manage the folks that come to that. So those are a couple of things that we heard in particular in addition to class size. As as we've fit, more students into the building. There's class sizes, get a little bit larger and that affects the availability of teachers to be able to give personal attention. We also talked to them about enhanced student safety, the more folks that are in the building. The, you know, the the easier it is to overlook something. So the Safety and Security, folks, will have better access with fewer kids
greater access to Shared spaces and services as mentioned before, uh, and community relations. You know, the, the, the folks at the school that reach out to the community have even more families to reach out to. So it helps Them and their abilities to do that. So there are a number of things that, um, from the school leadership perspective that they're really looking at benefiting from reducing those that overcrowding in the schools. It it does compile. There's, it's, it's hard to put data numbers, specifically, specifically, to those things. But are things that are, are School administrations deal with, on a regular basis that,
um, they're looking forward to some, some relief for that. And we tried other things, we tried modulars, we tried. I'm sorry, you said modulars. We tried modulars at both schools, we tried other. Yes, we have modulars at at Willard, uh, we put 2 sets of those in there and so there, you know, approaching their, um, core capacity of that building as well with, you know, the folks that um the library the gym, the cafeteria, those types of things, they start to get a real crunch on the overcrowding as well. Any other questions?
Yes. Uh, Vice chair due Thank you, madam chair. Thank you Mr. Lewis and Miss Tate for the huge project. That is condensing this information for us. Um I I have 2 questions for you first. I noticed that the walk zone for champ is seems to be pretty small. Why is it small? Why is it so small for champ? so, the walk zone is, is um, Developed in accordance with the policy that that talks
about the, the distance from the school. Um, at the time it is, it is not included. As Miss Tate said, it does not include the areas of being a mil because it's not it's not attending there. If we were to redraw attendance on or walk zones apology, um, for that, it would Encompass some of 7.5 but not all of that. So, um, it wouldn't be something that we believe. All those students would be able to walk there and to do that, then would probably reduce the number The folks that are able to walk to Mercer. And so it's there's a trade-off there for the walk zones and um, it's
just developed on the attendant Zone and then the distance from the school, Thank you for that. Sure, may I add to that um, specifically with John champe, high school. They are crossing Northstar Boulevard and the crosswalk for Northstar Boulevard is at the intersection. I think it's Mattingly KO and Northstar Boulevard. So the students who live across the road, they're having to walk a distance down Northstar Boulevard to get to that crosswalk to cross the street safely along sidewalks and so that has um, limited the walk zone for John champe. High School.
Specifically, the only other residents that are approximate are off of sacred Mountain, on the north side of sacred Mountain. Thank you. And then my other question was um you mentioned I think you you mentioned Trails a minute ago and I see for Zone 7.5. There's a there's a trail involved is that um is is that an acceptable component of a walcks own under our policy? Yes, walk zones do not have to be paid. They can be. Um,
oh, and it's much louder. Thank you, whoever did that lock since, um, can incorporate any pathway, it does not have to be paid. And so that would be A potential path for certain students. Any other questions? Thank you so much. Um, let me get a little organized with all these papers here. and um, so I can pay attention properly.
All right. We will now move on to item 3, the public hearing procedures for public comment. Thank you for engaging with the school board through the public comment process, the school board, welcomes comments from Loudoun, County residents and believes that strong Community engagement and outreach are important components of a successful school system. Please note, that speed occurs of this school public school board, public hearing shall limit their comments to the delos sell Secondary School attendance Zone public hearing. Speakers must limit their comments to the time. Allotted
based on the number of speakers in the agenda, all speakers have been allotted 1 minute each for public. Comment this evening. Speakers who missed their time slot will not be called at a later time. All audience members shall maintain civility, decorum and respect for the functioning and the Dignity of the school board at all times and abide by the public comment procedures set forth in school, board policy, 2520 entitled participation by the public and on the lcps, citizen participation and website. Those resources also provide information on the distribution of materials to
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Meetings is available through lcps TV on Comcast channel, 18 and Verizon FiOS channel 43. The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on the website. As a little reminder speakers are asked to begin your comments by stating your name street name or planning zone. Designation your DS. Number and the grade level of your children. We look forward to hearing your comments. And we will start with virtual speakers and we might have a little issues with the uh, WebEx today.
So just be patient, please. Our first virtual speaker is Jacob Kenard. Followed by Jennifer Mis We don't have a caller by that name. Jacob Kennard, uh, Jennifer mises followed by Priscilla. Judas. Good evening, my name is Jennifer mises and I live in DIA. 07.2 in Lena Mel, and I'm a mom of 3 daughters and first 6 and seventh grade who are current and future Willard. Wildcats, I'm here in support of the original staff plan,
being considered for the Della South attendant zone change. I have spent time reviewing, prior fiscal, year board, docks, where it is noted that Willard and light Ridge were originally intended to Priority Zone, Delina Milan willisburg communities, given their size, immediate, physical and walking proximity to the schools and anticipated student growth Willard. Middle School was not initially, a capacity when opened. And therefore in a 2019 School Board presentation, some portions of smaller neighborhoods such as kirpatrick farms and others were temporarily, granted permission to attend Willard to alleviate overcrowding At Mercer and lens at that time.
Now, as noted in the 2025 staff plan student populations have once again shifted and there is capacity at Mercer and lens. So, seapatrick farms and the other small groups of students are being moved back to their originally intended, schools and aligned feeder schools. The staff plan. Truly has the least amount of impact to the students and has been really thought out. Well please support the staff plan. Thank you, Priscilla, just followed by Justin Eustis. Hello, good afternoon, everybody. I'm a resident of Lina
Mill and have a element middle and Rising middle school and current high school student. And I would, uh, like for the staff plan or any plan that keeps my children in Willard and light. Ridge. The staff plan makes more sense. Overall for our children, traffic concerns and, uh, Community continuity. I'm an advocating for staff plan plan, 293 or 935 which keeps a community together at Willard and lightridge. Thanks for listening, thanks for your time.
Thank you. Justin just, followed by Joshua. Just Should we move on to the next 1? Or Yes, move on. I'm sorry. We can move on to Joshua. Okay. Joshua, did you say this? Olive and Lena Mill and would like to finish my middle school in Willard and continued High School in lightbridge, please consider my request. Thank you for your time. Katherine Thomas, followed by Joanna.
