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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ya'all should be concerned over the lack of transparency over this sale. Guaranteed it was an inside job for a long time coming and you should be holding your fcps people responsible because there were many bids even higher than fcps that were denied and turned down with legitimate funds in place. this was absolutely not a sale that happened by luck in the past few weeks. and if that is the inside dealing i would be concerned about the transparency of fcps to begin with.  [/quote]

Who knows, maybe the agreement was due to the fact that the County sold the land to the Saudi's with no real discussion to build the school many years back. Maybe the sale to FCPS was a return the favor. the article I just read said that the others bidding for the land where data centers and private users. I am fine with FCPS getting the school, especially since there should have been a HS built there over 10 years ago. [/quote]

DP.

Rubber stamps are a big problem in this country, at all layers of government.[/quote]

This is a lot less expensive then buying land and building a new building. And it is significantly faster. So the process saved time and money and we ended up with a new HS right were one was planned to be built years ago. I can see why you are concerned....[/quote]

Sure, but with a lacking process it’s worth asking some questions about the $150 million transaction that just popped up out of nowhere and approved with little discussion.[/quote]

Not really. A property unexpectedly became available that almost perfectly suited FCPS's needs, and they made an offer for it. There's nothing shady about it. Its actually one of the only smart things FCPS has done in quite some time.[/quote]

Unquestioning buffoons get the government they deserve.[/quote]

I think it is safe to say that this board has had plenty of people questioning FCPS decisions. The fact that most of the people on the board seem to be on board with the purchase of a pre built high school in one of the most crowded school areas in the county is a minor miracle. The only thing less surprising is that the Great Falls families are complaining about said purchase.

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DP.  Seems to me the county-wide win-win is if they pursue the new HS near Carson but also commit to expanding McLean and say that removing the bulk of the $450M currently allocated to a western HS from FCPS’s cash flow projections makes that possible in another decade or so.

Until that happens Great Falls will assume, and perhaps justifiably so, that the plan is to favor the Carson area with a new school, continue to move McLean kids into Langley, and eventually move part of Great Falls into Herndon.  They don’t want that, and while you can insult them for their views, I don’t recall seeing people at Westfield or South Lakes keen to get moved into Herndon or people at Chantilly keen to move to Westfield.

This could be a great opportunity to engage in some longer-term planning that would make a lot of people happy, or it could turn out to be incredibly polarizing. [/quote]
It sounds like a case could be made for McLean HS to jump the queue and get an out-of-cycle expansion, and that would assuage the fears of Great Falls parents having to associate with lowly Herndon.  However, taking a stance against this much needed school as they have for the better part of the last two decades has turned many against them.  They are actively trying to sabotage other communities rather than advocate for their own. [/quote]

More lies from the Great Falls-hater - you really do have a chip the size of the moon on your shoulder. I really am starting to think your ex lives in great falls. Hence your obsession.
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