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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This Superintendent and School Board make an absolute hash of everything they touch.

We will not forget in 2027.

Agree. Maybe the board will realize their only hope for winning another election is to end or at least pause this non-sense until at least the 2027-2028 school year.

[Anonymous]

Oh goodness!!! They’re going to drag this out another year!?! SO INCOMPETENT! All while kids and families are completely distracted by this. Why the month of intense meetings just to delay?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

[Anonymous]

I think they should shift elementary schools in 2026 (thinking specifically about Coates) and then middle and high schools in 2027 (because they will have to shift Carson and Hughes or Franklin boundaries to align with Western - it's not fair to have Fox Mill or Crossfield be the only kids in Carson that don't end up at Western). Fox Mill families complain all the time about how counselors at Carson give them the wrong information for South Lakes, and I don't know, maybe that happens for Oakton too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

Imagine that, they're using the phony, made up $60 million renovation cost number. The 'repeat a lie until you convince other people it's true' approach we're all familiar with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

Imagine that, they're using the phony, made up $60 million renovation cost number. The 'repeat a lie until you convince other people it's true' approach we're all familiar with.

What a load of crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

DP, not from oakton, but good for them for pushing for stability for their kids. That’s all that most of us are asking for

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

DP, not from oakton, but good for them for pushing for stability for their kids. That’s all that most of us are asking for

All they are doing is pushing those of us with younger kids into South Lakes 5 years from now so that their kids get to go to Oakton now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

Imagine that, they're using the phony, made up $60 million renovation cost number. The 'repeat a lie until you convince other people it's true' approach we're all familiar with.

Not affiliated with that site but the western high school is no where near ready for 2000 kids. The current lunch room configuration with a lunch room on each side is smaller than my kids elementary lunchroom. Maybe if you turn a gymnasium into a 2 floor area for classrooms you might fit that many kids.

How much money do you think it would take? That's outside my area of expertise.

[Anonymous]

Meren is the only person saying that the school won't open next year, this could be a part of her fued with Reid and might not actually be a change in direction.

[Anonymous]

The SB is an embarrassment. I don't trust Meren or any of them. They need to set the boundaries now for this school. Not delay.

[Anonymous]

Interesting that Meren left South Lakes out of the schools being considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

Imagine that, they're using the phony, made up $60 million renovation cost number. The 'repeat a lie until you convince other people it's true' approach we're all familiar with.

DP with no dog in this fight, but just flagging that we should meet back here in a couple of years to discuss the true cost of the renovations, which I think will exceed $60 million.

As much as their estimate may be off, someone could accuse you and gatehouse about lying about the numbers, after all, we were told for months that the cost for the new school was $150mm only to learn that there will now be tens of millions in additional costs.

I’m not even a tea-party type, but I do think the cost of this school was obscured from us, quite possibly intentionally.