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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the other proposed maps in the other versions had Westfield with a more reasonable population-at least 23-400 students by pulling from Lees Corner, or Bull Run, or the Walney area, etc. This "final" map is the only one that dipped all the way down to @2000. I'm sure the Westfield people were taken aback by that. [/quote]

Where were all the people thinking an enrollment of 2300 or 2400 kids is "reasonable" when FCPS was refusing to invest in other schools and downsizing them?  [b]If Westfield ends up with 2150 kids[/b] or so, it will still have an enrollment larger than nine other high schools, including Skyview.  [/quote]

The projection has it at only 2083, which is fewer than 2150, with the only MC neighborhood[b] being rezoned lobbying FCPS hard to get out.[/b] There's no chance they add more kids in but based on the shenanigans so far, there's a likely chance they move kids back to Chantilly, which would leave them with 1900 or fewer. [/quote]

How would changes happen at this point? At the SB meeting, someone on the SB would have to make a motion to edit the map, which would have to win by majority, right?[/quote]

The process likely would be as follows:

1.  Reid will come up with a final recommendation, and that recommendation could still be different from the "Final Scenario" released a few weeks ago.

2.  A school board member will make a motion to adopt Reid's recommendation.

3.  Board members can propose amendments to that motion, which would change the boundary adjustments.  Any such motion would have to pass by a 7-5 margin if all members are present and voting.

4.  There would then be a vote to adopt Reid's recommendation, as amended (or not).  That would also have to pass by a 7-5 margin if all members are present and voting.

5.  There could also be "follow on" motions that wouldn't directly affect the boundary adjustments but could still be adopted.  So, for example, the board could direct Reid to come back in six months with a recommendation as to what transportation options should be offered to students opting in to Skyview in 2026-27 but living outside the final boundaries.

Someone like Meren could offer amendments, but they probably wouldn't get adopted.  She doesn't have much support from other board members, so it would just be for show.  [/quote]

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