King Abdullah Academy Closing: FCPS Buy for HS?

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Anonymous wrote:If Floris, McNair, and Coates get sent to the new HS, what would the be Westfield's new capacity?

Would they get Brookfield and/or some more of Centrevilles current kids? Oakhill as Emerald chase already goes there?

Westfield probably picks up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, not Brookfield, and Willow Springs moves to Centreville.

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Anonymous wrote:If Floris, McNair, and Coates get sent to the new HS, what would the be Westfield's new capacity?

Would they get Brookfield and/or some more of Centrevilles current kids? Oakhill as Emerald chase already goes there?

Westfield probably picks up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, not Brookfield, and Willow Springs moves to Centreville.

I think Cub Run already goes to Westfield. Maybe they pick up Lee's Corner?

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Anonymous wrote:If Floris, McNair, and Coates get sent to the new HS, what would the be Westfield's new capacity?

Would they get Brookfield and/or some more of Centrevilles current kids? Oakhill as Emerald chase already goes there?

Westfield probably picks up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, not Brookfield, and Willow Springs moves to Centreville.

I think Cub Run already goes to Westfield. Maybe they pick up Lee's Corner?

I think it'll be Oak Hill. A lot of cub room already goes to westfields. And is the piece that doesn't isn't large enough to help relieve chantilly? McNair, Coates plus part of floris pulling out of Westfields would make Oak Hill easily absorb-able

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else want to put chances of each ES going to the new HS

Floris : 100% (Literally in Floris district lines)
Oak Hill : 95% (Very Small chance staying Chantilly with overcrowding there)
McNair : 90% (Small chance of staying Westfield or going to Herndon)
Coates : 85% (Small chance of staying Westfield or going to Herndon)
Crossfield : (75%)
Fox Mill : (65%)

Honestly both Crossfield and Fox Mill could go to South Lakes instead of the new HS and petty equidistant from those two options. However, it is easier to backfill Oakton with growth in Tysons. Hence higher chance of Crossfield being moved. Also Meren represents all of Fox Mill but only a fraction of Crossfield hence, the only option she has to protect South Lakes it to retain Fox Mill.

Floris: 100% (no brianer)
Coates: 100% (no brainer)
McNair: 90% (very likely)
FMES: 70% (the question is Meren)
Crossfield: 33% (Honestly, Oakton will be still better than the new HS)
Oak Hill: 50% (OHS’s probem is the middle school. It is very close to Franklin and should stay at Franklin and I don’t know if they create a new split feeder)

I am not sure I follow Oak Hill at 50%. Floris and Oak Hill are the two closest schools to KAA. Add in that they are trying to mange Chantilly’s capacity. I think it’s more like 90% Oak Hill gets moved to KAA. That will allow them to keep all the other neighborhoods being proposed to switch out of Chantilly by Thru at Chantilly.

They do have a problem at the middle school level, but they could fix that a few ways depending on who else ends up at KAA.

Easy. Make Franklin an AAP center which pulls kids back to Franklin, then rezone Oak Hill to Carson.

DP. Exactly the opposite of what should be done, which is eliminating AAP centers.

I think by making Franklin a "center" what they really mean is making it so in-boundary AAP kids for Franklin go there instead of having the option for Carson. Not necessarily a center that draws other kids from outside its boundary. Bringing those AAP kids back to Franklin would increase it's average test scores, increase club opportunities at the school, and help it to get better rankings from sites like greatschools.

FCPS has foolishly been dragging its feet on this. Franklin students should've been sent back to Franklin many years ago.

100% it is under capacity and it has dedicated AAP classes already. Plus, please get the Navy kids out of Crossfield, it will be better for everyone.

No it actually doesn’t. They cluster the AAP kids in honors classes, but don’t appear to have classes with only AAP kids.

Oh really? People on here have said they have separate LLIV classes.

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Anonymous wrote:If Floris, McNair, and Coates get sent to the new HS, what would the be Westfield's new capacity?

Would they get Brookfield and/or some more of Centrevilles current kids? Oakhill as Emerald chase already goes there?

Westfield probably picks up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, not Brookfield, and Willow Springs moves to Centreville.

I think Cub Run already goes to Westfield. Maybe they pick up Lee's Corner?

I think it'll be Oak Hill. A lot of cub room already goes to westfields. And is the piece that doesn't isn't large enough to help relieve chantilly? McNair, Coates plus part of floris pulling out of Westfields would make Oak Hill easily absorb-able

It is called WESTFIELD

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Westfield HS is slated to be the biggest loser. Losing its best ES in Floris and then McNair kids will be losing a disproportionate amount of their smartest kids. Very bad as well for South Lakes losing half of Floris and potentially Fox Mill.

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Anonymous wrote:This purchase is a coup for Fairfax County. This will be the nicest public school facility (of its size) in the County, perhaps in the entire State. The original build cost was around $100M (excluding $15+M in other improvements). If the FCPS tried to build something similar (they wouldn’t have, it’s too nice), I suspect it would have cost us taxpayers closer to $200M.

