Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more thing to add, I really want to see McLearen extension built from FFX parkway to Money Corner to connect to lawyer's road, now that a lot of people are going to drive on McLearen Rd.

I know Fox Mill people hates it, but there are options, such as the road going under Viking Dr. instead of having a traffic light.

I'm not sure I understand your argument here. Parents have never complained about this drive when going to/from Carson. Why are they complaining about it now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

Sounds like they are hoping kids who will live outside the final boundaries will opt in to prop up the initial enrollment and make Western seem more desirable in its early years.

Which is precisely why more info is needed about the specialized program pathway that's supposed to encourage enrollment, and a few powerpoint slides aren't enough. FCPS should partner with Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon, etc, which all have a presence or HQ in Northern Va. A robust curriculum needs to be developed around the emerging technologies FCPS alludes to.

Anyone, can make a silly powerpoint with a few talking points. I could ask Perplexity to come up with something that sounds more convincing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

I had said this before but I suspect that they will unofficially use the initial opt in numbers to determine the boundary. The week of January 12 is for initial enrollment analysis. They will know how many kids applied from each area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

I had said this before but I suspect that they will unofficially use the initial opt in numbers to determine the boundary. The week of January 12 is for initial enrollment analysis. They will know how many kids applied from each area.

Probably to estimate interest in the academies and leave enough room for those students when they draw boundaries. If there's enough interest, it's possible that the fifth scenario may be drawn with a smaller in-boundary base.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

I had said this before but I suspect that they will unofficially use the initial opt in numbers to determine the boundary. The week of January 12 is for initial enrollment analysis. They will know how many kids applied from each area.

Probably to estimate interest in the academies and leave enough room for those students when they draw boundaries. If there's enough interest, it's possible that the fifth scenario may be drawn with a smaller in-boundary base.

The fifth scenario might exclude Crossfield and Fox Mill, and only include Floris, Coates, McNair, and Oak Hill.

But will that many kids opt in? I think the underenrollment would be a bigger concern.

[Anonymous]

Looks like Oakton dropped a couple notches to #11 best school in NOVA. But, if you're wondering why crossfield parents want to stay there, Chantilly, Westfield, Centerville, South lakes aren't even in the top 25. Therefore, unlikely Western high School will be either since it's puking from the same kids..

https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/11/19/northern-virginia-top-25-high-schools-2025/?fbclid=IwVERDUAOS5nhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5_EFKjthBE29cGvwBMFzhQiU2AkYloAFD8wd1465Z7jKe8oZMI4C5i8d-7RQ_aem_2rbbofPKEDDS5Zc4eN5-ew

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Oakton dropped a couple notches to #11 best school in NOVA. But, if you're wondering why crossfield parents want to stay there, Chantilly, Westfield, Centerville, South lakes aren't even in the top 25. Therefore, unlikely Western high School will be either since it's puking from the same kids..

https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/11/19/northern-virginia-top-25-high-schools-2025/?fbclid=IwVERDUAOS5nhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5_EFKjthBE29cGvwBMFzhQiU2AkYloAFD8wd1465Z7jKe8oZMI4C5i8d-7RQ_aem_2rbbofPKEDDS5Zc4eN5-ew

Who cares how northernvirginiamag.com ranks schools? Not exactly going to find their rank order featured on Redfin or Zillow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One more thing to add, I really want to see McLearen extension built from FFX parkway to Money Corner to connect to lawyer's road, now that a lot of people are going to drive on McLearen Rd.

I know Fox Mill people hates it, but there are options, such as the road going under Viking Dr. instead of having a traffic light.

I'm not sure I understand your argument here. Parents have never complained about this drive when going to/from Carson. Why are they complaining about it now?

Carson has a smaller footprint than the new Western HS. But I don't expect they build that road after 30 years of resistance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

I had said this before but I suspect that they will unofficially use the initial opt in numbers to determine the boundary. The week of January 12 is for initial enrollment analysis. They will know how many kids applied from each area.

Probably to estimate interest in the academies and leave enough room for those students when they draw boundaries. If there's enough interest, it's possible that the fifth scenario may be drawn with a smaller in-boundary base.

