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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of factors that WXY and FCPS are looking at like distance and school utilization but the middle school to high school feeding pattern is often overlooked.

For this boundary study, we have six high schools and six middle schools.

The future middle to high school pyramids are:

Carson – Skyview  
Hughes – South Lakes  
Rocky Run – Chantilly  
Franklin – Oakton  
Stone – Westfield  
Liberty – Centreville

FCPS should try to match up each middle school’s boundary with its high school as much as possible to keep split feeders to a minimum. Obviously, perfect matching isn’t possible for every pair. Franklin is pretty far from Oakton, so it doesn’t make sense for them to have identical boundaries.

But Carson, Hughes, and Rocky Run are right next to or really close to their high schools. Those three should have very similar boundaries, ideally the same.

I know people have mentioned the capacity differences, but we’re not trying to make every school have exactly the same utilization. That’s not the goal. The target is staying in the 85%–105% range, and we can definitely give those three pairs nearly identical boundaries.

Under Scenario 3, Hughes and South Lakes already have the exact same boundary, and Carson/Skyview are almost the same. Rocky Run and Chantilly are a little different but still pretty close under Scenario 1.

For the fewest split feeders, I think FCPS should consider:

Fox Mill – Carson – Skyview  
Oak Hill – Carson – Skyview  
Crossfield – Franklin – Oakton  
Lees Corner – Rocky Run – Chantilly
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But that doesn’t work. Stone is tiny - like 650 students. That extrapolates to 1300 kids at Westfield. That’s what, 50% capacity?[/quote]

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