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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was anyone on here at the cluster that was the centreville hs renovation last night?  Reid was a complete disaster.  Here are some of the things that I am hearing from people that were there:
1. They might not be using any of the four choices for the mapping boundary.  Somehow centreville high school will have a section of students that will be attending there.
2. They used the money that was allocated for cville renovation to buy KAA and now will need more funding sources to do a reno there.
3. The reno at cville is pushed back to some unknown date in the future because there is a fight with the park authority and according a Pat Herrity reid has more or less avioded meeting with them to settle it.
4. Reid lied to partents and got called out by Herrity for telling parents that they were in the "permit phase" for the renovation, when the truth is that they are not and that the reno is at least 2-2.5 years away at best.

Can anyone else confirm or claify any of this? [/quote]

NO.  I cannot.  If what you are hearing is true, it is quite disturbing and another nail in the coffin.
I have a couple of comments/question, though:
1. Does Reid have ANY sense of the geography and locations in the area?  Centreville kids to KAA?  That makes no sense at all.  Has she ever looked at a map?
2. Far more money allotted to Centreville than it took to purchase KAA.  So, that is a bogus answer. 
3. Centreville's expansion could be pulled back and a smaller expansion and renovation could be performed if people did due diligence on the effort and good stewardship of the funds.
4. From what Herrity said, it seems to me that they are still in the "permit phase" since they don't yet have the permit.  Herrity did explain what the problem was with the permitting--and, it appears, they have known this for years.

However,  if the School Board and Reid moved in a sensible manner, Centreville could easily be provided relief with the purchase of KAA.  Like everyone else, Centreville would like their kids to stay put.  Chantilly parents would like their kids to stay put, too--but they all want the schools to be less crowded.  
Herrity claims the school is not "needed."  That is BS.  Chantilly is almost 3000.  Westfield is headed to 2800--and still growing.  Oakton is full. Fairfax is full. Robinson is full.

Herndon does have seats--but, elimination of IB at South Lakes could help and, perhaps, one elementary school from Westfield would solve the problem.  But, remember, the SB would not send that elementary school to Herndon in the South Lakes redistricting because of demographics.

That still leaves Chantilly grossly overcrowded; Centreville overcrowded; and Oakton at capacity and soon to be bursting at the seams.

Where is the voice of common sense?

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