FCPS is turning the new high school purchased to fix crowding into an Aviation magnet school instead of a high school??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Melanie Meren is on Facebook saying that anyone who is in high school now will have the option to remain at their current school even if their home gets re-zoned, and that the new high school is included in this policy. But doesn’t the policy specifically say that the grandfathering does not apply when a new school is opening?

But I don't want my 8th grader to be the first class at a new high school that is only 9th graders.

[Anonymous]

I just checked in on the school board meeting. It's 10:00pm and they still haven't started talking about the new high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just checked in on the school board meeting. It's 10:00pm and they still haven't started talking about the new high school.

They’re talking about it now. Reid confirmed that maps will be shown at the open house and shared more widely after that. Apparently four versions? How long are they going to take to finalize that, who knows. They’re opening a whole can of worms having that many versions and asking for community input. Everyone is going to have their opinions (aka demands) which will likely conflict with one another.

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Anonymous wrote:Herrity's critique has detailed arguments to support position. Whether Herrity is a moderate or not ... Or whether he is a Youngkin lackey or not, does not negate his arguments. I am more interested in reading comments that rebut his arguments and less about suspected associations.

Moving kids out of their neighborhoods and communities is not good. Putting them on long bus rides is not good.

cont. And, the details about the costs were also not accurate. They were straight out of that woman who posts on Nextdoor. Greatly exaggerated.

I've noticed the Nextdoor / Facebook crowd's approach is to just keep repeating things that aren't true to support their argument hoping that if they say it enough people will accept it without researching further.

Funny since FCPS keeps repeating the lies that this school purchase will result in $280 million in savings and that Westfield was overcrowded when it was under capacity.

Straight out of the CIP, "Temporary Classrooms: Schools with an increasing number of required temporary classrooms
can indicate that a more permanent solution, such as a capacity enhancement or a boundary
adjustment, may be considered."

Westfield has 13 temporary classrooms (trailers).

Westfield was under program capacity last year and remains so this fall.

You can’t just go by trailers because sometimes trailers reflect the inefficient use of available space or the fact that FCPS has nowhere else to put them.

Similarly, the language you cited used the words “can indicate” rather than “does indicate” the need for a capacity enhancement or boundary adjustment.

Almost 2800 and "under capacity." Really? You think that works? Why do you think they added trailers?

If you had a problem with large schools you should have objected earlier. Westfield is still under capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and yet there’s apparently no amount of money you don’t think should be spent on KAA.

I seem to recall that FCPS SB and staff insisted that 2000 students was the ideal size for an HS so students simply had to be redistricted from Westfield to South Lakes.

[Anonymous]

I guess we're all going to the open house then.

[Anonymous]

Any discussion about Oakton kids?

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Sounds like 1000 people registered for the open house……it did say registration was required, so make sure you do that before showing up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any discussion about Oakton kids?

No discussion about any specific group of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Herrity's critique has detailed arguments to support position. Whether Herrity is a moderate or not ... Or whether he is a Youngkin lackey or not, does not negate his arguments. I am more interested in reading comments that rebut his arguments and less about suspected associations.

Moving kids out of their neighborhoods and communities is not good. Putting them on long bus rides is not good.

cont. And, the details about the costs were also not accurate. They were straight out of that woman who posts on Nextdoor. Greatly exaggerated.

I've noticed the Nextdoor / Facebook crowd's approach is to just keep repeating things that aren't true to support their argument hoping that if they say it enough people will accept it without researching further.

Funny since FCPS keeps repeating the lies that this school purchase will result in $280 million in savings and that Westfield was overcrowded when it was under capacity.

Straight out of the CIP, "Temporary Classrooms: Schools with an increasing number of required temporary classrooms
can indicate that a more permanent solution, such as a capacity enhancement or a boundary
adjustment, may be considered."

Westfield has 13 temporary classrooms (trailers).

Westfield was under program capacity last year and remains so this fall.

