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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gee, you all speak like the Hutchison site is a done deal. What if the FCPS bulids a HS somewhere else?

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https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/1025026.page

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Pekarsky - I've brought up the Western HS before. It's difficult to go to the community and explain why the overcrowding is allowed to continue year after year. Almost every school in Sully is overcrowded except Westfield and if you were visiting Westfield you might think it was overcrowded as well. What do I say to my constituents with the timeline in the CIP [which indicates planning for the new high school would not begin until 2026]? This doesn't seem like a solution that the community can accept? Can we make a priority sooner? And how far could we go [in terms of proceeding with the new high school] before the process could be stopped [if we concluded it should not be pursued]?

Platenberg - The design of the Western HS will take every minute of two years. If we were to accelerate the plans for the Western HS, beyond what's in the current CIP, it would delay other capital projects. After the design process was completed, the bidding process with contractors would take several months. [b]The construction phase of a new high school can take 3 to 3 1/2 years. But we don't have a site yet. We have land, but it's being used by the community. We may need to cast a wider net when looking at potential locations. The site acquisition process also takes time. [/b]The total time needed is at least six years from site acquisition to completion, and that is not a conservative estimate. 
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This confirms what some people have been saying. Hutchison site is NOT a done deal. Actually it’s most likely out of the consideration if the “land being used by community” means the Hutchison site. 
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It is possible that they decide to build around Bull Run on the Centreville/Westfield border. I've thought about it. But this presents challenges in itself. Namely it isn't that Chantilly/Centreville are overcrowded because of growth issues in Southwestern Fairfax, but rather they are unable to be relieved by Westfield as Westfield artificially contains a significant number of Herndon area kids. In fact, it is the Herndon area that is overcrowded as of now and as such has to send Crossfield to Oakton, Fox Mill to South Lakes, Floris/Mcnair/Coates to Westfield due to the lack of an additional high school in the region.
1). Under such option the Herndon area kids still experience a long commute as they are still needed @ Westfield to backfill the kids that will be sent to the new Southwestern HS. 
2). It indirectly makes it IMPOSSIBLE to bring down Forestville/Great Falls down to Herndon HS to save on logistics and fuel. [/quote]

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