Malo. Good evening. Good evening, my name is Kathryn Thomas, and I'm a resident of DS. 7.2 the lenah mill neighborhood. I currently have 3 Elementary School, students kindergarten second. And fourth grade, I'm advocating for the board to choose the staff. Plan plan, 293 or plan 935 that keep our community together at Willard and lightbridge DS. 7.2 was already moved in the previous resoning and 2020 and it would be disruptive to move these students. Again keeping our neighborhood together. Only makes sense as there is no natural boundary
or road that splits our neighborhood into 2 sections, geographically. It makes more sense for lenah. Mill to attend Willard or light Ridge because of proximity and the right-hand turn out of the back of our neighborhood on to Braddock a left-hand turn to get to Champ or mercer at that intersection is dangerous and backs up traffic. It doesn't make a lot of Sense to have lenah Mill drivers, make this left-hand turn to get to Mercer or chant and cross traffic coming from neighborhoods further east to get to Willard or light Ridge. I acknowledge this is a difficult decision but I believe the staff plan balances numbers. Well while providing consistency and logical Geographic boundaries,
thank you for your time. Thank you, Joanna, Manalo, followed by shvi cuccaro. Good evening. My name is Joanna Manolo from DS. 072, I have 2 children 1 in second grade and a 6th grader at Willard as Elena Mill resident. I want my children to remain at Willard and light Ridge, the staff plan or or plans, 293 and 935 is the most sensible option for our children, based on traffic patterns and maintaining Community continuity. I
support the staff plan or our plans, 293 and 935 to keep our community together, at will learn the light Ridge. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you, shvi kakari kakari, followed by cruey Nike. good evening, my name is Revy Dolla, South 7.5 and I have a kid in Elementary in first grade and a sixth grader at Willard and i would support the staff plan. And I want my kids to go to Willard and lightridge and its most important assigning students to schools based on proximity and it
offers benefits like reduced commute times, increased participation of kids in extracurricular activities, stronger Community ties, enhanced uh, parental involvement like, uh, in school events and volunteering opportunities and families, often choose their houses, based on schools, their children. Go to, when resoning happens after families, have settled, and it leads to frustration, and a sense of instability, and children, should be able to walk or bike to school and lcps promotes this. And saving time reducing the stress associated with the long commutes and
all that. And I request The Honorable board members to do justice, to kids, who are living in close, proximity to schools that they assigned. Already assigned to and do not change this and thank you. Thank you. Coutin Nike Nike followed by, um, art Sharma. We don't have a caller by that name. Art Sharma, followed by Cordell Hansen. We don't have a caller by that name. Cordell Hansen, followed by Maggie Maggie.
Hi, this is Cordele Hansen. Can you hear me? Yes, sir. Hi, uh, my family are residents at the US 13.12 in West Via States. Uh, we have 2 children in lcps, I'm asking the board to keep our current Peter pattern to find Brooke Willard and light region. Tact our neighborhood is a planned, proper Community developers contributed land and money to support schools when it was built that investment should matter in this process.
For our fully built out neighborhood, that isn't driving New Growth. Yet, the proposal moves our students to make space for others that creates disruption without solving the real capacity issue. Our students have been progressing through Pinebrook and Willard with the expectation of attending light Ridge. That continued that continuity matters and the trust families placed in the system when they chose to live here we invest in the community and planned around it. Please consider the
reassignment of Thank you Maggie Maggie. Followed by Kate Meyers. We don't have a caller by that name. Kate Meyers followed by Stephanie Walters. Hi, hi. My name is Kate Myers from DS, 12.6. I have 3 children in lcps. Trust and transparency. Are at the core of any relationship, including the 1 between lcps, its students and their families. Many comments at the previous meeting expressed at the staff plan, was the only plan that was unbiased yet. I politely disagree without Community
engagement surveys, filled out, even if not required and the fact that not all questions, submitted have been answered in the fullest, there is in fact, exclusionary informational and procedural bias that have all occurred. We deserve, full transparency and the staff plan does not provide this for our communities. Therefore, we stand behind plan 40, which prioritizes the communities that were planned and Loudoun County received Financial contributions to offset the impact of growth. Also lcps staff indicated
that 7.5. And 7.2 are already being considered for Mercer and John champe which would create a peer feed, and negotiation as well as own 7.5 within walking distance of champ again plan 40 addresses. The fact, Thank you. Stephanie Walters followed by Gio ba. Hello. Um, thank you so much for having me on. Can you all hear me, okay? Yes, ma'am. Okay, perfect. Um, so I'm in support of the staff plan. Um, and I'm actually currently at the lenah Mill. Swim team
practice, and it's so nice to see the students socializing about school, what they did during the day, asking for help with assignments. And what all went went on during the day. So really dividing, a community would take that away and divide the positive culture that we've tried to create here for those students in Lena that would not go to Willard, and to lightbridge seems silly only because Mercer is further away. And the left hand, turn and both Willard and lightridge are right hand, turn yielding less traffic and accidents. Has others. Have also mentioned. Um, I actually
moved to Lena Mill because I coach at lightbridge and I moved to Lena Mill because I wanted to live in the community in which I coach and I thought that that was really important for my daughter who's in second grade to be a part of. So really just wanting to keep her with her friends, all of our community together. Um, and so please please, let's go for this, but Thank you joti. Villa followed by VC ready. We don't have a caller by that name. Vivec ready. Followed by Josephine Chung?
We don't have a caller by that name. Josephine Chung followed by anjani turlapati. We don't have a caller by that name. And Johnny. To the party followed by. Um, Navin Saluki. Good evening, everyone. Uh, honorable members of the school board, my name is Anita lipatti, and my son is a rising freshman to lightridge in the 2025 26. School year. We are
from planning zone, DS 12.6 and we live in the bra Corner Community. I want my son to stay with light region. I strongly oppose the staff plan. I want to present 4 concerned here. Our kids will be critically impacted with the staff plans ill, timing resoning, the concerns are regarding core selection, continuity, and career. Plan with LHS advanced music band program and opportunities offered with light Ridge feeder relationship between the schools and the social and emotional stability and cause of stress that will cause to my son as a mother
of rising. Sophomore by 2627, I believe any reasoning at this time will cause huge negative impact in my son's academic music and personal growth. Hence, I strongly oppose. The staff plan and respectfully request lcps to not make any changes at this time. Thank you. Navin, thank you. Navin followed by Sarah Storms. Hello. Hi. Uh, this is Navin from Lina mail. I humbly urge the board to not split, our community between schools, uh,
dividing, our kids will cause unnecessary emotional distress as close, friendships are broken apart. I strongly strongly support the staff plan 9:35 and 293 that will keep Lina mil together zone for Willard and light. Rich light Rich. Please help us preserve the stability and wellbeing of our children by keeping our community intact. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity. Thanks. Sarah Storms followed by Divya kakkar, lauti. Hello, thank you. My name is Sarah Storms. And I am a
member of the lenah mill Community. With a rising third, and a rising sixth grader. I'm here to strongly oppose plans, 289 and 40, not just because they impact my family, but because they compromise student safety and we're not built with the broader community in mind unlike the neighborhood driven Alternatives, the South plans created through a thoughtful independent process. It was designed to balance capacity to geography and cotton annuities with students safety as a top priority. It is the only plan developed with objectivity and the good of the entire area in mind. If lenah Mill is reassigned, families will be
forced to make dangerous left turns on a Braddock Road during Peak traffic. A road already known for accidents. This isn't just inconvenient, it's a safety hazard waiting to happen. Please support the staff plan. It's the responsible choice for safety stability, and the long-term well-being of our students. Thank you. Thank you Divya Co Carla P followed by vincit bellina. We don't have a caller by that name. Benites ballena. Followed by Kieran k. We don't have a caller by that name.
