Comments on Our Loudoun Schools: ES-20 to become Buffalo Trail Elementary School?

I hardly think the South Riding residents are look...

2010-01-26T16:49:13.540-05:00

I hardly think the South Riding residents are looking for future growth, when students who reside less then 3000 ft from the school which they could walk to must now walk 2700 ft to a bus stop to ride to school. That sounds like very poor planning to me, but it was done because of the money and pull of South Riding.

I don't understand what the big issue was/is. Mos...

2010-01-14T18:58:31.846-05:00

I don't understand what the big issue was/is. Most students in South Riding ride buses to school, so why were people fighting this?! Brand new school, brand new equipment and Loudoun County quality education. I am an administrator at a high school in Fairfax County, and I am a tad disappointed that my neighborhood fought this. Oh well, Liberty is also good.

Mr.Stevens, I might suggest that the residents of ...

2009-11-30T16:21:51.759-05:00

Mr.Stevens,
I might suggest that the residents of South Riding are looking at this less to ensure that "someone else's" kids go to ES20 and more to ensure that the board actions for redistricting Dulles South more accurately reflect the growth pattern of the area. The staff plan, as recommended, does nothing to provide a "downstream" plan for the area in future years. It only moves people around.