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

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Anonymous wrote:What ridiculous incompetence.

Literally just about anywhere else in the world, even in this country, school leaders would not waste time and they would open the dang school. Instead they want to listen to people bicker and squabble over this for another year?? What a waste.

Please. There is no solution to this that will make everyone 100% happy. Stop it with the theatrics about “community input” when it won’t matter in the end. No magnet school. do it by the numbers and eliminating split feeders, there, done. Families will adapt.

Actually, anywhere else in the world they would’ve put more thought into the plan before buying such a large asset.

No. They need the school. Westfield is full, Centreville is overcrowded, and Chantilly is bursting at the seams.

Herndon has hundreds of empty seats and they’d already be working on the Centreville expansion if they had their act together.

Don’t worry, great falls will soon fill those empty seats at Herndon.

Will great falls parents be willing to send their kids to a school with death threats from Herndon High classmates that resulted in a drive-by shooting death of a Herndon High student?

Seems like Herndon High needs to fix that problem first. Herndon High families may be used to the violence but others are not.

If parents don't like their zoned public school, they can go private or homeschool. Shrug. Its all the same fungible school system and it certainly isn't absurd to send children to the nearest public high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Getting back on topic it seems one reason they bought KAA despite capacity at Herndon is because they didn’t want to move more poor kids at Coates into Herndon. They can create a new high school with balanced demographics at Western and then move part of Langley into Herndon in the 2030 boundary review.

This is not on topic. I think you really need to get over your obsession with Langley. This conversation is about Western High School, not about Langley. Take your discussion to the greater Boundary conversation and stop derailing this one.

^ Said one of the folks who makes a mental note to post something disparaging about Herndon High every morning?

The boundaries drawn for the Western HS obviously have implications for a number of schools, including some schools that won’t themselves see kids go to Western. Centreville, Herndon, and Langley fall in that category.

DP. You know the maps are out and there are no implications for Langley, right? Be careful about squeezing too tight, you might blow an O-ring.

You think moving 200+ kids in a growing part of Tysons into Langley has no implications? Why were all those Langley parents yelling at the community meeting at Oakton, then?

PP said for western high boundaries. Try to keep up.

The "maps that are out" include both the maps for the county-wide study and the maps for the four initial options for Western. They are not unconnected; in fact, it's driving people nuts that the boundaries for Western might not be decided until after the first county-wide maps come out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Getting back on topic it seems one reason they bought KAA despite capacity at Herndon is because they didn’t want to move more poor kids at Coates into Herndon. They can create a new high school with balanced demographics at Western and then move part of Langley into Herndon in the 2030 boundary review.

This is not on topic. I think you really need to get over your obsession with Langley. This conversation is about Western High School, not about Langley. Take your discussion to the greater Boundary conversation and stop derailing this one.

^ Said one of the folks who makes a mental note to post something disparaging about Herndon High every morning?

The boundaries drawn for the Western HS obviously have implications for a number of schools, including some schools that won’t themselves see kids go to Western. Centreville, Herndon, and Langley fall in that category.

DP. You know the maps are out and there are no implications for Langley, right? Be careful about squeezing too tight, you might blow an O-ring.

You think moving 200+ kids in a growing part of Tysons into Langley has no implications? Why were all those Langley parents yelling at the community meeting at Oakton, then?

PP said for western high boundaries. Try to keep up.

The "maps that are out" include both the maps for the county-wide study and the maps for the four initial options for Western. They are not unconnected; in fact, it's driving people nuts that the boundaries for Western might not be decided until after the first county-wide maps come out.

Go back and read the post I responded to, it very clearly mentions the western hs boundaries have implications for Langley. They do not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting back on topic it seems one reason they bought KAA despite capacity at Herndon is because they didn’t want to move more poor kids at Coates into Herndon. They can create a new high school with balanced demographics at Western and then move part of Langley into Herndon in the 2030 boundary review.

This is not on topic. I think you really need to get over your obsession with Langley. This conversation is about Western High School, not about Langley. Take your discussion to the greater Boundary conversation and stop derailing this one.

