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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is a huge difference psychologically between a school always having around 2000 students, and a school losing 800 students within a year or two, and with all the staff turnover that comes with that. [/quote]

And losing all the electives and APs....[/quote]

They are not going to be "losing all the electives and AP."  [/quote]

For sure they will be a losing a lot of them. Going from 2800 to 2000 students and *increasing* FARMs percentage (which seems likely given they are losing some UMC/MC areas but mostly gaining low income areas) is not a recipe for increasing academic options.[/quote]

I used to work in HS scheduling for another district. There is no way, with FCPS staffing formulas, that a school in this situation won't be losing a LOT of elective and AP classes/sections. [/quote]
 
2000 is not a small high school.  They are also losing a lot of FARMS kids.  Certainly, they are also losing some MC, but very few UMC.  Also losing a [b]lot[/b] of English learners.[/quote]

2000 is a very small high school for FCPS. [/quote]

This is what the 2025-26 enrollments would look like under the two latest scenarios.  I don't disagree that reducing the enrollment at Westfield to near 2100 would be a cultural change for the school, but a school with 2000 students would not be that much of an outlier as there are already some smaller schools and others will be losing kids based on the 2026 boundary adjustments (county-wide and Skyview-related).

Scenario 1:

Lake Braddock 2922
West Springfield 2848
Oakton 2589
West Potomac 2558
Robinson 2549
Woodson 2471
Langley 2416
Fairfax 2344
Chantilly 2305
Madison 2227
Edison 2197
Justice 2147
Hayfield 2139
TJHSST 2125
McLean 2123
Centreville 2119
Westfield 2083
Herndon 2061
Marshall 2045
South County 2042
Falls Church 2035
South Lakes 2033
Annandale 2002
Skyview 1900
Mount Vernon 1788
Lewis 1537

Scenario 2:

Lake Braddock 2922
West Springfield 2848
Oakton 2721
West Potomac 2558
Robinson 2549
Woodson 2471
Langley 2416
Chantilly 2358
Fairfax 2344
Madison 2227
Edison 2197
Justice 2147
Hayfield 2139
TJHSST 2125
McLean 2123
Centreville 2119
Westfield 2083
Herndon 2061
Marshall 2045
South County 2042
Falls Church 2035
Annandale 2002
South Lakes 1984
Mount Vernon 1788
Skyview 1760
Lewis 1537
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It's not about the number of students.  It's about what the reduction in students coupled with the demographics shifts will do to programing access. [/quote]

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