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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are the thousand students for Centreville's supposed expansion going to come from if they can't find students to keep Westfield within FCPS's own margins for building usage?[/quote]

Seems to me that the neighborhood behind Centreville that is sent to Fairfax would be perfect for Centreville.[/quote]

Then you have open seats to fill at Fairfax HS.
The most financially prudent decision is not to expand Centreville at all. [/quote]

Fairfax can take some of Woodson.  There are currently kids very close to Centreville getting sent to Fairfax when it’s much farther away. [/quote]

Then you are upsetting Fairfax parents who want to stay at Fairfax AND Woodson parents who want to stay at Woodson. I'm sure the SB will really go for that.[/quote]

There have long been families that would like to attend closer Centreville rather than Fairfax, just as there are now families who are happy to attend Skyview because it is closer than their current schools.

Woodson, unlike Centreville, has already been renovated and expanded, so if it’s still overcrowded it would be perfectly defensible to move some kids to Fairfax if FHS has space. [/quote]

Annnnnnd lots of families who prefer Fairfax. Annnnd all the angry Woodson parents who don't want to be downgraded to FHS. That's a lot of unnecessary drama for FCPS.[/quote]

If and when the SB ever puts their big boy pants on again the drama will subside.  Most of the drama exists because the SB gives all the circus performers a big stage.

But screwing Westfield and then using that as the basis to shortchange Centreville - all while bending over backwards to placate people at Oakton and a few other schools - is a recipe for disaster.  [/quote]

There is no way Seema Dixit will let anything negative happen to Centreville. Centreville is clearly her baby. She wants her own kids to attend a beautiful renovated building and her property value to be tied to a beautiful renovated building (preferably with no pesky low income types).[/quote]

When they get around to renovating Centreville it should receive a nice renovation, regardless of who the School Board member is or how she may have behaved.

Leaving it at 1943 kids when there's an opportunity to add some capacity would be stupid.  Expanding it to 3000 would also be unreasonable; that plan was hatched when there was no expectation that FCPS could open a new high school in the western part of the county.

Enrollments ebb and flow, but FCPS has been well served when it added some capacity to schools being renovated and poorly served when it closed high schools or neglected schools with capacity needs.  Closing Fort Hunt HS and combining it with Groveton HS was not good for that part of the county. [/quote]

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