New Elementary School in Tysons Corner

[Anonymous]

In reading up on the AAP changes, I noticed something that made no sense. The school board voted to fund three new elementary schools and one new high school. It does not appear that any of these schools will be placed in Tysons. The news release talks about future growth in Tysons as if its something that will not come into being until 2018. I can tell you, many of those apartments buildings are nearing compeletion and there is potentially a massive influx of students coming into Tysons very soon.

How can we work to get a new elementary school in Tysons sooner rather than later?

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2156

[Anonymous]

There are at least two old school now being used for other county things around the edges of Tysons. Both the Old Lewinsville School on Great Falls in McLean and Dunn Loring on Gallows in Vienna are good sites for new or majorly referbished elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

If they turned Lewinsville, Dunn Loring, and Pimmit back into elementary schools, it would solve a lot of the area's problems.

[Anonymous]

The county isn't anticipating a large influx of children from the new projects because they contain small units, which attract primarily singles and couples. They expect Westbriar and other nearby schools to absorb the additional children at first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The county isn't anticipating a large influx of children from the new projects because they contain small units, which attract primarily singles and couples. They expect Westbriar and other nearby schools to absorb the additional children at first.

I'm not so sure that is the case. Janie Strauss said that they were anticipating a need for 5 more schools in the Tyson's area within the next 10 years. Condos and apartments in this area definitely draw in families. Any Falls Church City resident can tell you about the major overcrowding that all the new high rise condos in the city have created.

I believe Westbriar may already be over capacity. The only school in the Tyson's area that had space was Lemon Road, but that is a thing of the past with the new AAP center being created.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The county isn't anticipating a large influx of children from the new projects because they contain small units, which attract primarily singles and couples. They expect Westbriar and other nearby schools to absorb the additional children at first.

I'm not so sure that is the case. Janie Strauss said that they were anticipating a need for 5 more schools in the Tyson's area within the next 10 years. Condos and apartments in this area definitely draw in families. Any Falls Church City resident can tell you about the major overcrowding that all the new high rise condos in the city have created.

I believe Westbriar may already be over capacity. The only school in the Tyson's area that had space was Lemon Road, but that is a thing of the past with the new AAP center being created.

Didn't the developer of the Capital One project (to be built) donate land for a new school?

[Anonymous]

At one point I read that they are planning to build an elemtary school ON TOP of the Cap one head quarters in Tyson's. It sounds a bit crazy but I haven't heard any other info about it.

[Anonymous]

The land area they currently have in the plan is very small. A little over 2 acres, so not enough for a soccer field. With all the redevelopment going on in Tysons, why can't they get the schools right? Sure, have a multi-story elementary school, but please provide fields that both the children and the adults living in this new city can enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The county isn't anticipating a large influx of children from the new projects because they contain small units, which attract primarily singles and couples. They expect Westbriar and other nearby schools to absorb the additional children at first.

I'm not so sure that is the case. Janie Strauss said that they were anticipating a need for 5 more schools in the Tyson's area within the next 10 years. Condos and apartments in this area definitely draw in families. Any Falls Church City resident can tell you about the major overcrowding that all the new high rise condos in the city have created.

I believe Westbriar may already be over capacity. The only school in the Tyson's area that had space was Lemon Road, but that is a thing of the past with the new AAP center being created.

Can you give me a reference for the Janie Strauss' statement? If she is saying this, then she should be out front pushing for these new schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The county isn't anticipating a large influx of children from the new projects because they contain small units, which attract primarily singles and couples. They expect Westbriar and other nearby schools to absorb the additional children at first.

I'm not so sure that is the case. Janie Strauss said that they were anticipating a need for 5 more schools in the Tyson's area within the next 10 years. Condos and apartments in this area definitely draw in families. Any Falls Church City resident can tell you about the major overcrowding that all the new high rise condos in the city have created.

I believe Westbriar may already be over capacity. The only school in the Tyson's area that had space was Lemon Road, but that is a thing of the past with the new AAP center being created.

Can you give me a reference for the Janie Strauss' statement? If she is saying this, then she should be out front pushing for these new schools.

She said this at the October meeting at Haycock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The school board voted to fund three new elementary schools and one new high school.

I think you may have misunderstood. There were no new schools authorized in this week's school board vote. What they authorized was the establishment of AAP centers in existing schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: The school board voted to fund three new elementary schools and one new high school.

I think you may have misunderstood. There were no new schools authorized in this week's school board vote. What they authorized was the establishment of AAP centers in existing schools.

You're the one who may be confused. The other poster is talking about the approval of the CIP, which refers to the contemplated new schools, and not the vote on the AAP centers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: The school board voted to fund three new elementary schools and one new high school.

I think you may have misunderstood. There were no new schools authorized in this week's school board vote. What they authorized was the establishment of AAP centers in existing schools.

You're the one who may be confused. The other poster is talking about the approval of the CIP, which refers to the contemplated new schools, and not the vote on the AAP centers.

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Link:

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2156

Friday, January 25, 2013
Fairfax County School Board Approves FY 2014-18 Capital Improvement Program

The Fairfax County School Board voted to approve Fairfax County Public Schools FY 2014-18 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) at its business meeting on January 24. The FY 2014-18 CIP includes new schools, capacity enhancements, renovations, and infrastructure management over five years totaling $871.2 million; $190.9 million of which is currently funded with approved school bonds. Completion of projects as scheduled in this CIP will require a school bond referendum in 2013 and subsequent years.
The Board also voted to request that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors increase the School Board’s capital funding limit from $155 million to $180 million per year effective in FY 2015. This would enable renovations and construction to be completed sooner in order to accommodate the growing number of students and to address the needs of schools in significant need of renovation. The capital funding limit was last raised in 2007.
“Our student enrollment growth is outpacing the capacity of our existing facilities,” says School Board Chair Ilryong Moon. “We have a pressing need to construct new schools, provide additional capacity at existing schools, and renovate our schools faster in order to accommodate these students. We are hopeful that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will recognize these needs and agree to increase our capital funding limit so these projects can advance more swiftly and keep up with our rising enrollment.”
The FY 2014-18 CIP includes funding for three new elementary schools—in eastern Fairfax County, the Richmond Highway corridor, and western Fairfax County—and a new high school in the southwest County area. Funding for an addition at South Lakes High School is also identified. It is anticipated that an additional new elementary school will be needed to address future growth in the Tysons Corner area and the Fairfax-Oakton area beyond 2018.
Details about the FY 2014-18 CIP can be found online.

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Note: For more information, contact Facilities Planning Services at 571-423-2330.

[Anonymous]

So South Lakes get an addition? I hope they do not plan on expanding the South Lakes boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So South Lakes get an addition? I hope they do not plan on expanding the South Lakes boundaries.

CIP page 65: South Lakes: Capacity enhancement to be completed in 10-year CIP cycle; potential impact from new South West County High School