Reply to How did Herndon/Westfield HS go from top to bottom?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "How did Herndon/Westfield HS go from top to bottom?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it gets built at Hutchison then it seems likely some homes currently zoned for Langley will be reboundaried for Herndon.[/quote]

How in the world will they fit a high school next to Hutchison ES?  There's not enough room, even if they demolished the elementary school.[/quote]

Hutchison site is not a leading candidate anymore. Too small. Too far from Chantilly/Centreville, Too close to Herndon High, etc. From the latest CIP and the meeting, it seems like they are redoing the site selection.  [/quote]

Hutchinson may end up not being a good location- but counting the adjacent county park- it actually has more land than Fairfax HS- not familiar with all the other HS's. [/quote]

Hutchison is not a good location for a number of reasons:  
1. Location is not within the area that is in need--Centreville and Chantilly
2. It would require major redistricting and domino movement.  The site is within the Herndon boundary--which is not overcrowded.  The closest school boundaries to that site are South Lakes and Westfield, which are also not overcrowded at this time.
3, Any students who would be redistricted into the Hutchison site would face MAJOR traffic difficulties because of the lack of arteries to that area. (It backs up to the DTR, so an additional artery going west would be problematic.
4. New Metro stop is adjacent to that area--not sure how the traffic patterns will work, but there is already gridlock in the mornings on Elden St/DTR intersection.  That would be a major, major problem with multiple school buses, etc.

It just is not a logical solution.  
4. [/quote]

It's actually not a bad spot if it is meant to relieve pressure off of Centreville/Chantilly/McLean/Oakton and appease those concerned about increasing FARM rates in their schools. You can have Hutchinson take in all the low-income neighborhoods of Herndon, Dogwood, Hutchinson, Coates, McNair, Lake Anne, Dranesville that are all within its vicinity.  Backfill Herndon with Great Falls/Forestville, as those parents may be reluctant to send their children to a 50% FARMS Herndon High but much less so in a 15% FARMS Herndon High, which in turn allows Langley to pick off two McLean elementary feeders. South Lakes loses its poorest neighborhoods but could then take in Floris/Crossfield.

With Westfield now down roughly 1000 students that it lost from Herndon neighborhoods; it would be more than enough to take off Centre Ridge/ Bull Run from Centreville/Chantilly. 
All current high schools expect Westfield have their FARMS rate reduced and capacity controlled. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics