King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

Also, don't forget there will be major new housing development in Oakton boundary. Oakton will need relief in a few short years.

[Anonymous]

Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

Not at all. This property was unexpectedly up for sale and they wisely went for it. It is separate from the review and they will have to accommodate it now.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

Not at all. This property was unexpectedly up for sale and they wisely went for it. It is separate from the review and they will have to accommodate it now.

They still had us go through with the public meetings this past month knowing that they were going to upset the apple cart with this.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

Not at all. This property was unexpectedly up for sale and they wisely went for it. It is separate from the review and they will have to accommodate it now.

They still had us go through with the public meetings this past month knowing that they were going to upset the apple cart with this.

To be fair, people would have gone insane if they had canceled them vaguely, and they weren't going to upset negotiations by publicizing what they were doing...

[Anonymous]

Nope, they were probably still figuring out whether they could make an offer and figure out how to fund it.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, they were probably still figuring out whether they could make an offer and figure out how to fund it.

They said they made the offer last month, so you’re just gaslighting here.

And they haven’t disclosed how they will fund it, so double gaslight.

Seven Pinocchios for you.

[Anonymous]

It’s obvious the old boundary process will be completely scrapped and a new one started for this new high school. My guess they will target plus/minus 2,500 students for the new school.

FCPS could look to MCPS for how they are doing the boundaries for all the new high schools opening up there.

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All of Floris, McNair, and Fox Mill go to Carson. Most of Coates and Crossfield go there, along with a small part of Oak Hill (rest of Oak Hill goes to Franklin).

The people who are being really aggressive on the topic seem to be Crossfield folks insisting that they'll have dibs on the new school.

I don't think anyone has "dibs."

The Crossfield folks currently go to Oakton --which is a very long way.
Chantilly (while projected to lose membership) is the school that needs relief.

I could see Fox Mill staying with South Lakes. South Lakes is not going to want to give them up.

Fox Mill attends Carson, which will be next to the new HS. It makes sense for Fox Mill to attend the new HS.

And yes, I am a Fox Mill parent who doesn't like IB and doesn't want to move to Hughes. Moving the Carson base school students into the new HS would make sense. It ends the split feeder problem at Carson and the distances work for the Carson base schools kids. SLHS doesn't lose that many students because Fox Mill is a small number of the kids. Not to mention, a good number of the Fox Mill family's pupil place to AP schools because they don't want IB. The number of pupil departures are hidden by the Herndon kids who move to SLHS for IB because they don't want to be at Herndon.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

Not at all. This property was unexpectedly up for sale and they wisely went for it. It is separate from the review and they will have to accommodate it now.

This gives them a great excuse to "delay" the boundary movement. Will they do that? I don't really think the School Board is getting what it needs from this study.

There are lots of factors that are considered in home sales. I live in a western Fairfax community that could be affected by a new high school. Our neighborhood is up for grabs with some interesting twists.

A few months ago, houses were selling before they went on the market. They are still selling, but not instantly. Of course, government cutbacks could also be involved, but it is a different market. Schools are a major driver and anyone who says differently is not too smart.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, they were probably still figuring out whether they could make an offer and figure out how to fund it.

They said they made the offer last month, so you’re just gaslighting here.

And they haven’t disclosed how they will fund it, so double gaslight.

Seven Pinocchios for you.

You don’t understand but I can’t teach you anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, they were probably still figuring out whether they could make an offer and figure out how to fund it.

They said they made the offer last month, so you’re just gaslighting here.

And they haven’t disclosed how they will fund it, so double gaslight.

Seven Pinocchios for you.

You don’t understand but I can’t teach you anymore.

Ha. Just admit that you are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Another shitshow.

+1. Total incompetence and possible malfeasance.

No, we need a western hs and have for years. This is a rare opportunity and I’m glad they seized it. Let’s hope they don’t go to their usual ways and screw it up.

Why is it needed? Is that to deal with the overcapacity at Herndon high?

Seems like it's a HS that would pull from Coates, McNair, Floris, Oak Hill, and Fox Mill. Westfield can then pick up more of Centreville and the Centreville expansion can be scaled back significantly (while still allowing it to pick up Willow Springs).

People will go along with moving to a school with those feeders in a way they never would have gone along with a new school near Hutchison.

They can still move part of Coates into the Herndon pyramid. It just means Herndon isn't part of a solution to overcrowding at Chantilly and increases the likelihood that at some point they will move part of Langley into Herndon.

Left out Crossfield. All of Franklin Farm should be included,

Franklin Farm goes to Chantilly, where the numbers are dropping. There is no reason to move them to the new school.

Tell me you don't live here without telling me you don't live here. PP is talking about the other side of FF.
Stop spewing stupidity, Poplar Tree mommy. Yes, we know where you live based on what you say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just because many FCPS families are entitled jerks doesn’t mean this wasn’t a good acquisition for FCPS. This fills a long term need and the details will be worked out and people will whine and complain and accuse and I hope we just ignore them.

I’d be thrilled, too, if FCPS just tossed the CIP aside and said they were going to spend $150-250M in my neighborhood that we’d previously been told couldn’t happen for many years because there isn’t enough money.

I knew it, jealous mommies spewing their BS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does this further prove that the maps are done and have this new high school in the maps? Obviously they knew about this just like maps are likely done and Reid knows what she wants.

Not at all. This property was unexpectedly up for sale and they wisely went for it. It is separate from the review and they will have to accommodate it now.

They still had us go through with the public meetings this past month knowing that they were going to upset the apple cart with this.

Somewhere a Thru consultant is weeping as they wade through all the obsolete Emerald Chase comments.