Arlington’s Wakefield was more expensive (adjusting for inflation), and likely has the nicest gym and pool of any public or private high school in the state. But yes, KAA sets the bar much higher for FCPS. I certainly hope future facilities will be constructed to the same level in terms of design and amenities. For a wealthy area taxpayers deserve better facilities. Just go to any other nice suburb outside of Philly, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, etc. They are leagues ahead of what FCPS typically builds.

there is a reason for that. kaa students and staff and faculty took care of the building. because it was loved.

Oh, nonsense. How ridiculous.

Please show me any other kid who feels a sense of ownership over their school building, even after they graduate. these kaa kids were stewards over their building treating it with alot of love and care. if you get over your negativity, you may actually agree. its in excellent condition because it was always treated with immense care. no graffiti, no wear and tear. you are hard pressed to find that anywhere else in public schools. I'm sorry its the truth. that building was so loved by a very large community.

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When is this new HS going to start?

2026-27 or 2027-28?

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Anonymous wrote:If Floris, McNair, and Coates get sent to the new HS, what would the be Westfield's new capacity?

Would they get Brookfield and/or some more of Centrevilles current kids? Oakhill as Emerald chase already goes there?

Westfield probably picks up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, not Brookfield, and Willow Springs moves to Centreville.

I think Cub Run already goes to Westfield. Maybe they pick up Lee's Corner?

I think it'll be Oak Hill. A lot of cub room already goes to westfields. And is the piece that doesn't isn't large enough to help relieve chantilly? McNair, Coates plus part of floris pulling out of Westfields would make Oak Hill easily absorb-able

They are not going to move Oak Hill to Westfield when it is the closest neighborhood to KAA (aside from Discovery Square.)

They will likely move a Centreville school to Westfield.

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Anonymous wrote:This purchase is a coup for Fairfax County. This will be the nicest public school facility (of its size) in the County, perhaps in the entire State. The original build cost was around $100M (excluding $15+M in other improvements). If the FCPS tried to build something similar (they wouldn’t have, it’s too nice), I suspect it would have cost us taxpayers closer to $200M.

Arlington’s Wakefield was more expensive (adjusting for inflation), and likely has the nicest gym and pool of any public or private high school in the state. But yes, KAA sets the bar much higher for FCPS. I certainly hope future facilities will be constructed to the same level in terms of design and amenities. For a wealthy area taxpayers deserve better facilities. Just go to any other nice suburb outside of Philly, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, etc. They are leagues ahead of what FCPS typically builds.

there is a reason for that. kaa students and staff and faculty took care of the building. because it was loved.

Oh, nonsense. How ridiculous.

Please show me any other kid who feels a sense of ownership over their school building, even after they graduate. these kaa kids were stewards over their building treating it with alot of love and care. if you get over your negativity, you may actually agree. its in excellent condition because it was always treated with immense care. no graffiti, no wear and tear. you are hard pressed to find that anywhere else in public schools. I'm sorry its the truth. that building was so loved by a very large community.

I don't question that it was loved. But, the community was not that large. This is not the fault of the new students. Let it go.

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Anonymous wrote:Westfield HS is slated to be the biggest loser. Losing its best ES in Floris and then McNair kids will be losing a disproportionate amount of their smartest kids. Very bad as well for South Lakes losing half of Floris and potentially Fox Mill.

Agreed. I'm worried they will be cutting certain high level courses due to low enrollment

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Anonymous wrote:This purchase is a coup for Fairfax County. This will be the nicest public school facility (of its size) in the County, perhaps in the entire State. The original build cost was around $100M (excluding $15+M in other improvements). If the FCPS tried to build something similar (they wouldn’t have, it’s too nice), I suspect it would have cost us taxpayers closer to $200M.

Arlington’s Wakefield was more expensive (adjusting for inflation), and likely has the nicest gym and pool of any public or private high school in the state. But yes, KAA sets the bar much higher for FCPS. I certainly hope future facilities will be constructed to the same level in terms of design and amenities. For a wealthy area taxpayers deserve better facilities. Just go to any other nice suburb outside of Philly, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, etc. They are leagues ahead of what FCPS typically builds.

there is a reason for that. kaa students and staff and faculty took care of the building. because it was loved.

Oh, nonsense. How ridiculous.

Please show me any other kid who feels a sense of ownership over their school building, even after they graduate. these kaa kids were stewards over their building treating it with alot of love and care. if you get over your negativity, you may actually agree. its in excellent condition because it was always treated with immense care. no graffiti, no wear and tear. you are hard pressed to find that anywhere else in public schools. I'm sorry its the truth. that building was so loved by a very large community.

I don't question that it was loved. But, the community was not that large. This is not the fault of the new students. Let it go.

The good news is you can move into the new attendance zone and go there for free! Your kids can volunteer to help the custodians.

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Westfield is already 40% low income kids with the current boundaries.

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Yup the SB will for sure want to make sure the new school has a 30-40 percent low income population. So keep that in mind for your calculating.

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Anonymous wrote:Westfield HS is slated to be the biggest loser. Losing its best ES in Floris and then McNair kids will be losing a disproportionate amount of their smartest kids. Very bad as well for South Lakes losing half of Floris and potentially Fox Mill.

Agreed. I'm worried they will be cutting certain high level courses due to low enrollment

Thats already happened there. They offer a lot fewer high level classes than CHS.