King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. News numbers are always several years behind. Centreville had around 2600 kids at one point but has lost over 300 kids over the past two years, and FCPS projects it will continue to lose 200 more students over the next five years.

So, again, with the KAA purchase, it would be a misallocation of capital resources to expand Centreville to over 2500 seats when other schools have unmet needs or surplus capacity.

I think the point was that Centreville had ~2600 at some point and it is the same size as the new KAA school. Should be no problem fitting at least 2k in there without any major modifications.

+1 And, with two extra buildings, lots of accommodations could be made. Schools require storage, for example. Office space for some who do not need to interact with students. Etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. News numbers are always several years behind. Centreville had around 2600 kids at one point but has lost over 300 kids over the past two years, and FCPS projects it will continue to lose 200 more students over the next five years.

So, again, with the KAA purchase, it would be a misallocation of capital resources to expand Centreville to over 2500 seats when other schools have unmet needs or surplus capacity.

I think the point was that Centreville had ~2600 at some point and it is the same size as the new KAA school. Should be no problem fitting at least 2k in there without any major modifications.

When Centreville had around 2600 kids it also had a 14-unit modular and over a half-dozen trailers at the school. The capacity of the main building at Centreville is 2125 kids.

If the KAA building is around the same size as the main Centreville building and they can make adjustments to fit 2100 or so kids in the building, fine. But they should not be building an addition to KAA or dragging a modular that will cost millions to install to the site. Nor should they be expanding Centreville during its upcoming renovation over 2500 seats. Between the extra capacity at KAA, the 375 or so seats they could add at Centreville, and the hundreds of vacant seats remaining at Herndon, there will be plenty of capacity in western Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. News numbers are always several years behind. Centreville had around 2600 kids at one point but has lost over 300 kids over the past two years, and FCPS projects it will continue to lose 200 more students over the next five years.

So, again, with the KAA purchase, it would be a misallocation of capital resources to expand Centreville to over 2500 seats when other schools have unmet needs or surplus capacity.

I think the point was that Centreville had ~2600 at some point and it is the same size as the new KAA school. Should be no problem fitting at least 2k in there without any major modifications.

When Centreville had around 2600 kids it also had a 14-unit modular and over a half-dozen trailers at the school. The capacity of the main building at Centreville is 2125 kids.

If the KAA building is around the same size as the main Centreville building and they can make adjustments to fit 2100 or so kids in the building, fine. But they should not be building an addition to KAA or dragging a modular that will cost millions to install to the site. Nor should they be expanding Centreville during its upcoming renovation over 2500 seats. Between the extra capacity at KAA, the 375 or so seats they could add at Centreville, and the hundreds of vacant seats remaining at Herndon, there will be plenty of capacity in western Fairfax.

The Herndon space is being saved for overcrowding at Tyson's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. News numbers are always several years behind. Centreville had around 2600 kids at one point but has lost over 300 kids over the past two years, and FCPS projects it will continue to lose 200 more students over the next five years.

So, again, with the KAA purchase, it would be a misallocation of capital resources to expand Centreville to over 2500 seats when other schools have unmet needs or surplus capacity.

I think the point was that Centreville had ~2600 at some point and it is the same size as the new KAA school. Should be no problem fitting at least 2k in there without any major modifications.

When Centreville had around 2600 kids it also had a 14-unit modular and over a half-dozen trailers at the school. The capacity of the main building at Centreville is 2125 kids.

If the KAA building is around the same size as the main Centreville building and they can make adjustments to fit 2100 or so kids in the building, fine. But they should not be building an addition to KAA or dragging a modular that will cost millions to install to the site. Nor should they be expanding Centreville during its upcoming renovation over 2500 seats. Between the extra capacity at KAA, the 375 or so seats they could add at Centreville, and the hundreds of vacant seats remaining at Herndon, there will be plenty of capacity in western Fairfax.

The Herndon space is being saved for overcrowding at Tyson's.

No one in Tysons will get sent to Herndon. It's too far away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Centreville is up for renovation regardless.
Do theh renovate schools ever without expanding their capacity?

They didn’t expand Edison much when it was renovated. Current design capacity is only slightly over 2100.

Nearby RE Lee (Lewis) HS was also renovated but not expanded much. I think FCPS population data at the time showed declining student numbers in the older pre-1980s suburbs.

