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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Concerned Cluster IV Parents Say Schools Are Overcrowded

FCPS Facilities Planning Advisory Council listening tour stopped at Walt Whitman MS Tuesday

Concerned residents voiced concerns about overcrowding in cluster IV schools at a forum hosted by the FCPS Facilities Planning Advisory Council at Walt Whitman Middle School Tuesday night.  About 15 people showed up to the meeting, which was one of many on the FCPS Facilities Planning Advisory Council's listening tour across the county. “The idea is to not talk tonight. We’re hear to listen to you and your concerns,” council chairman Karen Hogan said. “We don’t know the schools and the communities like you do. Our goal is to take the information you have for us and apply it to our plans.” Once the floor was open to community input, Groveton ES student Moya Shaw presented a light-up poster petition with her classmates’ signatures to the …

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