You can’t just go by trailers because sometimes trailers reflect the inefficient use of available space or the fact that FCPS has nowhere else to put them.

Similarly, the language you cited used the words “can indicate” rather than “does indicate” the need for a capacity enhancement or boundary adjustment.

Almost 2800 and "under capacity." Really? You think that works? Why do you think they added trailers?

If you had a problem with large schools you should have objected earlier. Westfield is still under capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and yet there’s apparently no amount of money you don’t think should be spent on KAA.

I seem to recall that FCPS SB and staff insisted that 2000 students was the ideal size for an HS so students simply had to be redistricted from Westfield to South Lakes.

There was some talk from a few of the SB members about how some of the school’s capacities includes modulurs and their desire to get rid of them across the county.

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Anonymous wrote:Herrity's critique has detailed arguments to support position. Whether Herrity is a moderate or not ... Or whether he is a Youngkin lackey or not, does not negate his arguments. I am more interested in reading comments that rebut his arguments and less about suspected associations.

Moving kids out of their neighborhoods and communities is not good. Putting them on long bus rides is not good.

cont. And, the details about the costs were also not accurate. They were straight out of that woman who posts on Nextdoor. Greatly exaggerated.

I've noticed the Nextdoor / Facebook crowd's approach is to just keep repeating things that aren't true to support their argument hoping that if they say it enough people will accept it without researching further.

Funny since FCPS keeps repeating the lies that this school purchase will result in $280 million in savings and that Westfield was overcrowded when it was under capacity.

Straight out of the CIP, "Temporary Classrooms: Schools with an increasing number of required temporary classrooms
can indicate that a more permanent solution, such as a capacity enhancement or a boundary
adjustment, may be considered."

Westfield has 13 temporary classrooms (trailers).

Westfield was under program capacity last year and remains so this fall.

You can’t just go by trailers because sometimes trailers reflect the inefficient use of available space or the fact that FCPS has nowhere else to put them.

Similarly, the language you cited used the words “can indicate” rather than “does indicate” the need for a capacity enhancement or boundary adjustment.

Almost 2800 and "under capacity." Really? You think that works? Why do you think they added trailers?

If you had a problem with large schools you should have objected earlier. Westfield is still under capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and yet there’s apparently no amount of money you don’t think should be spent on KAA.

I seem to recall that FCPS SB and staff insisted that 2000 students was the ideal size for an HS so students simply had to be redistricted from Westfield to South Lakes.

There was some talk from a few of the SB members about how some of the school’s capacities includes modulurs and their desire to get rid of them across the county.

Westfield doesn’t have a modular.

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Anonymous wrote:Herrity's critique has detailed arguments to support position. Whether Herrity is a moderate or not ... Or whether he is a Youngkin lackey or not, does not negate his arguments. I am more interested in reading comments that rebut his arguments and less about suspected associations.

Moving kids out of their neighborhoods and communities is not good. Putting them on long bus rides is not good.

cont. And, the details about the costs were also not accurate. They were straight out of that woman who posts on Nextdoor. Greatly exaggerated.

I've noticed the Nextdoor / Facebook crowd's approach is to just keep repeating things that aren't true to support their argument hoping that if they say it enough people will accept it without researching further.

Funny since FCPS keeps repeating the lies that this school purchase will result in $280 million in savings and that Westfield was overcrowded when it was under capacity.

Straight out of the CIP, "Temporary Classrooms: Schools with an increasing number of required temporary classrooms
can indicate that a more permanent solution, such as a capacity enhancement or a boundary
adjustment, may be considered."

Westfield has 13 temporary classrooms (trailers).

Westfield was under program capacity last year and remains so this fall.

You can’t just go by trailers because sometimes trailers reflect the inefficient use of available space or the fact that FCPS has nowhere else to put them.

Similarly, the language you cited used the words “can indicate” rather than “does indicate” the need for a capacity enhancement or boundary adjustment.

