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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does such a school exist? If so, please share the name and experience with the school. [/quote]

Check out FCPS' Dashboard - listings for Spring 2014 enrollments are available:

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/enrollment/esenroll13-14.html

Of the schools already mentioned, here are the corresponding Spring 2014 enrollment figures:

Fairfax Villa 596
Franklin Sherman 409
Lemon Road 482
Little Run 351
Olde Creek 439
Vienna 394
Waynewood 733
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[b]Vienna sounds ideal to me.  And the biggest plus - no AAP![/quote]
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Don't worry. They'll ruin it.  A few years back formerly tiny Westbriar had about 420 students.   Now with AAP and an addition they're projected at between 950 to 1000 in two years.  NO school is safe in this system.   AAP has forever warped sane schooling in this area and if you don't think the fever affects Vienna El. you're kidding yourself.  [/quote]

Latest CIP has Westbriar at 869 students in two years.  Is the figure higher on the Dashboard?  The projections for Westbriar may assume students from new construction in Tysons.  The Vienna ES district doesn't include any Tysons projects.  And many students at Westbriar live closer to Wolftrap and Colvin Run, each of which is projected to have extra capacity.  Finally, FCPS expects to build another ES in the heart of Tysons at some point.

So I think you're hyperventilating a bit about Westbriar's future and, in any event, it doesn't mean Vienna will get huge any time soon.  It's possible FCPS could formally move the small part of Freedom Hill in the Town of Vienna zoned for Madison to Vienna (currently, transfer requests are routinely granted), but that doesn't involve many kids.[/quote]

Latest CIP is already outdated. These figures came from a meeting about Westbriar's addition and were confirmed by the principal.  Yes, at some point, a new Tysons school will be built, but not in near future. Westbriar was a tiny school tucked on a tiny street that people didn't really care about until it became a center.  Westbriar would not have gotten the addition if it didn't become a center --new construction in Tysons or no.

And we're talking about more than the doubling of a school population, so forgive me if my reaction seems to be hyperventilating. Completely changes the character of the school and will likely turn it into another AAP-heavy Louise Archer or Haycock disaster.  [/quote]

Yep; you can add Colvin Run to that list.[/quote]

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