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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School will need 200+ million dollars of renovations if it is made into a traditional HS.  No way that gets done in less than a year.  Part of the reason you are starting to hear about magnet options is that it would allow them to open the school on a small scale and fulfill their promise to open in 2026.
I’ve heard from 4 people who have toured the school and all say if it’s made a traditional school they will need 2 full years to renovate and make additions to athletics facilities.[/quote]

So, now it's athletic facilities?  They will be starting with ninth and tenth and won't need a stadium immediately.  They can provide for that.  They have lots of outdoor facilities already:  track, fields, etc.

Until they get a stadium, they can schedule at one of the other schools.  That has been done before.

You don't think these kids deserve a traditional high school?  Again, Centreville is full, Westfield is almost full and will be soon without relief, Chantilly is overflowing.  South Lakes is full.
Oakton and Herndon are both way too far.[/quote]

Seems like they’d need some meaningful community outreach to determine whether people would embrace a school that has nicer facilities in some respects and decidedly inferior facilities (at least for now) in other respects. You apparently would, but there might be a lot of others who’ve been operating on the assumption KAA would have everything that a typical FCPS high school has, and more. [/quote]

There is far more athletic space than Chantilly.  It can also share fields with Carson.  A stadium is really the only need and a baseball field (might be one at Carson already?)  They can raise the money quickly with sponsorship for a stadium and the community would likely be able to contribute also.  Maybe, work out something with CYA.  
And, I've been to games that were held at a neutral site because a school's stadium was not available for some reason or another. 
Again, this would not have to be complete at opening with 9th and 10th grade.
  
I was a teacher in some pretty awful buildings.  Things can be adapted.  Robyn Lady has often spoken about how every closet, etc was being used at Chantilly.  They can work that out.  They could put administrative staff that does not need to have access to kids across the street.  Band, theater storage, supply rooms, etc could be used in one of those buildings if not used for classrooms.  Areas of a cafeteria could also be used.  This is not rocket science.

It would be a whole lot easier than setting up a restricted magnet.  And, it sounded like that magnet school would not have the traditional things like athletics, etc from the way Reid talked.  Gee, even TJ has sports.  Remember that bumper sticker?  "I came for the sports"?

As for safety: do kids not go outside for activities at all?  
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