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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are more schools int he area that would want to move then there is space, the idea of using this as a magnate school is ridiculous.

I know parents at Oakhill, Navy, Crossfield, and Fox Mill who would love to be at KAA. I don't know parents at McNair or Coates so I won't speak for them. The "space" for an academy would only be there because they will be adding classes as the kids move into the building. They could easily fill the capacity by the time all four grades are in to school.

The academy feels like a project to make one school board member happy, and I guess that happened at Lewis with the leadership academy so why not an aviation academy?  It also strikes me as a way to try and tell parents that there is no space for their kid to move from SLHS or Westfields to the new academy, knowing that there are parents who would be happy to have their kids moved from SLHS or Westfield. It is an excuse to keep MC and UMC at moderatly high FARMS schools to keep test scores in an ok place at those schools. [/quote]

It’s Coates, Floris, McNair, and Oak Hill that have first dibs on KAA, not Fox Mill or Crossfield, much less Navy.  I know some have this fantasy of creating Langley 2.0 next door to Carson, but that was never going to happen with or without an aviation program part of the picture.  [/quote]

PP from 09:47, arguing that aviation academy may not be a conspiracy.  I live no more than 2 miles from KAA, I am familiar with the local school boundaries.

Currently ES enrollment: see https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org/
McNair 531
Coats: 983
Floris: 666
Oak Hill: 639

Total ES students above: 2819 for 7 grades.
Estimated HS students:  2819 * 4 grades / 7 grades = 1610.

Compare to HS enrollment from other nearby HSs:  Chantilly:  2916, Herndon: 2230, Westfield: 2710.  It's reasonable to expect the new HS target student body would be around 2000.

As you can see, the new HS either needs 400-500 students from ES feeders like Fox Mill, Xfield and/or Lee Corners, The problem with getting students from other ES is that that will turn those ES into split feeders, something FCPS is trying to avoid.

OR they can start an academy program to get that 400-500 kids to fill up the space.   Note this is not a magnet school, it's academy similar to vocational academy in Chantilly, Marshalls etc. https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high/career-and-technical-education/academies-and-specialized-programs
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That’s a bizarre analysis unless your assumption is that we’re supposed to pour whatever additional money is required to bring KAA up to the capacity of a school with 2000 or more kids.

If the actual capacity is closer to 1600, that’s how many kids should go there.  They aren’t expanding other schools that could use additional seats, so they sure as hell shouldn’t be building an addition to KAA.  Lewis has 1600 kids and that should be enough as well for KAA if that’s the number of kids it can accommodate.  You can go play sports against smaller Loudoun schools, but investing even more money in this facility is ridiculous when others are repeatedly told there’s no money for them. [/quote]

My analysis is based on facts, not emotion.

"The property consists of 325,000 square feet of internal space, as well as 30 acres of land at 2949, 2950, and 2954 Education Dr., Herndon. "  https://northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/06/17/fcps-approves-150m-purchase-of-king-abdullah-academy-private-school-in-herndon/

I cannot find sqft number for westfield/Chantilly or Lewis, but Oakton HS currently have 410,036 square feet, and official capacity is 2625. https://www.fcps.edu/oakton-high-capital-project

If you do the math, that makes the KAA capacity around 2080.

I try to argue based on evidences, not half truth.

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