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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you wish for and what you get in FCPS are not always the same thing. If there was a clear commitment to opening KAA as a neighborhood school FCPS would have stated unequivocally that it will reopen as a local high school in the fall of 2026 and that the ongoing boundary study will address the boundaries for the new school.  That didn’t occur; to the contrary, Reid told people the KAA purchase wouldn’t have any impact on the boundary study.

Maybe at some point they’ll have a clear plan and make more definitive statements - just as they eventually did with respect to grandfathering students affected by the current boundary review.  But in that case they will just be doing on a delayed basis what others from Great Falls and elsewhere have been asking them to do:  provide clearer answers to how this new property fits within FCPS’s larger portfolio of schools, etc.  [/quote]

Go listen to the School Board members speak when they voted on the purchase.  It was clearly indicated to meet the needs in that area.  And, that need is not a magnet school.

The three who abstained were Rachna, Moon, and Merin.  Rachna and Moon are running for Braddock supervisor and this would not assist in that run.  Merin is likely concerned that it might change the South Lakes boundary.  (I doubt it will)[/quote]

Your explanations as to why these three members abstained from the vote is wrong. These three members are SB veterans who served on the SB prior to 2024.  They care more about SB governance than other members  and had concerns that there hadn’t been sufficient due diligence.

Now, sure, if Woodson or South Lakes was as crowded as Chantilly or if kids from those schools were commuting as far as some Oakton kids commute to Oakton, might they have voted differently?  Perhaps so. But their main concern was that FCPS hadn’t done enough leg work and the purchase might come back to bite FCPS in the ass.  The fact that they haven’t told us yet what the total project cost will be or whether this can be a neighborhood school or will need to be something else suggests those concerns may have some merit. [/quote]

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