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Reply to "Why does Fairfax County not seem to build new schools, especially high schools?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t think anyone can point to FCPS having a specific proposal to build a new high school near Carson or specific opposition to any such proposal from Great Falls parents. They made vague promises to people in Floris and Oak Hill, typically when those areas were getting redistricted again, that one day the area would have its own high school, and then they never followed up. Not saying GF wouldn’t try and undermine a real proposal had such a proposal been made. When GF gets even a hint that the School Board might move them back to Herndon, as in 2018, they mobilize and object. And Elaine Tholen, the Langley parent who represented Dranesville on the Board from 2019-23, was highly dismissive of the need for another high school. She knew that was what her GF neighbors wanted to hear. But when it came to the transfer of the parcel near Carson to the Saudis years earlier to build the KAA, there’s no indication it happened at the behest of Langley residents. Keep in mind the Saudis already operated smaller schools in Fairfax, and they’d faced opposition in expanding one and renewing a lease at the other. They likely used their political leverage and connections to get federal officials to pressure the county into giving them the larger site near Carson. [/quote]
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