FCPS is turning the new high school purchased to fix crowding into an Aviation magnet school instead of a high school??

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Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

It is not good for kids to go a very long way on the bus for a couple of hours a day. I know there is a community that is in love with that idea, but most are not.
Westfield is already too far for most of those kids and Herndon is farther.

You seem very willing to move other people's children.

Your entire post was premised on moving kids out of Chantilly and Westfield.

And kids from other schools will get moved if KAA opens as a traditional school, including to schools other than KAA.

Remember what they say about people in glass houses...

Actually, Westfield will be fine. And, people keep denying it, but there si LOTS of new construction around Westfield. They definitely will be needing relief soon unless kids move out. And, they will not end up being a "small" school.

And, "they" say that Centreville needs relief. If needed, they could move one elementary school to Westfield.

Unlikely that they are going to expose themselves to the criticism of turning Westfield into a school at 70% capacity when they've just turned Herndon into one at only 80% capacity.

Just admit you're happy with the domino effect on others so long as you get moved into the school you want.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

No. But you think an hour and a half to two hours is okay? Do you not understand that the distance does keep kids from participating in after school activities? You think that is okay? Have you never been on Hwy 28 or I66 when it was like that?

No one should have to move to a school that is far away. Ever had a freshman kid in high school who wants to participate in activities? Do you understand the transportation issues with that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

No. But you think an hour and a half to two hours is okay? Do you not understand that the distance does keep kids from participating in after school activities? You think that is okay? Have you never been on Hwy 28 or I66 when it was like that?

No one should have to move to a school that is far away. Ever had a freshman kid in high school who wants to participate in activities? Do you understand the transportation issues with that?

Such hysteria. Schools where kids have some of the longest commutes (Langley, Oakton, Robinson, Lake Braddock) are among those with the most vibrant extra-curricular programs.

In any event, FCPS could have explored alternatives to buying KAA but it's been acquired now and they should make appropriate use of the building. You want to claim there's only one appropriate future use, and the jury is out on that until they've done more legwork.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

Oh, i think they likely had those who live much closer to fill it. But, you know that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

No. It's not fine. And, I don't recall that being put to a vote by the community. You know the kind of vote you seem to think they should have had for KAA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

Or.. they considered the projected population growth within Herndon which has been adding higher density housing and has a projected 4 year population growth of 9,000 (within the town alone which is only 25,000 people)

They approved the expansion AND a new high school because that’s what the growth indicates. These schools are on a 40 year renovation cycle. They were preparing for the population growth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

No. It's not fine. And, I don't recall that being put to a vote by the community. You know the kind of vote you seem to think they should have had for KAA.

Taxpayers approved the bond to expand Herndon HS. The only bond approved so far relating to KAA was $25M for future land acquisition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

Or.. they considered the projected population growth within Herndon which has been adding higher density housing and has a projected 4 year population growth of 9,000 (within the town alone which is only 25,000 people)

They approved the expansion AND a new high school because that’s what the growth indicates. These schools are on a 40 year renovation cycle. They were preparing for the population growth.

Utter nonsense. They approved the KAA purchase because they felt stupid about the county transferring the land to the Saudis a decade earlier. There's zero indication of any real analysis of how it ties to future population growth, and they are now setting themselves up to create excess capacity at multiple high schools in this part of the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

Or.. they considered the projected population growth within Herndon which has been adding higher density housing and has a projected 4 year population growth of 9,000 (within the town alone which is only 25,000 people)

They approved the expansion AND a new high school because that’s what the growth indicates. These schools are on a 40 year renovation cycle. They were preparing for the population growth.

Utter nonsense. They approved the KAA purchase because they felt stupid about the county transferring the land to the Saudis a decade earlier. There's zero indication of any real analysis of how it ties to future population growth, and they are now setting themselves up to create excess capacity at multiple high schools in this part of the county.

Ohhhh. I got that you were completely ignorant. I didn’t clock the full blown crazy at first. Glad we cleared that up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

It is not good for kids to go a very long way on the bus for a couple of hours a day. I know there is a community that is in love with that idea, but most are not.
Westfield is already too far for most of those kids and Herndon is farther.

You seem very willing to move other people's children.

it seems that it is the same distance/time from westfield to coates, mcnair and floris as it is from herndon to those schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000. There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. This is it. And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school. It will still be far more economical than building a new school. It is a bargain.

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon. Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS. That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

Yes, another alternative But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.

Hmm. What’s I’ve seen explained is that bus times should be minimized.

Do you honestly think that a bus is making multiple pick ups from within Westfield boundary and making it to Herndon in under a half an hour? Absolutely no way. 30-45 mins each way is a reasonable estimate.

And that's fine and was no doubt considered by FCPS before they decided to expand Herndon to 2750 or so seats.

Or.. they considered the projected population growth within Herndon which has been adding higher density housing and has a projected 4 year population growth of 9,000 (within the town alone which is only 25,000 people)

They approved the expansion AND a new high school because that’s what the growth indicates. These schools are on a 40 year renovation cycle. They were preparing for the population growth.

Utter nonsense. They approved the KAA purchase because they felt stupid about the county transferring the land to the Saudis a decade earlier. There's zero indication of any real analysis of how it ties to future population growth, and they are now setting themselves up to create excess capacity at multiple high schools in this part of the county.

Ohhhh. I got that you were completely ignorant. I didn’t clock the full blown crazy at first. Glad we cleared that up.

And the rest of us forgot what utter pigs some of you folks are, constantly willing to lie so long as you get a fancy new school that's going to chew up much of the next bond and disrupt other school projects for years to come.