Karen K. Followed by Jennifer Korum. Hi, my name is Kiran. Uh, I live in lenah. Mill DS 7.5. I have a rising 7th grader in the rising, second grader. Um, We Buy Houses we invest millions of dollars based on the assigned schools zones. And as a tax player, I think we need more transparency in these kind of uh, reassignments. And rezoning I think a survey with all the Um, residents of lenah Mill, would definitely give up, you
know, a better, uh, results of what what is needed. And what, what, what what impacts US changing. The schools is going to be a huge impact on the students mental distress. And, you know, it's it's going to be a emotional thing, uh, causing a lot of issues. I believe um, lcps should talk to uh your the land and buildings developers to to better plan for future uh uh zoning and whatnot. But please do not disrupt the current assignments. Thank you.
Thank you. Jennifer Quorum and then we'll start with our in-person. Hi, thank you. Um, I'm a parent residing in lenah Mill. Um, District 7.2, and I strongly oppose plan. 289, 289 will create unnecessary disruption for many families as it simply swaps. Students from 1 district, with another and vice versa. It does not take into account. The logistical challenges that would force families to quite literally cross paths with each other while driving their students to school with the other families driving to light, Ridge and
Willard. This will undoubtedly worsen dangerous traffic patterns that already exist on Braddock Road, although there is no perfect plan. There are better options, I support the staff plan. As it offers unbiased Solutions with no 1 seek personal gain to help balance, long-term stability, the staff plan considers, the logistical needs of the district since it moves back. The zones that were never intended to be assigned to the Willard light Ridge cluster to begin with. These were the zones that were moved only in the past due to overcrowding the staff plan reverses, these changes, keeping these zones assigned to the Mercer champ feed, as
intended, we strongly urge the board to project, 289, and prioritize, the stability and safety our family. Thank you. And we'll continue with our in-person speakers. Starting with Liz carnetta. And then Alex cornetta. Hi there. My name is Liz cornetta. I live in 12.6 and I have an eighth grader at Willard. I'm choosing to believe that this process won't end with following through with the staff. Plan asking students to move out of 1 School, while moving another set of students into that. Very same school.
I'm choosing to believe that this process will end with absolutely no high school. Students being forced to change schools partway through high school to address a middle school capacity, issue, I'm choosing to believe that the school board will be Forward Thinking and adopt plan 40, which makes Cardinal Ridge a pure feed and could make Goan post a pure feed with with an amendment to face students in at their natural transition. I'm choosing to believe that the board won't end up splitting. The long established planned community of Kirkpatrick farms in favor of a much newer. Buy right
community. Which with an amendment to plan, 40 wouldn't be split. I'm choosing to believe that the board won't end up moving the students of the small long established plan community of braided Corner as the classes of 22 and 23 went through a myriad of changes involving Thank you. Thank you. Alex cornetta followed by Anna Chopra. Oh, Alex granetta. Uh, Ana Chopra. Followed by Barbara Davis. Hi, my name is Annette Chopra and I live in Dallas South
District 7.2 and I'm currently a seventh grader at Willard, and I am not supporting plan 289. I like to say thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share my opinion on this issue today. First of all, many students and parents are excited about going to it and like rich, as I am too excited to be going to a familiar school, but if you change the zoning, it would be disappointing to many. I can relate to this as when I was in kindergarten. The zoning changed, making me go to an unfamiliar place with for you to know people. I knew. And this would happen to many students. If you do the
same change to the zoning. Also, I already know and I've seen many of the teachers from lightridge. For example, I currently take Orchestra at Willard and I've seen 1 of the light Rich Orchestra teachers, come to a certain Willard Orchestra concerts that take place at lightridge. If you change the zoning it would have to make me and other students start over with understanding and knowing our future teachers. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Barbara Davis followed by Mia Johnson. Good evening. Uh, once again, Barbara Davis feel like I
need frequent flyer biles at this point. Uh, my son Rowan goes to, uh, fifth grade at middleberg Community, Charter School. Thank you for showing up there last week at mentioned, a lot to the kids. Um, I very, very simply I'm in. I'm in favor of any plan. Does that does not fit my community in 2 and if plan 40 seems to be the way that that Miss, um, Sharon off seems to be um, That seems to be the the 1 that makes the most sense. It's
the least disruptive. That is what I am in favor of So, I mean, honestly our community with where we are. We are not the million dollar homes. We're not the biggest tax base. but between the power lines and Braddock Road and being shoved up against the power lines and been, you know, other communities been shelved up next to us we need to become, you know, none of these were, none of this is your fault, but the, but the Board of Supervisors, but You guys have the power to do 1 thing for us. So please plan
40. Thank you. Um, Mia Johnson followed by Catalina Johnson. Good evening members of the board. My name is Mia Johnson. I'm from lenah Mill district, ds07, point2, and I'm a sixth grade student at Willard Middle School. I spoke at the last meeting about how important Willard is to me, because of the friends. I've made the clubs I've joined and the community. I feel proud to be a part of. I'm here again tonight because my future still feels uncertain and I want to keep sharing how this affects students like me. I've
learned more about the staff plan and support it. Please don't move students who are already right where they're supposed to be. I'm asking you to keep lenah Mill, zoned for Willard and light Rich where we've always been and where we still want to grow and Thrive. Thank you for listening and for continuing to hear our voices, Thank you, Catalina Johnson, followed by Sally Yates. My name is Catalina Johnson and I'm a fourth grade student at Goan, Post Elementary. I live in DS, 07.2 Lena mail and
I've always been excited to go to Willard and light Ridge. Like my big sister, I hear that some people want to move my neighborhood to different schools, but that doesn't seem fair. We've been part of Willard And that's what I've been looking for. To I want to go to the same school as my sister and my neighbors. I want to learn from the teachers she talks about and make friends just like she did. Please don't change that for me. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Sally Gates, followed by Michael Nakaya.
