FCPS Boundary Review - New Maps

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I KNEW IT. We are a Crossfield family that lives in Franklin Farm and I KNEW that this was never going to happen. I get that Crossfield was a maybe in the whole formula anyway, but now it absolutely isn't going to happen. NOBODY WANTS AN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE ACADEMY. Who on earth do they think they are going to hire to each here????? So much for relieving overcrowding and making a shorter bud ride for Westfield and Oakton kids. It was never going to happen. Just another magnet for Asian families.

You are such babies claiming this aviation program would be geared to “rich” and now “Asian” families. From the second the KAA deal was announced the people in western Fairfax have acted so self-centered and entitled. I am thrilled that some of you may NOT get what you want. Maybe it will teach you a bit more compassion for people elsewhere in the county. You can start by stop blaming Great Falls residents for something that clearly is the brainchild of Kyle McDaniel and others (maybe Robyn Lady, maybe a local corporation), not people in Great Falls.

OMG. I'm self centered and entitled because I want the neighborhood school that YOU already have?????

[Anonymous]

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Chantilly kids could move to Westfield and even Oakton, and Westfield kids could move to Herndon. There was already a plan to expand Centreville.

None of those options are viable--except, perhaps to send the Chantilly kids near Wegman's.

Chantilly kids and their parents do not want to spend hours every day on a school bus to Oakton or Herndon. 40 minutes each way-or more.

Chantilly kids would be happy to stay at Chantilly, but the School Board and THRU want to kick some out. If they put these kids on school buses for hours after going to a nearby community school, people will not be happy.

Just because one community is happy with a very, very long bus ride does not mean all communities are.

You can't have it both ways - claiming that Chantilly families would be perfectly happy to stay put but then insisting a new school is needed to address overcrowding at Chantilly.

And parents won't be spending hours on a school bus either way. Plenty of kids handle longer bus rides just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I KNEW IT. We are a Crossfield family that lives in Franklin Farm and I KNEW that this was never going to happen. I get that Crossfield was a maybe in the whole formula anyway, but now it absolutely isn't going to happen. NOBODY WANTS AN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE ACADEMY. Who on earth do they think they are going to hire to each here????? So much for relieving overcrowding and making a shorter bud ride for Westfield and Oakton kids. It was never going to happen. Just another magnet for Asian families.

You are such babies claiming this aviation program would be geared to “rich” and now “Asian” families. From the second the KAA deal was announced the people in western Fairfax have acted so self-centered and entitled. I am thrilled that some of you may NOT get what you want. Maybe it will teach you a bit more compassion for people elsewhere in the county. You can start by stop blaming Great Falls residents for something that clearly is the brainchild of Kyle McDaniel and others (maybe Robyn Lady, maybe a local corporation), not people in Great Falls.

OMG. I'm self centered and entitled because I want the neighborhood school that YOU already have?????

_+1 Easy for others to tell your kids to get on the bus. Sure, give high school kids a later start time--but to ride the bus you have to be out their really, really early because--rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I KNEW IT. We are a Crossfield family that lives in Franklin Farm and I KNEW that this was never going to happen. I get that Crossfield was a maybe in the whole formula anyway, but now it absolutely isn't going to happen. NOBODY WANTS AN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE ACADEMY. Who on earth do they think they are going to hire to each here????? So much for relieving overcrowding and making a shorter bud ride for Westfield and Oakton kids. It was never going to happen. Just another magnet for Asian families.

You are such babies claiming this aviation program would be geared to “rich” and now “Asian” families. From the second the KAA deal was announced the people in western Fairfax have acted so self-centered and entitled. I am thrilled that some of you may NOT get what you want. Maybe it will teach you a bit more compassion for people elsewhere in the county. You can start by stop blaming Great Falls residents for something that clearly is the brainchild of Kyle McDaniel and others (maybe Robyn Lady, maybe a local corporation), not people in Great Falls.

