King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

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Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Westfield HS is in Chantilly, not Centreville. That's why people are suggesting filling it with students from the adjacent school zones, which are also in Chantilly. I mean, look at a map.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, why is the suggestion that Poplar Tree be moved to Westfield so outlandish that it would sink a real estate deal? They are right next to each other on the map, and Westfield needs more students. It does look closer than a lot of areas that would still be going to Westfield.

What am I missing?

Isn't Poplar Tree practically across the street from Rocky Run which feeds to Chantilly?

Yes. It's not moving. No need for it to move.

They can move the HS and keep the MS the same.

There is no need for any ES to move. Yet two of the four adjacent schools gotta go. All have pros and cons. All options on the table for filling those empty seats. There's nothing that makes PT magically more special than Lees Corner or Brookfield or Bull Run.

Brookfield is also mostly at Rocky Run. They are not going to create a new split feeder at Rocky Run. Sorry, give it up. [/]

So you think they will take Brookfield and Poplar Tree out of contention and move Lees Corner and Bull Run?

Contention? That is something made up on this board.

If it were me, I'd eliminate AAP transfers at the middle school level for one. Then send Brookfield, Poplar Tree, Greenbriar West and all of Greenbriar East to Rocky Run and make that an exclusive feeder to Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Westfield will have no less than 2650 students when this decision is made. The school is huge. Currently holds 2800 students with very few trailers and is not overcrowded.
If the county is smart they use this new HS to completely redraw their HS maps and fix overcrowding in any eastern schools at the same time.

What are you talking about? The decision was already made to buy the school. There's 2800 kids at Westfield now. Some unknown number will (likely( be moved to KAA. No idea where your 2650 number is coming from or the relevance of anything you are posting about.

No one wants the high school maps completely redrawn. Literally the only thing 95% of people agreed on at all the Thru meetings was people liked their high schools and didn't want their kids moved.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, why is the suggestion that Poplar Tree be moved to Westfield so outlandish that it would sink a real estate deal? They are right next to each other on the map, and Westfield needs more students. It does look closer than a lot of areas that would still be going to Westfield.

What am I missing?

Isn't Poplar Tree practically across the street from Rocky Run which feeds to Chantilly?

Yes. It's not moving. No need for it to move.

They can move the HS and keep the MS the same.

There is no need for any ES to move. Yet two of the four adjacent schools gotta go. All have pros and cons. All options on the table for filling those empty seats. There's nothing that makes PT magically more special than Lees Corner or Brookfield or Bull Run.

Brookfield is also mostly at Rocky Run. They are not going to create a new split feeder at Rocky Run. Sorry, give it up. [/]

So you think they will take Brookfield and Poplar Tree out of contention and move Lees Corner and Bull Run?

Contention? That is something made up on this board.

If it were me, I'd eliminate AAP transfers at the middle school level for one. Then send Brookfield, Poplar Tree, Greenbriar West and all of Greenbriar East to Rocky Run and make that an exclusive feeder to Chantilly.

Lee's Corner will stay.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, why is the suggestion that Poplar Tree be moved to Westfield so outlandish that it would sink a real estate deal? They are right next to each other on the map, and Westfield needs more students. It does look closer than a lot of areas that would still be going to Westfield.

What am I missing?

Isn't Poplar Tree practically across the street from Rocky Run which feeds to Chantilly?

Yes. It's not moving. No need for it to move.

They can move the HS and keep the MS the same.

There is no need for any ES to move. Yet two of the four adjacent schools gotta go. All have pros and cons. All options on the table for filling those empty seats. There's nothing that makes PT magically more special than Lees Corner or Brookfield or Bull Run.

Brookfield is also mostly at Rocky Run. They are not going to create a new split feeder at Rocky Run. Sorry, give it up. [/]

So you think they will take Brookfield and Poplar Tree out of contention and move Lees Corner and Bull Run?

Contention? That is something made up on this board.

If it were me, I'd eliminate AAP transfers at the middle school level for one. Then send Brookfield, Poplar Tree, Greenbriar West and all of Greenbriar East to Rocky Run and make that an exclusive feeder to Chantilly.

Made up?
When KAA opens as a high school, where do you think the students will come from? If hundreds are pulled from Westfield, then more students will be added. The students have to come from somewhere, and that somewhere will definitely be Poplar tree, Lees Corner, Brookfield or Bull Run. At least one but likely two of those schools will need to be moved.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, why is the suggestion that Poplar Tree be moved to Westfield so outlandish that it would sink a real estate deal? They are right next to each other on the map, and Westfield needs more students. It does look closer than a lot of areas that would still be going to Westfield.

What am I missing?

