FCPS is turning the new high school purchased to fix crowding into an Aviation magnet school instead of a high school??

[Anonymous]

Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

[Anonymous]

So they plan to take a formal vote soon to make this a traditional high school, but for its first few years it’s basically going to be some opt-in charter school without VHSL sports, and where no one can tell for sure what courses and activities will be available because no one will know how many kids will opt to attend Western when they have to decide whether their own kids will attend.

It’s basically just a way for some people who dislike Westfield and South Lakes to avoid those schools, and perhaps avoid pissing off too many Centreville families by forcing them into Westfield before the 2027 election.

The pathetic FCPS clown show continues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

You are reading too much into it based on your own opinions. She's saying she doesn't know what programming will be available there next year. Reid has recommended it be a traditional high school and multiple board members have come out in support of it. I don't see there being enough votes for a magnet at this point.

Meren is a jerk. She is purposely sowing confusion with her messages and then saying the confusion is the reason to slow things down. She is also claiming that the timeline for voting on programming isn't already set, when it is. She thinks if she just keeps repeating things they will somehow become reality. How did these people end up in the positions they have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

You Republicans are truly delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they plan to take a formal vote soon to make this a traditional high school, but for its first few years it’s basically going to be some opt-in charter school without VHSL sports, and where no one can tell for sure what courses and activities will be available because no one will know how many kids will opt to attend Western when they have to decide whether their own kids will attend.

It’s basically just a way for some people who dislike Westfield and South Lakes to avoid those schools, and perhaps avoid pissing off too many Centreville families by forcing them into Westfield before the 2027 election.

The pathetic FCPS clown show continues.

Knowing Frisch, he’s probably plotting to make this school some sort of “LGTBQIA+” safe-space school for kids.

Why not? Hasn’t NYC long had a gay-only HS ?

Yes: HMHS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

I hope you know that you sound INSANE here. Board members and Dr. Reid have already confirmed that this is going to be a traditional high school. Any reference to programming just means that the school is going to start without upperclass-level courses, and likely without any large specialized departments (e.g. theater, art, engineering, etc.) that all normal high schools have.

As for Karl Frisch, he's not even the board chair anymore, you are so out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

I hope you know that you sound INSANE here. Board members and Dr. Reid have already confirmed that this is going to be a traditional high school. Any reference to programming just means that the school is going to start without upperclass-level courses, and likely without any large specialized departments (e.g. theater, art, engineering, etc.) that all normal high schools have.

As for Karl Frisch, he's not even the board chair anymore, you are so out of touch.

It is beginning to sound like Meren is at odds with most other school board members. Sounds like she jumped on a statement at the meeting she attended in order to justify her own position.

She frequently makes decent points, but it seems she wants to delay this. It puts her in a difficult situation. She is going to have to make some tough decisions for her constituents that will make some very happy and some unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why everyone things Meren's email is the truth. It's not. Kyle McDaniel supports opening next year. I disagree. I have a 7th grader and I STILL support opening with a mostly renovated school and a full staff in 2027.

Well that works out nicely for you doesn’t it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of the parents of older elementary school students at Crossfield think of Oakton as an elite school. That's why.

The loudest ones don't even have kids at Crossfield anymore. Their kids are 7th and 8th graders.

Yup, I believer the leader of the group is a middle school parent.

Yeah, I think we all know who that is. Feels like this has more to do with keeping their kid in the spotlight at a big-name sports school than what’s best for Crossfield.

100%

What I find interesting through is that with the new high school, their kid has a chance to be the star of the show whereas at Oakton they'll just be average.

Agree. Oakton sports are insane. How do they keep winning?? I would think many would be glad to make varsity at a new school when have no chance to make JV at Oakton. I say this as an Oakton parent but I guarantee you my high schooler would say the opposite--she would rather be bench warmer on a great team than starter on a bad team. So I can see both sides. (she doesn't play HS sports anyways but used to be in various club sports).

It goes in cycles. But, I know someone who "pupil placed" to Oakton for "social issues" his mom said. It was for sports. He was a good player on Oakton's team--but not a star. Expected to be recruited for D1--didn't work out for him.

Rarely does.

[Anonymous]

ChatGPT could easily analyze the demographic, boundary and enrollment data and solve this puzzle in 2 minutes. Talking to humans will lead to an endless loop of self agendas. Then ChatGPT will build the curriculum, hiring plan and implementation plan, in maybe 3 minutes. I don’t know why they are scratching their heads so much this is a classic example of something that can be done better by AI. They are wasting cycles on this when they should be executing on the asset they purchased. Making it a traditional school with sub school programming (semi magnet) gives it legs in the years it won’t have sports as kids opt in for the magnet side. Solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

I hope you know that you sound INSANE here. Board members and Dr. Reid have already confirmed that this is going to be a traditional high school. Any reference to programming just means that the school is going to start without upperclass-level courses, and likely without any large specialized departments (e.g. theater, art, engineering, etc.) that all normal high schools have.

As for Karl Frisch, he's not even the board chair anymore, you are so out of touch.

“ Dr. Reid” ???

What position do you hold at Gatehouse, PP ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they plan to take a formal vote soon to make this a traditional high school, but for its first few years it’s basically going to be some opt-in charter school without VHSL sports, and where no one can tell for sure what courses and activities will be available because no one will know how many kids will opt to attend Western when they have to decide whether their own kids will attend.

It’s basically just a way for some people who dislike Westfield and South Lakes to avoid those schools, and perhaps avoid pissing off too many Centreville families by forcing them into Westfield before the 2027 election.

The pathetic FCPS clown show continues.

This.

They don’t want to make a hard decision.

How would transportation work? They got 10 additional buses. Would be that enough for the semi charter school model for the first few years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

You are reading too much into it based on your own opinions. She's saying she doesn't know what programming will be available there next year. Reid has recommended it be a traditional high school and multiple board members have come out in support of it. I don't see there being enough votes for a magnet at this point.

Meren is a jerk. She is purposely sowing confusion with her messages and then saying the confusion is the reason to slow things down. She is also claiming that the timeline for voting on programming isn't already set, when it is. She thinks if she just keeps repeating things they will somehow become reality. How did these people end up in the positions they have?

Meren is decent. She cares and takes her job seriously. The lady she replaced was awful and did nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

I hope you know that you sound INSANE here. Board members and Dr. Reid have already confirmed that this is going to be a traditional high school. Any reference to programming just means that the school is going to start without upperclass-level courses, and likely without any large specialized departments (e.g. theater, art, engineering, etc.) that all normal high schools have.

As for Karl Frisch, he's not even the board chair anymore, you are so out of touch.

“ Dr. Reid” ???

What position do you hold at Gatehouse, PP ?

That is her name, isn’t it? Or do you refuse to believe that people with doctorate degrees are allowed to be called Dr? Or maybe it’s because she’s a woman?

There’s basically two populations that refuse to call me Dr. MyLastName and insist on calling me Mrs. HisLastName:

White men with lower degrees than me who feel threatened

White women who aren’t using their degrees who disapprove of my choices

Which one are you?