Western High School Renovations/Construction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RIO parents are A MINORITY. I just want y'all to know that. Vocal minority. Literally everyone I have talked to at Crossfield is either excited about Western or ambivalent, but we all have younger kids. It's the parents of older kids or the sports parents that care a lot. That's it. Not most parents.

What about patents with rising 8th and 9th graders.

I understand why parents with rising 10th graders want to stay.

When boundary changes occur at the middle school level, 8th graders never move, but 7th graders do.

I understand grandfathering exists (to allow students to remain in their previous base school post boundary change, keeping them with their buddies in that school), and I believe - now correct me if I’m wrong - that FCPS typically does this when a new school of any type (besides 3-5/6 elementary) opens.

So why wouldn’t only rising 9th graders attend the new high school, and why wouldn’t they adapt to the lack of a football stadium, baseball/softball diamonds, and tennis courts by offering Wrestling, Dance, Swim, Cheer, Basketball, and Soccer, while getting the design and build permits to establish a Football Stadium, Tennis Courts, and Baseball diamonds?

Also why is the opening logic so bad compared to other schools when it comes to Western?

I apologize for the wordiness, but I’m just confused by FCPS’ logic and game plan behind opening this new high school, and in part, understand the RIO minority with kids who should be grandfathered into Oakton.

You folks are insufferable. You’re getting a very attractive new school with certain features phased in over a few years. And other school renovations clearly are being deferred to pay for it - just look at the schedules in the draft CIP and compare them to those in the prior CIP.

Get a little bit of perspective before the rest of the county rises up against you and demands Western be turned into another magnet that serves the entire county.

We don’t want a magnet school.

I was asking questions and sharing my points in an attempt to gain perspective.

I am a Westfield parent in the area expected to move and was grappling with trying to understand what is happening with this new high school.

I am sorry to hear that other renovations are being deferred.

Nobody wants a magnet high school.

You missed my context completely

+1

That is not what PP was saying.

[Anonymous]

I’d love a magnet school and so would many other parents from these five overcrowded base schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d love a magnet school and so would many other parents from these five overcrowded base schools.

Thats because you’ve been manipulated by the superintendent who would love it more than you.

[Anonymous]

Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

[Anonymous]

Bookmark this page and check back in a year.

[Anonymous]

Are you familiar with how to create a calendar reminder? If not, drop your email and I’ll send you one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

I'd like one too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

I'd like one too.

Youre not getting one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

Take a look back in September. Reid and the SB have played parents of one another throughout this whole process. You will have 400 or so kids in each grade in the fall as the first students in an aviation/robotics focused high school.

They have played parents just like Charlie Daniel’s played the fiddle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

Take a look back in September. Reid and the SB have played parents of one another throughout this whole process. You will have 400 or so kids in each grade in the fall as the first students in an aviation/robotics focused high school.

They have played parents just like Charlie Daniel’s played the fiddle.

We know!

Its so aggravating that they do that instead of be normal adults.

Why do they have to act like middle school girls inciting drama.

[Anonymous]

The reason why Reid and nearly all school personnel that have toured the school say they want a magnet school is because that is how the school is structured. They know the school will need a TON of remodeling if it is to be on par with the rest of the FCPS traditional schools and they know that the public will end up pissed off when the remodeling takes too long and costs too much in the long run. The school board doesn't give a shit. They want to give the people what is popular and know they will be long gone before the bill is due and the county is forced to swallow it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, maybe. Or maybe it’s my kids thrive in accelerated math and love engineering and robotics coursework. You’d think I’d want a magnet school if my kid was not inclined to attend one because the superintendent wants one? Not quite that selfless.

They voted on a Traditional school with Traditional boundaries.

So take your misery over wanting a magnet school somewhere else and cry about it.

Take a look back in September. Reid and the SB have played parents of one another throughout this whole process. You will have 400 or so kids in each grade in the fall as the first students in an aviation/robotics focused high school.

They have played parents just like Charlie Daniel’s played the fiddle.

You do realize that Chantilly HS also has an Academy "Empowering Learners to Explore Career Pathways" too, right? Does that mean Chantilly is a vocational focused high school? No. Offering a few specialized classes alongside the traditional high school course offerings does not make it a "aviation/robotics focused high school".

[Anonymous]

The school has two out buildings that are not being used. They could 100% remodel those out building to provide the additional space needed while maintaining most of the interior of the current building. Put the library on one floor of an out building. Use space there for an English wing or foreign language space or a history space. They could renovate those buildings without disturbing the school during the year and make the spaces that they need for clasrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school has two out buildings that are not being used. They could 100% remodel those out building to provide the additional space needed while maintaining most of the interior of the current building. Put the library on one floor of an out building. Use space there for an English wing or foreign language space or a history space. They could renovate those buildings without disturbing the school during the year and make the spaces that they need for clasrooms.

+1 A little common sense goes a long, long way.