King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

There's no misrepresentation on my part, only endless spinning on your end.

To take just one example, one vocal Great Falls skeptic of the purchase posted recently: "[B]uying a new school seems likely to upend all the boundary scenarios that were previously shared. It’s frustrating that FCPS hasn’t been more transparent about this purchase or its potential impact on the boundary review."

How is that any different than what multiple people on this thread have been saying? And how is it incorrect?? No one is out to get you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the person who keeps insisting this will be a magnet/TJ2 - if they don't decide to use it as a neighborhood HS, which they absolutely should, then I hope they turn it into a SPED center.

Have a great day!

I think you are addressing this to me, and I’d be fine with it being a sped center or a PP mentioned arts magnet. That’s kind of a cool idea too.

You ladies are all hyperventilating over me highlighting the fact that Frisch and Dunne raised the magnet prospect. You’re like little pre-schoolers who cover your ears and say la la la so you don’t hear contrary things. It’s very bizarre behavior for adults.

Oh, also, just a heads up to the person who listened to the sb meeting and thinks that somehow offered proof that it’ll be a neighborhood school- the article came out subsequent to that vote.

Anyway, have a great day too!

That is some first-class projection on your part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

Everyone has an agenda, PP, and you know it. I imagine some of these people in Great Falls have a political agenda - maybe they want to run for school board or other political office? Or maybe they work for a politician and this is how they get their thrills.

Ooh, tell us - what's YOUR agenda? Rhetorical question, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

Everyone has an agenda, PP, and you know it. I imagine some of these people in Great Falls have a political agenda - maybe they want to run for school board or other political office? Or maybe they work for a politician and this is how they get their thrills.

Imagine living your life this obsessed with great falls 😂😂😂 even when it has nothing to do with the discussion.

THIS x a million. It's just beyond pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

There's no misrepresentation on my part, only endless spinning on your end.

To take just one example, one vocal Great Falls skeptic of the purchase posted recently: "[B]uying a new school seems likely to upend all the boundary scenarios that were previously shared. It’s frustrating that FCPS hasn’t been more transparent about this purchase or its potential impact on the boundary review."

How is that any different than what multiple people on this thread have been saying? And how is it incorrect?? No one is out to get you.

Neither here nor there. You were falsely claiming Great Falls folks weren’t raising the impact of the KAA purchase on boundaries. They are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

Everyone has an agenda, PP, and you know it. I imagine some of these people in Great Falls have a political agenda - maybe they want to run for school board or other political office? Or maybe they work for a politician and this is how they get their thrills.

Imagine living your life this obsessed with great falls 😂😂😂 even when it has nothing to do with the discussion.

DP. And yet it does, which is why you follow this thread like a hawk and other Great Falls posters poke and prod at all the details around the KAA purchase.

Hmm. That's actually not what's happening here at all, but do continue pushing your twisted narrative.
DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Centreville and Chantilly both have modulars and trailers.
Westfield has trailers
South Lakes has trailers.

According to the dashboard, Oakton has neither trailers or modular.

This school is needed to relieve overcrowding if getting rid of modulars and trailers is a goal.

Trailers are cheap and should be eliminated if possible. Modulars cost millions to install and eliminating them shouldn’t be a priority.

Herndon is sitting on hundreds of empty seats and they at least ought to have a plan to fill them before we spend $150M on a new school in western Fairfax.

There it is. That is the reason one person here is so worked up, replying to every little thing posted here. They want those seats filled from the KAA area and not from the Herndon, Forestville, GF addresses that are so close by. Panic has set in and they are flailing about grasping at straws. They thought they were safe but now the writing is on the walls. It will be nice to get the thread back once the plan is officially announced for the new Western HS, but this is enjoyable too.

DP, you are crazy. Actually certifiable. The only person who keeps dragging GF into this discussion is YOU, and we all know why. You're still pissed that no one was moved from Langley to Herndon in the boundary review, and now you think you can rewrite the narrative. "Maybe I've still got a chance to stick it to that community I hate so much!" I've rarely seen anyone as transparent as you.

Face it: the new HS is going to serve an area that has nothing to do with GF or Langley. We are not worried, concerned, nervous, or panicked. It's just you who wants to pretend we are because you haven't gotten over your disappointment that no one in this area was moved to Herndon.

Therapy would be a great place for you to start healing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

Everyone has an agenda, PP, and you know it. I imagine some of these people in Great Falls have a political agenda - maybe they want to run for school board or other political office? Or maybe they work for a politician and this is how they get their thrills.

Imagine living your life this obsessed with great falls 😂😂😂 even when it has nothing to do with the discussion.

DP. And yet it does, which is why you follow this thread like a hawk and other Great Falls posters poke and prod at all the details around the KAA purchase.

Hmm. That's actually not what's happening here at all, but do continue pushing your twisted narrative.
DP

It’s exactly what’s happening. Sadly for you, people see through your lame efforts to spin a different tale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

There's no misrepresentation on my part, only endless spinning on your end.

To take just one example, one vocal Great Falls skeptic of the purchase posted recently: "[B]uying a new school seems likely to upend all the boundary scenarios that were previously shared. It’s frustrating that FCPS hasn’t been more transparent about this purchase or its potential impact on the boundary review."

How is that any different than what multiple people on this thread have been saying? And how is it incorrect?? No one is out to get you.

Neither here nor there. You were falsely claiming Great Falls folks weren’t raising the impact of the KAA purchase on boundaries. They are.