Good evening. My name is Sally Yates and I live in DS, 7.2 and have a sixth grader at Willard. I'm speaking again to a post plan 289, I truly appreciate the board members, who recognize the challenges this plan presents. It's the most disruptive disruptive option on the table. The staff plan on the other hand would undo earlier decisions made that helped relieve the overcrowding At Mercer at the time by moving these zones back to Mercer champ, where they were originally planned to attend. The
staff, plan also helps ease. Some of the ongoing traffic issues on the Braddock side of our community where which V Dot has. No short-term plans to address. Lenah Mill, doesn't have a natural device, so splitting us just feels unnecessary while. No plan is perfect, I believe the staff plan offers, the most thoughtful and balanced approach. I hope it will remain the board's. Focus, thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Michael NC Myers followed by Nancy sirar. No, Michael ncas.
Nancy SAR. Followed by Melissa King. Good evening board, I'm Nancy swarm. Um Alina mil, resident resident and 7.5. Um, thank you for having me again. So, I have a fourth grader and a seventh grader. So they'll be rising middle schooler and high schoolers when this comes into play 1 thing. That hasn't been talked about is We Have A New Path so our community can walk easier to go and post. However, that path will not be able to be used to get to Goan or to Champ because it crosses Goan post property. So
that's going to be an interruption to their school day using that path that our community built. And that's going to have an impact on another school. Also, you talked about this distance, it is literally a tenth of a mile difference, from light Ridge and champ the community the road right behind my house walks to light Ridge. There's a crosswalk there. They could walk there just like they can walk the champ. We can hear both games. So the distance isn't it? It's going to be easier to get to light Ridge because of the right hand turns and my son won't have to remake new friends because you took them to
her father and other schools because you've already split our community. Thank you, thank you. Melissa King, followed by Elizabeth Whitley. Hi, I'm Melissa King. My husband, Nick, our third grader Mason and I live in seapatrick farms on Peaceful Terrace. Just South Braddock Road, it may look like this districting doesn't affect us, but it does, it hurts to see a community. We love ripped apart by a line on a map in the staff plan. Tonight, we stand for our friends and our neighbors. When leveraged and Willard, open our whole neighborhood was redistricted from Mercer and champ. Then
Piper absorbed all of hov's kindergartners for 2 years causing traffic nightmares. That was unfair. Now, the proposal moves kids north of radek, back to Mercer champ breaking up. Lifelong friendships, it's not fair. These children play on the same sports teams swim at the same pool play, at the same playgrounds. How do we explain that a line will pull them apart in middle and high school? You say preserving Community is a priority but this plan shatters ours, and and and the pyramid cluster promise, how stable is it to divide a neighborhood that's been in the same pyramid cluster together since day 1, we're looking forward to buying a home in north of Braddock. But now, why
would we move our son into a different high school and middle school than his friends? South of Braddock. Please vote for plan, 40. Please keep a Farms as 1. Thank you. Thank you. Elizabeth Whitley, followed by Riley Whitley. Hello again, I'm Elizabeth and I live in Kirkpatrick Farms DS 13.3 with my 4 children who are in Willard and Pine Brook. This process has been truly exhausting staff plans, splits us up and uh resounds a huge portion of the Pine Brook. Cluster, several of us across these communities have banded together to try to make sense of it all. And the
hours of research emails uh driving around to even like research Dulles South uh neighborhood meetings have been exhausting but enlightening. Not only has lcps not presented the data as to why the rezoning has to happen right now. But none of us have found it. We also can't figure out why staff plan was presented as shuffles families around, without truly solving the problem and tears apart a community, and destroys a long established School cluster. Um, plan 40 is the best option, it's truly data driven. We have even included the thousands of homes being built in
the next few years, in our analysis, 4 of which are located between Gum Spring Road and Willard Middle School Braddock Road. Should not be the end, all be all for this decision, but many people are focused on that and trying to punish us for living on the wrong side of it. Please vote plan, 40. Thank you Riley. Whitley followed by CJ Whitley. Hi, my name is Riley. And I've been seventh grade at Willard. My time here has been amazing, and I want my brothers to have the same experience. Pinebrook is a split school and I had to say goodbye to so many friends. After
fifth grade, if you approved staff plan, I'll have to do that all over again. Along with my brothers, we will lose our school Community along with half of our um, neighborhood community Willard, prepares us for our time at light Ridge, with games and events, taking place there, I would have to start completely over which breaks my heart. Please vote plan 40 and vote me for me, my brother's cryptic farms. And for all the other kids, affected by the staff plan, we matter just as much as other communities. Thank you.
CJ Whitley followed by Bryson Whitley. Uh, CJ Whitley as you know, because other 2 were just up here, I'm from Kirkpatrick Farms. I have a rising kindergartener, third grader, fifth grader, and eighth grader. Um, as a veteran, 1 of the things I most look forward to once my active duty ended was establishing roots with my family. Uh, my time in the military was spent constantly deploying going underway and my family moved 6 times in 8 years, we bought our home in Kirkpatrick Farms with the goal of stability in creating
A sense of community. My children have thrived in their schools and my wife, and I have enjoyed our time volunteering. The staff plan will disrupt the community that we have been a part of for 8 years. Um our daughter would have to attend a high school with a fraction of the kids that she's been beside all these years and our boys would spend their Elementary years. Um forming forming friendships, only to go to middle school with a small percentage of them. Uh, maintaining friendships with the kids in their own Community will be hard since the staff plan wants to split our community across product. Um,
how does this meet the goals of stability and keeping communities together? I'm urging plan. 40. Thank you, Jonas. Whitley and O'Brien Whitley. Sorry. Followed by Jonas Whitley. My name is Bryce. Great at Pine Brook. The staff plan would rip my neighborhood in half and put me in a new school. Without most of my friends, I've been getting excited for a choir at Willard and the staff plan would take that away from me. All my friends and neighbors are upset about this plan but
many don't know that their voice matters. I know mine does for me Pinebrook in karrotrec farms, vote plan for you and keep us together. Don't punish us for living on the wrong side of bratic. Thank you. Thank you. Jonas Whitley, followed by John Martinez. I'm Jonas and in second grade at Pinebrook, if you choose the staff plan, I will be separated from all my friends who live across Braddock that, that isn't fair to any of us. This doesn't make any sense. Community is supposed to be
important, but you want to cut us in half, please vote plan, 42. Keep us together my voice and my community matter. Please show us that you believe that too. Thank you. John Martinez, followed by Rosie Masami. I'm John Martinez. I live in Stone Ridge section. DS1 17.6. I have a eighth grader at Mercer and a second grader at Pinebrook. For 16 years. I've watched our zoning change disrupting our students, friendship and stability and sense of belonging
11 years ago. Our section with singled out from Stone Ridge and rezone from our Cola Pine Brook. Pine Brook Elementary over the years. We've become socially academically and emotionally connected with the Pine Brook communities, then Willard opened, and were split off again and forced to move to Mercer separating our children from the friendships. They've had since kindergarten and removing us from the rest of Pinebrook. How many times do our children have to start over? My oldest was resand, 5 times from the same address, our section is either forgotten or abused plan, 289 fixes
this. It keeps Pinebrook students, moving together through Willard and light Ridge and creating a complete feeder School in Pinebrook. And Goan post this plan. Restores logical feeder patterns, it means our children Stay Together. And their school path makes sense. Please support plan 289. Thank you. Thank you. Rosie msumi of Rosie msumi followed by Jignesh vaja. Speaking today, as a concerned parent and resident of capric farms regarding the proposed rezoning staff plan.
