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The Dunne Dispatch (School Boundaries Edition, Part 17) - October 30, 2026

Friends and Neighbors,

If you live in the Hayfield or South County pyramids, I would like to encourage you to participate in person or virtually in a community meeting on November 9 at 6:00-7:00 PM to discuss potential changes to school boundaries, including:

• The possible elimination  of the attendance island for Halley ES, which would reassign approximately 120 students from Halley ES to either Laurel Hill ES or Lorton Station ES; and
• The possible reassignment of Lorton Station ES from the Hayfield pyramid to the South County pyramid, which would reduce the program capacity utilization at Hayfield MS (from 81% to 67%)  and Hayfield HS (from 95% to 76%) and increase the program capacity utilization at South County MS (from 98% to 114%) and South County HS (from 87% to 104%).

Location: South County HS 

Date: Monday, November 9 @ 6:00-7:00 PM

Register: Click here for in person or virtual. (Registration is optional.) 

I would like to share the following background information with you:

• FCPS has published comprehensive information about the “Gunston, Halley, Laurel Hill, and Lorton Station Elementary Schools Boundary Study” on its website here.
• You may wish to review the FCPS policy on school boundaries (Policy 8130) and its accompanying regulation (Regulation 8130).
• I have published numerous newsletters on school boundaries, all of which are available online here. You may wish to learn more about the development of the school boundary policy, the Superintendent’s recommendations in January 2026 following the Comprehensive Boundary Review, and why I voted “No” on the Superintendent’s recommendations.

Process and Timeline

• April–May 2026 (Round 1): During the Comprehensive Boundary Review, FCPS held community meetings to present draft scenarios for potential changes to school boundaries and pyramid alignments. Review the presentation here, and review the community feedback from these meetings here.
• June–August 2026: Based on community feedback, FCPS revised its scenarios.
• September–October 2026 (Round 2): FCPS held community meetings to present the revised scenarios. Review the presentation here.
• October 2026: Based on community feedback, FCPS further revised its scenarios.
• November 2026 (Round 3): FCPS will hold a community meeting on November 9 to present the further revised scenario(s).
• December 2026: The Superintendent will determine her final recommendation to the School Board.
• January 2027: The Superintendent will publish her final recommendation, and the School Board will vote on her recommended changes.

How to Get Involved

I encourage you to participate in the November 9 meeting in person or virtually.

• Contact Dr. Nardos King, FCPS lead for Boundary Study #2 (neking@fcps.edu).
• Contact your School Board Members for the Mount Vernon District: 
  • Mateo Dunne, Mount Vernon District Representative (mountvernon@fcps.edu)
  • Kyle McDaniel, At-Large Representative
  • Ryan McElveen, At-Large Representative
  • Ilryong Moon, At-Large Representative
• Register to speak at a School Board Meeting.

Please do not hesitate to contact my office (mountvernon@fcps.edu) if we can be of any assistance. I would be happy to present to your PTA, PTO, or PTSA if that is of interest to your community.

Very Respectfully,

Mateo Dunne, Mount Vernon District Representative

The views contained within this newsletter reflect the views of the individual school board member who is the publisher of this newsletter and may not reflect the views of the Fairfax County School Board.

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