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[quote=Anonymous]We need a plain old high school with good classes for all the kids.

Why prepare just a few kids in a magnet for the future?

We do not need a magnet school.

Relieve the overcrowding at Chantilly and Westfield and make it work.  That is the need.  They plan to start with ninth and tenth grade.  Get ready for that and figure it out.

That is "imagining the possibilities."  Here is a good chance to prove it!

If FCPS cannot figure out how to make a facility of this size work, how can they possibly execute a successful magnet?

Spend the time helping the struggling schools with good, strong instruction.
Reduce the bloat at the top and get the teachers into classrooms.

We don't need bells and whistles.  We need strong instruction and curriculum for [b]all[/b] kids--not a fancy magnet.

The focus should be focus on strong curriculum in all schools.  Not a focus on a fancy school.  And, kids need a school with a sense of community--not schools that require hours on a bus.  That may be okay for TJ kids, but not for most.  
Some of the THRU plans and some of the posters on here think overcrowding can be easily solved by sending kids further away.  It's really hard to have successful extracurricular activities under those circumstances--especially for the kids who do not come from wealthy families.

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