Our neighborhood is over 2 decades old. While we are all neighbors while all the new neighborhoods were being built and our or it's our schools, that houses, the Surplus until new schools were being built. We have neighborhood. We have neighborhood communities here saying that they want to stay together. Why wouldn't we kirpatrick? Farms is a community. Our neighborhood has long been part of the Willard lightridge feeder pattern. These schools aren't just buildings their communities, where kids grow up together form, lasting friendships and families built
support networks. The proposed staff plan would fracture. Those ties forcing kids away from their peers stability and everything that they know rezoning should prioritize new developing neighborhoods, not established ones like ours, where families have invested emotionally and financially with the expectation of consistency newer. Communities are still forming their school identities and would be less impacted by early adjustments. Thank you. Jenes vaja followed by Amit Sharma.
Amit Sharma, followed by Dorothy Rooney. Good evening members of the board. I'm with Sherba. I live at the cherish Court in K. Patrick Farms. Uh, me and my wife, we have spent hundreds and thousands of hours volunteering into lcps over the period of time. I have 2 kids in Willard Middle School right now. I strongly oppose staff plan and would support plan 40. Because going with staff plan, will break up the community, which we
have. And my kids have been part of. We have seen our kids growing up like many other families in Kirkpatrick who has volunteered hundreds of hours to lcps and you know bring the community together. This will not just you know, uh disbar and kind of, you know, put a strain on our children and give mental stress to them. But also the sense of community and togetherness that they have will affect you know adversely on their future. We should look forward and
encouraged to a future of our community. These kids and make sure they are they they are supported with this. Thank you. Thank you. Dorothy Rooney followed. By Tara handwork. Good evening. I live in lenah Mill and I'm a mother of 5 children, all of whom attend lcps. When a senior at light Ridge Twins and sixth grade at Willard a fourth grader and a second grader at go post. I'm here tonight to show support for the staff plan, which keeps lenah Mill, families, at Willard and light Ridge. These schools have
meant far more for to our family and many others than just academics. They've been safe. Stable environments where our children grow build lasting connections and truly fill out home as a parent. I've seen firsthand how School changes can affect students not long ago. Our children Express experienced a shift when Mercer grades sixth and seventh and Willard served grades 8th and 9th. These are key developmental years and such transitions are highly disruptive, not just academically, but emotionally and
socially. The staff plan. Prioritizes student well-being, Transportation safety. And the community's bonds that have formed over time. This plan isn't just about drawing redrawing boundaries on a map. It's about understanding the real life impact on families. Please support the staff plan. Thank you, Tara handwork. Followed by myeron Hello, my name is Tara himarc and I'm the mother of 2 Pinebrook, elementary students a fifth and second grader. We live in a small cluster of Stone Ridge. DS, 17.6 that
attends Pinebrook. We are both here. My both, my children are here tonight and they want me to voice their feelings on being able to stay with their friends. Um, we were researching from our Cola to Pinebrook the neighbors, behind my house, go to Arcola. I want to help the voice of the school community that the children, and their families have created. At Pine Brook myself, and many other community members evidenced by the dozens of community signatures. I have here on a petition, um, Want to stay at Pine Brook and be funneled to Willard and light Ridge. In a support of red District plan 289. We are all here in support of what we feel is best for our
students. This plan will help benefit School communities, and continue to Foster lifelong friendships that our children have formed and 289 could be adopted or if our small community um, could be amended into an adopted plan. Um, to have Pine Brook, be a feeder school. I understand geographical communities are going to be louder and want to stay together, but be honest, we have formed stronger Community um stronger in our schools. Thank you. Thank you. Myeron followed by Kelly Rosner. Good evening. My name is Moroni. I'm a resident of lenah
Mill, and a sixth grader at Willard Middle School. As a student. I struggled to make connections but have made many connections within the Willard. Middle School Community, Community, Willard's Administration have really been good for me and my transition to Middle School changing schools in 8th, grade would negatively impact my education. I am advocating for staff plan, which keeps our community together. At light region Willard and light Ridge. Thank you. Thank you. Um, Kelly Rosner. Followed by Nathan Rosner. Good evening. My name is Kelly Rosner, and I'm original
owner in Braddock Corner DS1 12.6. Since 2009. We are profit Community, which helped build these schools. This should have been taken into consideration when new buy right communities, continue to be built and force constant resoning due to overcrowding. My son is in eighth grader at Willard Middle School. And my daughter is a fourth grader at Pine Brook. Elementary. The proposed staff plan would force my son to switch from light Ridge to Champ and his sophomore year and he will not be able to graduate with his peers. He's known since
kindergarten Yes, kids are resilient but they need stability more. Please consider delaying any school. Zone changes until HS 14 is opened. Please don't make these high school students suffer for a middle school problem. All the plans in the redistrict tools. Still have the middle schools at either at capacity or over capacity for the 2728 school year. If you must make changes, please consider plan 4 day, which only makes changes to Forest school zones, versus the 7. It also aligns, um, DSO, 5 with their cluster.
