King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If fcps has the money, why not just custom build a school that actually serves what they know fcps needs, instead of renovating a school that will take another few years. let the kaa school stay open. no need to renovate, keeps a neat community in the area. maybe listen to the deal the alumni tried so that there is no renovation needed and as the previous poster said maybe then even expand the school to open up to the wider community. your fc kid can be swimming in this pool this august if kaa was allowed to stay open

FCPS did not shut down KAA. The Saudi Government did. This is not a FCPS decision. FCPS is buying the building that the Saudi Government put up for sale.

And the KAA families have known this was happening since February. There is another privatre school, Sandy Springs Friendship School, I probably have the name wrong, that was closed due to financial mishandling by the board of governors. The families and alumni raised enough money to keep the school open in under two weeks. Who knows how long it will stay open but if the KAA families wanted tom they had the time to try and raise the money. Or they could have offered to pay increased tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If fcps has the money, why not just custom build a school that actually serves what they know fcps needs, instead of renovating a school that will take another few years. let the kaa school stay open. no need to renovate, keeps a neat community in the area. maybe listen to the deal the alumni tried so that there is no renovation needed and as the previous poster said maybe then even expand the school to open up to the wider community. your fc kid can be swimming in this pool this august if kaa was allowed to stay open

They were going to and then they sold the land to the Saudi’s to build KAA and couldn’t find another property that worked in the area they needed a HS.

[Anonymous]

The poster trying to derail this thread with a KAA focus should be ignored. That was a private school heavily subsidized by the Saudis (remember Jamal Khashoggi for god’s sake!) that has shuttered. FCPS now will have a long overdue western HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The renovations will be pretty minimal.

Agree. I predict it will open fall 2026 and actually serve the county’s public school population. Huge win!

[Anonymous]

Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

[Anonymous]

FCPS should be taking the kids whose base school is Carson and moving them into the new school. That way we end the split feeder issue. Then each of the MS’s will feed into a specific high school.

The population at SLHS, Oakton, Westfield will all drop by a bit but not drastically. Kids from Chantilly and Centerville can be moved into SLHS, Westfield and Oakton. Although the families at both Centerville and Chantilly have said that they are fine staying put since the numbers at the school are dropping.

Now most of the schools in the area are closer to 90% capacity and split feeders have been addressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a much needed high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Again, that is between the Saudi Government and the families of KAA and FCPS. There was no transparency when the land was randonly sold to the Saudi’s years back either and I doubt that the KAA families were up in arms then. The families can be upset with whoever they want, it matters little to me. The Saudi’s closed the school and sold it. Take it up with them. I have a kid going to Carson and would love to see them move into a new school that is close by. The plight of private school families is not my concern. They would be welcome to attend any number of IB schools in FCPS, pupil placing into IB is easy enough to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The renovations will be pretty minimal.

Agree. I predict it will open fall 2026 and actually serve the county’s public school population. Huge win!

Your prediction is off by at least a year, but probably much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should be taking the kids whose base school is Carson and moving them into the new school. That way we end the split feeder issue. Then each of the MS’s will feed into a specific high school.

The population at SLHS, Oakton, Westfield will all drop by a bit but not drastically. Kids from Chantilly and Centerville can be moved into SLHS, Westfield and Oakton. Although the families at both Centerville and Chantilly have said that they are fine staying put since the numbers at the school are dropping.

Now most of the schools in the area are closer to 90% capacity and split feeders have been addressed.

Wow. You sure are ready to move lots of kids around into schools they may not want to attend (including AP kids you'd move into an IB school) to get the result you want.

Westfield's enrollment absolutely will drop dramatically unless quite a few kids are moved there to compensate for Floris, Coates, and McNair kids.

You pulled the 90% capacity number out of your ass with no support. And please learn to spell Centreville before you come back yet again with more "suggestions."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a more convenient to me high school.

FTFY.

[Anonymous]

that's exactly the problem.

you thinking no one cares. very neighborly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a much needed high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a more convenient to me high school.

FTFY.

Nope, I live in McLean and won’t be affected by this school personally. But my loyalties lie with FCPS and its decades long CIP entry for a Western HS, not with the Saudis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that's exactly the problem.

you thinking no one cares. very neighborly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a much needed high school.

Your kids are welcome at FCPS! That’s neighborly. We have no need to protect Saudi private schools. Take it up with the Saudi government that abandoned its private school and community.

[Anonymous]

Honestly i think you dont read fully. the school is majority american and many generation virginians.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, that's now how that played out.

you should be asking your fcps for more transparency about how long they knew of this sale. the the alumni had the funds to buy but because fcps and the seller were already in discussion long before the sale went public they were already cut out. that's what the person was trying to tell you. this wasn't a transparent deal nor gave a fair chance to the alumni to buy.

Anonymous wrote:The KAA families have had since February to try and save the school. It is not FCPS fault the school closed. FCPS did not offer to buy the building leading the school to close. The Saudi Government announced it was pulling funding in February. All FCPS did was buy the building. The families have had since then to reach out to FCPS and ask questions about the public schools. It is absurd that you think that FCPS owes the KAA families, families who had already chosen to not attend public schools, some type of special consideration because FCPS bought the building.

Take this dreck to the private school forum or sue someone. No one here cares. We are happy FCPS finally gets the land for a more convenient to me high school.

FTFY.

Nope, I live in McLean and won’t be affected by this school personally. But my loyalties lie with FCPS and its decades long CIP entry for a Western HS, not with the Saudis.