King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

Well, what does McDaniel want? Someone posted that he lives in Franklin Farm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the decision will come down to which school is closer. It will come down to a problem that that needs to be solved. The Crossfield ES boundaries are anywhere from 6-10 miles away from Oakton HS and 3-6 miles from KAA. The Fox Mill ES boundaries are anywhere from 3-5 miles away from South Lakes HS and 2-4 miles from KAA (rough estimates.) So, yes, Fox Mill is closer, but Crossfield poses an actual problem by being twice as far from its assigned HS.

That’s still a distance-based thinking (you were looking at the distance from Crossfield to Oakton and from Fox Mill to South Lakes).

Ultimately, I think the decision will come down to politics: how much Meren wants to protect SLHS, how much Crossfield parents push for staying at Oakton, and how hard Fox Mill parents lobby for the change to KAA, etc.

Agree. But the PP posting real estate info got my attention. I looked at a satellite map of Folkstone area vs Franklin Farm. Franklin Farm has much, much more housing. Not close at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, what does McDaniel want? Someone posted that he lives in Franklin Farm.

Does it really matter? He’s barely tolerated now given his issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, what does McDaniel want? Someone posted that he lives in Franklin Farm.

Huh? I live there and that’s news to me. I feel like I would have heard about that if it’s true. Maybe he just lives nearby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, what does McDaniel want? Someone posted that he lives in Franklin Farm.

Huh? I live there and that’s news to me. I feel like I would have heard about that if it’s true. Maybe he just lives nearby?

I don't think he lives in Franklin Farm. I think he lives in Money's Corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, what does McDaniel want? Someone posted that he lives in Franklin Farm.

Huh? I live there and that’s news to me. I feel like I would have heard about that if it’s true. Maybe he just lives nearby?

I don't think he lives in Franklin Farm. I think he lives in Money's Corner.

See what you did there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the decision will come down to which school is closer. It will come down to a problem that that needs to be solved. The Crossfield ES boundaries are anywhere from 6-10 miles away from Oakton HS and 3-6 miles from KAA. The Fox Mill ES boundaries are anywhere from 3-5 miles away from South Lakes HS and 2-4 miles from KAA (rough estimates.) So, yes, Fox Mill is closer, but Crossfield poses an actual problem by being twice as far from its assigned HS.

I see the logic for this, but then what do you do with the middle school feeder patterns? How much of Franklin is feeding to the new HS and how much of Carson to South Lakes? You can't just move Fox Mill to Hughes because it immediately overcrowds Hughes. Karl Frisch may have talked about how crazy it was that part of Sully District goes to Oakton, but I doubt he paid any attention to these details.

Franklin would turn into a 3 way feeder then? Chantilly, KAA, and Oakton?

[Anonymous]

Franklin is already a three way feeder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the decision will come down to which school is closer. It will come down to a problem that that needs to be solved. The Crossfield ES boundaries are anywhere from 6-10 miles away from Oakton HS and 3-6 miles from KAA. The Fox Mill ES boundaries are anywhere from 3-5 miles away from South Lakes HS and 2-4 miles from KAA (rough estimates.) So, yes, Fox Mill is closer, but Crossfield poses an actual problem by being twice as far from its assigned HS.

I see the logic for this, but then what do you do with the middle school feeder patterns? How much of Franklin is feeding to the new HS and how much of Carson to South Lakes? You can't just move Fox Mill to Hughes because it immediately overcrowds Hughes. Karl Frisch may have talked about how crazy it was that part of Sully District goes to Oakton, but I doubt he paid any attention to these details.

Franklin would turn into a 3 way feeder then? Chantilly, KAA, and Oakton?

I think it may already be a three way feeder: Chantilly, Oakton, and Westfield (just a few)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^The optics of a luxurious new school building--way nicer than any other fcps school-- being filled almost entirely with wealthy kids is not their vibe.

I'm not sure why you think this would be entirely wealthy kids? I don't think McNair and Coates have particularly wealthy populations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^The optics of a luxurious new school building--way nicer than any other fcps school-- being filled almost entirely with wealthy kids is not their vibe.

I'm not sure why you think this would be entirely wealthy kids? I don't think McNair and Coates have particularly wealthy populations.

I think PP means relative to Centreville/Westfield/South Lakes/Herndon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Meren live in Vienna? Why does she care about SLHS?

She represents Hunter Mill and Reston voices tend to dominate there. Reston people pay a lot of attention to politics while Vienna people are taking their kids to travel sports events.

Accurate!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Meren live in Vienna? Why does she care about SLHS?

She represents Hunter Mill and Reston voices tend to dominate there. Reston people pay a lot of attention to politics while Vienna people are taking their kids to travel sports events.

Accurate!

Does her child go to Madison? I thought she moved from Reston to Vienna. Another PP said vice versa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Meren live in Vienna? Why does she care about SLHS?

She represents Hunter Mill and Reston voices tend to dominate there. Reston people pay a lot of attention to politics while Vienna people are taking their kids to travel sports events.

Accurate!

Does her child go to Madison? I thought she moved from Reston to Vienna. Another PP said vice versa.

NP.

Meren moved to Reston from Vienna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^The optics of a luxurious new school building--way nicer than any other fcps school-- being filled almost entirely with wealthy kids is not their vibe.

I'm not sure why you think this would be entirely wealthy kids? I don't think McNair and Coates have particularly wealthy populations.

The only thing that could really change the FARMS rate would be if they moved one of the high FARMS areas out of Coates to an ES in the Herndon pyramid and then onto HMS/HHS. I believe this is one of the scenarios under consideration to relieve crowding at Coates - one of the schools that is really the most overcrowded at FCPS right now. However with the KAA purchase, perhaps new scenarios will be created.