Thank you. Thank you. Nathan Rosner. Followed by Abigail Conley. Good evening, evening. My name is Nathan Rosner, and I'm an eighth grader at Willard M Middle School. I've lived in Braddock Corner DS 12.6 my entire life. I'm looking forward to attending lightridge High School where I was planning on graduating with my friends. I've known since kindergarten. I was looking forward to participating in clubs and trying out for the light Ridge basketball team. The proposed staff plan changes, all of that, the staff plan will rezone me over to Champ in my sophomore year of
high school away from my elementary and middle school. Cluster from my perspective, Willer doesn't seem any more crowded than it is when I was in sixth grade. I also had advisor in the modellers last year and while I was not ideal, we made the best of it and had a ton of advisory parties. Please do not approve, the staff plan and rezone us. Please. Consider plan, 40, thank you for your time. Thank you. Abby Conley. Abigail of Conley followed by Scott Rosner. My name is Abby Conley. I'm a resident of DS 13.8. And I my
children will be in Rising seventh and ninth graders in 2026. Today, I'm advocating for the removal of DS. 13.8 from all resoning plants in the acceptance of the extended survey. DS 13.8 is very small spread over 3 grades, 20 students is very few 20. Students is very few students per grade even if we are to move 1 High School, 14 open, keeping us in our Zone allows current students in the secondary process to stay with their peers and get further in their Education Without disruption. As I shared with all of you earlier this week, leaving our Zone in the champ, cluster does not disrupt current
Transportation routes or feeder alignment with Cardinal Ridge Elementary. It also provides further compliance with policy 6530 as it minimizes attendance on changes for the previously, for a previously removed moved Zone further. Most, if not all residents in the with school age, children in our Zone, do not want to change schools. I also been strongly encourage you to support the extension and also include Rising 9th graders in that. So they may stay with their peers through high school. Thank you. Thank you Scott, Rosner. Followed by Lily, Rosner. Uh, good evening members of the school board. My name is
Scott. Rosner of brawta corner DS 12.6. And I'm here tonight, not just as a parent of an eighth grader at Willard and a fourth grader at Pine Brook. But as someone who's lived the experience, you're proposing for our children. When I was a kid, I was forced to change schools, it disrupted, my education, my friendships and my senses stability. I struggled. Both academically and emotionally falling behind in class feeling like an outsider in a place that was supposed to support me. Now, I see history threatened to repeat itself with my own children. There are thriving where they are supported by teachers, who know
them and friendships that motivate them. Uh, uprooting them now isn't just a change in school zone. It's a change in their Foundation. Uh, I oppose the staff plan, I oppose this resoning. Um, but if we have to, I strongly Suggest consider plan 40 That's prioritize consistency and well-being over convenience or costs. Our kids deserve better and thank you all for your support. I know this is a hard decision. Thank you. Thank you. Bye Lily, Rosner. Followed by 3, 3, Pura ganty.
Good evening. My name is Lily, Kate, Rosner. And I am a fourth grader at Pine Brook Elementary. I have lived in bratic corner DS1 12.6 my entire life. I love Pine Brook and I am looking forward to going to Willard Middle School. Where, my brother went I participated in a Pine Brook course this year and sing at at various light Rich, sports events. Our school is connected with Willard and lightridge not
mercher and champ. Please do not rezone us. The staff plan will move me from my friends as they will be going to Willard and light Rich schools. Please, consider plan, 40. Thank you. Thank you. If you pour a gun to followed by 3 B, 3 b, 1 ganti. Good evening, my name is tripura ganti and I'm a parent of 2 boys in school zone, DS 7.5, current sixth grader, and 8th grader, both at Willard, and on track for lightridge.
I'm here tonight to ask you to keep blending milk community in the Willard, lightridge track and say no to plan 040 and and 289. Our schools are just a mile away from us and our community is not divided by any major roadside Braddock changing. This would split as a part and add uh to traffic congestion and disrupt. The stability and friendships our kids rely on traffic and safety is also a big concern. The intersection at Lena Crossing Drive and Braddock Road has seen 7, crashes and 7 traffic violations. In the past 2 years, rezoning would force more families and high schools
drivers. Moreover to make the dangerous risky left turn. I've emailed the shares report and petition signed by the Lena Mill Community to To the board for consideration. Please, support the staff plan to keep our community safe, stable and together, we were always zoned to go to Willard and lightridge. Please listen to the data and the voices of our kids. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Tuan ganti, followed by Carrick ganti. My name is tribo and ganti and I live in DS, uh, schools on
DS 7.5. I'm a parent of 2 boys who at in Willard right now 6th and 8th grades. And I'm here tonight to ask your support for the staff plan that will keep our kids at Willard and lightridge, our schools are just close by. And this proximity is essential for our families to teams. And for our kids, to thrive switching us to farther schools would not only add to already congested traffic patterns that everybody has spoken about especially the dangerous left, uh, turn of the Paradox. Uh, the citation numbers have been quoted but there's numerous close calls that have not been
reported yet. And this will also break our community bonds which have been built over the past years resoning. At this time would disrupt their friendships and create a lot of unnecessary stress. It's just not about data or numbers. It's about keeping our children safe supported and together, please support the staff plan and help us preserve the stability and connection that our community relies on. Thank you for listening and supporting our kids. Thank you. Thank you. Karthik Conti followed by AMU GI Hi. My name is kartik ganti and I'm a rising ninth grader
at leverage. High School. I live in Lena Mill and my school zone is DS 7.5. I'm here today because I really want to stay on track and finish my high school career at light Ridge. Please say no to plans, 040, and 289, changing high schools in 10th Grade will really be tough. I would have to leave behind everything. I worked for just, as I'm starting to get adjusted to the high school life, which is a huge transition having to go to a new school environment and make new friends club sports and connections. This is a lot to adjust for the critical years of my education and is
very unfair. I know that rezoning is supposed to help with overcrowding but for me and my friends is more than the numbers. It's about feeling with people or being with people. We grown up with and feeling like we belong plans, like the staff plans support us um in letting our um High School career, stay at lightbridge please let us finish um high school at light Ridge with my friends and help keep my community and family together. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Auntie followed by Sarah Healey. Hi, my name is emo Gotti and I'm a sixth grader at Willie
Middle School. I live in Lena middle of my school zone is DS 7.5. I'm here because obviously, I don't want to be moved to a new school. I've made great friends both strong connections over my years and I'm involved in sports, will It Feels Like Home to me, I want to finish, um, middle school with my peers and have the same great experiences. My older brother had, it would be really hard to leave everything behind and start over at New School in my last year. In middle school plans. Like the slap staff plan would let me stay at Willard and go to light Ridge with my older brother and friends. Just like we'd expected, please oppose 040 and 289
and help keep my friends. Friends, friends community and family together. Please don't make me look, new kid in my last year of Middle school. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Sarah Healey. Followed by anoosha be. Good evening. My name is Sarah Healey, and I live in zone DS 7.5. I have a 6 and eighth grader at Willard due to move moving for work. Our oldest has attended 6 schools thus far in his life. And we know how challenging these changes can be we settled into this particular home because of the
amazing schools in our district, our kids have thrived at Willard and are greatly looking forward to continuing their education, at lightridge to that end all of our eighth graders met with a lightweight. Counselor to plan their courses. They attended an activity fair at lightridge to learn all about the amazing opportunities there are. And my son got to play with the light Ridge, marching and symphonic bands, in order to get him excited about their music program. Now, we, we are being told to that. There will be forced to switch high schools Midstream, which is unfair and takes them away from from the academic and extracurricular, path, that they have
