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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When they moved part of Chantilly to Oakton - the move that led to the Chantilly parent assaulting Kathy Smith years later - Herndon did not have hundreds of empty seats.

Move that Oakton area back to Chantilly, part of Chantilly to Westfield, and part of Westfield north of 50 to Herndon. Then they can turn KAA into an aviation academy, or a culinary/hospitality academy, or whatever else they decide given the building’s likely capacity constraints. [/quote]

Or.. hear me out… we could just make it a regular high school and stop wasting everyone’s time and money. There is not some magical pot of money. The budget is strained. Do the cost effective thing that has the most benefits to everyone.

I know. Unheard of for FCPS. But we could at least try just this once?[/quote]

We don't know yet what would save or waste everyone's time and money.  KAA was built to accommodate 1250 kids as a private school.  It never actually had that many kids, apparently.  Maybe FCPS would put more kids in classrooms, but it could still be the smallest HS in the county in terms of its design and program capacity.  Would the community accept this, or would they be asking FCPS to spend tens if not hundreds millions more on top of the $150 million that the School Board dropped to aquire the building in order to customize and expand KAA so it can have as many kids as Oakton or Chantilly?  Or, conversely, could a smaller academy program make more sense given the potential capacity constraints?

Again, these are open questions because there's been no transparency and the communications from FCPS have sucked.  But the one thing we do know is that those who think they are entitled to this new school are likely to keep insisting they are "owed" whatever they decide they want, regardless of the price tag.  [/quote]

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