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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And those so worried about Westfield losing too many should look at all the new construction close to Westfield.

40 are listed today of new construction--and more to come.[/quote]

There's more construction taking place and in the pipeline zoned to Marshall and McLean than Westfield. [/quote]

Maybe, send some to that extra space at Langley and Madison.[/quote]

Scenario 4 proposes to do just that.  The question is why they aren't proposing to send anyone to Herndon, which has more surplus capacity than either Langley or Madison, before they splurge on a new western HS.  [/quote]
The only students close enough to send to Herndon are Forestville, and Langley doesn't need relief (yet).  There is no way to shift enough kids from Centreville, Chantilly, and Westfield to fill those seats at Herndon.  Centreville has 22 trailers and modulars, Chantilly has 23, and Westfield has 13.  This area has needed a new school for years.  Herndon couldn't fill the need even if transportation there wasn't an issue.[/quote]

The PP you are responding to wants to send Coates and McNair to Herndon.[/quote]
And like I said, that wouldn't come close to solving the overcrowding in the western side of the county.  The new HS does a much better job of addressing the issue for multiple school pyramids, with the bonus affect of reducing commutes and associated transportation costs for many.[/quote]

+1.  And, not only that, but this would overcrowd Herndon--but, I guess that is the PP's goal.[/quote]

Let's look at October 2025 enrollment at western schools.

Schools with extra seats are Herndon (683), South Lakes (102), and Westfield (60).  Total available capacity is 845 seats.

Schools over capacity are Chantilly (262), Oakton (65), and Centreville (56).  Total overcrowding is 383 seats.

But rather than available of those 845 seats (and this doesn't include the surplus capacity at Madison, which could help with overcrowding at Oakton), we're planning on a new "2000+" school that will add to the surplus capacity in western Fairfax.

I mean, go ahead and say that some of these schools are too big or too far away, but taxpayers footed the bill to expand a number of them and it's not like FCPS has taken any consistent position over the years as to how big is "too" big or how far is "too far" for kids to travel to a HS.

The bottom line remains that the new western HS is addressing a want, not a need (and certainly not one that FCPS has previously or clearly defined as a "need").  And that want has more to do with avoiding certain schools than anything else.  [/quote]

The current capacity of Chantilly includes the modulars behind the school. So that means the school is overcrowded even AFTER we include the capacity from the modulars (have you ever been there? it's a lot). I don't know about you, but I would prefer not to have my kids have to deal with trailers.[/quote]

The PP clearly noted that Chantilly is overcrowded and that other schools in western Fairfax have more than enough capacity to handle the overcrowding there.  It’s convenient for some to pretend a new HS was the only solution, but also patently false.  [/quote]

There is not enough room in any school that borders Chantilly. Centreville is also over. Westfield is over. Oakton is full and will soon be over. Fairfax is also full .the purpose of schools is to educate, not herd cattle.
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So send kids from Chantilly to Westfield and from Westfield to Herndon.

If by herding cattle you mean changing boundaries that will also be inevitable at some point if you open a new traditional school.  [/quote]

Not what i meant at all. You missed the point.
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