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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't think it is sound fiscal policy to build additional capacity on the basis that it may be needed some day in the distant future. Especially when there is existing capacity to handle the growth.

Or to build additional capacity in a school to handle overcrowding and then immediately move students out (to the point there is a large surplus of space). This was the case with Lewis and Springfield Estates.

Nor is it okay to mislead on the size of expansions.

But hey, it is just taxpayer's money.[/quote]

This is all common sense, but clearly there are some beneficiaries of FCPS’s incompetent, discriminatory approach to planning who are prepared to support the blatant waste and harm to others as long as they personally made out OK. [/quote]

External, independent auditors who assess building plans for school systems across the country disagree with you.  Fairfax's buildings and operations plans consistently receive high marks.  Fairfax doesn't get to just decide these things on their own you know? There's a whole regulatory process which includes eliminating waste.  External auditors consistently recommend adding additional capacity at low cost during needed renovations because it tends on average to be worth it. [/quote]

FCPS hires consultants who know they are paid to validate what FCPS is already doing. It’s anything but an independent “audit.”  In any case, please let us know what “independent auditor” signed off on the expansion of West Potomac to 3000 students when there is space at Mount Vernon and kids at other schools end up in trailers and cheap modulars.

FCPS is poorly administered and subject to minimal oversight, and many of its practices are the antithesis of “best practices.”[/quote]

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