^ Said one of the folks who makes a mental note to post something disparaging about Herndon High every morning?

The boundaries drawn for the Western HS obviously have implications for a number of schools, including some schools that won’t themselves see kids go to Western. Centreville, Herndon, and Langley fall in that category.

DP. You know the maps are out and there are no implications for Langley, right? Be careful about squeezing too tight, you might blow an O-ring.

You think moving 200+ kids in a growing part of Tysons into Langley has no implications? Why were all those Langley parents yelling at the community meeting at Oakton, then?

PP said for western high boundaries. Try to keep up.

The "maps that are out" include both the maps for the county-wide study and the maps for the four initial options for Western. They are not unconnected; in fact, it's driving people nuts that the boundaries for Western might not be decided until after the first county-wide maps come out.

Go back and read the post I responded to, it very clearly mentions the western hs boundaries have implications for Langley. They do not.

Obviously moving kids from Westfield, Chantilly, South Lakes and/or Oakton into Western has "implications" for Langley. Why do you think they've been carping about a new western HS for years and have been complaining so much since the purchase was announced?

If you think "implications" simply refers to those being moved directly into Western, you need a refresher course on the English language.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting back on topic it seems one reason they bought KAA despite capacity at Herndon is because they didn’t want to move more poor kids at Coates into Herndon. They can create a new high school with balanced demographics at Western and then move part of Langley into Herndon in the 2030 boundary review.

This is not on topic. I think you really need to get over your obsession with Langley. This conversation is about Western High School, not about Langley. Take your discussion to the greater Boundary conversation and stop derailing this one.

^ Said one of the folks who makes a mental note to post something disparaging about Herndon High every morning?

The boundaries drawn for the Western HS obviously have implications for a number of schools, including some schools that won’t themselves see kids go to Western. Centreville, Herndon, and Langley fall in that category.

I haven't said a single thing about Herndon High School other than to correct the person who seemed to think all of Coates goes there. We're an Oakton family, we may or may not get rezoned to Western (I am ambivalent on the topic, frankly, but it's very controversial at our school). That's all I care about at this time.

[Anonymous]

Let's please move Langley discussions to the other thread and keep this one focused on Western High. I don't care what happens to y'all in five years, I'm focused on what is happening to my kids next year.

[Anonymous]

Same with Herndon - Western doesn't impact any kids that currently go to Herndon. Move it to the other thread.

Western impacts Chantilly, Westfield, Centreville, South Lakes, and Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What ridiculous incompetence.

Literally just about anywhere else in the world, even in this country, school leaders would not waste time and they would open the dang school. Instead they want to listen to people bicker and squabble over this for another year?? What a waste.

Please. There is no solution to this that will make everyone 100% happy. Stop it with the theatrics about “community input” when it won’t matter in the end. No magnet school. do it by the numbers and eliminating split feeders, there, done. Families will adapt.

Actually, anywhere else in the world they would’ve put more thought into the plan before buying such a large asset.

No. They need the school. Westfield is full, Centreville is overcrowded, and Chantilly is bursting at the seams.

Herndon has hundreds of empty seats and they’d already be working on the Centreville expansion if they had their act together.

Don’t worry, great falls will soon fill those empty seats at Herndon.

Will great falls parents be willing to send their kids to a school with death threats from Herndon High classmates that resulted in a drive-by shooting death of a Herndon High student?

Seems like Herndon High needs to fix that problem first. Herndon High families may be used to the violence but others are not.

If parents don't like their zoned public school, they can go private or homeschool. Shrug. Its all the same fungible school system and it certainly isn't absurd to send children to the nearest public high school.

Not every school is the same though.

Different course options, ib vs ap, languages, sports teams, different ses levels, different school cultures, and different degrees of problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They cancelled the Western High School community meeting scheduled on November 14.

Also, the agenda for Novemeber 13 board meeting does not include the voting for programming decision.

What’s going on?

