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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Along with the previous question, does anyone have the boundaries from before South County was opened? Or what the various proposals were for the boundaries at that time?[/quote]

I did a bit of digging.  It appears the initial decisions around the boundaries for South County Secondary were made in January 2005.  Some related materials:

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/legacy-content/867QC7297B42/$FILE/Adjustment%20to%20School%20Attendance%20Agenda.pdf

https://insys.fcps.edu/schoolboardapps/ArchivedSBMinutes/2000-2009/2005-2009/2004-2005/20050127R.pdf

There were later adjustments but this may provide some information about the boundaries before SoCo first opened. [/quote]I don’t want to sound like a complainer or like I have low comprehension, but these older studies are way harder to interpret than the ones now, which are easier to interpret.

Now, does anybody have the Westfield study or is that long lost?[/quote]

I did some more digging.  It appears the Westfield boundaries were established at a March 9, 2000 School Board meeting.  From some other minutes it appears about 30% of Westfield's students came from Oakton and the remaining 70% from Centreville and Chantilly, but that the boundaries of a few other schools (Fairfax and Robinson) were changed at the same time.

There's a discussion in the minutes for the 3/9/00 meeting:  https://insys.fcps.edu/schoolboardapps/ArchivedSBMinutes/1990-1999/1995-1999/1999-2000/20000309RM.pdf

Beyond that, couldn't find an actual study or any maps; Board Docs only dates back to 2004 and Westfield opened in the fall of 2000.

As an aside, during the planning stages, Westfield was referred to as the "West County high school" and it opened around the same time as a "West County middle school" opened.  The "West County middle school" ended up being named Rachel Carson MS, and the other finalist for that school's name was "Carl Sagan MS."  [/quote]Wow, very cool.

Thank you.[/quote]

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