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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Novel idea:  how about FCPS focus on excellent instruction in every school and work from there.  This is not the time to add bells and whistles.[/quote]

It's kind of a truism, but if KAA isn't suitable to function as a normal HS without a major investment on top of the $150M purchase price, people have a right to know that.

The phrase "bells and whistles" suggests something special or incremental to the norm, but people have been left guessing as to whether a specialized program is the best or only logical fit for KAA in its current configuration.  The sooner that gets cleared up, the better. [/quote]

Well, any relief to overcrowding would be welcome.  We have some schools at under 2000, so go with it.  Sully district schools have an average of around 2700 students.  They can make this work with the additional buildings--and it won't cost the fortune some claim.  It's the same square footage as Centreville.  They can make it work.

And, remember, this site was supposed to be for the Western School before they gave it to the Saudis.   Fair is fair.  The school is needed and it can work.  It would not cost a fortune to put regular classrooms in those shell buildings.

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Two schools can have the same square footage but radically different design and program capacities depending on how the space is configured, what programs are offered, and student demographics.

Also, what you consider a "fortune" and others consider a "fortune" might be two different things.

It's time for FCPS to step up its game and provide more information about the facilties and its intentions.    
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Do you not understand the issue?  Really?  There is new construction right now in Chantilly and Westfield--a substantial amount.  Where are you going to put the kids?  
How many more new buses are you going to purchase?
How many more kids do you intend to put on long bus rides?[/quote]

You're kind of all over the place.  It's like you're claiming KAA currently has the capacity of Centreville 
[b]because[/b] there's a need for the school or development in the area.  That's not how things work.  [/quote]

Huh?

I'm claiming that the schools ar crowded and  there is the opportunity to house them nearby.  Even if it is a small school.

What is so hard to understand?

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It's hard to understand because you change the goal posts every time you post.

People agree with you that KAA ideally should be a neighborhood school, but disagree that it necessarily has the same capacity now as Centreville simply because it has the same square footage, or that the cost to reconfigure the building will be insignificant.

And then you come back and just reiterate the need for the school when people point out that your assertions may not be warranted.

Again, FCPS could clear a lot of this up by providing more information to the public, but the fact that they haven't even put out a press release to confirm the purchase closed suggests some uncertainty on their part as to what they can say at this point. [/quote]

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