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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new mascot is incredibly stupid.

Why bother making it a traditional high school when she clearly wants an aviation magnet.

Just prepare for the boundaries to be nullified at a programming re-vote.[/quote]
Fortunately for us there already was a public review period and a school board vote making it a traditional school.  No matter how much fear-mongering some people try to stir up on this board a magnet isn't happening.  They are fully underway opening as a traditional school.[/quote]

This is not quite true. The county’s recent approval to allow Skyview to open as a public school was based on its initial 1000-student enrollment. If FCPS wants Skyview to operate as a traditional school with a typical, larger enrollment, it will have to come back to the county within the next year.  And if the county were to deny the follow-up application FCPS’s fall-back might be to cap enrollment and operate Skyview as a magnet or lottery school.

I know that’s not what the School board directed, and FCPS may be able to satisfy the county Skyview can accommodate more than 1000 students, but it’s somewhat misleading to claim there aren’t still uncertainties.[/quote]

News report said they intend to go back sooner rather than later.  Not sure what that means.  But, it will most likely be approved with no problem.[/quote]

To be clear, FCPS previously sought approval for Skyview to operate as a 2000-student school, and county staff said they could not support that.

So rather than getting up-front approval that would cover the future work necessary for Skyview to operate as a 2000-student neighborhood high school, FCPS realized they had to take it in steps.

They now have approval to open this fall to operate as a 1000-student school in the main Skyview building.

They'll have to go back if they want to expand further, and that means addressing all the issues that county staff viewed as problematic earlier.  So it's no problem if FCPS takes care of business.  It's a problem if they don't.

Note that their recent track record isn't perfect, as they've encountered all sorts of road blocks when seeking approvals for the Centreville HS renovation and expansion. [/quote]

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