been working towards high school is hard enough. As, you know, without adding additional uncertainty and change, we respectfully ask you to keep the lenah mill, Community together, at Willard and light Ridge. Thank you. Thank you, and you should be followed by Cena McCracken. Good evening. My name is Anusha V. I'm a resident of lenah Mill community, and planning zone 7.5. I have a rising sixth grader, and a rising third grader. I request the board to not spread our community into 2 separate schools. We want to continue to be in the Willard and light Ridge school zone, both Lyra. And John champe are almost same
distance to our community, just 1 tenth of a mile of a difference. So that is not uh, something we should even consider. When we are looking at this high schools, we strongly support the staff plan and believe this is the only unbiased plan based on all the logistics lenah Mill is a closed at Community with, and with plans, like 040 and 289 my son. And his longtime best friends from kindergarten, who lives a street away, will be forced to attend different schools. All cars coming out of Lena, will need to make a left turn onto Braddock Road and Mercer. And John chap. There is no traffic signal and is severely congested during rush hours Lena will residents already
reached out to V Dot and Laden County Police. To alleviate the situation. If kids from Lena will need to attend Mercer, it will be a 15 to 20 minute commute each way. It would also Force the kids to get on the bus and our before the school starts, which would be very unreasonable. We thank you. Sydney and McCracken followed by John pepper. Hi everyone. I'm the resident of the Lina milk Community. District DS, 0705 and our neighborhood is very concerned with the proposed plan zero, uh, Zero 4 zero. We hope that the board will reconsider and reject plans 0 for zero and
support, the regional staff. Plan plan plan 0440 is extremely distracted as it divides in the middle students and break essential connections while other um, districts were temporarily placed to be alert and light, reach has always been attending Willert on light reach and it's not fair for you in the most students to be squeezed out from our schools where we are currently attending. as of today, we have 728 residents who signs the public petition. And also many have personally reached out via emails to express their concerns about fun zero40. We
asked, if you please preserve Lena male, current assignments to Willard and light rich and reject plan, zero for zero. Thank you for your time. Thank you. John pepper followed by Sydney pepper. Good evening. I'm John pepper, I live in 13.3 um who knew that school rezoning would Pitt Community against community and neighbor against neighbor. But 1 of the things that I've learned as an educator is listening. And if you listen, the 1 Thing, everyone in this room has in common is they want continuity. the other thing that I've learned, when I've been listening
is, we don't know the impact that High School number 14 is going to have We don't know what reasoning is going to happen in 2 years. What I do know is that if you go with the staff plan or 40 or 9:35, or 289 or any of the numbers, it really does very little to eliminate any of the overcrowding at any of the middle schools. So my suggestion is, Let's Kick the Can down the road. I've heard in a previous meeting that we were your guinea pigs. Anyway. So let's kick the can down the road. If you have to go with a plan, I urge you to reject the staff plan,
it splits my community, but just like their voice, the staff plan, it's everyone for themselves. So let's keep the can down the road. If you have to go with a plan, I say 40 or 9:35. Um, I thank you for your time and this difficult decision. Thank you, Sydney pepper. Followed by Melissa here. my name is Sydney pepper and I am a third grader at Pine Brook Elementary today, I found out I was chosen as a student who best exemplifies the habit of synergize, which is a fancy way of saying, building community, and working
together is better as a community Builder. I want to talk about what my community means to me. Kirkpatrick Farms is my neighborhood and my community, my friends, and I play together a swim together and have community events at the clubhouse together. Even celebrate each other's holidays together. And this. Togetherness extends our time extends to our time at school. When I found out about the school resoning, I was upset not because 1 school is better than another, but because rezoning, if the resoning happens according to the
staff plan, I'll be separated from some of my friends and my community. When I start Middle School 1 day, a group of students from Willard and light Ridge, came to our school and told us about all the great things that happened there, and I became even more excited than I than I was to continue the tradition of attending the schools that Thank you. Melissa hair followed by Arna. Bardash. I might need the stool too. That's embarrassing. Hi. My name is Melissa and I live on the Braddock side of
lenah mill. In DS 7.5, as you already know, uh, this rezoning will negatively impact the kids no matter which plan you choose. However, I do think that there's an additional risk to move lenah Mill, that none of the other communities will face and that is the safety risk that others have talked about. Uh, the left when you, um, that you would have to take on Braddock. If you rezone our community, there's no light there. Um, you can hardly get onto the road. Now, let alone at a peak school time. Uh, it
would just be a disastrous. Um, some may be able to walk to Champ. Uh, maybe not based on what somebody else said about the uh path going through Goan. But even if you were able to walk to Champs, some might not choose to do. So especially during the rain snow and cold weather. And there's also um, no option to uh, walk to Mercer. Arna. Bardash followed by fia's Sha. Hi, my name is Anna birdwatch. I live in Lena milk, the
lenah, mill Community. I'm a fourth grader at gihon Post, Elementary School. I'm in favor of the staff plan, not, and, and not in other resoning things. Because I think this will split our community into 2. This will also separate friendships such as mine, which will affect our motivation to go to school, which will make us Make it hard for us to fit in and it could impact our emotional and educational success. Please vote for the
staff plan. Thank you. Thank you. Betta. Najee, followed by Nadia Nashi. Did I skip 1? No, fia's sha for our first, sorry. And Then followed by beaten Najee. I need to put my glasses back on. Sorry. Good evening. My name is fa. I'm from Lina mil uh agenda Zone 7.2 and I'm the mother of twin eighth graders graduating from Willard. I'm here tonight along with many
lynol families to support the staff plan. It checks, all the all the boxes. It is the least disruptive option designed with proximity and safe daily travel in mind while While tackling the overcrowding issue from Lees Mill. Getting to lightridge is a quick right on the product, followed by a free, write simple and safe for New team drivers buses and families. In contrast, John champe requires a left onto product with no light. Plus 2 more left, turns slower and more dangerous Beyond
Logistics, my children and their enimal friends, many together, since Gohan, post days over like 7 years of friendship are excited to start high school and graduate together from Lima from from latitude, sorry. Splitting them now would be disheartening, we respectfully urge the board to adopt the staff plan, as a sustainable balanced solution for our children and Community, thank you for the time. Okay. Uh, beta Najee, followed by Nadia Nagi. Good evening, members of the board. My name is beta Nagy.
And I'm a resident of Lena Mill, ds07. I want to share that. I just had surgery 5 days ago and as you might be able to tell despite not being able to walk or drive, I am here tonight. That's how important this is. I want my kids to advocate for themselves, and I want to express my strong support for keeping our community together at Willard and light Ridge. I commend the staff for their original staff plan. As it truly appears to be the most balanced and thoughtful approach considering factors like traffic flow,
minimizing disruption across all neighborhoods and Most importantly, remaining impartial. Additionally, I respectfully ask that the board. Consider a grandfathering in the rising eighth graders, just as exceptions have been made for the rising High School seniors, allowing these students to finish their middle school. Experience with their peers would help preserve stability for them during this important Academic Year. Thank you so much for your time and thoughtful consideration. Thank you. Nadia Najee, followed by Zayn Nagi.