The fact that you wrote it this way says a lot about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U.S. News numbers are always several years behind. Centreville had around 2600 kids at one point but has lost over 300 kids over the past two years, and FCPS projects it will continue to lose 200 more students over the next five years.

So, again, with the KAA purchase, it would be a misallocation of capital resources to expand Centreville to over 2500 seats when other schools have unmet needs or surplus capacity.

I think the point was that Centreville had ~2600 at some point and it is the same size as the new KAA school. Should be no problem fitting at least 2k in there without any major modifications.

When Centreville had around 2600 kids it also had a 14-unit modular and over a half-dozen trailers at the school. The capacity of the main building at Centreville is 2125 kids.

If the KAA building is around the same size as the main Centreville building and they can make adjustments to fit 2100 or so kids in the building, fine. But they should not be building an addition to KAA or dragging a modular that will cost millions to install to the site. Nor should they be expanding Centreville during its upcoming renovation over 2500 seats. Between the extra capacity at KAA, the 375 or so seats they could add at Centreville, and the hundreds of vacant seats remaining at Herndon, there will be plenty of capacity in western Fairfax.

The Herndon space is being saved for overcrowding at Tyson's.

No one in Tysons will get sent to Herndon. It's too far away.

Yes, but there are kids in a Tyson's school that do not live in the Tyson's area. They could easily be shifted to Herndon. That's why they keep pushing it for other areas even though those areas are not close to Herndon High.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Centreville is up for renovation regardless.
Do theh renovate schools ever without expanding their capacity?

They didn’t expand Edison much when it was renovated. Current design capacity is only slightly over 2100.

Nearby RE Lee (Lewis) HS was also renovated but not expanded much. I think FCPS population data at the time showed declining student numbers in the older pre-1980s suburbs.

The fact that you wrote it this way says a lot about you.

DP. Maybe PP was just referring to the school's name when it was last renovated. Lewis would have last been renovated in the early 2000s and the name change from Lee wasn't until 2020.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Centreville is up for renovation regardless.
Do theh renovate schools ever without expanding their capacity?

They didn’t expand Edison much when it was renovated. Current design capacity is only slightly over 2100.

Nearby RE Lee (Lewis) HS was also renovated but not expanded much. I think FCPS population data at the time showed declining student numbers in the older pre-1980s suburbs.

The fact that you wrote it this way says a lot about you.

It was called Lee then. It is Lewis today. Lewis is a fine name for a school. When researching past capital improvement projects, the name that shows up is Lee not Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Centreville is up for renovation regardless.
Do theh renovate schools ever without expanding their capacity?

They didn’t expand Edison much when it was renovated. Current design capacity is only slightly over 2100.

Nearby RE Lee (Lewis) HS was also renovated but not expanded much. I think FCPS population data at the time showed declining student numbers in the older pre-1980s suburbs.

The fact that you wrote it this way says a lot about you.

It was called Lee then. It is Lewis today. Lewis is a fine name for a school. When researching past capital improvement projects, the name that shows up is Lee not Lewis.

Yes. But, the PP obviously felt the need to call someone a bigot because they used "Lee" as well as Lewis.

[Anonymous]

I just saw a video that this school will be open as early as next fall in 2026.My child goes to Carson, do you think most of the students from Carson will go to this new school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw a video that this school will be open as early as next fall in 2026.My child goes to Carson, do you think most of the students from Carson will go to this new school?

Highly likely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw a video that this school will be open as early as next fall in 2026.My child goes to Carson, do you think most of the students from Carson will go to this new school?

Highly likely

Most, but not all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw a video that this school will be open as early as next fall in 2026.My child goes to Carson, do you think most of the students from Carson will go to this new school?

Highly likely

Most, but not all.

most was the question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just saw a video that this school will be open as early as next fall in 2026.My child goes to Carson, do you think most of the students from Carson will go to this new school?

Highly likely

School board hasn’t disclosed anything about the school and has offered conflicting views about what it might be when members have spoken up, so I would take this with a huge grain of salt.

[Anonymous]

It would be nice if it becomes a neighborhood high school with an aviation academy program. I highly doubt it would become a full-fledged aviation school like the popular magnet school near Seattle. But an academy program would be nice. The Boeing HQ is in Northern Va after all.