I'm not the only Loudoun School Board member with a blog, you know. Tom Reed started his long before I joined the Board. He's made a couple of very interesting updates in the past few days that you may be interested in:
Mr. Reed attended the recent National School Boards Association convention held March 28-April 1 and took advantage of many great sessions. I wish I had been able to take the time away from work myself to attend along with him.
In another post, Mr. Reed writes in favor of the interactive smart boards approved as part of our budget on Monday.
In his own post-budget meeting post, he outlines some specific proposals for an LCPS ombudsman.
Did you know?
ReplyDeleteNumber of students in 9-12th grade as of September 2007:
Briar Woods- 1101
Broad Run - 1439
Dominion - 1263
Freedom - 1217
Heritage - 1746
Loudoun County - 1373
Loudoun Valley - 2165
Park View - 1288
Potomac Falls - 1518
Stone Bridge - 1709
The average enrollment of Loudoun high schools is 1406. Loudoun Valley has over 750 MORE students than the AVERAGE Loudoun county high school enrollment!
Each high school gets 1 valedictorian, 1 class president, 1newspaper editor-in-chief, 1 varsity team, set of scholarships, etc....
Do you believe these numbers show a reasonably fair distribution of education-related opportunities?
Does it seem to you John like Loudoun Valley's overcrowded conditions won't reach the critical stage for 2 more years?
Please:
1. make development of fair interim solutions for Loudoun Valley High School students one of your highest priorities, because conditions are critical now.
2. develop contingency plans in the event the VA Supreme Court decides that Woodgrove HS can not be constructed as planned.
3. extend western Loudoun parents the courtesy of a status report to present planned interim solutions before the end of this school year because the last official word sent to parents by LCPS was a packet showing the results of the Woodgrove boundary process and a projected opening date of January 2009.
Thank you.