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October 16, 2017

Establish an attendance zone for Goshen Post Elementary School, opening fall 2018 (2018-19 school year)

Relieve existing and projected overcrowding in the Dulles South area elementary schools

Accommodate elementary student enrollment growth

Balance student needs throughout the Dulles South area, to the greatest extent possible.

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Secondary school attendance zones will not

change during this attendance zone change process.

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Date Meeting Topic

Monday, October 16, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Overview

w/ Goshen Post ES Attendance Zone Recommendation(s)

Monday, October 23, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Monday, October 30, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Work Session

Monday, November 6, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Monday, November 13, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Work Session

Tuesday, November 28, 2017* School Board Review of Attendance Zone Recommendations

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Tuesday, December 12, 2017* School Board Adoption of Elementary School Attendance Zones

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*Regular School Board Meeting

All meetings will be held at the LCPS Administration Building and begin at 6:30 pm.

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All information associated with the attendance zone change process will be posted on the Loudoun County Public Schools website - www.lcps.org.

Utilize the ‘Planning/School Attendance Zones’ quick link located on the lower right side of the home page.

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All information associated with

the attendance zone change

process will be posted on the

LCPS ‘Planning/School

Attendance Zones’ page.

Advance speaker sign up is

available for all scheduled

attendance zone public

hearings.

Telephone and ‘in person’ sign

up will also be available for each

scheduled public hearings.

Facilities

Proximity

Community

Demographics

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When changing school attendance zones, the School Board may consider any factors but recognizes that it may not be reasonably practicable to reconcile each and every factor. Any attendance zone adopted by the School Board should be based on the following factors to the greatest extent possible.

Accessibility

Stability

Cluster Alignment

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Buffalo Trail Elementary School

Hutchison Farm Elementary School

Liberty Elementary School

Little River Elementary School

Pinebrook Elementary School

There is no 2017-18 walk zone for Aldie Elementary School, Arcola Elementary School or Cardinal Ridge Elementary School.

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Official September 30 Enrollment

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Aldie Elementary 108 103 115 96 103 109 124 131 133 132 139 155

Arcola Elementary 494 595 679 589 652 762 837 797 867 938 1014

Buffalo Trail Elementary 471 555 713 850 692 1036 1191 1313

Cardinal Ridge Elementary 876 919 908 981

Hutchison Farm Elementary 904 964 818 853 841 853 849 800 834 785 808 850

Liberty Elementary 758 899 927 1025 1097 1136 980 1003 1066 1066

Little River Elementary 975 1042 900 953 869 827 772 754 811 774 759 804

Pinebrook Elementary 906 759 598 713 813 917 1054 1171 870 888 925 996

Dulles South Elementary Schools 2893 3362 3784 4193 4613 4938 5371 5679 5993 6404 6734 7179

Change (Percent & Numeric) 16.2% 12.6% 10.8% 10.0% 7.0% 8.8% 5.7% 5.5% 6.9% 5.2% 6.6%

469 422 409 420 325 433 308 314 411 330 445

Elementary

School

09/29/2017

Enrollment

'Overflow'

Assignments as

of 09/29/2017

Criteria-Eligible

FDK

Assignments as

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Placed 'Overflow'

and Criteria-

Eligible FDK

Assignments as

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Adjusted 09/29/2017

Enrollment w/out

'Overflow' and

Criteria-Eligible FDK

Assignments

Aldie 155 15 170

Arcola 1014 22 1036

Buffalo Trail 1313 88 38 1439

Cardinal Ridge 981 38 943

Hutchison Farm 850 41 809

Liberty 1066 44 1110

Litt le River 804 60 744

Pinebrook 996 68 928

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‘Overflow’ assignments do not reflect ‘Special Permission’ requests approved with School Board Policy 8-20. The above reported ‘overflow’ student counts also include any sibling(s) of an ‘overflow’ assigned student where the parent requested all elementary students in the family attend the same school.

Elementary

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2017-18 Approved

Special Permission

'Ins'

2017-18 Approved

Special Permission

'Outs'

Net

Difference

Aldie 5 21 (16)

Arcola 69 25 44

Buffalo Trail 3 134 (131)

Cardinal Ridge 23 34 (11)

Hutchison Farm 27 36 (9)

Liberty 51 25 26

Litt le River 72 3 69

Pinebrook 60 20 40

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‘Special Permission’ assignments approved with School Board Policy 8-20.

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Elementary School

Early

Childhood Autism

Cross

Categorical

Emotional

Disabilities

Intellectual

Disabilities

Multiple

Disabilities Speech

Deaf/Hard

of Hearing

Visual

Impairment

Aldie x x

Arcola x x x x

Buffalo Trail x x x x

Cardinal Ridge x x x x

Hutchison Farm x x x x

Liberty x x

Little River x x x x

Pinebrook x x x x

Blue shading denotes special education programs which are cluster-based, instead of school-based.

The Cross Categorical and Speech programs, shaded in yellow, are classified as school-based special education programs.

