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[quote=Anonymous]Although I am a strong supporter of public schools, I will be voting against the 2017 bond referendum for FCPS, and urge others to do so.  Why?  FCPS wants to raise money to expand schools that do not need to be expanded (Madison and West Potomac), while failing to move forward promptly with the construction of a new HS in Western Fairfax.   Here are the September 2017 enrollment numbers for the schools that serve students in western Fairfax:

Chantilly 2779
Westfield 2640 
Oakton 2632
Centreville 2568
South Lakes 2465
Herndon 2344

FCPS could build a new high school with over 2200 students and bring the enrollment of each of these six schools down to 2200 students as well.  Instead, they plan to turn schools like South Lakes and Madison into "mega-schools" and expand the capacity at West Potomac so students won't have to go to under-enrolled, but lower-ranked, Mount Vernon.  Sorry, I won't pay for this if I can avoid it.  Oakton HS has a freshman class close to 700 kids this year.  They need to get the message that building a new high school, not building additions to create giant high school factories, is a top priority. [/quote]

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