OMG. I'm self centered and entitled because I want the neighborhood school that YOU already have?????

_+1 Easy for others to tell your kids to get on the bus. Sure, give high school kids a later start time--but to ride the bus you have to be out their really, really early because--rush hour.

LOL. They're literally considering a magnet program at KAA that kids all over the county would attend. They clearly assume kids would be willing to travel varying distances to get there.

[Anonymous]

You can't have it both ways - claiming that Chantilly families would be perfectly happy to stay put but then insisting a new school is needed to address overcrowding at Chantilly.

And parents won't be spending hours on a school bus either way. Plenty of kids handle longer bus rides just fine.

Yes, we know about the community that is so happy with their very long bus ride.

Chantilly is not "having it both ways." Thru appears to think it just fine to put kids who live down the street on a bus for over forty minutes each way. It is not the Chantilly kids that want to have it both ways.

They'd be happy staying at Chantilly, but THRU plans to kick some out. When there is a new school opening in the community, of course they would rather go there than be sent away on a bus.

I'm guessing that you are one of those parents who want their kids to take that extremely long bus ride. That explains your objections to this new school, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I KNEW IT. We are a Crossfield family that lives in Franklin Farm and I KNEW that this was never going to happen. I get that Crossfield was a maybe in the whole formula anyway, but now it absolutely isn't going to happen. NOBODY WANTS AN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE ACADEMY. Who on earth do they think they are going to hire to each here????? So much for relieving overcrowding and making a shorter bud ride for Westfield and Oakton kids. It was never going to happen. Just another magnet for Asian families.

You are such babies claiming this aviation program would be geared to “rich” and now “Asian” families. From the second the KAA deal was announced the people in western Fairfax have acted so self-centered and entitled. I am thrilled that some of you may NOT get what you want. Maybe it will teach you a bit more compassion for people elsewhere in the county. You can start by stop blaming Great Falls residents for something that clearly is the brainchild of Kyle McDaniel and others (maybe Robyn Lady, maybe a local corporation), not people in Great Falls.

OMG. I'm self centered and entitled because I want the neighborhood school that YOU already have?????

_+1 Easy for others to tell your kids to get on the bus. Sure, give high school kids a later start time--but to ride the bus you have to be out their really, really early because--rush hour.

LOL. They're literally considering a magnet program at KAA that kids all over the county would attend. They clearly assume kids would be willing to travel varying distances to get there.

And, stick a finger in the eye of the community that needs the school.

[Anonymous]

If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

[Anonymous]

I just don't see the demand for an aviation/aerospace academy. Can't those kids just go to TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

Westfield is 2700 and has new construction nearby and KAA area is separated from rest of school community
Chantilly is almost 3000 and new construction in bounds
Oakton is over 2600 and has new construction. Western area kids have a long, long bus ride
Centreville is almost 2300 and pretty sure capacity is lower

And, they want to make KAA a magnet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

Westfield is 2700 and has new construction nearby and KAA area is separated from rest of school community
Chantilly is almost 3000 and new construction in bounds
Oakton is over 2600 and has new construction. Western area kids have a long, long bus ride
Centreville is almost 2300 and pretty sure capacity is lower

And, they want to make KAA a magnet?

Westfield has capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and they were just about to start renovating and expanding Centreville. And maybe an aviation magnet aligns better with the anticipated capacity at KAA.

The idea that they could send everyone from Floris, Coates, McNair, Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Crossfield to KAA was always a pipe dream.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't see the demand for an aviation/aerospace academy. Can't those kids just go to TJ?

Agree. It's fine to think for the future, but not when you have a real need for a "regular" high school. If they really want something like this, look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Westfield has capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and they were just about to start renovating and expanding Centreville. And maybe an aviation magnet aligns better with the anticipated capacity at KAA.

The idea that they could send everyone from Floris, Coates, McNair, Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Crossfield to KAA was always a pipe dream.

I don't think that was anyone's pipe dream.

