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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well May is better than June, I guess.[/quote]

And the opt in is due in January.[/quote]

Hopefully they fully develop this program pathway to encourage enrollment. It’s all still ambiguous. [/quote]

They have already had a mini session with the Carson kids, I would guess that they did something similar at Frankin and the other impacted MS. I am wondering how many kids at Hughes might be interested. I would guess that the Herndon HHS AAP kids at Hughes won’t have the option to attend the new school but I wonder about the kids at Sunrise Valley, Dogwood, and Lake Anne. Or are they keeping the option mainly to Carson since the potential ES impacted are at Carson.

I don’t think that they will get 500 for 10th grade but I won’t be surprised if they get 500 for 9th. I can see kids who had a rough freshman year maybe taking the option as a way to start over or if they didn’t get into the clubs they wanted or teams they wanted moving to be at a school where they could be in those programs, helping starting the programs. [/quote]

see https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities/building-our-future-capital-projects/western-high-capital-project

"Our plan is to open the new high school for the 2026-27 school year for 9th and 10th graders who choose to opt in. ... These students reside within the following five high school pyramids: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield."  ("Enrollment") and
"In Year 1, enrollment will be "opt-in" for rising 9th and 10th graders from five specific overcrowded pyramids. Bus service will only be provided to students who live within the eventual boundary once it is drawn."  ("Transportation")

Opt-in would likely not be available for current elementary students because "Boundaries for the new western high school will be determined by late spring 2026."  ("Potential Boundary").

For example, if your 8th graer is currently in South Lake pyramid, she will be able to opt-in as rising 9th grader for 2026-2027.  She could be zoned for Sunrise Valley ES and Hughes MS.

However, since Sunrise Valley was never considered for Western HS bounary, chances are your Sunrise Valley zoned student would need own transportation regardless how bounary are set.

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And this is why they need to determine boundaries before "opt in".[/quote]

Sounds like they are hoping kids who will live outside the final boundaries will opt in to prop up the initial enrollment and make Western seem more desirable in its early years. [/quote]

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