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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have also heard a lot of talk about how there should be a high school built in Western Fairfax County and yet nothing happens on that front. Though if they were to built such a school, where would it be built?[/quote]

The county had an ideal location picked out right next to Rachel Carson Middle School about 10 years ago.  All the rich Great Falls people threw a fit because they new a new HS would mean a boundary change, so their kids would have to start going to high school with "the poors" from Herndon instead of Langley.  When they got the plan killed the county sold off the land to Saudi Arabia who built King Abdulla Academy there instead.  
Can't blame it 100% on the Great Falls parents.  There are a lot of people who bought too close to a boundary line and fight tooth and nail any boundary reviews because they are afraid their property values would go down.  That's how we ended up with giant mega-schools where the kids are packed so tight they can't navigate the hallways between classes and you kid has to be a D1 prospect to make the varsity sports teams.[/quote]

But I don't get it. Rachel Carson MS and South Lakes HS/Oakton HS/Westfields HS are all seen as better than Herndon MS and Herndon HS. I would think that the "demographics" of the first few schools would be a lot more preferable to the Langley parents than the "demographics" of Herndon MS/Herndon HS. Not to mention that when a new school is constructed it is a lot easier for parents to take an outsized role in making sure that the school is truly working in the interest of their children. On the other hand once that school is constructed and has been around for a few years, if educational rot starts to seep in it is a lot harder for good parents to combat that if the school is already set in their ways. Those Langley parents really threw away the opportunity to fully influence a new school.

Not to mention that all the people I know who might complain about the residents in places like Herndon would definitely not like anyone who voluntarily choses to send their kid to a place like King Abdullah Academy. So those parents really played themselves there. I can tell you on my end that if I had to pick between a new public high school versus a new religious school to be built, I would pick the first option every time. [/quote]

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