It's Skyview High.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice, on a school that adds capacity in an area where multiple schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps the incredilbly few students at Mountan View High School can feed into the new Skyview High School.
There is more staff there than studens who seriously attend school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the incredilbly few students at Mountan View High School can feed into the new Skyview High School.
There is more staff there than studens who seriously attend school.

I've known two people who worked there (one was a temp-retired AP) Both of the people (who I know separately/socially) loved it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

Clearly not, but if you look at the just-completed county-wide review every boundary change at the MS/HS level was based on addressing purported overcrowding. Not just moving kids to closer schools or nicer buildings.

So it’s fair to ask why the different standard here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

Clearly not, but if you look at the just-completed county-wide review every boundary change at the MS/HS level was based on addressing purported overcrowding. Not just moving kids to closer schools or nicer buildings.

So it’s fair to ask why the different standard here.

Overcrowding wasn’t the only issue addressed by the county-wide review either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

Clearly not, but if you look at the just-completed county-wide review every boundary change at the MS/HS level was based on addressing purported overcrowding. Not just moving kids to closer schools or nicer buildings.

So it’s fair to ask why the different standard here.

Overcrowding wasn’t the only issue addressed by the county-wide review either.

For the most part it was, although inconsistently. None of the other factors in Policy 8130 received remotely as much attention.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

Clearly not, but if you look at the just-completed county-wide review every boundary change at the MS/HS level was based on addressing purported overcrowding. Not just moving kids to closer schools or nicer buildings.

So it’s fair to ask why the different standard here.

Overcrowding wasn’t the only issue addressed by the county-wide review either.

For the most part it was, although inconsistently. None of the other factors in Policy 8130 received remotely as much attention.

I'll bet you a whole shiny new high school that they did.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

DP. Welp, good thing this wasn’t just about adding seats.

Clearly not, but if you look at the just-completed county-wide review every boundary change at the MS/HS level was based on addressing purported overcrowding. Not just moving kids to closer schools or nicer buildings.

So it’s fair to ask why the different standard here.

Overcrowding wasn’t the only issue addressed by the county-wide review either.

For the most part it was, although inconsistently. None of the other factors in Policy 8130 received remotely as much attention.

I'll bet you a whole shiny new high school that they did.

No, that was an impulse buy. Had nothing to do with the county-wide review.

[Anonymous]

I hadn't realized the supervisor for the Springfield District was so vehemently opposed to FCPS opening this new school:

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes. That must be some bus route.