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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this has been in the talks for a while.  I read in the latest CIP that it is likely going to be in the area West of Silver line metro vicinity and will impact boundaries for South lake, Westfield, Chantilly, Centreville, and Oakton HS.  Any additional information or thoughts or speculation on this as to how it will impact the boundaries for the mentioned schools?  Also, when is the construction currently targeted for, if there are any specifics, and how long does the school construction usually take?

We were considering buying in Oakton HS and are worried about redistricting.  Especially the western end of the Oakton HS zone (Crossfield ES, Navy ES, Waples Mill ES).  I read somewhere that this area has recently been redistricted.  Not sure when but maybe around 2010?  [/quote]

In 2008 the Fox Mill ES area was moved from Oakton to South Lakes and part of the Navy ES area was moved from Chantilly to Oakton.

I would not worry about anything zoned for Waples Mill being moved out of Oakton if/when a new HS is built.  There might be a greater risk that Crossfield or Navy would move to Chantilly if part of Westfield near the Silver Line moved to a new school and part of Chantilly then moved to Westfield.  It's all conjectural, but some might welcome that change given that some of those areas are closer to Chantilly than Oakton.

The biggest risk from an investment perspective might be [b]if you live in the Floris or Fox Mill areas and you got reassigned to a new high school that pulled primarily from low-income schools like Hutchison, Coates and Dogwood, [/b]all of which are near the path of the Silver Line in western Fairfax.[/quote]

no new high school is going to pull primarily from low income neighborhoods.  the school board won't allow it -- they've already got their hands full with other struggling high schools and won't add to the problem.  any new school will be mixed income. [/quote]

Maybe yes, maybe no.  If they build near a Silver Line station in Herndon, the new school will necessarily pull from some low-income areas.  And the last new school they built in that area was Coates ES, which is about 45% FARMS.  So it is entirely possible that opening the new HS, depending on its location, could reassign students to a high-FARMS school. [/quote]

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