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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 being rezoned lobbying FCPS hard to get out. 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]

You're right that the projection has Westfield at 2083, not 2150.  That's still higher than nine other high schools based on all the boundary adjustments adopted and proposed:  [b]Herndon,[/b] Marshall, South County, [b]Falls Church, Annandale, South Lakes, Mount Vernon[/b], Skyview, and[b] Lewis. [/b] [/quote]

Interesting that this list of smallest schools also includes all the academic have-not schools people are desperate to avoid in FCPS and that FCPS ignores and refuses to improve. They are deliberately moving Westfield from a regular middle of the pack school down to the bottom tier of Avoid at All Cost schools. [/quote]
If the only thing keeping Westfield in the middle of the pack was all those kids north of 50, then this was inevitable.[/quote]

There is nothing special about those particular 1000+ kids. Moving back in a similar mix of 500-600 kids would keep Westfield afloat. FCPS is refusing to do that.[/quote]

Wait til they cave to the Cub Run criers and moves them back to Chantilly at the last minute. That's how this process has been going down. Every time they put a map out, whatever middle class area got moved to Westfield tantrums and gets themselves moved back (except for the low income neighborhoods who are just being used as pawns at this point.)[/quote]

They are simply following the lead of RIO and Lees Corner.[/quote]

They may be following RIO, but Lee's Corner is not the same thing.  Lee's Corner had extremely valid arguments for staying at Chantilly.  It was ridiculous that they were ever thrown into the mix.  Their arguments were valid.  (An No I do not live in Lee's Corner boundary)

RIO has no valid arguments based on objective standards.  Read the comments on their petition.  Mostly, "i bought"[/quote]
I don’t live in RIO area, but I respect their resolve.  They are fighting against a boundary change that they don’t want their kids to endure.  Good on them to fight for their community.[/quote]

The problem is not RIO.  The problem is FCPS caving to them over other neighborhoods.[/quote]
This is why FCPS shouldn’t be making large changes to communities unless absolutely necessary. They inevitably end up picking winners and losers with those moves and alienating families in the process.[/quote]

There is no way to buy a new high school and not make large changes to communities. [/quote]

Of course, but the way they are approaching the new boundaries will leave so much excess capacity at Herndon, South Lakes, and Westfield that there will continue to be questions as to whether buying Skyview was a prudent decision.

If they’d been more willing to move more kids out of Oakton and Chantilly and balance the enrollments more closely, they’d have a better case that they are thinking about the long-term futures of all the schools in the area.

But they haven’t, so now it feels like Skyview is a gift to some communities; Oakton was protected at all costs; South Lakes and Westfield have been set up for failure; and people still don’t know what will happen with Centreville, which may or may not get a huge addition it no longer needs.

Reid is not skilled enough to look at these inter-connected issues and come up with a decent comprehensive plan. All she knows how to do is make promises that Skyview will be a fantastic school that offers a “22nd Century education” and cut deals with individual communities to keep them out of schools they don’t want to attend, whether it’s Westfield or Marshall. 
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