VIENNA, Va. — A proposed redistricting plan from Fairfax County Public Schools is sparking frustration among Vienna residents who say it threatens a key part of their town’s identity: James Madison High School.

For decades, Madison has been considered the “hometown high school,” even though it technically sits just outside Vienna’s boundary line. However, under a new redistricting scenario, roughly 90 students living in northeast Vienna would be reassigned to George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, about six miles away.

Vienna Mayor Linda Colbert said the proposal breaks a long-standing understanding between the town and the school district.

“We gave the schools land so that all of Madison would be in the county and some of it would be in Vienna, and in exchange, all kids woul

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