It's Skyview High.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

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on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes. That must be some bus route.

Herrity is a Republican who votes against everything, then takes credit by showing up to the ribbon cutting on projects he votes against. A hypocrite who couldn’t care less about schools unless it’s a photo opp.

He’s single handedly stonewalling the permits for the centreville high school renovation hoping he can make it an Election Day issue next year when runs again. Sad and pathetic.

This makes no sense. It’s a Democratic School Board that hasn’t been able to work with a county government also controlled by Democrats to get Centreville HS in compliance with county zoning requirements and begin the renovation. A lone Republican member of the Board of Supervisors can’t block anything.

Herrity is the supervisor of the district where centreville high school sits. you clearly don't know how the county land use process works.

Herrity has several tools at his disposal to get the permits and paperwork for centreville done, but he's done nothing except fire off nasty newsletters playing up to his MAGA base.

Nonsense. There is nothing that a lone Republican on the school board or board of supervisors can do that can’t be overridden by the Democratic super majorities.

If that were the case, Herrity would have blocked the Democrats redrawing the magisterial district maps to make it harder for a Republican yo retain a seat in Springfield.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, typical Republican.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

???

No board member voted against the purchase.

The Fairfax County School Board voted 9-0 with three abstentions last Thursday (June 12) to approve a $150 million acquisition of approximately 30 acres at 2949, 2950 and 2954 Education Drive, where the Islamic private school will cease operations after July.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/06/16/fcps-surprises-with-purchase-of-discontinuing-herndon-private-school/

How dare you fact check a DCUM troll!

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

???

No board member voted against the purchase.

The Fairfax County School Board voted 9-0 with three abstentions last Thursday (June 12) to approve a $150 million acquisition of approximately 30 acres at 2949, 2950 and 2954 Education Drive, where the Islamic private school will cease operations after July.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/06/16/fcps-surprises-with-purchase-of-discontinuing-herndon-private-school/

How dare you fact check a DCUM troll!

Lol I know.

This troll just keeps reviving this thread even after the purchase was finalized several months ago.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

Meren will pluck from thin air whatever half baked excuse she needs to justify her dumb positions on things. She is not the brightest.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

When it's an all-Democratic school board, an abstention is still breaking ranks from the majority.

You dismiss her concerns, but of course they have dragged their feet about setting boundaries for Skyview, because when they do that it will put the impact on other schools into sharper focus.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

Meren will pluck from thin air whatever half baked excuse she needs to justify her dumb positions on things. She is not the brightest.

No, Moon is the brightest, and he did not support buying this building because there hadn't been enough due diligence.

His concerns were well founded, as the price tag just keeps going up.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

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on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes. That must be some bus route.

Herrity is a Republican who votes against everything, then takes credit by showing up to the ribbon cutting on projects he votes against. A hypocrite who couldn’t care less about schools unless it’s a photo opp.

He’s single handedly stonewalling the permits for the centreville high school renovation hoping he can make it an Election Day issue next year when runs again. Sad and pathetic.

This makes no sense. It’s a Democratic School Board that hasn’t been able to work with a county government also controlled by Democrats to get Centreville HS in compliance with county zoning requirements and begin the renovation. A lone Republican member of the Board of Supervisors can’t block anything.

Herrity is the supervisor of the district where centreville high school sits. you clearly don't know how the county land use process works.

Herrity has several tools at his disposal to get the permits and paperwork for centreville done, but he's done nothing except fire off nasty newsletters playing up to his MAGA base.

Nonsense. There is nothing that a lone Republican on the school board or board of supervisors can do that can’t be overridden by the Democratic super majorities.

If that were the case, Herrity would have blocked the Democrats redrawing the magisterial district maps to make it harder for a Republican yo retain a seat in Springfield.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, typical Republican.

Herrity is literally the only Republican left in county government, you moron. All he can ever do is dissent, and the Democrats have done everything in his power to marginalize him.

Blaming him for FCPS's inability to resolve a zoning issue with other county officials is absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes. That must be some bus route.

Herrity is a Republican who votes against everything, then takes credit by showing up to the ribbon cutting on projects he votes against. A hypocrite who couldn’t care less about schools unless it’s a photo opp.

He’s single handedly stonewalling the permits for the centreville high school renovation hoping he can make it an Election Day issue next year when runs again. Sad and pathetic.

This makes no sense. It’s a Democratic School Board that hasn’t been able to work with a county government also controlled by Democrats to get Centreville HS in compliance with county zoning requirements and begin the renovation. A lone Republican member of the Board of Supervisors can’t block anything.

Herrity is the supervisor of the district where centreville high school sits. you clearly don't know how the county land use process works.

Herrity has several tools at his disposal to get the permits and paperwork for centreville done, but he's done nothing except fire off nasty newsletters playing up to his MAGA base.

Nonsense. There is nothing that a lone Republican on the school board or board of supervisors can do that can’t be overridden by the Democratic super majorities.

If that were the case, Herrity would have blocked the Democrats redrawing the magisterial district maps to make it harder for a Republican yo retain a seat in Springfield.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, typical Republican.

Herrity is literally the only Republican left in county government, you moron. All he can ever do is dissent, and the Democrats have done everything in his power to marginalize him.

Blaming him for FCPS's inability to resolve a zoning issue with other county officials is absurd.

