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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol. Not everything is a conspiracy. FCPS made a mistake when selling this land and corrected it. It's been on the books to have a high school there for 20 or 30 years. There is no conspiracy. [/quote]

Citizens asking for good governance and stewardship of taxpayer money are not conspiracy theorists.[/quote]

When some of those citizens live less than 3 miles from one school and 13 miles from the school they currently attend, it is hard to justify the "taxpayer money" issue.

Purchasing this school IS good stewardship of taxpayer money:

1. It reduces bus transportation costs.  THRU is adding MORE students to 30 minute bus rides.  Hundreds of students are already being sent on these bus rides.  Thru will add many more.
2. It reduces schools that the School Board claims are overcrowded.
3. It eliminates a very huge attendance island.
4. It reduces constant boundary adjustments of the community.
5. It keeps neighborhoods together that THRU plans to split.[/quote]

Oh, you’re the poster that would rubber stamp $150 million because you dislike great falls. Big surprise. 🙄[/quote]

DP but I am fine with the purchase because $150 million for a ready built building is a lot less then the over $400 million and multiple years to build option. I like saving time and money. And I don't see it as rubber stamping when the Western HS has been discussed for 20 or so years and no progress has been made.

A pro for me is that there is a chance my kid might end up there. Another pro, even if my kid doesn't end up there, the other schools int eh area will see a drop in enrollment opening up good pupil placement options that don't exist right now.

And I don't buy for a second that the Great Falls group is up in arms with the procedure that was used. Great Falls likes to present themselves as the champion for everyone but the reality is that all they care about is not moving to Herndon. If they can spin it so it looks like they are against all movement, then great, but the level of protest sure seemed to drop once they sae that Great Falls wasn't moving. And now that there is the possibility of a new school that would reduce overcrowding in the area and they are all worried about procedure. My guess is that GF is in part worried about more space at Herndon and a desire to move kids to Herndon and in part worried that they will only get a renovation and not an expansion because there is now space at Herndon.

GF is for GF and only GF. And that is fine, pretty much everyone is looking out for what they see as their kids interests and less worried about what happens to other schools. The difference is that the other groups are honest about it.

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The main thrust of your post is that no one wants their kids moved.

I think we can all agree in that![/quote]

Some of us would be happy to move but I think that is a group of folks at IB schools who would be happy to move to an AP school. FCPS seems set on forcing IB on folks. I would be thrilled to be moved to an AP school and not have to worry about pupil placing. But I don't get attached to schools and communities, I have moved enough to know that you can build friendships and community pretty much anywhere. What matters to me is the educational program and how it challenges my kid. The rest is nice but I am less concerned about. I understand that I am in the minority.

As a parent at an IB school this is what I see. I see the people who don't like IB pupil placing out of the school. I see a small contingent of people who think that IB is awesome and it should never go away. And I see a group of parents whose kids are not getting the IB diploma but whose kids wouldn't be taking more then 1 or 2 AP classes, so they don't care about IB vs AP. And those families seem to be more into the school culture and community vibe, so they don't want to rock the boat. The IB loving parents think that the those of us who dislike IB are weakening the school by leaving. The middle of the road families keep askin us not to leave because their kid will miss my kid and we are hurting the community by departing. I just want AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, and similar classes for my kid.

But yeah, move us to an AP school and I will be thrilled.

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