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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:19 What "capacity it already has" are you talking about? There are no metrics that determine how large FCPS makes their schools. They just expand them until people complain. That is obvious since that high school has  been planned for decades and yet they expand other schools sometimes 3 times during that same time period.[/quote]

Oakton is larger. South Lakes is larger. Westfield is larger. Centreville and Chantilly are larger. And so on. A new high school is going to pull from these schools and leave open seats. To then say, leave them open while not addressing overcrowding is hypocritical, particularly from people who like to talk about being good stewart's of funds.

People want a new high school, but they do not want to deal with the consequences of opening a new high school. Particularly, if it means they might be moved to a different pyramid.[/quote]

You do not speak for all "people."  There are plenty of folks in the Floris/Oak Hill area who have advocated for many years for a new school, only to see FCPS kick the can down the road for decades.  Even when they identify the school on the CIP, they keep extending and obfuscating the dates for planning and construction.    [/quote]

See, people? You just made my point. You want a new high school. You clearly dodged mentioning that it's going to come with consequences like redistricting.

FCPS is kicking the can down the road because it can't make people like the PP happy. It's never going to build the new school without redistricting a fairly large number of schools beyond the new school's feeders. Since people will complain and fight this, the easiest thing to do is expand capacity (which is cheaper and doesn't require the Board approval a mass redistricting would). This pisses people off because the schools get larger. But what they don't understand is that if you want that new high school, it's going to come at the cost of agreeing to a large redistricting. Since redistricting is unpopular, the high school is stalled and FCPS just keeps on with its expansions, people complain about the large size of schools, and the world keeps on spinning.[/quote]

Give me a break. The school board does not need to wait until everyone is in agreement regarding redistricting. They are elected to do a job, not to appease everyone to get reelected. If appeasing people is what an increase to a school board's salary does, we need to rethink giving them more money.[/quote]

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