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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. 
But it looks likely the proximity standard would yield the following

Hutchison :
South Herndon/Clearview ES
McNair 
Coates
Hutchison 
~550 per class size ~ 65 percent FARMS

South Lakes :
Stays the same but gains West Floris 
~650 kids per class size ~ 30 percent FARMS

Herndon : 
Aldrin 
Armstrong 
Dranesville 
North Clearview/Herndon
Great Falls 
Forestville 
~550 kids per class size ~20 percent FARMS

Do note however that class sizes reflect entering cohorts. There will be some level of attrition as kids dropout especially FARM kids.

In addition if the additional housing projects in Reston do come to fruition it is likely that South Lakes will give up Dogwood to Hutchison/Herndon in due time.

Westfield will in turn probably take in Brookfield from Chantilly and Bull Run from Centreville. Then McLean and Marshall will give up western lands to Langley relinquished by the removal of Great Falls/Forestville. taking into account the Madison/Oakton additions, and with that the Western high school overcrowding situation is solved!!!!

For those complaining that Oak Hill kids are scared of FARM kids the resulting boundaries still have a good chunk of FARM kids in them each. [/quote]. This scenario assumes that the parents in GF would actually send their children to Herndon.

It’s much more likely that the FARMs rate would e higher at Herndon  because many zoned Great Falls children simply wouldn’t attend.

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True but to what extent? A lot of Great Falls residents are stretching their bucks thin on housing to ensure their kids go to Langley, will they truly shell out their leftover savings after boundary change? There is a big difference when those parents complain with Herndon HS of ~45 percent FARMS as of current vs ~20 percent after the proximity formula. [b]From a standpoint of getting the Great Falls parents out of Langley [/b]this is far better than those advocating a "parity" model. [/quote]

Well now the bolded is a strange motivation for boundary decisions.[/quote]

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