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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax is not growing in areas where there is room to build a school. There is however population growth in the older suburbs like Seven Corners and Baileys X Roads where many new apartments are coming on line. Parts of Western Fairfax county is growing, but the growth will be accommodated by recently finished or upcoming school expansions.

Re new construction, FCPS prefers to renovate with phased construction over a few years vs tear down rebuild, even if renovation comes out a little more in terms of cost. ([b]The exception is the historic Dunn Loring School which will be demolished.) [/b]

MCPS is currently building multiple new middle and high schools for its growing population.

Locally, MCPS and APS prefer to tear down and rebuild their secondary schools (unless they are historic or part of a historic district).

DCPS renovates all of its historic school buildings (for obvious reasons). [/quote]

NP.  I honestly can’t believe FCPS will be demolishing Dunn Loring.  It’s a charming building and SO much prettier than all the new schools.  What a complete waste.[/quote]
Dunn Loring is charming?! If you had to spend a week working in that run-down, asbestos, mold and rodent-ridden facility, you would more likely be motivated to run for school board or arrange a tent city sit in out front. 
There are accurate summaries: 18:05, 22:19, 9:04, and a few others.
Regarding enrollment, it would be interesting to see how many new students are ESOL. Students coming from other countries are usually illiterate in their home language, and high school-aged students get placed in HS, due to age. No birth certificate, so anyone can claim to be any age and get a HS diploma and/or placement. ESOL students will bring down school stats.[/quote]

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