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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, with this school, they won't need for Centreville to have 3000.  There is that.

Use some of the funds for that to make this school workable--and it will not be the $200 million someone suggested.

FACT: this school is needed for the population around it.

[b]NO one has offered a reasonable alternative for Chantilly or Westfield. [/b] This is it.  And, it is adaptable to meet the needs of a traditional school.  It will still be far more economical than building a new school.  It is a bargain.[/quote]

Move Chantilly kids to Westfield and Westfield kids to Herndon.  Would have saved money.

Alternatives are not only "reasonable" when they put your kids within a couple of miles of a HS.  That's your new religion.

You can keep repeating this is a bargain, but it's telling they won't say how many kids this building can handle, or how much additional money they'd have to spend for it to handle even 1600 kids.  [/quote]

Or.. open a new high school to ease overcrowding.

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Yes, another alternative  But not the only reasonable one, nor the least expensive one.  [/quote]

Wait, are you considering your “make the kids spend 1-1.5 hours on a bus and be disconnected from their communities and with unsuitable access to sports and afrerachool clubs” plan reasonable? Or is there actually a reasonable plan you haven’t shared?[/quote]

I'm assuming the point of your completely inane post was just to bump the thread to a new page, because it's all been explained before.

Soon you'll be claiming kids in western Fairfax are on a bus for 3 hours every day.  [/quote]

No.  But you think an hour and a half to two hours is okay?  Do you not understand that the distance does keep kids from participating in after school activities?  You think that is okay?  Have you never been on Hwy 28 or I66 when it was like that?

No one should have to move to a school that is far away.  Ever had a freshman kid in high school who wants to participate in activities?  Do you understand the transportation issues with that?
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Such hysteria.  Schools where kids have some of the longest commutes (Langley, Oakton, Robinson, Lake Braddock) are among those with the most vibrant extra-curricular programs.

In any event, FCPS could have explored alternatives to buying KAA but it's been acquired now and they should make appropriate use of the building.  You want to claim there's only one appropriate future use, and the jury is out on that until they've done more legwork. [/quote]

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