King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

So, you would put others on the bus for thirty minutes to Herndon so that you can put your kids on the bus for 30 minutes to Langley. Got it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

Another DP. Seriously? I live nowhere near this area but even I know a high school has been needed there for decades - and talked about in every FCPS budget. It's really disingenuous for you to pretend there isn't a "compelling case" that this school was/is needed.

Now I do agree with the posters saying there needed to be more transparency around the actual purchase, but the school itself is absolutely needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

They are also on record as saying that it might be a magnet school, right? How do you reconcile that statement with your hope that it’s a neighborhood school?

And, sheeeeeeeeee's back! I think one SB member vaguely mentioned something about a magnet, but that's certainly not an entire SB endorsing that idea when everyone knows the area needs a "normal" high school that serves everyone. The magnet isn't happening.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

DP. You are comically transparent. I see you're not going to drop that obsession of yours!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

So, you would put others on the bus for thirty minutes to Herndon so that you can put your kids on the bus for 30 minutes to Langley. Got it!

DP. You’re conflating posters again. You do that way too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

They are also on record as saying that it might be a magnet school, right? How do you reconcile that statement with your hope that it’s a neighborhood school?

And, sheeeeeeeeee's back! I think one SB member vaguely mentioned something about a magnet, but that's certainly not an entire SB endorsing that idea when everyone knows the area needs a "normal" high school that serves everyone. The magnet isn't happening.
DP

Who should we believe, you or our lying eyes?

Receipts:

“It could be a magnet school, similar to the prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Dunne said.”

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2025/06/fairfax-co-plans-to-buy-closing-private-school-with-eye-on-opening-first-new-high-school-in-decades/

To be clear, I’m not even lobbying for it to be a magnet, but it’s pathetic that you foam at the mouth whenever someone highlights that a school board member, Mateo Dunne said this on the record. Advocate against it, but don’t lie to people, you lose a ton of credibility that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

You didn't find it curious that Thru didn't touch the Langley/Herndon boundary in any of its three options? I thought it was very strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

They are also on record as saying that it might be a magnet school, right? How do you reconcile that statement with your hope that it’s a neighborhood school?

And, sheeeeeeeeee's back! I think one SB member vaguely mentioned something about a magnet, but that's certainly not an entire SB endorsing that idea when everyone knows the area needs a "normal" high school that serves everyone. The magnet isn't happening.
DP

Who should we believe, you or our lying eyes?

Receipts:

“It could be a magnet school, similar to the prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Dunne said.”

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2025/06/fairfax-co-plans-to-buy-closing-private-school-with-eye-on-opening-first-new-high-school-in-decades/

To be clear, I’m not even lobbying for it to be a magnet, but it’s pathetic that you foam at the mouth whenever someone highlights that a school board member, Mateo Dunne said this on the record. Advocate against it, but don’t lie to people, you lose a ton of credibility that way.

As I said, ONE SB member made this comment. Next...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

You didn't find it curious that Thru didn't touch the Langley/Herndon boundary in any of its three options? I thought it was very strange.

OMG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

You didn't find it curious that Thru didn't touch the Langley/Herndon boundary in any of its three options? I thought it was very strange.

DP. This is the wrong thread for your comment, but since you’ve made multiple Langley posts today, I just wanted to say, I used to be annoyed by your continual focus on moving other people’s kids, but now I primarily feel sad for you, because it’s clear that you don’t have much joy in your life. I can only imagine that when the Thru scenarios came out that you were devastated.

I hope you find whatever joy in life you deserve, but I can assure you it’s not going to be from moving some innocent kids to satisfy some vague notion of sticking it to people you perceive as richer than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, some see it as the first thing that FCPS has done right.

It is a bargain and it is needed. When a renovation/expansion at a high school costs $300 million, it is hard to deny it is a bargain: land, school building, 2 additional buildings, and furnishings.

I also look to hear the answers. But, from what they said when voting on the purchase, it would appear it is to help the communities that have been needing this school for a very long time.

I would hope that when they close, that they will quickly announce the plans and the community engagement.

DP. I don't think they've made a compelling case yet this was a needed purchase.

How would you solve the problem of that area? Please be specific. The schools are overcrowded and students are on extremely long bus rides. There is a lot of new construction in the area that would indicate continuing issues with overcrowding.
One area has little sense of community with the school because it is separated by miles of industrial and commercial property from the rest of the students in the school. The boundaries are not contiguous because of those properties.

Please make the case for alternative solutions that match this bargain buy.

Boundaries can still be contiguous even if they include industrial and residential properties.

And Herndon has hundreds of empty seats that they haven’t even bothered trying to fill. Fill them first and then come back and make the case for dropping over $150 million on a new school.

You didn't find it curious that Thru didn't touch the Langley/Herndon boundary in any of its three options? I thought it was very strange.

DP. This is the wrong thread for your comment, but since you’ve made multiple Langley posts today, I just wanted to say, I used to be annoyed by your continual focus on moving other people’s kids, but now I primarily feel sad for you, because it’s clear that you don’t have much joy in your life. I can only imagine that when the Thru scenarios came out that you were devastated.

I hope you find whatever joy in life you deserve, but I can assure you it’s not going to be from moving some innocent kids to satisfy some vague notion of sticking it to people you perceive as richer than you.

+10000
It is quite clearly the same poster who hasn’t managed to get on with her life after her mission to move other people’s kids failed. Not only failed, but blew up in her face. I sincerely hope it is her kids who are now facing a change in schools.

[Anonymous]

Did FCPS publish a map with the SPAs on it?

[Anonymous]

The SB has zero interest in kicking the hornets nest by changing how the AAP program is run and getting rid of "centers" would be a huge change. They would have assigned that to Thru as a scenario if they were interested. (Same with getting rid of IB and therefore all the transfers. We all know IB is a huge waste
and just a mechanism for people to buy cheap houses and transfer.)

So changes predicated on changes to the AAP program are not really reality based.