King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

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If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

[Anonymous]

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If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

And, it is not on the edge of the county.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of IB totally.

They need a new Western HS. This is the perfect location and *its already built*. Have a 1000 kid HS. Have a 1200 kid HS. Put an addition on later if you need to.

+1. Totally agree.

They would have to immediately redesign the place. It’s looks like an Islamic religious building.

That part would be totally manageable. It looks like a HS from the exterior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

This will never turn into a high school because it would likely shift some students westward in addition to alleviating pressure on Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

Why not a western high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

You really cannot read the room. This School Board would get rid of the current STEM magnet but for the political repercussions.

They are going to change boundaries all over the county to shore up schools at risk of losing their accreditation. The last thing they want to do is give kids another way to avoid Herndon, Lewis, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

You really cannot read the room. This School Board would get rid of the current STEM magnet but for the political repercussions.

They are going to change boundaries all over the county to shore up schools at risk of losing their accreditation. The last thing they want to do is give kids another way to avoid Herndon, Lewis, etc.

You know who really can’t read the room? The inept school board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

You really cannot read the room. This School Board would get rid of the current STEM magnet but for the political repercussions.

They are going to change boundaries all over the county to shore up schools at risk of losing their accreditation. The last thing they want to do is give kids another way to avoid Herndon, Lewis, etc.

I should read the room? No, the school board should put all boundary changes on hold given pending mass layoffs in the area. Any projections based on past data will be completely void.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just posted on the other thread that this campus could house a new IB magnet high school for the entire county. All the other neighborhood high schools could then revert back to a common AP curriculum.

Why would you put a school intended to be the only IB school to serve the whole county as far west as it could be? If they were to make one IB magnet, it seems like a more central location is needed.

It'll obviously never happen, but it would make more sense to turn Oakton or Madison into the IB magnet because they're so close together. I don't WANT this happen, but that would make the most sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it was used for an IB school you would bring in kids interested in that program and relieve schools that are over crowded or close to being over crowded. It would free up space in some existing HS. It would also allow all HS to have AP programs, which would reduce the number of student transfers.

TERRIBLE location for one centralized IB school. Do you want kids in Fort Hunt driving to Dulles airport every day? That's pretty much the location.

And TJ is well placed for everyone? Kids are bussed or drive long distances to get there. If the program has the demand then kids will come.

Exactly. London kids to TJ is a haul but if they want to attend, they do.

I guess it depends on how hard core the family is. We're zoned to Chantilly (5 minutes away) and I really think TJ is too far away no matter what my kid thinks. I would be open to the idea of this school if they made it into TJ 2 for the western half of the county.

Not going to happen.

Why not something like a humanities/arts governors school?

You really cannot read the room. This School Board would get rid of the current STEM magnet but for the political repercussions.

They are going to change boundaries all over the county to shore up schools at risk of losing their accreditation. The last thing they want to do is give kids another way to avoid Herndon, Lewis, etc.

I should read the room? No, the school board should put all boundary changes on hold given pending mass layoffs in the area. Any projections based on past data will be completely void.

That’s a different issue. For now you have to be smoking something very strong to think FCPS will create a second magnet.

[Anonymous]

Knowing fcps they would buy the property immediately raze the building then spend five years doing a study about building a school. Then spend 3-5 years getting contractors to design and bid. And a decade later plan to break ground but then find out they don’t have enough CIP money and put it back on the CIP list for 3 years later. So if we were lucky a new school in western fairfax would be built 15 years after the property was purchased.

Also fcps could just like you know work with architects for a structural redesign but some small segment of the county population will throw a hissy about it formerly being an Islamic school and contend that for the sake of all that is good in America the school must be rebuilt from the ground up. Because you know american nationalism and pride or some weird senseless argument

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Knowing fcps they would buy the property immediately raze the building then spend five years doing a study about building a school. Then spend 3-5 years getting contractors to design and bid. And a decade later plan to break ground but then find out they don’t have enough CIP money and put it back on the CIP list for 3 years later. So if we were lucky a new school in western fairfax would be built 15 years after the property was purchased.

Also fcps could just like you know work with architects for a structural redesign but some small segment of the county population will throw a hissy about it formerly being an Islamic school and contend that for the sake of all that is good in America the school must be rebuilt from the ground up. Because you know american nationalism and pride or some weird senseless argument

+1000

FCPS is sadly circling the drain as a result of abysmal leadership.