Good evening, members of the school board. My name is Nadia and Ai and I'm a sixth grader at Willard. Middle School in Latina Mill. D s 0 point 07.5. I'm here tonight because I'm really worried about the reason zoning plan. If it goes through, I might have to leave all my friends and change schools for my last year of middle school. I love Willard and I feel like I belong there, I've made some great friends and I've worked hard to make good grades and bring positivity to the school. If rezoning needs to be done, please, at least consider grandfathering in Rising, eighth graders. The same way. Rising High School seniors will be
treated. I know there are different plans being talked about, but I think the original staff plan is the best 1. It keeps our community together as best for traffic patterns and it's unbiased. Please do not choose plans, 040, or 289. Thank you for listening to me. Thank you, uh, Zayn Najee, followed by deepti. Good evening. My name is Najee and I am a third grade. Our goyon post and live and Lena Mill d. S o7.5. I'm here because I'm worried about what will happen with the
rezoning. I don't want to be separated from my friends Elena Mill. We do a lot of things together like car, pulling and going to after school activities, if we know get split, I won't be able to see my friends anymore. If that makes me sad. I also want to say that my sister, Nadia, she got to stay at Willer with her friends. She has already had to change school districts 4 times as she deserves to finish her last year at middle school with her friends. Not to be the new kid all over again. I think the original stop plan is the best because it keeps our whole neighborhood together and lets me go to. Will it just like
my sister did? Please do not choose plans, 040 or 289. Thank you for listening. Deep to Dora followed by Monica gicarri. Good evening, I'm deepti Doda. A resident of Len, ml DS 7.5, and a mom of a rising fifth grader. I'm here to support the unbiased staff plan. The capacity. Number is alignment with future plans, hs1, 14, maintaining current feeder, patterns all in line with the rezoning problem statement over the
past, decade Len Mill. Had experienced multiple resoning multiple resoning changes and on the uh and in 2019 resoning discussions. The board has unanimously decided to keep knightridge and well at schools for Relevant residents. Safety is another pressing concern. Uh, forcing kids to commute lot longer distances to Mercer as opposed to Willard also doesn't seem right while I understand the desire to keep certain communities together. Please also hear Len Mill as a community. I would also like the board to discard plan 040 and 289 to keep us United. Thank you
for your attention and commitment to our communities. Wellbeing thank you, Monica gearari and Venice. Bolina. Good. Hi, good evening. My name is Monica aari, and I'm a resident of lenal in DS 7.5. I support the staff plan that does not does not split lenal into 2 school zones. My concern is that rezoning will negatively impact students. And the relationships that have been established with their
teachers and peers in lightridge. They will also have to part with their friends at high school. Secondly John champe is not a walking distance for all schools for sorry for all houses on bed oxide in lenal. So, this will have more people students and parents driving, uh, to John champe. Resoning will cause more traffic congestion and accidents. At Lena mil Crossing and a bread and section, which is already susceptible to accidents specially since a large
number of drivers will also be high school students. Lastly, many of us who moved to lanl did so because it was zoned to light Ridge, which was an important factor reasoning us to John champe is not many of us as a community 1. Thank you, thank you. Um, this was a duplicate but um, for virtual venkatesh ballena, Okay. Golly ready. Followed by Maria Soto. Good evening, I'm sorry. Hold on. What is your name? I'm sorry.
Oh, Dia. Okay, you're the last 1. Sorry, go ahead. Yes, you're um, Ready. Yes. Staff plan versus plan, 289 staff plan under utilizes slots for and overcrowd. Mercer plan. 289 evenly distributes capacity with 100% utilization. In all 3 Middle Schools staff plan breaks, 20 year old Kirkpatrick farms and 18 year old Brad Connor communities. Plan. 289 makes koshien post cluster appear feet and Pine
Brook cluster almost appear free. Staff plan does not consider a adjacency of Lena Mill to John champe, in Goan post campus. Staff plan does not consider geographically, farthest neighborhoods. Dawson's Conor and Marbury from Willard plan to 89. Saves operational cost and reduces modulus. If a well-balanced plan, 289, impacting, 8 zones is disruptive. Then an unbalanced staff plan, impacting 7 zones, must be rejected. Likewise plan, 293 must be rejected as it
mirrors. The staff plan. Thank you. Thank you. Maria Soto. Followed by Deepika gabila. Good evening. My name is Maria Soto I live in the Braddock Corner Community. Number ds12, do6, I have a ninth grader at lightridge high school and I have a fifth grader currently at Pine Brook Elementary and she'll be going to Willard. if you have to rezone, We recommend the adoption of plan 40, as a less disruptive
alternative to the staff plan. Plan 40, adheres to school board policy 6530. Bradac Corner DS. 12.6 is a small, long established plan Community forcing, the few students. In this neighborhood to move is going to make a negligible difference in the overall numbers, yet the impact to the kids is profound. With the continued development in this area and the eventual opening of High School 14. In further resoning,
please consider the plan that supports minimal impact at this time and best serves the long-term interests and well-being of support. Thank you. You already have. Thank you. Deepika AA. Hello, uh, good evening last but not the least. I'm the Pika. Um, I'm a resident of Lena mil Community. A parent of raising fourth grader at Goan Post Elementary, um, DS, school zone. I respect respectfully. Ask for your support. Support in approving, the staff plan, this plan offers the
most balanced and impartial approach to addressing our overcrowding challenges. It keeps our children close to their schools, minimizing disruptions to their education and daily lives and preserving the continuity that we are all fighting for importantly. The staff plan also, reduces the traffic congestion many of here. Uh the folks have reported the um accidents that we have been um, facing in and out. Also making our daily commutes safer and more manageable
for everyone Beyond these practical benefits. The staff plan keeps our neighborhood and housing communities United Fostering the sense of belonging and stability. So I request for a staff plan and thank you. And I think that concludes today. Um, I want to take a moment to um, Talk to the kids out there and say, thank you for coming out and for your voice. I know it's not easy to come out here and talk to these crazy people on the day.
It's um, and I understand that this is hard on you guys. So we appreciate you guys coming out. Providing your voice and keep up with your advocacy. It's important later in life too. As there is no more business. The June 2nd, 2025 Loudoun County School Board, public hearing and work session for the Dallas, South Secondary School attendance. So, change process is now a journey. Please drive safely home.