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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Reid's recognition is a hybrid school with a magnet program that would be restricted to kids otherwise zoned to a handful of western high schools?

How the hell does that square with "equitable access to programming" that is a priority in Policy 8130?  Would it survive a legal challenge to deny access to kids in eastern Fairfax?

And she wants to use the two extra buildings for classrooms and labs when they making kids go through security checks to get into the main buildings now?

This woman is so full of shit.  Just split the county into two of three parts and let Reid and these other idiots like Robyn Lady preside over western Fairfax.  [/quote]

So much for One Fairfax[/quote]

It was a work session with no clear consensus, but the message that seemed to emerge was open KAA as a traditional high school; consider specialized programs in various areas like AI, aviation, and robotics; and introduce them a few years after the school has reopened at KAA with a view of ensuring similar programs are shortly thereafter available at schools in other parts of the county.  I *think* they realize that having specialized programming available only at KAA and restricting access to students otherwise zoned for a few western high schools would infuriate people elsewhere in the county.

Reid just approached this as if it would be really cool to have some cutting-edge program that a private corporation might be willing to underwrite at any school in FCPS.  It seemed like a resume-building exercise for her, advanced with no appreciation of the optics or how it would be received more broadly.  [/quote]

I watched the session and I had a different takeaway. There were many options discussed but no clear message emerged. In fact, while many paid lip service to the need to fix overcrowding in the area, [b]others talked about how the layout just won’t allow for it to be a traditional school.[/b]

I think it’s still anybody’s guess what this school will be. [/quote]

I only heard one person say that.  [/quote]

That was Robyn Lady.  She'd toured the school.

Guess the question is whether she's right, and Reid and other SB members are just hiding the ball because they can't bring themselves to admit they just spent $150 million on a school that they said would relieve overcrowding in the immediate area, only to realize it would require a major investment to modify KAA so that it's fit for purpose as a public high school.

Everyone says KAA has an unusual design and unique features.  The question is whether those are benefits or impediments to KAA functioning as a traditional high school serving 2000 or so kids.  [/quote]

They can figure it out.  There are two extra buildings that can function as trailers.  It has two theaters that could be used as classrooms, if needed.  They can easily be ready for two grades by 2026.  The space is there.

"Imagine the possible!"

There are still people out there that do not want this to be a traditional high school.  And, it is not because of the space, Lady may be one of them.

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