It's so funny that you're trying to conflate one or two vociferous people who live in Herndon with an entire community (that doesn't). Take a xanax - no one is coming for the new western high school. It's a fortuitous purchase that solves a lot of problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the nasty anti-new school trolls are nervous Herndon parents who don't want to be zoned out of Langley?

I can't tell if those who oppose a new neighborhood HS at the KAA site are:

1. People who really want a "TJ West" or "Kyle McDaniel Aviation Academy HS";

2. Langley posters who don't want to be the only ones left standing to fill empty seats at Herndon;

3. People who don't want to pay taxes to support public schools; or

4. Trolls who just like to make those who stand to benefit from a new school insecure.

If I can't tell, I'm betting you can't either, so shame on you for saying it's #2 when it could be ### 1, 3, 4 or something else.

DP. It's not anyone from Langley. This school doesn't affect that area, as much as the PP wants to continue bringing that community into the conversation, all so she can smear them. She calls others "jerks" and full of "vitriol," yet she absolutely exemplifies a hateful attitude.

The only people who oppose a neighborhood HS at the KAA site are jackasses who are insisting it'll be a magnet - because they arrogantly think their own kid would qualify. This long-awaited school isn't going to be a magnet. It was acquired to serve the community as a whole.

DP. The point was no one really knows who is posting *here* or their motivations.

Those raising the most questions elsewhere (on Next Door and Facebook) about the funding for the new school and how it might impact the ongoing boundary review are primarily from Great Falls. Odd that would be the case if the new school doesn't affect their area.

Please stop misrepresenting the people who are questioning this purchase. They are very clearly discussing the transparency (or lack thereof) surrounding the acquisition - FUNDING - and not the boundaries. Just stop.

Everyone has an agenda, PP, and you know it. I imagine some of these people in Great Falls have a political agenda - maybe they want to run for school board or other political office? Or maybe they work for a politician and this is how they get their thrills.

Imagine living your life this obsessed with great falls 😂😂😂 even when it has nothing to do with the discussion.

DP. And yet it does, which is why you follow this thread like a hawk and other Great Falls posters poke and prod at all the details around the KAA purchase.

Hmm. That's actually not what's happening here at all, but do continue pushing your twisted narrative.
DP

It’s exactly what’s happening. Sadly for you, people see through your lame efforts to spin a different tale.

It's not paranoia if everyone is actually out to get you, amirite?

[Anonymous]

The same nextdoor posters complaining (over and over again, and again and again!) about the boundary changes a few months ago, seem to be same ones up in arms about “transparency issues” with the purchase of KAA. They also appear to live in a “North Herndon” neighborhood, currently zoned for Langley. I’m sure it is just a coincidence.

I hope the purchase of KAA goes smoothly, and FCPS can successfully revamp it in time to serve the families in that area. Westfield is so far from Mcnair and Coates. How can Westfield build a thriving community when their students live so far away?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The same nextdoor posters complaining (over and over again, and again and again!) about the boundary changes a few months ago, seem to be same ones up in arms about “transparency issues” with the purchase of KAA. They also appear to live in a “North Herndon” neighborhood, currently zoned for Langley. I’m sure it is just a coincidence.

I hope the purchase of KAA goes smoothly, and FCPS can successfully revamp it in time to serve the families in that area. Westfield is so far from Mcnair and Coates. How can Westfield build a thriving community when their students live so far away?

I don't live anywhere near "North Herndon," yet I also have questions about the transparency and funding of this school - even while I think it's a great purchase and will relieve the crowding issues many have spoken of. As FCPS residents, are we allowed to have questions about the process, or are we just supposed to shut up and keep our mouths closed?

One thing is for certain - if this school had been purchased in any other area (such as an area where it wouldn't benefit you), you'd be questioning the process too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same nextdoor posters complaining (over and over again, and again and again!) about the boundary changes a few months ago, seem to be same ones up in arms about “transparency issues” with the purchase of KAA. They also appear to live in a “North Herndon” neighborhood, currently zoned for Langley. I’m sure it is just a coincidence.

I hope the purchase of KAA goes smoothly, and FCPS can successfully revamp it in time to serve the families in that area. Westfield is so far from Mcnair and Coates. How can Westfield build a thriving community when their students live so far away?

I don't live anywhere near "North Herndon," yet I also have questions about the transparency and funding of this school - even while I think it's a great purchase and will relieve the crowding issues many have spoken of. As FCPS residents, are we allowed to have questions about the process, or are we just supposed to shut up and keep our mouths closed?

One thing is for certain - if this school had been purchased in any other area (such as an area where it wouldn't benefit you), you'd be questioning the process too.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The same nextdoor posters complaining (over and over again, and again and again!) about the boundary changes a few months ago, seem to be same ones up in arms about “transparency issues” with the purchase of KAA. They also appear to live in a “North Herndon” neighborhood, currently zoned for Langley. I’m sure it is just a coincidence.

I hope the purchase of KAA goes smoothly, and FCPS can successfully revamp it in time to serve the families in that area. Westfield is so far from Mcnair and Coates. How can Westfield build a thriving community when their students live so far away?

Yep, just a coincidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Centreville and Chantilly both have modulars and trailers.
Westfield has trailers
South Lakes has trailers.

According to the dashboard, Oakton has neither trailers or modular.

This school is needed to relieve overcrowding if getting rid of modulars and trailers is a goal.

Trailers are cheap and should be eliminated if possible. Modulars cost millions to install and eliminating them shouldn’t be a priority.

Herndon is sitting on hundreds of empty seats and they at least ought to have a plan to fill them before we spend $150M on a new school in western Fairfax.

Given that they created those extra seats in the last Herndon renovation, I'd wager that they do have a plan to fill them eventually.