King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

You have a new school that will handle 1,300 kids tops without renovation, that could be used as a magnet, no one really cares about FARMs rates as they will drop as people migrate to “safer” places.

Changes to grandfather policy is the first step backward from pausing comprehensive boundary study. Maybe a tweak or two around split feeders is all that will happen.

A whole county worked up for months over essentially nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have a new school that will handle 1,300 kids tops without renovation, that could be used as a magnet, no one really cares about FARMs rates as they will drop as people migrate to “safer” places.

Changes to grandfather policy is the first step backward from pausing comprehensive boundary study. Maybe a tweak or two around split feeders is all that will happen.

A whole county worked up for months over essentially nothing.

Try to keep up. We've already established its the same sq footage as Centreville HS, which has over 2000 students. Absolutely no way will this school be boundaried for anything close to 1300.

[Anonymous]

There is no way the SB opens a new HS for 1300 kids. The idea is laughable especially in a part of the county where everyone else is at a megaschool. Maybe the first year if they don't have seniors. Otherwise: LOL.

[Anonymous]

Herndon is so underenrolled, I would be shocked if they moved anyone zoned for Herndon to KAA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is so underenrolled, I would be shocked if they moved anyone zoned for Herndon to KAA.

I don't think anyone has suggested that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

Look again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

Look again.

Nope, nothing that makes sense if the goal is avoiding more split feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

It pulls both FARMS and non-FARMS. I think it pulls more FARMS, but it is hard to tell. Coates has high FARMS. McNair is higher than many.

[Anonymous]

I think there are Coates kids zoned to HHS right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

Look again.

Nope, nothing that makes sense if the goal is avoiding more split feeders.

Bull Run

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are Coates kids zoned to HHS right now.

They will likely stay there. I think they plan to move them to another elementary school when they figure things out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there are Coates kids zoned to HHS right now.

They will likely stay there. I think they plan to move them to another elementary school when they figure things out.

Correct. KAA has no impact on overcrowding at Coates. They can move the Coates kids who currently go to Herndon MS/HS to Herndon ES and send the rest of Coates that goes to Westfield to KAA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the other issue is they will not want to increase the farms rate at any of the existing HS by pulling too many well off students out to go to New HS.

Prediction:
Coates
McNair
Floris
Oak Hill
(Crossfield)

This solves bus ride to Westfield on 28 and the overcrowding at Chantilly.
Enables Centreville to off load to Westfield.
They will try to include Crossfield because of the long bus ride to Oakton.
Might allow close Navy kids to return to Chantilly.

Doesn't that pull a lot of the non farms kids from westfield?

Looking at the map, there don't seem to be any areas zoned to Centreville that make sense to move to Westfield

Look again.

Nope, nothing that makes sense if the goal is avoiding more split feeders.

Wrong. They can move the bulk of Bull Run from Centreville to Westfield and the piece of Cub Run that goes to Chantilly to Westfield, and also move Willow Springs from Fairfax to Centreville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have a new school that will handle 1,300 kids tops without renovation, that could be used as a magnet, no one really cares about FARMs rates as they will drop as people migrate to “safer” places.

Changes to grandfather policy is the first step backward from pausing comprehensive boundary study. Maybe a tweak or two around split feeders is all that will happen.

A whole county worked up for months over essentially nothing.

Try to keep up. We've already established it’s the same sq footage as Centreville HS, which has over 2000 students. Absolutely no way will this school be boundaried for anything close to 1300.

Apply your limited mental capacity. School was built as a private school with smaller class sizes in mind and more open spaces. Doubt FCPS will schedule classes in hallways and courtyards.

Some 2,500 square foot homes appear quite spacious, others are cramped all in the design.