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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[/b], because they see that as potentially souring someone on the deal.  It's a bit childish, especially when just about everyone is in favor of the purchase.  [/quote]
I don't see how turning 4 way and 3 way split feeders into 2 way splits is a complication or messiness.  An improvement is an improvement.  One poster is trying to say "all Carson to KAA" likely because they are at Fox Mill ES (which goes to Carson) and want to go to KAA instead of South Lakes.  
It would be nice to hear from the school board how KAA will affect the expansion plans at Centreville and other spending going forward, but acting like that had to be figured out before making the purchase is why you get so much resistance to your posts.  It's blatantly obvious that they got a great deal on a school that had been needed and planned for a long time - and one that solves more problems than those future projects that may or may not be delayed.  I doubt the school board gives us any answers about future budgets until next year's CIP update forces them to put it in writing.  It sucks, but complaining about it incessantly here won't make it happen any sooner.[/quote]

You’re conflating multiple posters who’ve suggested FCPS would be better served by addressing, or at least acknowledging, some fairly basic questions associated with the KAA purchase.

All I’ll add at this point is that when you suggest that FCPS deserves nothing but unmitigated praise for proceeding as it has with this deal you come across as both selfish and also dismissive of those who’d expect more transparency from School Board members who’ve spent years telling people they are cash strapped and can’t possibly fund needed projects in other parts of the county - only to suddenly commit to spending at least $150 million on this school (and we all know the final number will be higher).

Again, most intuitively see the logic for this acquisition, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be providing more details as to where the money will come from, what other projects will be bumped, and how it will affect a boundary review that had already been underway for well over a year.  They’ve had time now to come up with answers, or at least commit to providing them, and basically are just leaving people guessing instead.  That’s not good governance. [/quote]

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