So, Westfield is over 2700 and growing.
Herndon is a forty minute bus ride in school hours.
Centreville is years away from being expanded and completed.

And, I don't think anyone expected all those schools to go to KAA. One will likely, for sure, stay at South Lakes. And part of another. And, maybe a third one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

Westfield is 2700 and has new construction nearby and KAA area is separated from rest of school community
Chantilly is almost 3000 and new construction in bounds
Oakton is over 2600 and has new construction. Western area kids have a long, long bus ride
Centreville is almost 2300 and pretty sure capacity is lower

And, they want to make KAA a magnet?

Westfield has capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and they were just about to start renovating and expanding Centreville. And maybe an aviation magnet aligns better with the anticipated capacity at KAA.

The idea that they could send everyone from Floris, Coates, McNair, Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Crossfield to KAA was always a pipe dream.

No, they couldn’t send all those schools to KAA but I think they definitely would have had room for the first 4 of them. It would have made for a smaller high school by FCPS standards, but South County and Centreville, just off the top of my head, are a similar size and doing just fine.

I guess Chantilly is going to hit the 3000 mark and FCPS will just shrug about it and ask for another bond measure to expand the site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

Westfield is 2700 and has new construction nearby and KAA area is separated from rest of school community
Chantilly is almost 3000 and new construction in bounds
Oakton is over 2600 and has new construction. Western area kids have a long, long bus ride
Centreville is almost 2300 and pretty sure capacity is lower

And, they want to make KAA a magnet?

Westfield has capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and they were just about to start renovating and expanding Centreville. And maybe an aviation magnet aligns better with the anticipated capacity at KAA.

The idea that they could send everyone from Floris, Coates, McNair, Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Crossfield to KAA was always a pipe dream.

No, they couldn’t send all those schools to KAA but I think they definitely would have had room for the first 4 of them. It would have made for a smaller high school by FCPS standards, but South County and Centreville, just off the top of my head, are a similar size and doing just fine.

I guess Chantilly is going to hit the 3000 mark and FCPS will just shrug about it and ask for another bond measure to expand the site.

They could send Coates to Herndon or McNair, but Herndon turned them down in 2008 when some suggested it.
Of course, the School Board told us then that there goal was 2000 member schools--that would be "ideal" they said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do turn KAA into a full magnet HS, no neighborhood/assigned kids at all … or even if it has a small enrollment of neighborhood + a large academy (could they do roughly 1000-1200 neighborhood + 1000 magnet program students?) Will FCPS come crying to us in 5-10 years, hat in hand, about omg we need to raise taxes in order to build a new western HS to accommodate all the growth in the far western regions of the county/we need to raise taxes in order to fund a large expansion at Centreville/Chantilly/wherever because we’re dumb and we didn’t use the KAA site as a full neighborhood school?

Westfield is 2700 and has new construction nearby and KAA area is separated from rest of school community
Chantilly is almost 3000 and new construction in bounds
Oakton is over 2600 and has new construction. Western area kids have a long, long bus ride
Centreville is almost 2300 and pretty sure capacity is lower

And, they want to make KAA a magnet?

Westfield has capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and they were just about to start renovating and expanding Centreville. And maybe an aviation magnet aligns better with the anticipated capacity at KAA.

The idea that they could send everyone from Floris, Coates, McNair, Oak Hill, Fox Mill, and Crossfield to KAA was always a pipe dream.

No, they couldn’t send all those schools to KAA but I think they definitely would have had room for the first 4 of them. It would have made for a smaller high school by FCPS standards, but South County and Centreville, just off the top of my head, are a similar size and doing just fine.

I guess Chantilly is going to hit the 3000 mark and FCPS will just shrug about it and ask for another bond measure to expand the site.

They could send Coates to Herndon or McNair, but Herndon turned them down in 2008 when some suggested it.
Of course, the School Board told us then that there goal was 2000 member schools--that would be "ideal" they said.

"their goal"