Almost 2800 and "under capacity." Really? You think that works? Why do you think they added trailers?

If you had a problem with large schools you should have objected earlier. Westfield is still under capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and yet there’s apparently no amount of money you don’t think should be spent on KAA.

I seem to recall that FCPS SB and staff insisted that 2000 students was the ideal size for an HS so students simply had to be redistricted from Westfield to South Lakes.

There was some talk from a few of the SB members about how some of the school’s capacities includes modulurs and their desire to get rid of them across the county.

Chantilly HS has 9 trailers and 14 modulars
Centreville HS has 14 trailers and 8 modulars
Westfield has 13 trailers
Coates ES has 20 trailers

Yet some people here keep claiming that there is excess capacity in the region. No, there are trailer parks full of kids. This region of the county is growing. Oakton HS was just expanded and it's already projected to be 100% full next year, with several large developments approved (Fairfax Ridge, Fair Oaks Business Park, AT&T site redevelopment, plus the Flint Hill Office Park and Redwood Plaza all starting in the next year. If Crossfield doesn't move to KAA in this round they may get pushed out next time, or the brand new refurbished school is going to get some modulars parked outside.

So yeah, your argument that there is excess capacity or that this Western HS isn't needed doesn't hold water.

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Anonymous wrote:Herrity's critique has detailed arguments to support position. Whether Herrity is a moderate or not ... Or whether he is a Youngkin lackey or not, does not negate his arguments. I am more interested in reading comments that rebut his arguments and less about suspected associations.

Moving kids out of their neighborhoods and communities is not good. Putting them on long bus rides is not good.

cont. And, the details about the costs were also not accurate. They were straight out of that woman who posts on Nextdoor. Greatly exaggerated.

I've noticed the Nextdoor / Facebook crowd's approach is to just keep repeating things that aren't true to support their argument hoping that if they say it enough people will accept it without researching further.

Funny since FCPS keeps repeating the lies that this school purchase will result in $280 million in savings and that Westfield was overcrowded when it was under capacity.

Straight out of the CIP, "Temporary Classrooms: Schools with an increasing number of required temporary classrooms
can indicate that a more permanent solution, such as a capacity enhancement or a boundary
adjustment, may be considered."

Westfield has 13 temporary classrooms (trailers).

Westfield was under program capacity last year and remains so this fall.

You can’t just go by trailers because sometimes trailers reflect the inefficient use of available space or the fact that FCPS has nowhere else to put them.

Similarly, the language you cited used the words “can indicate” rather than “does indicate” the need for a capacity enhancement or boundary adjustment.

Almost 2800 and "under capacity." Really? You think that works? Why do you think they added trailers?

If you had a problem with large schools you should have objected earlier. Westfield is still under capacity, Herndon has hundreds of empty seats, and yet there’s apparently no amount of money you don’t think should be spent on KAA.

I seem to recall that FCPS SB and staff insisted that 2000 students was the ideal size for an HS so students simply had to be redistricted from Westfield to South Lakes.

There was some talk from a few of the SB members about how some of the school’s capacities includes modulurs and their desire to get rid of them across the county.

Westfield doesn’t have a modular.

Bull. Yes - Westfield had modular. There some you can see from Stonecroft Blvd and some in the back of the school.

[Anonymous]

So there will be paper maps at the open house or the boundary tool will be updated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So there will be paper maps at the open house or the boundary tool will be updated?

Separate maps. The boundary tool won’t be updated until they release scenario 5. If they’re considering 4 KAA maps, it won’t be integrated with the comprehensive review until they whittle that down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So there will be paper maps at the open house or the boundary tool will be updated?

Separate maps. The boundary tool won’t be updated until they release scenario 5. If they’re considering 4 KAA maps, it won’t be integrated with the comprehensive review until they whittle that down.

Willing to bet that the maps will be posted on a wall and not handouts.