King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

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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.

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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.

You think that was ONE poster? When you are supporting the poster demeaning the purchase of KAA because he or she wants to move the kids who would benefit from KAA to a school thirty minutes away?

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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.

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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.

You think that was ONE poster? When you are supporting the poster demeaning the purchase of KAA because he or she wants to move the kids who would benefit from KAA to a school thirty minutes away?

DP. There is clearly a Langley-hater lurking who can’t let it go. That’s pretty clear.

Here it is meant as a distraction and really doesn’t belong in this thread. Comes off as sour grapes.

[Anonymous]

I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

If you’re going to make up troll scenarios, you have to make them somewhat plausible. This is pretty weak sauce.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

Geez! You sound like a man; way too emotional to be a woman. Aren’t we all discussing possible scenarios?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps. Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps.Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

These two things are not like each other.

McLean is still overcrowded, so moving the portion of the Spring Hill split feeder that goes to McLean to Langley could help with overcrowding there.

Langley is not overcrowded, and its current enrollment includes roughy 100 kids pupil placing. If Langley starts to get overcrowded, they can eliminate those pupil placements, just like McLean did years ago. There's no need to send anyone to Herndon to "help" Langley, as much as you might like to reassign some Langley students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps.Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

These two things are not like each other.

McLean is still overcrowded, so moving the portion of the Spring Hill split feeder that goes to McLean to Langley could help with overcrowding there.

Langley is not overcrowded, and its current enrollment includes roughy 100 kids pupil placing. If Langley starts to get overcrowded, they can eliminate those pupil placements, just like McLean did years ago. There's no need to send anyone to Herndon to "help" Langley, as much as you might like to reassign some Langley students.

Good. Stay put. Just quit trying to shut down KAA because you are worried about being shifted in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps. Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

Nobody is moving anyone from Langley. There is too much $$ passing hands for that to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps.Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

These two things are not like each other.

McLean is still overcrowded, so moving the portion of the Spring Hill split feeder that goes to McLean to Langley could help with overcrowding there.

Langley is not overcrowded, and its current enrollment includes roughy 100 kids pupil placing. If Langley starts to get overcrowded, they can eliminate those pupil placements, just like McLean did years ago. There's no need to send anyone to Herndon to "help" Langley, as much as you might like to reassign some Langley students.

Good. Stay put. Just quit trying to shut down KAA because you are worried about being shifted in the future.

I'm neither trying to shut down KAA nor worried about getting moved in the future. However, the situations at McLean and Langley are not "similar."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps. Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

Nobody is moving anyone from Langley. There is too much $$ passing hands for that to happen.

So when someone points out the errors in your argument, you resort to conspiracy tropes. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's done. There is going to be a massive re-shuffle from Langley/Mclean to Westfield. Pretty much all of the schools north of 66 (along with Centreville and save for Madison) could see some borders shifting.

Buckle up. It's going to be a very interesting fall.

I can see the board populating the new school one class at a time. That way, the older students finish at their original schools. So, that's a silver lining.

I'm so confused about how you think Langley and McLean could send kids to Westfield, LOL

Might be a domino effect.

Domino effect all the way to California! Again, if you are going to troll, you gotta make it semi-plausible.

This. Domino effect is clearly what they are saying. McLean is over capacity...so sending seats to Langley helps.Similarly, Langley sending a feeder to Herndon helps. South lakes and Centreville and Westfield are all in play. Even Oakton has a split feeder that may be re routed to the new school.

Its not crazy. It actually is entirely plausible.

These two things are not like each other.

McLean is still overcrowded, so moving the portion of the Spring Hill split feeder that goes to McLean to Langley could help with overcrowding there.

Langley is not overcrowded, and its current enrollment includes roughy 100 kids pupil placing. If Langley starts to get overcrowded, they can eliminate those pupil placements, just like McLean did years ago. There's no need to send anyone to Herndon to "help" Langley, as much as you might like to reassign some Langley students.

Good. Stay put. Just quit trying to shut down KAA because you are worried about being shifted in the future.

I'm neither trying to shut down KAA nor worried about getting moved in the future. However, the situations at McLean and Langley are not "similar."

But, one of your friends is.