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Terry's
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OVERCROWDING AT MARSTELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL
To avoid a repeat of overcrowding at Cedar Point Elementary School, we are encouraging School District officials to move up the construction timetable by one year for a new middle school in Western Prince William County.
Marsteller Middle School topped its capacity of 1,233 by around 100 students this fall, according to initial estimates. This middle school overcrowding will grow by several hundred students in the years ahead as home construction continues and large classes move into middle school from Cedar Point, Bristow Run and other neighboring elementary schools.
To help relieve this situation, we are urging school officials to open a new middle school by September 2007 -- one year earlier than the School District currently plans. The School District currently envisions this middle school to open in September 2008. We hope to get press coverage on this issue in several places, including the Manassas and Gainesville newspapers along with the Bull Run Observer.
The exact location of the middle school has not been determined, but it is expected that it will be close enough to the Linton Hall corridor to relieve overcrowding at Marsteller.
School Board member Milt Johns, who represents Saybrooke and other communities in the Brentsville District, has told SAVE leaders that he supports the concept, and he has been exploring the feasibility of an earlier opening with School District officials.
In addition to a new middle school, the area’s explosive growth means more elementary schools will be needed in the years ahead. Besides the fall 2005 opening of the Victory Lakes and Glenkirk elementary schools, a new elementary school is likely for the Gainesville area in 2007.
NEW ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES WILL BE REDRAWN AGAIN THIS YEAR
With next fall’s opening of the Victory Lakes and Glenkirk schools, it means the boundaries for Cedar Point and other neighboring elementary schools will be redrawn again this fall and winter. Details of the process will be made public this fall, and SAVE will continue carefully monitoring developments. SAVE hopes the student enrollment at Cedar Point will drop even more next fall after the two new elementary schools open.
SAVE NEEDS UPDATED E-MAIL ADDRESSES!!
We are updating our e-mail list. This e-mail list is an important resource to get out news quickly to members, and it was a big help in our efforts last year.
If you have new neighbors or have changed e-mail addresses, please send updated addresses to tlemons3320@comcast.net . Please include your address. (The e-mail list is open to Saybrooke and Braemar Northgate residents).
Thanks, Terry
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