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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][quote=Anonymous]I’m fiscally conservative and don’t like the crazy spending by FCPS.

But I agree with buying KA, and in my opinion, this is pretty much the only thing the board got right.

They have been saying the enrollment would go down but high schools in Western Fairfax kept growing to unhealthy level.

[b]Overall, I think it’s better to have six schools with 2,000 kids each than five schools with 2,400 kids each.[/b]
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They built or expanded multiple schools in Western Fairfax to accommodate more than 2,400 kids each.  The schools with smaller capacities are further east.  And several of the schools in Western Fairfax (most notably, Centreville and Herndon) have seen declining enrollments in recent years.

So your post just shows how people are ready to toss their principles aside and praise wasteful spending as long as they stand to benefit personally.  [/quote]

What principles did we throw away?

The board had been expanding existing schools because it couldn’t find suitable land. But then a private high school came on the market in 2025. The board decided it was still better to buy that school despite all the previous expansions.

And many people including me agree with that decision because it’s preferable to have a larger number of high schools with fewer students each than fewer high schools with more students each.

I think this has always been the guiding principle. Most school districts build a new high school whenever an existing one becomes too crowded.

FCPS just didn’t have land available and chose expansion as the workaround instead.

FCPS spent money in expasions not knowing KAA would be on sale. That’s not a waste.

FCPS bought KAA because Western Fairfax had been in need of a new HS (regardless of expanded capacity). That’s not a waste.

Anyway this is over.  Now matter how bitter you are, Skyview High will open this fall. 
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PP said they were fiscally conservative. It’s pretty clear they toss that out the window when it comes to creating excess capacity in one part of the county, so long as they benefit.  A fiscal conservative would spend more time looking at existing capacity and enrollment projections.

[b]This isn’t over by any stretch, because the School Board hasn’t set boundaries for the new school yet and is up for re-election next year. [/b][/quote]

The decision about buying the school is OVER. No matter how much you complain on this board, FCPS is not reversing that decision.

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Thanks, Captain Obvious.

And yet it will remain fair game to hold School Board members accountable next year for their decision to spend over $200 million, on short notice,multiple  [b]on a school that adds capacity in an area where schools had already been expanded, [/b]and where there continues to be a plan to expand yet another (CVHS), at a time when FCPS already knew or should have known enrollments would be declining and some aging schools are in very poor condition.

Maybe this will help Dixit get re-elected.  Not sure it will help some others.  [/quote]

Huh?

Here is the correct version:
on a school that adds capacity in an area that desperately needs it.

You can complain and spin all you like, but that is a fact.

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That all depends on how narrowly you define the “area.”  FCPS has added, and is still planning to add at other schools, substantial capacity in western Fairfax - all predicated on the assumption, which was correct for the better part of 20 years, that another HS in western Fairfax could and would not be built.

Now they will be adding thousands of seats at a time when some schools have excess capacity and enrollments are expected to decline. Maybe it will be proven many decades from now to be the right decision.  In the short term, it flies squarely in the face of the repeated claims that FCPS is cash-strapped, and it will soak up capital resources and delay other much-needed school renovations.  And they’ll always blame that on Richmond, or taxpayers, rather than accept their own responsibility.

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Shut up, jealous momma. Some of us desperately wanted a school that our children don't have to be on the bus for 60 minutes to get to. Yes, SIXTY minutes for my Floris kid to get to Westfield. Ours is the first bus stop. My child has opted in, thankyouverymuch.

Sorrynotsorry you don't get the shiny new high school.

Your jealousy is sooooo obvious.  Deal with it, mami.[/quote]

You're the one who sounds unhinged.

One of the county supervisors has said this school was a misuse of FCPS funds:  https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Centreville-High-School-and-Other-Renovations-Punted-for-Unnecessary-New-High-School.html?soid=1102318968708&aid=Db6H9pKaY2I&fbclid=IwY2xjawQPKAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5cmF4Zzl2ajA3VVRpZ3pNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhgqZfqvMXRwYloB5zLg8POuUGMtZqnXHaA7kcDtTU-X6DIZ9_Rtb5KsbRWb_aem_RdhEH4Lq94HJ25XEPPW0Kg

Is he jealous?  Or just concerned when taxpayers get gouged?

Floris to Westfield is 10 minutes.  That must be some bus route.  [/quote]

Herrity is a Republican who votes against everything, then takes credit by showing up to the ribbon cutting on projects he votes against. A hypocrite who couldn’t care less about schools unless it’s a photo opp.

He’s single handedly stonewalling the permits for the centreville high school renovation hoping he can make it an Election Day issue next year when runs again. Sad and pathetic. [/quote]

This makes no sense.  It’s a Democratic School Board that hasn’t been able to work with a county government also controlled by Democrats to get Centreville HS in compliance with county zoning requirements and begin the renovation. A lone Republican member of the Board of Supervisors can’t block anything.  [/quote]

Herrity is the supervisor of the district where centreville high school sits. you clearly don't know how the county land use process works.

Herrity has several tools at his disposal to get the permits and paperwork for centreville done, but he's done nothing except fire off nasty newsletters playing up to his MAGA base.[/quote]

Nonsense.  There is nothing that a lone Republican on the school board or board of supervisors can do that can’t be overridden by the Democratic super majorities.

If that were the case, Herrity would have blocked the Democrats redrawing the magisterial district maps to make it harder for a Republican yo retain a seat in Springfield. [/quote]

You don’t know what you’re talking about, typical Republican. [/quote]

Herrity is literally the only Republican left in county government, you moron.  All he can ever do is dissent, and the Democrats have done everything in his power to marginalize him.

Blaming him for FCPS's inability to resolve a zoning issue with other county officials is absurd.    [/quote]

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