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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At one point years ago, FCPS said the ideal size for a high school was about 2100 kids.  The average high school in FCPS now has around 2400 kids, so the old "ideal" has gone out the window.  Rather than build a new high school, FCPS has expanded many high schools.  14 of the 25 high schools have 2500 or more permanent seats, and only one has fewer than 2000.  Given that the new "western" high school appears to be no closer to construction than it was a decade ago, it would be sensible to at least expand the schools below 2500 seats that currently have modulars - McLean, Marshall, and Annandale - to 2500 seats, and consider expanding two other schools with more than 2500 seats that also have modulars - Chantilly and Robinson - to 3000 seats.

Current/Planned FCPS High School Design Capacities (w/out modulars):

Lake Braddock 3124
West Potomac 3049
Centreville 3000
Westfield 2823
Herndon 2779
Robinson 2752
South Lakes 2717
Oakton 2646
Chantilly 2581
West Springfield 2505
Madison 2503
Falls Church 2500
Justice 2500
South County 2500
Mount Vernon 2451
Fairfax 2416
TJ 2390
Langley 2370
Marshall 2334
Woodson 2331
Hayfield 2249
Annandale 2229
Lewis 2139
Edison 2138
McLean 1993[/quote]

How does design capacity compare to actual attendance numbers? Any overcrowding issues can be fixed by moving students to schools with excess capacity. We just need a SB with the guts to do what needs to be done. Stop wasting our taxpayer dollars by spending to add space at the “good” schools while others sit practically empty. [/quote]

No high school sits "practically empty," and, among FCPS high schools, the two main recipients of capital expenditures now are Falls Church and Justice, on the heels of the major renovation and expansion of Herndon.  Other schools are equally deserving of capital investment in the future and shouldn't be denied fair funding, even if (or particularly if) they are considered "good."  [/quote]

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