Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This was idiotic of her.

I did some math today and option C takes 2142 students.

Coates, Fox Mill, McNair, Crossfield, and Oak Hill, and the Navy Island!

All but 20 or so Floris students.

If they took those in, and I may be inaccurate, the school would be well balanced and below 2200, per what I calculated.

For the school board to flaunt a new high school and get kids excited, but then walk their words back is one of the most glaring examples of manipulation I have seen from them.

As a father to 2 beautiful daughters and a handsome son, we must do our jobs to call their words and actions into question.

That's 2142 students for a building with 2000+ capacity. Foolish especially since Floris's Discovery Square is not included for Western in Options C and D. Options A and B include it - 1005 from Westfield v 940 so is it 65 from Discovery Square?

Carson hold 1365 so pre TJ outs thats 2730 for a HS. Assume all MS get AAP-no more double buses. At 100% Carson has 365 seats for more than its pyramid HS so what goes there? Herndon feeder as a base school so it's a split? Herndon MS is the opposite-too small for the HS and to hold all it's AAP.

Wellllll, Carson is an AAP Center, so take out a few hundred from Navy and Waples that will go to Oakton. Then take out either Fox Mill or Crossfield, one of whom will stay at their current high school. Bring in Oak Hill, about 1/3 of which already go to Carson for AAP. That's less than 1000 kids for two grades.

This ignorant man neglected that and inflated numbers much like he needs his ego inflated daily.

I know this is off topic, but I feel bad for his wife and kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we stop this cat and dog Herndon Langley rhetoric.

If McNair is zoned for Herndon, that makes an attendance island.

Herndon should not be impacted in any way possible.

Only South Lakes, Westfield, Centreville, Chantilly, and Oakton should be impacted, but not Herndon.

I am not a Langley parent, but a Westfield parent and this makes no sense to me.

Agree. But, it would not technically make McNair an island. I don't see where you are getting that. I do agree that the DTR is a mental division but, other than that, it would not be an island.

McNair is going to Western. If anyone is trying to make fetch happen, it’s the poster trying to get it reassigned to Herndon.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s what they need to do.

Once they refab the building and make it theirs, maybe find a way to make more capacity, they need to take all of Coates that fed to Westfield, take all of Crossfield, all of Floris, all of Fox Mill, All of McNair, and all of Oak Hill.

Knowing FCPS, they’ll find a way to squeeze kids into that building.

It’s their obsession.

I still think they should send McNair to Herndon so they can fit Oak Hill, Crossfield, Fox Mill, McNair, and Floris into Western. Herndon is under capacity!

McNair would be an attendance island at Herndon, assuming the Westfield part of Coates goes to Western. They are saving Herndon to take part of Langley in 2031.

Even at this late hour, still trying to make fetch happen. Such a loser.

Now, now. You have years to plot your escape, but that's their plan.

It is not their plan. I agree that steps need to be taken to guard against it. But growth in Herndon is going to make it a lot tougher to move families six years from now. The justification won’t be there, especially if they make each middle school level IV.

The flip side is that growth in Tysons is going to make a lot tougher not to move families six years from now.

The thing that matters is Herndon growth because the only reason they could attempt to move part of Langley is because of under utilization in Herndon. Langley isn’t overcapacity and I’d projected to lose a ton of students over the next few years as their elementary school feeders are collectively down a lot of students.

It’ll be some time before Langley gets to critical numbers, if it ever does.

I get that it’s a lot of people’s wet dream to get that move done, but the numbers aren’t going to trend in that direction, at least in the next decade.

LOL! GFCA has made it clear that no one else is to be redistricted into Langley after the move of Spring Hill--which puts Langley slightly over capacity.

There are a bunch of variables, but it's a potential game changer to reassign part of Tysons to Langley, which seems like a sure thing at this point. There's only so much the GFCA can do about that.

It's about 200 kids right off the bat, and then you have the people who'll move into those condos/apartments because they now have a far less expensive way to get zoned to Langley than they've ever had before. On top of that you have the additional construction in the pipeline in the reassigned area.

My take is that FCPS decided to play long ball and wait and see whether the numbers are there in 5-10 years to move part of Langley to Herndon. For now, Herndon is sitting with 700 extra seats and they aren't lifting a finger to fill any of them. A PP said McNair should go to Herndon and it's more likely McNair will be zoned for Western, with part of Langley reassigned to Herndon over the next decade.

6 to 11 years is an awfully long time for you to have to wait for your fetish to materialize. Might be worth touching grass in the meantime.

[Anonymous]

Can we stop talking about Langley? I really don’t care whether they move Langley kids to Hernon or not.

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From FAQ page:

What happens if there are more students opting in than spaces available?

If interest exceeds the 500-seat capacity per grade, a randomized lottery will be used. Boundaries for the new western high school will not be determined until May/June, but priority will be given in the following order:

-Students living within the projected boundary. These are students whose current address appears in the boundary based on draft boundary maps A-D.
-Students living in areas that might be in the boundary. These are students whose current address appears in at least one of the boundary scenarios based on draft boundary maps A-D.
-Students living within the five western pyramids, but their address does not appear in any of the draft options as being assigned to the new high school.

It also states:

We realize that we’re asking you to make a decision before the boundary has been determined. Please do what's best for your family. You can study the draft boundary maps A-D, determine how close you are to the school, and factor that into your decision. You may change your mind about attending the new high school after enrolling, but there's no guarantee you’ll be offered a slot at your base school. You would need to work through FCPS’ transfer process.

So can we safely assume Coates, McNair and most Floris are in and Lees Corner is out?