A land use issue in his district. Nice try to deflect.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

Meren will pluck from thin air whatever half baked excuse she needs to justify her dumb positions on things. She is not the brightest.

No, Moon is the brightest, and he did not support buying this building because there hadn't been enough due diligence.

His concerns were well founded, as the price tag just keeps going up.

The price tag hasn’t changed beyond the DCUM conspiracy theories.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

When it's an all-Democratic school board, an abstention is still breaking ranks from the majority.

You dismiss her concerns, but of course they have dragged their feet about setting boundaries for Skyview, because when they do that it will put the impact on other schools into sharper focus.

Meren's abstained on the most consequential issue for her district that she will ever face. She owed her constituents an up or down vote.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

When it's an all-Democratic school board, an abstention is still breaking ranks from the majority.

You dismiss her concerns, but of course they have dragged their feet about setting boundaries for Skyview, because when they do that it will put the impact on other schools into sharper focus.

Meren's abstained on the most consequential issue for her district that she will ever face. She owed her constituents an up or down vote.

I strongly disagree. The most consequential vote was hiring Reid.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

The lone Republican is trashing the actions of the Democrats to play to his base, like he does with every single issue or item that comes up for a vote. What a surprise. If it was such a bad deal and not just partisan drivel then where are your links to other county supervisors saying these things?

There were three Democrats on the School Board who voted against the KAA acquisition. One of them - Sizemore-Heizer - is now on the Board of Supervisors.

The Democrats generally circle the ranks and mute their reservations even when they know money is being wasted. They don’t care if people have to pay higher taxes or FCPS ends up with a glut of surplus seats.

only a willfully ignorant person would think Skyview was a waste. the facts here don't care about MAGA feelings.

So you’re calling Meren, Moon, and Sizemore-Heizer willfully ignorant MAGAs? They all voted against this purchase.

Get ready for several School Board members to face some tough questions next year about why they elevated the interests of one part of the county over those of the families they are supposed to represent.

Meren is afraid of losing students from SLHS to Skyview and is focused on equity. She said at one meeting that the new school isn't equitable because it is nice and new and that isn't fair to schools that are older. Apparently any new school that is built in the future needs to be built so that it looks old and used? She should have actually voted no if she wasn't in favor of the school but chose to abstain instead. Not exactly bravely standing up for her position.

Meren will pluck from thin air whatever half baked excuse she needs to justify her dumb positions on things. She is not the brightest.

No, Moon is the brightest, and he did not support buying this building because there hadn't been enough due diligence.

His concerns were well founded, as the price tag just keeps going up.

The price tag hasn’t changed beyond the DCUM conspiracy theories.

Don't lie. FCPS was touting specific savings of roughly $280 million based on a $150 million expenditure, and now they are acknowledging the initial purchase cost more than $150 million and estimating they'll need to spend almost $52 million more on top of that.

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But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.

They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each. The schools with smaller capacities are further east. And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over. Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall.

PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit. A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year.

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected. Not sure it will help some others.

Huh?

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on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.” FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision. In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations. And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious. Deal with it, mami.

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous? Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes. That must be some bus route.

Herrity is a Republican who votes against everything, then takes credit by showing up to the ribbon cutting on projects he votes against. A hypocrite who couldn’t care less about schools unless it’s a photo opp.

He’s single handedly stonewalling the permits for the centreville high school renovation hoping he can make it an Election Day issue next year when runs again. Sad and pathetic.

This makes no sense. It’s a Democratic School Board that hasn’t been able to work with a county government also controlled by Democrats to get Centreville HS in compliance with county zoning requirements and begin the renovation. A lone Republican member of the Board of Supervisors can’t block anything.

Herrity is the supervisor of the district where centreville high school sits. you clearly don't know how the county land use process works.

Herrity has several tools at his disposal to get the permits and paperwork for centreville done, but he's done nothing except fire off nasty newsletters playing up to his MAGA base.

Nonsense. There is nothing that a lone Republican on the school board or board of supervisors can do that can’t be overridden by the Democratic super majorities.

If that were the case, Herrity would have blocked the Democrats redrawing the magisterial district maps to make it harder for a Republican yo retain a seat in Springfield.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, typical Republican.

Herrity is literally the only Republican left in county government, you moron. All he can ever do is dissent, and the Democrats have done everything in his power to marginalize him.

Blaming him for FCPS's inability to resolve a zoning issue with other county officials is absurd.

A land use issue in his district. Nice try to deflect.

You don't understand how things work. The county executive was hired by Democrats and reports to Democrats. Blaming Herrity for Reid's incompetence is a joke.

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Skyview cost the School System $150 million and the renovations (inside and outside) will easily cost $60 million at the very least! The interior will need work (upgrades/modifications to the Elementary side of the building, band/orchestra add on or build out, add a wrestling room and the build out of the 2 side buildings with 8-10 classrooms in each building) and outside additions (Football/Soccer/Lacrosse/Field Hockey Stadium, Baseball field (most likely turf), Softball field (most likely turf) and tennis courts).

AND BY THE WAY THE NEW HS IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY that was ready to be constructed and is now not going to be built was going to cost Prince William County $358 million which DOES NOT include the cost of the land, which was purchased a few years ago for $16 million (obviously it is worth more now!).

So regardless of your views Skyview is still a BARGAIN for FCPS and Fairfax County!