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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone from Great Falls just posted this on Nextdoor:

"Active Duty/Retired Navy in Fairfax County. $150M USS Saudi Academy to set sail on Thursday with no inspection, no punch list, no sea trial.
Neighbors, I have been trying to seek those concerned with the fact that on Thursday a $150M check of our taxpayer dollars from Fairfax County Public Schools will go to Saudi Arabia for a building in Herndon that has had no engineering inspection, punch list or ops manual developed for educational capability. What would Adm. Rickover think of this? We do not even know if all the sinks, toilets and showers operate or if the Olympic size swimming pool needs to be drained and replastered for $1M. Yet your county leaders (Fairfax County Scool Board) has authorizef buying, with your dollars, this pig in a poke. Tomorrow is the last day to contact your school board members to request a delay in purchase until these fundamental inspections have taken place and are documented."

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The responses so far on Next Door are not very sympathetic to her complaints.

I wonder if she realizes that FCPS upped Langley’s expansion back in 2018 by several hundred seats over what had previously been disclosed to county residents in prior CIPs.

At the time Langley parents said that was a smart decision, but some of them sure are agitated over this purchase that will benefit kids in a different part of the county. [/quote]

Well, I don't care what they do with Forestville, but, since I live in KAA area, I kind of resent the Great Falls people and all their negative comments about the purchase that is so badly needed by this community.

I do not understand why they are so against this.  Their new association has strongly objected to it and so has FairFacts matters from what I can tell. THRU made lots of disturbing recommendations about this area and KAA is a wonderful solution to prevent long distant commutes.[/quote]

We’ve already gone over this ad naseaum , fairfacts matters has taken no position on the new school purchase and it is not a great falls organization.

You shouldn’t lie - it really hurts your credibility.[/quote]

Well, one of their official reps on BRAC have posted lengthy statements on Nextdoor about this and listed all sorts of objections.
So, who does speak for FairFACTS?  Not the person who represents them?

Maybe, your credibility is at risk.  I don't lie.[/quote]

DP.  The PP is correct - you are lying.  The objections are about the lack of transparency re: the PURCHASE of KAA - not about the school itself.  And you know this.  No one is begrudging a school to an area of the county that clearly needs it.  But once again, you twist any questions about transparency into "They're trying to kill this school!!!"  Stop lying.[/quote]

Anyone knows that you do not advertise that you want to purchase a certain property.  The need has been acknowledged for many, many years.  How could you be transparent under these circumstances?  That is ridiculous on its face.

She gave all sorts of reasons in her statement and responses.  One of them was that FCPS has "excess property" implying that FCPS could use that.  Of course, we have been told for years that there is not any available property for this western high school.  (If they have so much "excess property" they could sell it to pay for KAA. Hopefully.)

She also had the location wrong in one of her responses and indicated it would be a problem for buses--which is ridiculous.  It is basically a private drive with plenty of room.  And, remember, it comes with two additional buildings.

Sorry you don't want to admit it--but they are far more focused on this than on the boundary issues across the county.  And, oddly enough, all the objections seem to be coming from Great Falls.  Why?  It just does not make sense.

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Other than the ONE GF person on ND who keeps posting about it, who else are you talking about?[/quote]

A representative of FairFacts on BRAC who has posted on Nextdoor.  And, there are multiple responses against it on Nextdoor from Great Falls.  Why?  I don't see responses from other neighborhoods against it.[/quote]

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