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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ The decision to purchase a new high school (KAA) in the middle of the process and then play dumb about the implications of that acquisition for the ongoing boundary review only further underscores the deep incompetence of those currently running FCPS or charged with its oversight. [/quote]

Strongly disagree.  It is the only competent thing they have done lately.  Some of the worst boundaries suggested by THRU are in this area.  And the boundaries in this area are like a spider web--they have been adjusted in this manner because there was no where else to go.
This is the area that needs the space.

If the School Board were smart, they would take advantage of the KAA decision and drop this current boundary study.  It gives them a great excuse to do so.  They will necessarily need to make adjustments in boundaries due to KAA, but there are logical options that do not involved splitting neighborhoods down the middle and sending kids thirty minutes away.  [b]It should enable school communities[/b].[/quote]

Right? This is the only smart thing FCPS has done in ages. It just makes so much sense, now middle schools can all go to the same high school and not be split up. All of Carson can go to the KAA building, all of Stone can go to Westfield, all of Hughes can go to South Lakes, all of Franklin can go to Chantilly. It just makes sense. [/quote]

Agree.[/quote]

It will not quite work that way, but it should be an improvement.[/quote]

Of course it won't work that way, because not everyone who currently goes to Carson is likely to end up at KAA, and Stone is not big enough to be the sole feeder to Westfield. [b] But the people who want the KAA purchase to go through don't want to acknowledge any possible complications or messiness associated with new boundaries for a school at the KAA site, because they see that as potentially souring someone on the deal.[/b]  It's a bit childish, especially when just about everyone is in favor of the purchase.  [/quote]

No.  There is one person who is obsessed with middle schools being sole feeders to high schools.  The people in the KAA area have been accustomed to split feeder middle schools for decades.

I agree that we would likely all want no split feeders, but that is a pipe dream.

I also suspect the person who wants all of current Carson to go to KAA is likely to be disappointed--and that is what worries her.
I think I understand because I suspect that she is currently in a district with a split feeder elementary school, as well.[/quote]

Point taken.  I should have said "some people" or "one person" rather than "the people."  That was an overstatement.

As I said, there's broad support for the KAA acquisition, although some justifiably would have liked the School Board to share more information on how it will be funded and how it affects other renovation projects and the ongoing boundary study.  [/quote]

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