The fifth scenario might exclude Crossfield and Fox Mill, and only include Floris, Coates, McNair, and Oak Hill.

But will that many kids opt in? I think the underenrollment would be a bigger concern.

Including Floris and excluding Fox Mill would, I believe, leave Fox Mill kids as the *only* non-Hughes kids at SL. There is no good reason for Fox Mill not to be included at Western.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more thing to add, I really want to see McLearen extension built from FFX parkway to Money Corner to connect to lawyer's road, now that a lot of people are going to drive on McLearen Rd.

I know Fox Mill people hates it, but there are options, such as the road going under Viking Dr. instead of having a traffic light.

I wish!! McLearen was backed all the way up to centreville rd the other day because people have to turn on west ox and then jut over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Oakton dropped a couple notches to #11 best school in NOVA. But, if you're wondering why crossfield parents want to stay there, Chantilly, Westfield, Centerville, South lakes aren't even in the top 25. Therefore, unlikely Western high School will be either since it's puking from the same kids..

https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/11/19/northern-virginia-top-25-high-schools-2025/?fbclid=IwVERDUAOS5nhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5_EFKjthBE29cGvwBMFzhQiU2AkYloAFD8wd1465Z7jKe8oZMI4C5i8d-7RQ_aem_2rbbofPKEDDS5Zc4eN5-ew

LOL no one cares. FCPS is living on an old reputation. That included Vienna and Oaken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well May is better than June, I guess.

And the opt in is due in January.

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous.

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs.

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield." ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn." ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026." ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027. She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".

I had said this before but I suspect that they will unofficially use the initial opt in numbers to determine the boundary. The week of January 12 is for initial enrollment analysis. They will know how many kids applied from each area.

Probably to estimate interest in the academies and leave enough room for those students when they draw boundaries. If there's enough interest, it's possible that the fifth scenario may be drawn with a smaller in-boundary base.

The fifth scenario might exclude Crossfield and Fox Mill, and only include Floris, Coates, McNair, and Oak Hill.

But will that many kids opt in? I think the underenrollment would be a bigger concern.

Including Floris and excluding Fox Mill would, I believe, leave Fox Mill kids as the *only* non-Hughes kids at SL. There is no good reason for Fox Mill not to be included at Western.

Didn’t someone report that Reid said the next scenario might not include any South Lakes or Oakton kids?

If the Western high gets way too many applicants, it would make sense to leave both Fox Mill and Crossfield out of the boundary.

That said, I don’t think opt in numbers will be that high, and if the board has to pick just one to exclude, I’d put my money on Crossfield over Fox Mill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One more thing to add, I really want to see McLearen extension built from FFX parkway to Money Corner to connect to lawyer's road, now that a lot of people are going to drive on McLearen Rd.

I know Fox Mill people hates it, but there are options, such as the road going under Viking Dr. instead of having a traffic light.

I'm not sure I understand your argument here. Parents have never complained about this drive when going to/from Carson. Why are they complaining about it now?

Carson has a smaller footprint than the new Western HS. But I don't expect they build that road after 30 years of resistance.

Are you insane? The roads around Crossfield/KAA are built for traffic that is going on to 28, a highway. I think it's just fine for "high school traffic".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One more thing to add, I really want to see McLearen extension built from FFX parkway to Money Corner to connect to lawyer's road, now that a lot of people are going to drive on McLearen Rd.

I know Fox Mill people hates it, but there are options, such as the road going under Viking Dr. instead of having a traffic light.

I'm not sure I understand your argument here. Parents have never complained about this drive when going to/from Carson. Why are they complaining about it now?

Carson has a smaller footprint than the new Western HS. But I don't expect they build that road after 30 years of resistance.

Are you insane? The roads around Crossfield/KAA are built for traffic that is going on to 28, a highway. I think it's just fine for "high school traffic".

Should read CARSON/KAA.

[Anonymous]

A lot more comments on the latest BRAC spreadsheet that is Crossfield families who want to stay at South Lakes or move to Western.