Who got the email about the 11/14 meeting being cancelled? I got emails about the high school and the 11/1 meeting, but not this one. Did only certain people get the latest email? If so, why?

Maybe only people who signed up got it? I saw it on Facebook but did not receive it myself. I did see that the links that our school sent out are now dead.

I signed up and received the following message yesterday.

November 6, 2025

Hello FCPS Staff and Families,

As we plan further discussions with the School Board on the new high school in the western part of Fairfax County, we have decided that it is best to cancel the community meeting scheduled for November 14. It will be rescheduled for a later date. More information on the next steps will be shared soon.

Thank you again for your engagement and input as we work through this important process.

Fairfax County Public Schools

If you check FCPS website, they only say November 1st meeting and the reference to November 14 is removed.

We will also provide an opportunity for families in the western pyramids to weigh-in on the boundaries at a community meeting on Saturday, November 1.

And the programming decision is not on agenda for November 13 meeting.

Something is happening.

[Anonymous]

So, they gave away the property 10 years ago to the Saudis.
And, now, it looks like they are going to once again, ignore the need of the area around the school.

Sad. Herrity putting out FAIRFACTS talking points had an effect.

No matter that the talking points are inaccurate.

We know who is pushing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What ridiculous incompetence.

Literally just about anywhere else in the world, even in this country, school leaders would not waste time and they would open the dang school. Instead they want to listen to people bicker and squabble over this for another year?? What a waste.

Please. There is no solution to this that will make everyone 100% happy. Stop it with the theatrics about “community input” when it won’t matter in the end. No magnet school. do it by the numbers and eliminating split feeders, there, done. Families will adapt.

Actually, anywhere else in the world they would’ve put more thought into the plan before buying such a large asset.

No. They need the school. Westfield is full, Centreville is overcrowded, and Chantilly is bursting at the seams.

Herndon has hundreds of empty seats and they’d already be working on the Centreville expansion if they had their act together.

Don’t worry, great falls will soon fill those empty seats at Herndon.

Will great falls parents be willing to send their kids to a school with death threats from Herndon High classmates that resulted in a drive-by shooting death of a Herndon High student?

Seems like Herndon High needs to fix that problem first. Herndon High families may be used to the violence but others are not.

If parents don't like their zoned public school, they can go private or homeschool. Shrug. Its all the same fungible school system and it certainly isn't absurd to send children to the nearest public high school.

Not every school is the same though.

Different course options, ib vs ap, languages, sports teams, different ses levels, different school cultures, and different degrees of problems.

So what? You get what you get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, they gave away the property 10 years ago to the Saudis.
And, now, it looks like they are going to once again, ignore the need of the area around the school.

Sad. Herrity putting out FAIRFACTS talking points had an effect.

No matter that the talking points are inaccurate.

We know who is pushing this.

Is this perhaps a cold feet situation where the board now is wanting to spend more time contemplating a potential magnet school after getting the community unnecessarily spun up? Sad for the kids in overcrowded schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, they gave away the property 10 years ago to the Saudis.
And, now, it looks like they are going to once again, ignore the need of the area around the school.

Sad. Herrity putting out FAIRFACTS talking points had an effect.

No matter that the talking points are inaccurate.

We know who is pushing this.

What are you talking about? They bought the school, they are going to open it. I think it's just going to open in two years, not next year, because they realized they are rushing the process. I think this is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, they gave away the property 10 years ago to the Saudis.
And, now, it looks like they are going to once again, ignore the need of the area around the school.

Sad. Herrity putting out FAIRFACTS talking points had an effect.

No matter that the talking points are inaccurate.

We know who is pushing this.

Is this perhaps a cold feet situation where the board now is wanting to spend more time contemplating a potential magnet school after getting the community unnecessarily spun up? Sad for the kids in overcrowded schools.

Oh please, just stop.

[Anonymous]

I see the Fair Facts Matters contingent is out in full force today spewing their nonsense. Sounds like some folks are concerned that they are, in fact, going to incorporate the new high school into the entire boundary review process. And then yes, there may in fact be some implications for surrounding high schools.