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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boundaries need to be shifted. There's excess capacity at schools like Lee and Mount Vernon, while nearby schools like West Potomac and West Springfield are crowded. Hayfield, Lee, and Edison are in very close geographic proximity. I can't stand hearing School Board members beg for funding when money is being wasted to expand the popular, higher performing AP schools while nearby IB schools sit practically empty. Vote no on the bond issue.[/quote]

It's not just the Eastern part of the County. Stuart is massively oversubscribed. McLean and Marshall are projected to be hundreds of seats over. Madison as well. Also, Fairfax. Also, Woodson.

The county isn't going to build a new high school and leave open seats in Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, Westfield. It's going to shift boundaries. People don't want this, so why bother building a new school and leaving empty seats.[/quote]

Every situation is different.

There is a good argument for expanding Stuart, unless FCPS plans to reclaim TJ as a neighborhood school, in which case they could expand its enrollment above the 1800-cap that Virginia imposes on TJ as a governor's school.

Overcrowding at Marshall and McLean can be addressed by moving students to under-enrolled Langley.

Madison shouldn't be expanded when there are already plans to expand South Lakes and Oakton.  It sits on a small piece of land off a major, congested road (Route 123), and its expansion effectively will further delay, if not kill entirely, the construction of a new high school in western Fairfax.

Woodson had a big influx from Annandale and then Fairfax, but the entering classes have been declining in size and some students can be moved to Annandale.

West Potomac should not be expanded when there is capacity at Mount Vernon, Lee, and other schools in SE Fairfax.

And they should still build a new high school in western Fairfax to keep the big schools there from getting even bigger. [/quote]

The issue with Stuart is that there isn't land to expand. It's maximized, hence the need for shifting.[/quote]

Planning funds for a Stuart expansion are included in the 2017 bond referendum.  I don't know if they plan to build up rather than out, but they are planning to add seats.  [/quote]

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