Is Western high school going to be sought after?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

not higher than Chantilly--likely between Oakton and Chantilly

Why are you so fixated on this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

not higher than Chantilly--likely between Oakton and Chantilly

Why are you so fixated on this?

I'm not. Why are you trying to wish Coates and McNair out of existence?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

not higher than Chantilly--likely between Oakton and Chantilly

Why are you so fixated on this?

I'm not. Why are you trying to wish Coates and McNair out of existence?

You must not realize that they are already at Carson.

[Anonymous]

I calculated the FARMS rate to be 21.46% with Fox Mill and Crossfield included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I calculated the FARMS rate to be 21.46% with Fox Mill and Crossfield included.

How? That makes no sense. They are already at Carson which has a lower rate.

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

not higher than Chantilly--likely between Oakton and Chantilly

Why are you so fixated on this?

I'm not. Why are you trying to wish Coates and McNair out of existence?

You must not realize that they are already at Carson.

Carson has a very large number of AAP students from Franklin and that population is very low FARMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I calculated the FARMS rate to be 21.46% with Fox Mill and Crossfield included.

It's a stretch to think that both Fox Mill and Crossfield will end up at Western.

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Anonymous wrote:I have doubts that they are going to lie to the entire inaugural population of the school. They said the model will be interdisciplinary learning with integration of traditional subjects and special pathways and had a sample pod set up to show what they meant. They are adapting to the space - they aren't going to gut the entire school to make a rows and rows of square classrooms, they are going to adapt the model to the facilities. I honestly saw very little that will need to be renovated. I think they will size classes to fit the spaces. Based on the turnout - I think they are going to have plenty of opts in and no one will be disrupted who doesn't want to be. The only ones they may lose are the sports-centric kids.

Then you didn't see the cafeteria(s) or library, did you? Or the gym without high school sized bleachers.

Or the lack of locker space

Or the classrooms that can't fit 30 people. It's no where near fitting 1000 students as is. That will require additoinal buildings or turning 1 of the 3 gyms into classroom space. I can see this project balooning out of control cost wise.

I bet this is the same person constantly claiming the FARMS rate will be high. There is someone who really does not want this school to be a traditional high school. I don't think it is a RIO parent, I think it is someone who has been strongly against this school from the beginning.

Some of the comments may have value, but many of them are debunked. Like the very high FARMS rate.

I've said nothing about FARmS. Haven't done enough research

I haven't seen anyone say Western would have a very high FARMS rate. It won't. It will have a higher FARMS rate than Chantilly or Oakton, though.

not higher than Chantilly--likely between Oakton and Chantilly

Why are you so fixated on this?

I'm not. Why are you trying to wish Coates and McNair out of existence?

You must not realize that they are already at Carson.

Carson has a very large number of AAP students from Franklin and that population is very low FARMS.

And, Oak Hill --which almost certainly will end up there--also has very low FARMS.

[Anonymous]

Crossfield won't be at Western. The PTO and admin have been having meetings at Gatehouse. The P and AP are also involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crossfield won't be at Western. The PTO and admin have been having meetings at Gatehouse. The P and AP are also involved.

That is incredibly shady especially if the administration at Crossfield is involved. Guess I will be writing and calling school board members tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crossfield won't be at Western. The PTO and admin have been having meetings at Gatehouse. The P and AP are also involved.

Are you serious?

They are beyond lacking common sense.

Crossfield is closer to it than Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Let’s play a game - guess the FARMS rate of a HS where everyone opted in their kid for AI, Robotics, or Engineering sub-schools. I’m going to with 7%, and a very motivated 7%.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s play a game - guess the FARMS rate of a HS where everyone opted in their kid for AI, Robotics, or Engineering sub-schools. I’m going to with 7%, and a very motivated 7%.

You may be right, but the discussion has been about what the FARMS rate will be when the permanent boundaries are fully in place, not the initial FARMS rate of the opt-in kids.

It's also misleading to refer to "sub-schools."