Future Western High School

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The FPAC annual report for 2016-17 included the following recommendation: "FCPS specifically designate the site where Hutchison Elementary School is located as the site for the new western high school in the next CIP, and include the western high school in the 2019
school bond referendum."

Obviously that wasn't acted upon, but land acquisition costs for the new school are on the 2021 bond.

So imminent domain it is!

It's eminent domain and there's no clear indication where the money would be spent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A change in boundaries would not impact my kids but I never understand why Langley parents feel picked on during these discussions. People are not suggesting to move boundaries around to penalize you? And it is weird that Langley is the only high school with practically no FARMS when it has nothing to do with geographic reasons, right?

Perhaps because - as shown on the map that another PP posted - Langley isn't even the farthest west school in FCPS. Far from it, in fact. So this entire discussion should really be all about the school which would be directly impacted by a possible new high school. Not the school that has nothing at all to do with it.

You need to read this thread and referenced documents more closely.

And you need to study the map that was posted earlier.
DP

[Anonymous]

DP, but as long as the Langley posters keep arrogantly insisting that in no way, shape, or form can they possibly be affected by a new western high school, when kids living next door to Loudoun are getting bussed 12 miles or so to a school near Arlington, the more others will keep reminding them they live in the same county as the rest of us.

And the whole “look at the map” shtick is getting old when the map highlights how far we’ve been bussing rich kids to their rich-kid school.

[Anonymous]

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FCPS is making the same mistake with Oakton as it did with Langley- expanding capacity for students who should be assigned to other schools. Oakton is near Madison and Langley near Mclean.

Are you the same person who said that Great Falls was the most far west part of Fairfax County? I'll grant that Oakton is near Madison--but it is nowhere near Langley.

Not PP, but can you please take a second to read before you post?

PP is saying Oakton is near Madison (it is) and Langley is near McLean (it is), and that they need to stop building big additions at schools that already have kids who live closer to other schools traveling long distances to attend (as is the case at both Oakton and Langley).

You can agree or disagree with the comment, but PP was not saying Oakton is near Langley.

Apologize. You're right. I didn't read carefully.

But, it is also true that there are many, many schools in this situation. Franklin Middle and Rachel Carson are just over one mile apart. I guess property is just not always available. Ironic that Chantilly has one of the most compact boundaries, and it is the most overcrowded. And, I think that is one reason that the overcrowding is tolerated--people don't want to leave because there is a community feel--and is quite diverse.

Give your Hutchison plan a rest. It is three miles from Herndon High School. Once more, this is not about getting Great Falls into Herndon. It is about giving relief to Chantilly and Centreville.

DP. You are the one who keeps putting GF in the mix. And the Hutchison is the site currently identified in official documents. You are the reason a rational discussion cannot be had.

+1.

DP. This is simply not true. Many posts from this thread were deleted because they insisted on dragging GF into the discussion and making disparaging remarks about that community, to boot. At least be honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP, but as long as the Langley posters keep arrogantly insisting that in no way, shape, or form can they possibly be affected by a new western high school, when kids living next door to Loudoun are getting bussed 12 miles or so to a school near Arlington, the more others will keep reminding them they live in the same county as the rest of us.

And the whole “look at the map” shtick is getting old when the map highlights how far we’ve been bussing rich kids to their rich-kid school.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP, but as long as the Langley posters keep arrogantly insisting that in no way, shape, or form can they possibly be affected by a new western high school, when kids living next door to Loudoun are getting bussed 12 miles or so to a school near Arlington, the more others will keep reminding them they live in the same county as the rest of us.

And the whole “look at the map” shtick is getting old when the map highlights how far we’ve been bussing rich kids to their rich-kid school.

“A school near Arlington”?? Proving once again how lacking your map-reading skills are.

[Anonymous]

This is from 2019 but still applicable today:

The new high school is planned for somewhere along the Dulles Suburban Corridor to take students coming up through McNair, Coates and Hutchison elementary schools.

While South Lakes High School sits at 92 percent capacity, the surrounding Herndon, Madison and Oakton high schools all exceed 100 percent capacity. The CIP’s school capacity chart for the 2018-2019 school year shows Oakton High School at 131 percent capacity. The school year 2023-24 projections show South Lakes High School’s capacity increasing from 92 percent to 97 percent.

https://www.restonnow.com/2019/01/03/school-cip-leaves-new-high-school-and-additions-unfunded/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is from 2019 but still applicable today:

The new high school is planned for somewhere along the Dulles Suburban Corridor to take students coming up through McNair, Coates and Hutchison elementary schools.

While South Lakes High School sits at 92 percent capacity, the surrounding Herndon, Madison and Oakton high schools all exceed 100 percent capacity. The CIP’s school capacity chart for the 2018-2019 school year shows Oakton High School at 131 percent capacity. The school year 2023-24 projections show South Lakes High School’s capacity increasing from 92 percent to 97 percent.

https://www.restonnow.com/2019/01/03/school-cip-leaves-new-high-school-and-additions-unfunded/

Get ready for the rebuttal how these aren’t schools to be considered.

[Anonymous]

Seems Oakton is most in need of relief based on last map.

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to see the enrollment numbers for September for the high schools. When do we get to see those?

The projections are not always accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see the enrollment numbers for September for the high schools. When do we get to see those?

The projections are not always accurate.

Planning should take into account both the pre-Covid trends and the expected post-Covid enrollments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see the enrollment numbers for September for the high schools. When do we get to see those?

The projections are not always accurate.

Planning should take into account both the pre-Covid trends and the expected post-Covid enrollments.

Yes. All this chatter and maybe they don't need a new high school anywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see the enrollment numbers for September for the high schools. When do we get to see those?

The projections are not always accurate.

Planning should take into account both the pre-Covid trends and the expected post-Covid enrollments.

Yes. All this chatter and maybe they don't need a new high school anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t Westfield really crowded too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Westfield really crowded too?

Westfield was expanded to have a capacity of 3000 not too long after it was built.. Soon after the expansion was completed , the "new" guidance in 2008 was that all high schools should have a population of 2000. This was to help justify the South Lakes boundary study. A lot of neighborhoods were taken from Westfield and redistricted to South Lakes. This helped justify SB taking kids from Oakton, Westfield, and Madison. It has over 2600 according to the data posted at FCPS. But, unless they have put something else there, there is plenty of room.