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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]dp - [b]2000 was FCPS official policy for new schools for decades.[/b] Westfield and South County were both built to 2500 even though the policy was 2000. R wing - 600 seats - was added to Westfield but the design capacity was substantially reduced by FCPS analysis. During the SLHS redistricting The 2000 seat new school policy was dusted off, polished, and used to create the Floris split feeder. Subsequently, the new school policy was revised to 2500.[/quote]

It may have been policy, but like you point out--it sure was not followed.

The real irony is that they had [b]just[/b] "expanded" Westfield to 3000 right before they renewed the policy and redistricted South Lakes.  They used it as an excuse to kick Navy kids out of Chantilly and send them to Oakton (and years later a disgruntled parent attacked Kathy Smith when she was campaigning.)

The purpose of the South Lakes boundary shift was purely demographics.  The School Board did not say that but the South Lakes PTA did.  They made all the decisions.

The problem with the Westfield addition is that the supporting facilities did not support the additional students.  That is why the capacity is not really 3000 and the people who keep saying Westfield can take more students are mistaken.  If they don't get students out of Westfield soon, they are going to have a capacity problem.  Lots more coming.  
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The latest projections are for Westfield to lose students over the next five years.

Chantilly has more kids than Westfield and no one there had been actively lobbying to get redistricted out of that school, even though the same issues with “supporting facilities” exist. [/quote]

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