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Friday, April 03, 2009 Fairfax County School Board to Hold Boundary Studies to Alleviate Overcrowding The Fairfax County School Board will hold spring boundary studies to provide enrollment relief to two schools—Annandale High School and Fort Belvoir Elementary School—that are currently severely overcrowded. Currently, Annandale High School has more than 2,500 students in a facility designed for just over 2,100 students. The boundary study will determine if available capacities at Falls Church High School and Lake Braddock Secondary School can alleviate the overcrowding at Annandale. The boundary study will also examine the possibility of realigning boundaries for Glasgow Middle and for middle school students at Lake Braddock to alleviate overcrowding at Poe Middle School. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) staff members are recommending that the study be limited to these schools with capacity to receive new students. Included in the studies will be community information meetings and public notices. Approved boundary changes could be implemented for the 2010-11 school year and would represent an interim step in addressing overcrowding at Annandale High School and Poe Middle School. While realigning boundaries would provide a temporary solution to overcrowding, future review and planning for long-term solutions will address capacity balance, feeder alignments, and transportation efficiencies for elementary, middle, and high schools in the region. To address overcrowding at Fort Belvoir Elementary, which currently has more than 1,500 students in a building designed for slightly more than 1,200, the boundary study will involve Woodlawn Elementary School, which has capacity for an additional 200 students. Any approved boundary changes, which would take effect in the fall, would provide an interim solution to overcrowding at Fort Belvoir. Officials at Fort Belvoir and FCPS plan to work together to explore possible long-term solutions, including building a new school, to permanently alleviate overcrowding. For additional details, visit http://www.fcps.edu/news/boundary2.htm#annandale. ###
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