Key Takeaways - Superintendent’s Boundary Review Advisory Committee Meeting (1/22/25)

Hello FCPS Community,

Our Superintendent’s Boundary Review Advisory Committee met last night at Gatehouse Administration Center. As part of our commitment to transparency, we will continue to provide an update on the committee's work following each meeting. 

Key takeaways from last night include:

• Welcome

  The group reviewed the previous meeting’s norm form data.

  Attendees included 41 pyramid representatives and 10 organization representatives.

• Follow-Up from Previous Advisory Committee Meetings

  Follow-up information was provided to the group, including full data from the 12/06/24 meeting, Roles and Responsibilities and Communications guidance.

• Policy 8130 and Review Process

  Information was presented regarding Policy 8130 including the timeline of revisions, overview of content and Board updates to the policy from the work done in 2024.

• Community Feedback to Next Steps: Guiding the Boundary Review Process

  Thru Consulting shared summaries of each of the four priority areas and the “Other” category, as well as shared the actual scanned pdfs of graphic organizers from six community sessions conducted in 2024. 

  The committee was asked to individually review the summaries, and was then divided into groups to review specific priority areas. In groups, we began to review the summaries and preliminarily reviewed for accuracy against the scanned pdfs from the community sessions. The committee agreed that there was limited time to review the volume of data that will be reviewed in subsequent sessions.

  We preliminarily drafted statements of other data that we need to collect and review, as well as additional analysis on the accuracy of the summaries provided.

  The committee asked for additional data that has not been provided to date.

• Closing

Note: The Comprehensive Boundary Review process will require the committee to review a variety of data sets. In this third meeting, members participated in an exercise that involved a preliminary review of feedback data from the six regional in-person meetings. Once the six virtual community meetings are completed, the consultant will provide the committee with data from all 12 meetings for review. In addition, the committee will continue to inform the process, including sharing what relevant data should be studied prior to any scenarios being developed. 

Please visit FCPS’ website to access the meeting agenda, slides, and other materials that committee members received. 

If you did not get a chance to participate in one of the in-person Community Boundary Review  meetings, please visit our webpage for details about our virtual meetings. You may learn about the boundary review process and sign up for our School Boundary Review newsletter as well. 

Thank you for your time and engagement. This work matters.

Warmest regards,

Dr. Michelle C. Reid
Superintendent