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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]at the BRAC meeting someone asked reid how the western high school acquisition would affect the boundary review and she said it isn’t being considered as part of the review! but that it should open fall 2026. how? how can it not be included when it seems like it will affect so many schools [/quote]

What a farce.  As between this School Board and Reid, FCPS has never been in the hands of so many deeply incompetent people.  [/quote]

Agree that they should acknowledge it.  This whole study has been a farce.  However, this does not create problems but solves them.  
Except for Western Fairfax, it should not have much impact.

It meets stated goals:

Proximity
Keeping neighborhoods together
Reduces transportation costs
Eliminates overcrowding.
 Chantilly has been cited as overcrowded and one of the schools that needs relief.  It frees up space at Westfield (which has new construction nearby) and allows it to take students from Centreville.  This, in turn, would allow a neighborhood right next to Centreville to go to Centreville instead of making the long trek to Fairfax.
It might eliminate the need for Centreville to have a large expansion when they get their new update.
This is a win for all these students.
Two of the scenarios by Thru include splitting Oak Hill between Oakton and Chantilly.  This would resolve that.

If Crossfield is included, it eliminates a very long bus ride on I66 or winding back roads.  And, it keeps Franklin Farm together.  A big development is going to be built near Oakton. This will result in overcrowding.

So, this does not have as many far reaching tentacles as some would think.  It resolves problems.  It will have little impact outside of this area which was on THRU's chopping block anyway.

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I understand you want to stress the positives of the KAA acquisition and a new HS in the Carson area, but PPs are spot on that the related boundary adjustments need to be part of the county-wide review.  For example, under the sceanario that you outline, you're pulling kids out of Fairfax, which in turn could have implications for the boundaries at Woodson and other schools.  That can't just be ignored.

If they were smart the only MS/HS boundary changes they'd pursue this round would be those that are a result of the KAA acquisition.  They can call it a superseding event or whatever, but they've shown over and over again they are not equipped to take on dozens of boundary changes at the same time.  Figure out what they need to do near KAA/Carson and get that right, and maybe change some super funky ES boundaries if they can actually keep track of what they are doing and not create problems just as bad as the ones they purport to be solving.  But right now this is a giant train wreck unfolding before our eyes in slow motion. [/quote]

I'm the poster to whom you are responding.  I see your point. 
I have thought from the beginning that this whole thing is a mess.  I know my area is a mess and reading these forums I realize that there are other areas just as disturbed.

I had high hopes that KAA would give them an excuse to stop the process and resolve it first.

I've watched these boundary studies before.  There are too many moving parts to resolve this county-wide.[/quote]

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