Future Western High School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you built a HS in GF you could have it be GF and part Reston /Herndon.

Then Herndon can take some of the overcrowding from
The other schools.

GF keeps its one lane bridge to keep people out (honestly) and you think the people there will give up land for a HS?! They are more likely to incorporate as a town than build a county HS.

[Anonymous]

It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Yes. But, certainly not at the Hutchison site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Is there a potential site? Where is the population growth expected over the next 20-30 years? Will population of students remain high in those areas or will families move closer to Tysons and metro?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Is there a potential site? Where is the population growth expected over the next 20-30 years? Will population of students remain high in those areas or will families move closer to Tysons and metro?

You do know that Metro is built out to Loudon? Reston, Herndon, etrc. Not open yet--delayed due to COVID, but it looks like most of the stations are finished.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Is there a potential site? Where is the population growth expected over the next 20-30 years? Will population of students remain high in those areas or will families move closer to Tysons and metro?

You do know that Metro is built out to Loudon? Reston, Herndon, etrc. Not open yet--delayed due to COVID, but it looks like most of the stations are finished.

I am aware. I live out there. We can bike to metro. Our principals have shared with me in recent years info where the projected growth for families will be. Not much was said about Chantilly or Centreville, but maybe because that’s not where their focus was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Typical Langley/GF BS already rearing its head. We can’t possibly have nice things because it might affect their bubble of privilege in a decade.

You can't ever get nice things?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Is there a potential site? Where is the population growth expected over the next 20-30 years? Will population of students remain high in those areas or will families move closer to Tysons and metro?

You do know that Metro is built out to Loudon? Reston, Herndon, etrc. Not open yet--delayed due to COVID, but it looks like most of the stations are finished.

I am aware. I live out there. We can bike to metro. Our principals have shared with me in recent years info where the projected growth for families will be. Not much was said about Chantilly or Centreville, but maybe because that’s not where their focus was.

Chantilly and Centreville are already over capacity. They just don’t complain as much. Reston/Herndon is expected to grow as fast as Tysons if not faster and that’s why they are going to build the school there.

I am not pro or anti Great Falls / McLean, but tired of why every discussion has to be about McLean and Great Falls. The Future “Western” High school is to provide the relief in that area. It’s going to be like 26th high school in the county and why would you think it would magically solve the capacity problem in McLean? If McLean needs relief, let them build another school in that area. Western Fairfax is already full and would need all the relief that the new school can provide.

[Anonymous]

Chantilly and Centreville are already over capacity. They just don’t complain as much.

This has been true for decades. Reason they don't complain? Can't speak for Centreville, but no one wants to be districted out of Chantilly. People still remember when they sent Chantilly kids to Oakton--a parent even attacked a School Board member over it years later. They would have rather stayed at Chantilly than to be sent to the more "affluent" school. Pretty sure they are fine with it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Chantilly and Centreville are already over capacity. They just don’t complain as much.

This has been true for decades. Reason they don't complain? Can't speak for Centreville, but no one wants to be districted out of Chantilly. People still remember when they sent Chantilly kids to Oakton--a parent even attacked a School Board member over it years later. They would have rather stayed at Chantilly than to be sent to the more "affluent" school. Pretty sure they are fine with it now.

Centreville has complained for years over overcrowding. It was brought up frequently by Elizabeth Schultz, whose district included kids at Centreville.

Chantilly parents don't complain as much because they have been moved to a school a good bit further away in the past (Oakton), or otherwise might get moved to lower-ranked schools.

There are also probably fewer Centreville/Chantilly folks reading and posting on DCUM than Great Falls posters, who tend to challenge any scenario that might eventually move them to Herndon.

[Anonymous]

Chantilly parents don't complain as much because they have been moved to a school a good bit further away in the past (Oakton), or otherwise might get moved to lower-ranked schools.

At the time it happened, the parents were livid.

Chantilly High School is a community. All high schools should be a community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Yes. But, certainly not at the Hutchison site.

It makes sense to build where the kids WILL be. The school won’t solve today’s problems. The overcrowding problems may not be the same in 10+ years when this mythical school opens. It is also an issue of having land.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Yes. But, certainly not at the Hutchison site.

It makes sense to build where the kids WILL be. The school won’t solve today’s problems. The overcrowding problems may not be the same in 10+ years when this mythical school opens. It is also an issue of having land.

What? Ignore current problems in favor of trying to predict and stem future ones? I don't really have a strong feeling of one school or pyramid or district versus another but I do feel like you don't ignore existing problems. If there were no overcrowding now then I would agree to look at where overcrowding maybe WILL be. But you don't ignore existing problems/issues though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Yes. But, certainly not at the Hutchison site.

It makes sense to build where the kids WILL be. The school won’t solve today’s problems. The overcrowding problems may not be the same in 10+ years when this mythical school opens. It is also an issue of having land.

What? Ignore current problems in favor of trying to predict and stem future ones? I don't really have a strong feeling of one school or pyramid or district versus another but I do feel like you don't ignore existing problems. If there were no overcrowding now then I would agree to look at where overcrowding maybe WILL be. But you don't ignore existing problems/issues though.

You don’t implement a solution for a problem that can’t be solved for 10+ years. If Chantilly and Centrevile are expected to still have overcrowding then sure. If they continue to be places where the community has lots of kids it makes sense. If it turns into a place with more retirees / people past having kids to repopulate those schools then no. Do not assume that today’s overcrowding will continue exist in 10-15+ years. That’s how planners will look at the problem. It is also possible that more than one HS is needed, but that probably won’t happen for 30+ years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It makes sense to build a new school near where the overcrowded schools are —Chantilly, centreville and Westfield. Somewhere near Dulles or down route 28.

Yes. But, certainly not at the Hutchison site.

It makes sense to build where the kids WILL be. The school won’t solve today’s problems. The overcrowding problems may not be the same in 10+ years when this mythical school opens. It is also an issue of having land.

What? Ignore current problems in favor of trying to predict and stem future ones? I don't really have a strong feeling of one school or pyramid or district versus another but I do feel like you don't ignore existing problems. If there were no overcrowding now then I would agree to look at where overcrowding maybe WILL be. But you don't ignore existing problems/issues though.

You don’t implement a solution for a problem that can’t be solved for 10+ years. If Chantilly and Centrevile are expected to still have overcrowding then sure. If they continue to be places where the community has lots of kids it makes sense. If it turns into a place with more retirees / people past having kids to repopulate those schools then no. Do not assume that today’s overcrowding will continue exist in 10-15+ years. That’s how planners will look at the problem. It is also possible that more than one HS is needed, but that probably won’t happen for 30+ years.

I don’t see the overcapacity problem goes away for Chantilly and Centreville for 10+ years. The CIP indicates the new school would provide the releif to Chantilly, Centerville, Herndon, South Lakes, Oakton, and Westfield. So that’s what the “planners”’ have in their mind. The Hutchison site is probably too North but the FCPS picking a wrong site is nothing new.