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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might be incredibly naive because I am new to learning about these issues (live in DC and thinking about where to move in the next few years) - it sounds like building the new high school would go a long way in alleviating some issues.  So why isn't that a priority?[/quote]

Because if they build that new school, then a lot of boundaries will get shifted west, no one wants to be shifted west.  The schools in the western part of the county reflect the population in that part of the county.  Hint... it isn't peaches and cream.  [/quote]

That’s the not the only issue.  Other issues include (1) the fact that building a new high school will consume a very large percentage of the capital expenditures for facilities while the school is being built, which delays the renovation of other schools; and (2) there has long been some hope that a new school won’t really be needed if they build additions at South Lakes, Herndon, Oakton and, soon, Madison.[/quote]

But why should you hope for that?  The population in that part of the county is growing.  There is space to build, continuing to expand schools in closer in parts of the county isn't the solution to growth in the western part of the county.  Traffic isn't going to get better in this area, 30-40 minute bus rides, which are inconvenient now, given a few years will become 1 to 1.5 hour bus rides.  It isn't realistic.  The population in the closer in neighborhoods will continue to expand as well, with infill, but not at the rate that it will in western parts of the county.  To argue that expanding Oakton and Madison is going to fix anything long term, is ridiculous.  [/quote]

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