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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they drop that plan and just use Skyview as a smaller school where everyone opts in indefinitely to be an “Aviator,” ...[/quote]
This is a non-starter as the only people who would opt in to an optional school are the ones coming from a "worse" school.  This would provide no relief to the overcrowded schools in the region, which is the entire reason they spent the money on the new school in the first place.  A small opt in only school would be a complete waste of taxpayer funds, and still leave FCPS with the problem of what to do with Chantilly having 3000 kids they don't have room for.[/quote]

But that’s what the opt-in model will produce this fall.  If the overcrowding were that acute they either would have already taken advantage of the excess capacity at Herndon or gone ahead and set boundaries for Skyview this fall that included Chantilly areas.

Also, their latest projections have Chantilly losing over 300 kids over the next five years, irrespective of Skyview.

Basically they saw a shiny toy and decided they needed to have it.  [/quote]

Well, they will be losing more than 300 with the new school.  But, Chantilly is pushing 3000.  2700 is not a small school, and is still over capacity.
That doesn't solve Westfield which is gaining kids and is at capacity or Oakton which is at capacity and growing.[/quote]

[b]Westfield is under capacity and Oakton's enrollment growth could be a temporary spike[/b].  The latest CIP projections have Oakton under 100% capacity by 2029.

If you don't believe the CIP numbers then we ought to be insisting on changes to how they determine capacity and forecast enrollments before making major investments. [/quote]

Westfield and Oakton both have LOTS of new construction in the area.  50 odd new homes in the Westfield boundary as we speak and over 60 new homes in the Oakton boundary--and slated to continue.[/quote]

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