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Full-Day Kindergarten Aldie ES (Universal, but ‘Overflowing’ Kindergarten Students)

Cardinal Ridge ES (Universal)

Hutchison Farm ES

Little River ES (Universal)

Pinebrook ES

Starting Towards Excellence in Preschool (STEP)

Hutchison Farm ES

FUTURA Arcola ES

Cardinal Ridge ES

Hutchison Farm ES

English Language Learners

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TOTAL CLASSROOMS

Includes Computer Lab, If Applicable

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7 CLASSROOMS 1 0 0 6 138

Aldie ES 7 0 0 1 0

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40 CLASSROOMS 2 1 3 34 812

Little River ES 40 0 0 6 0

Hutchison Farm ES 38 0 2 2 2

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 44 CLASSROOMS 2 1 3 38 904

Arcola ES 44 0 0 0 3

Liberty ES 44 0 0 0 3

Pinebrook ES 44 0 0 2 2

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 47 CLASSROOMS 2 1 4 40 960

Cardinal Ridge ES 47 0 0 8 0

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 48 CLASSROOMS 2 1 4 41 983

Buffalo Trail ES 48 0 0 0 4

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Goshen Post Elementary School – Fall 2018

Three-Classroom Additions – Fall 2018

Arcola Elementary School

Liberty Elementary School

Pinebrook Elementary School

Elementary School (ES-29) – Fall 2023

*School Board Adopted FY2018-F2023 CIP (November 29, 2016)

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Dulles South Area Elementary SchoolsConditions Without Change, by Residence

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*Goshen Post Elementary School will open in Fall 2018 (2018-19 school year) with an anticipated capacity of 937.

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Dulles South Area Planning Zone TableResident Student Counts and Projections, by Year

Included with the Planning Zone Table are:

2017-18 LCPS Geographic Planning Zone (DS#)

2017-18 Elementary, Middle and High School Attendance

Zone Assignment

Resident LCPS Student Counts (Grades K-5), as of

September 2017.

Six-Year Projected LCPS Student Counts (Grades K-5)

Student Characteristics for 2017-18 Including Eligible

English Language Learners (ELL) and Free and Reduced

Meal (FARM) Participation

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Go to www.lcps.org and locate the ‘School Attendance Boundaries’ link on the LCPS web

page. Click on the link in order to go to the LCPS Attendance Boundary E-Listing. You must

read and agree with the disclaimer in order to access the attendance data. Select ‘Current

School Year’ and then enter your address information.

How Do I Determine My Planning Zone?

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Definitions

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Student Enrollment

Students enrolled in a Loudoun County Public School on September 30th. This enrollment is reported annually in the Capital Improvement Program and is used to calculate future school needs.

Resident Students

A resident student is defined as a student that resides at a given address within an adopted school attendance zone. A resident student may or may not attend the school of residence to the extent that is permitted by School Board policy regarding special exceptions, grandfathering, etc.

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS06.6

DS06.7

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS09

DS17.7

Assigned from Liberty ES:

DS17.5

DS19

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS07.2

DS07.4

DS07.5

DS07.8

DS10

Assigned to Hutchison Farm ES:

DS13.5

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Assigned to Little River ES:

DS14.2

Assigned to Hutchison Farm ES:

DS13.6

Assigned from Liberty ES:

DS13.8

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Assigned from Buffalo Trail ES:

DS13.5

Assigned from Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS13.6

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Assigned to Arcola ES:

DS17.5

DS19

Assigned to Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS13.8

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Assigned from Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS14.2

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No change recommended with Plan 1

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS04

DS06.6

DS06.7

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS17.2

DS17.7

Assigned from Liberty ES:

DS17.5

DS19

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Assigned to Goshen Post ES:

DS07.2

DS07.4

DS07.5

DS07.8

DS10

Assigned to Hutchison Farm ES:

DS13.5

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Assigned to Hutchison Farm ES:

DS13.6

Assigned to Little River ES:

DS14.2

Assigned from Hutchison Farm ES:

DS14.4

Assigned from Liberty ES:

DS13.8

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Assigned to Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS14.4

Assigned from Buffalo Trail ES:

DS13.5

Assigned from Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS13.6

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Assigned to Arcola ES:

DS17.5

DS19

Assigned to Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS13.8

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Assigned from Cardinal Ridge ES:

DS14.2

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No change recommended with Plan 2

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Loudoun County Public Schools

Department of Support Services

Division of Planning Services21000 Education Court, Suite 210

Ashburn, Virginia 20148

E-Mail: lcpsplan@lcps.org

Telephone: 571.252.1050

Facsimile: 571-252-1101

Website: www.lcps.org

Date Meeting Topic

Monday, October 16, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Overview

w/ Goshen Post ES Attendance Zone Recommendation(s)

Monday, October 23, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Monday, October 30, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Work Session

Monday, November 6, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Monday, November 13, 2017 School Board Attendance Zone Work Session

Tuesday, November 28, 2017* School Board Review of Attendance Zone Recommendations

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Staff Briefing & School Board Attendance Zone Public Hearing

Tuesday, December 12, 2017* School Board Adoption of Elementary School Attendance Zones

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*Regular School Board Meeting

All meetings will be held at the LCPS Administration Building and begin at 6:30 pm.