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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
Stone would pick up the portion of Westfield that goes to Franklin and the Westfield AAP transfers. The middle school has had a program capacity between 850-950 in recent years, which would feed a high school close to 2000. So closer to 75% of Westfield’s capacity.

Meanwhile, when Carson sheds its AAP transfers, when matched with 2000 capacity Skyview, the school would also be sitting at under 75%.

And then there’s Franklin, which would be sitting miles outside of its attendance boundaries if you removed Oak Hill and Lees Corner.

They should be floating balanced split feeders vs imbalanced (ie one elementary goes out of pyramid for MS) with the community to see which one sticks. Otherwise, there’s going to be major capacity utilization issues and all the existing modulars and trailers will be shuffled around while school buildings down the road sit empty. [/quote]

There are maybe 30-40 Rocky Run AAP kids who go to Westfield each year.

I don't know how many come from Franklin but doubt its more than 100. That's a small sliver.

Not enough kids without finding some more neighborhoods. [/quote]
Regardless of where the kids come from, the base capacity for Stone MS is less than 1000, which doesn’t align with a feeder high school with a capacity of 2700, just as a middle school with a 1400 student capacity doesn’t align with a high school that can only hold 2000 students. The solution to the middle school feeder problem will likely still involve split feeders due to the capacity mismatches. [/quote]

Correct. That is why right now Westfield is Stone-Franklin-Carson and Rocky Run AAP. When they built Westfield, Stone wasn't big enough to be the only feeder, which is why the boundaries were drawn the way they are now, to fill the school.
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