FCPS Boundary Review Updates

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Yeah, this is nothing new.

How would you designate the area on the other side of DTR. It's a pretty clear division. Herndon is NOT the closest high school--except maybe to Coates and McNair. Why does that bother you so much?
We have our own post office in 20171--just down the street from Carson.

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Yeah, this is nothing new.

How would you designate the area on the other side of DTR. It's a pretty clear division. Herndon is NOT the closest high school--except maybe to Coates and McNair. Why does that bother you so much?
We have our own post office in 20171--just down the street from Carson.

I never said it bothered me. I just said that it is not new that residents in that area prefer to write down “Oak Hill” as their address. No need to get defensive. BTW, we lived in that area before and did not write Oak Hill as our address, but to each their own.

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I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.


Yeah, this is nothing new.


How would you designate the area on the other side of DTR. It's a pretty clear division. Herndon is NOT the closest high school--except maybe to Coates and McNair. Why does that bother you so much?
We have our own post office in 20171--just down the street from Carson.


I never said it bothered me. I just said that it is not new that residents in that area prefer to write down “Oak Hill” as their address. No need to get defensive. BTW, we lived in that area before and did not write Oak Hill as our address, but to each their own.

Really? Who is defensive now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

If they keep building bigger schools, expect incidents like what happened at West Potomac today to keep happening. The students and teachers/administrators are practically strangers. Having grown up in a rough place I can tell you metal detectors don’t work. FCPS needs to get schools down to manageable sizes.

I bet those MVHS families don't want to be redistricted to WestPo with the heathens!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

How do you propose we drop kids? Like everyone with last name P-Z doesn't get to go to high school? Fend for yourselves? Go into the trades?

More schools or schools with flexible spaces or have morning/afternoon schools (2 in 1).

That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[Anonymous]

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I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.


Yeah, this is nothing new.


How would you designate the area on the other side of DTR. It's a pretty clear division. Herndon is NOT the closest high school--except maybe to Coates and McNair. Why does that bother you so much?
We have our own post office in 20171--just down the street from Carson.


I never said it bothered me. I just said that it is not new that residents in that area prefer to write down “Oak Hill” as their address. No need to get defensive. BTW, we lived in that area before and did not write Oak Hill as our address, but to each their own.

Really? Who is defensive now?

To each their own. May all your wishes come true. Have a blessed evening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Look at a map and you'll see why Oak Hill is called Oak Hill (also the post office literally designates it as oak hill, that's what my address is frequently corrected to). It's nowhere near Herndon. We are physically closer to Oakton and Reston than we are to Herndon.

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Yeah, this is nothing new.

How would you designate the area on the other side of DTR. It's a pretty clear division. Herndon is NOT the closest high school--except maybe to Coates and McNair. Why does that bother you so much?
We have our own post office in 20171--just down the street from Carson.

I never said it bothered me. I just said that it is not new that residents in that area prefer to write down “Oak Hill” as their address. No need to get defensive. BTW, we lived in that area before and did not write Oak Hill as our address, but to each their own.

Lady, the post office corrects our address to Oak Hill half the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Look at a map and you'll see why Oak Hill is called Oak Hill (also the post office literally designates it as oak hill, that's what my address is frequently corrected to). It's nowhere near Herndon. We are physically closer to Oakton and Reston than we are to Herndon.

On the news it is often called, “The Herndon area of Fairfax County”.

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Also, Fox Mill Elementary has a “Herndon” address if you look it up on Google.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Look at a map and you'll see why Oak Hill is called Oak Hill (also the post office literally designates it as oak hill, that's what my address is frequently corrected to). It's nowhere near Herndon. We are physically closer to Oakton and Reston than we are to Herndon.

On the news it is often called, “The Herndon area of Fairfax County”.

Dp. It is part of the greater Herndon area. When I tell people where I live, I say Herndon. When I write my address, I write Herndon.

The post office recognizes us as Oak Hill, however. And we are not part of the town of Herndon, which I assume you know because you lived here? If I want to use the Herndon Community Center, I pay nonresident fees. And I do not use the Town of Herndon's trash services, because they will not service our area.

Sometimes we talk as if we are Herndon, and sometimes we do not. In reality life, I have never heard a neighbor refer to this area as Oak Hill, only Herndon. But in a discussion on boundaries, it makes sense to use the local term Oak Hill. Boundaries are divided by neighborhoods and there's a physical divide between the Oakhill part and the Town of Herndon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Look at a map and you'll see why Oak Hill is called Oak Hill (also the post office literally designates it as oak hill, that's what my address is frequently corrected to). It's nowhere near Herndon. We are physically closer to Oakton and Reston than we are to Herndon.

On the news it is often called, “The Herndon area of Fairfax County”.

Dp. It is part of the greater Herndon area. When I tell people where I live, I say Herndon. When I write my address, I write Herndon.

The post office recognizes us as Oak Hill, however. And we are not part of the town of Herndon, which I assume you know because you lived here? If I want to use the Herndon Community Center, I pay nonresident fees. And I do not use the Town of Herndon's trash services, because they will not service our area.

Sometimes we talk as if we are Herndon, and sometimes we do not. In reality life, I have never heard a neighbor refer to this area as Oak Hill, only Herndon. But in a discussion on boundaries, it makes sense to use the local term Oak Hill. Boundaries are divided by neighborhoods and there's a physical divide between the Oakhill part and the Town of Herndon.

In real life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

How do you propose we drop kids? Like everyone with last name P-Z doesn't get to go to high school? Fend for yourselves? Go into the trades?

More schools or schools with flexible spaces or have morning/afternoon schools (2 in 1).

That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Many school systems have done something like this on a temporary basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

How do you propose we drop kids? Like everyone with last name P-Z doesn't get to go to high school? Fend for yourselves? Go into the trades?

More schools or schools with flexible spaces or have morning/afternoon schools (2 in 1).

That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Many school systems have done something like this on a temporary basis.

Dp. Could you explain how this works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

How do you propose we drop kids? Like everyone with last name P-Z doesn't get to go to high school? Fend for yourselves? Go into the trades?

More schools or schools with flexible spaces or have morning/afternoon schools (2 in 1).

That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Many school systems have done something like this on a temporary basis.

Dp. Could you explain how this works?

When I was in second grade--long before any of you were born--my school did shifts. I really don't remember how it worked, except, I think I went in the am. and another group in the p.m. and then mid year we switched. The teachers had to share the room. I wish I could remember more details.

I think this could work with high school if you eliminated lunch.