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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My guess is that they will start it as a regular high school, but add an Aviation or Aerospace-focused Academy as part of the school. They will spend 2-3 years renovating one of the extra buildings to bring in specialized equipment/labs for the academy. That will also give them time to hire the right people.[/quote]

Here's the academic sequence for students at Raisbeck Aviation HS near Seattle.  The school has slightly over 400 students, so it is feasible to have such a program in a building that's built for fewer students than a typical FCPS high school.

https://rahs.highlineschools.org/academics/course-offerings

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No.

Not possible.

They didn't follow the proper processes to do this.

The money they spent was money allocated for a new general high school to ease overcrowding through the normal bond process.

It was NOT allocated for a magnet school available to only a few students.

FCPS is cutting money right and left from other students.  Most teachers are teaching classes of 30-35 students per year.  Many high school teachers have a student load well in excess of 150-180 students per teacher.

If they want a magnet school, then go through the normal bond process.

Do not steal money from the rest of the county meant to relieve overcrowding to fund a vanity project with possible kickbacks or benefits to school board members working in that industry.[/quote]

I don’t feel strongly about this school, but you mislead when you say they bought it with money allocated to overcrowding. They haven’t disclosed anything about where the money came from.

You can argue why you think the school should be a traditional one, but you hurt your credibility with the argument above.[/quote]
Money to buy land and build a western HS to address overcrowding has been in the CIP for over a decade.  You keep arguing that only the land portion was "funded," but regardless all of it was planned to happen.  There was never any such plan to spend money on a magnet.  That never made it into any bond proposals.  It was never voted on.[/quote]

I don’t “keep arguing” about anything, since I haven’t previously weighted in on this. The disclosure in the last bond was that they would spend money (13.5 million I believe) for acquisition of a school site. So, if you want to argue semantics, they were 136 million above what the bond discussed. However, they have wiggle room in how their bond funds are used.

What I hear you arguing is that the CIP has contemplated a future western high school, but so what? That’s not a document that binds the school system in any way whatsoever.

I also think you keep glossing over an inconvenient fact, which is that a magnet school would alleviate overcrowding in the area, just not the particular way that you want it alleviated.

Again, I don’t feel strongly about how this school is used, and I think both the traditionalists and the magnets have compelling arguments, but your argument about disclosures in bond documents is not one.[/quote]

Bingo.

PP is the one who cannot distinguish between want and need. [/quote]

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