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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does everyone see how hard WS posters are fighting the suggestions that any WS kids ever get zoned to Lewis? Any of the other surrounding schools would be fine.

That is what happens when you concentrate all of the poor and ESL students.

FCPS needs a reckoning on this.[/quote]

Sorry, but this is crazy.

There are several schools in the 30% overenrollment range.

Most of the schools are slightly below or slightly above capacity by 5% or so.

That is nominal, and an amount that will fluctuate up and down depending on class/grade size.

It is beyond silly to keep dragging WSHS into this discussion when it is in the same enrollmemt range as the majority of FCPS high schools, and when there is so much over capacity over in the other parts of the county

Focusing on one school that is at average enrollment, when there are several schools that are 30% over capacity, is really, really silly and misguided.[/quote]

Nobody here saying that those grossly overcrowded schools don't need relief.

But there are also under utilized schools (like Lewis) facing issues. And the fact that FCPS chose to give WS a larger than approved renovation when there was space next door is telling.

Don't worry though. Nobody will be moved from WS to Lewis.[/quote]

What nonsense.

WSHS was renovated on its scheduled fcps renovation cycle.  There is a rolling queue of schoops that get renovated.  I believe it is a 50 year cycle

The renovation had zero do do with Lewis high school.

When you do a full renovation, you expand where feasable.  It saves taxpayer money.

Lewis enrollment or under enrollment is completely irrelevant to any other high school's renovation.[/quote]

You make it sound like everything is done consistently, pursuant to a planned schedule made available to the public in advance and executed faithfully.

Bullshit.

Some schools (West Springfield, for example) get expanded during a renovation.  Others (most recently, South Lakes, Justice, Madison, and West Potomac) have been expanded when they weren't on the queue for the renovation.

Some schools (West Springfield, for example) get larger renovations (to over 2500 seats).  Others (for example, Marshall) got smaller expansions, even though they are in higher-growth areas.

Some schools get expanded by the exact amounts set forth in the Capital Improvement Plans before the related school bonds were issued. Others (for example, Langley) end up getting larger expansions (from the originally disclosed 2100 seats to 2370 seats) than previously announced.

Some schools (South Lakes, for example) have their boundaries redrawn to pull in more students when their enrollments decline.  Others (for example, Lewis) are allowed to see their enrollments decline and remain at much lower levels than other schools for years.

Other schools (Chantilly and McLean, for example) remain overcrowded for years, and FCPS does next to nothing for them, either because the School Board is too consumed with social issues or because some of the School Board members actually like screwing them over.

Just expanding schools willy-nilly because they happen to be next on a renovation queue may take advantage of some economies of scale during a renovation, but it can add transportation costs down the road if student then end up bused longer distances to attend school.

We get it.  West Springfield deserved a renovation, and it got a nice one and a big expansion, at a time when a West Springfield graduate headed FCPS Facilities.  But let's not pretend other schools have received equal treatment over the years, because FCPS decision-making is frequently arbitrary and anything but disciplined, consistent, or truly equitable.  [/quote]

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