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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Skyview cost the School System $150 million and the renovations (inside and outside) will easily cost $60 million at the very least! The interior will need work (upgrades/modifications to the Elementary side of the building, band/orchestra add on or build out, add a wrestling room and the build out of the 2 side buildings with 8-10 classrooms in each building) and outside additions (Football/Soccer/Lacrosse/Field Hockey Stadium, Baseball field (most likely turf), Softball field (most likely turf) and tennis courts).

AND BY THE WAY THE NEW HS IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY that was ready to be constructed and is now not going to be built was going to cost Prince William County $358 million which DOES NOT include the cost of the land, which was purchased a few years ago for $16 million (obviously it is worth more now!).

So regardless of your views Skyview is still a BARGAIN for FCPS and Fairfax County![/quote]

It’s not a bargain unless there was a clear need, which was asserted but never demonstrated. How much another school that WASN’T built might have cost in another county is largely irrelevant. [/quote]
Don't tell me about there not being a need until your child spends half their school day in a trailer like mine does.[/quote]

They could have changed the boundaries like they did elsewhere. Herndon has 600 vacant seats.[/quote]

Herndon is too far away to relieve Chantilly HS. I know you don't mind sending your kids halfway across the county, but that's idiotic and I hope it gets addressed in the next review, rather than wasting money expanding where they go now.  It will be fun to watch your tune change about filling empty seats first then.[/quote]

Chantilly kids could have moved to Westfield (some still might) and part of Westfield could have moved to Herndon.  It would have saved a lot of money.

But you’re right - if they instead plow all this money into Skyview you can be quite sure people elsewhere aren’t going to put up with their kids getting moved to fill empty spaces in Herndon.  They will quite properly insist on spending whatever it takes to avoid that, so get ready to get out your checkbooks. [/quote]
There will be zero support from the school board to spend money so kids can continue to be bussed halfway across the county when empty seats are right there. Zero.[/quote]

Just wait and see.  The empty seats were right there when Chantilly was overcrowded, and look at what they did instead.  And Chantilly wasn’t even the goose laying the golden eggs. [/quote]
Well maybe you'll get lucky and someone will build an expansion right next to your golden goose, then abandon it and sell it to FCPS for half price so you get your wish.  I wouldn't hold my breath.[/quote]

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