Wakefield Forest and Bren Mar Park Could Stay at Annandale High School

The eastern portion of and Bren Mar Park west could remain in the Annandale attendance pyramid if the proposed amendments to the for the Annandale Regional Study are approved by the Fairfax County School Board.

On Friday, the School Board agenda item for July 28 was updated to include six amendments submitted by School Board members Sandy Evans (Mason District), Patricia Reed (Providence District) and Tina Hone (At-Large). Two of those amendments include amending the staff recommendation to keep and Bren Mar Park, two vocal communities who have expressed their or opposition to the recommendation, at .

[Read a letter from Edsall Park resident Bryan Woodcock supporting the amendment to the staff recommendation here on Facebook.]

The proposed amendments are:

1. I move to postpone action on the Proposed Program/Attendance Area Adjustment Annandale Regional Study until the September 22, 2011, Board meeting.  (Sandy Evans)

2.  I move to amend the staff recommendation for the new elementary school at the Lacey site by retaining the current Pine Spring ES attendance island assignment at all school levels (Pine Spring ES, Jackson MS, and Falls Church HS).  (Patty Reed)

3.  I move to amend the staff recommendation by assigning the Columbia Pines subdivision from Poe Middle School and Falls Church High School to Glasgow Middle School and Stuart High School, effective with rising 6th and 9th graders in school year 2012-2013.  (Sandy Evans)

4.  I move to amend the staff recommendation by retaining Barcroft Knolls, Overlook Knolls and the Dean Subdivision in the Belvedere Elementary School attendance area.  (Sandy Evans)

5.  I move to amend the staff recommendation by retaining the eastern portion of the Wakefield Forest Elementary School attendance area at Poe Middle School and Annandale High School.  (Tina Hone/Sandy Evans)

6.  I move to amend the staff recommendation by retaining the assignment of students in the Bren Mar Park “west” attendance area (those portions west of 395) at Annandale High School.  (Sandy Evans)

The School Board is scheduled to make a decision on the Annandale Regional Study on Thursday, July 28 at 8 p.m. According to the agenda, the Evans motion to postpone the decision passes, the other amendments would not be reviewed.

Annandale Patch will have a story about the Bren Mar Park perspective next week.