Isn't Poplar Tree practically across the street from Rocky Run which feeds to Chantilly?

Yes. It's not moving. No need for it to move.

They can move the HS and keep the MS the same.

There is no need for any ES to move. Yet two of the four adjacent schools gotta go. All have pros and cons. All options on the table for filling those empty seats. There's nothing that makes PT magically more special than Lees Corner or Brookfield or Bull Run.

Brookfield is also mostly at Rocky Run. They are not going to create a new split feeder at Rocky Run. Sorry, give it up. [/]

So you think they will take Brookfield and Poplar Tree out of contention and move Lees Corner and Bull Run?

Contention? That is something made up on this board.

If it were me, I'd eliminate AAP transfers at the middle school level for one. Then send Brookfield, Poplar Tree, Greenbriar West and all of Greenbriar East to Rocky Run and make that an exclusive feeder to Chantilly.

Lee's Corner will stay.

So who will go?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Your suggestion to replace Mcnair, Coates and Floris kids at Westfield is with...the handful of kids who live in the new development by Wegman's? If you don't know the area, you should not make dumb suggestions.

No, but some of those areas on that side of 28 do go to Westfield.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Your suggestion to replace Mcnair, Coates and Floris kids at Westfield is with...the handful of kids who live in the new development by Wegman's? If you don't know the area, you should not make dumb suggestions.

No, but some of those areas on that side of 28 do go to Westfield.

lord, you are dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one wants to say a school they think will be moved before the sale is finalized because they don't want the Poplar Tree or Brookfield or Lees Corner or Bull Run parents to realize the ripple effects before its a done deal.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Westfield HS is in Chantilly, not Centreville. That's why people are suggesting filling it with students from the adjacent school zones, which are also in Chantilly. I mean, look at a map.

Oh, please. Centreville High School has a Clifton address......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Your suggestion to replace Mcnair, Coates and Floris kids at Westfield is with...the handful of kids who live in the new development by Wegman's? If you don't know the area, you should not make dumb suggestions.

No, but some of those areas on that side of 28 do go to Westfield.

lord, you are dumb.

Suggest you look at a map.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no obvious choice to switch schools to refill Westfield so a random lottery among the nearby schools seems as equitable as any other solution. I prefer it to watching the politically connected finagle and screw over poor kids.

the obvious choice is to take a school or schools from Centreville.

Chantilly will likely be losing Oak Hill to KAA. So, Chantilly is no longer overcrowded.

Centreville will still be overcrowded, so it is logical to take a school(s) from Centreville. That way, the kids who live next to Centreville will no longer have to go to Fairfax.

This is just logic.

I don't know why PP keeps throwing in Chantilly schools. THRU has suggested some of those in the Wegmann's area for Westfield. That kind of makes sense.

Westfield HS is in Chantilly, not Centreville. That's why people are suggesting filling it with students from the adjacent school zones, which are also in Chantilly. I mean, look at a map.

Oh, please. Centreville High School has a Clifton address......

Yes, it does. And students from Clifton go there. What's your point?

[Anonymous]

I think its interesting that no one will say which Chantilly school or schools they think will be moved out of Chantilly to Westfield. Everyone keeps pointing out why this or that school won't be moved, but someone is going to be moved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, why is the suggestion that Poplar Tree be moved to Westfield so outlandish that it would sink a real estate deal? They are right next to each other on the map, and Westfield needs more students. It does look closer than a lot of areas that would still be going to Westfield.

What am I missing?

Isn't Poplar Tree practically across the street from Rocky Run which feeds to Chantilly?

Yes. It's not moving. No need for it to move.

They can move the HS and keep the MS the same.

There is no need for any ES to move. Yet two of the four adjacent schools gotta go. All have pros and cons. All options on the table for filling those empty seats. There's nothing that makes PT magically more special than Lees Corner or Brookfield or Bull Run.

Brookfield is also mostly at Rocky Run. They are not going to create a new split feeder at Rocky Run. Sorry, give it up. [/]

So you think they will take Brookfield and Poplar Tree out of contention and move Lees Corner and Bull Run?

Contention? That is something made up on this board.

If it were me, I'd eliminate AAP transfers at the middle school level for one. Then send Brookfield, Poplar Tree, Greenbriar West and all of Greenbriar East to Rocky Run and make that an exclusive feeder to Chantilly.

No one is talking about getting rid of AAP. Keep your suggestions based in reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its interesting that no one will say which Chantilly school or schools they think will be moved out of Chantilly to Westfield. Everyone keeps pointing out why this or that school won't be moved, but someone is going to be moved.

Well, not their kid's school, obviously. The clear choice is Someone Else's School.