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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A Humanities magnet or any other magnet is not something you do when the budget looks so tight.  It doesn’t save any money.

KAA is placed precisely where a new HS has been proposed for decades.  It can solve many issues in the western part of the county. Its cost is far less that a new school or even an expansion of an existing school would cost. Plus, it saves time - it’s here- no need to expand other schools in the area, no need to acquire  land and build. Time also saves money- especially with inflation.

Will it be a perfect solution? Of course not, so that means there will be plenty of things to pick at and try to derail it - if one so chooses.  So, we do not have to worry about not having anything to discuss. [/quote]

So the budget is tight enough that we can’t afford a magnet but not tight enough that we can’t rush into a surprise $150 million new school?

Seems pretty inconsistent if you ask me.[/quote]

No. Not inconsistent. A magnet is a luxury.  A school for local students is a basic need.

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🤣🤣🤣. You and the rest of us have a very different definition of “basic need.”

We get you have to try to make a distinction, but that is a sttrrrreeeeeettttcchh.[/quote]
Disagree. Public schools are basic needs. New Western HS has been expected and planned for over a decade. [/quote]

Oh good point. I totally forgot that those kids haven’t had a public school up until this point. 🤣

You’re flailing.[/quote]

The area is broken into four different schools.  
1. One (the closest one for most of the area) is deemed by FCPS to be overcrowded and, therefore, they have sent nearby students to a school that is 10-13 miles away.
2. They plan to take additional students out of that school and add them to the long bus trip.
3. Another group is sent to a school that is separated from the rest of the school community by Dulles Airport, industrial and commercial facilities.  This divides the school community in a way that is difficult to form a cohesive group.
4. This school mentioned at #3 is full and new construction is underway in areas near the high school and in an area in the Carson area.  Very soon, there would be another overcrowded school.
5. School #4 has some students assigned to Carson.  In this case, it is a reasonable distance for most of the students who attend and is not divided from others.  At this point it is not overcrowded, but there is construction in that school area, as well.

Outside of the KAA area is a school that is set for a very expensive expansion.   It shares a boundary with #1 and #3.

If overcrowding and proximity do not indicate a need for a school, please tell me (and FCPS) how to fix it.

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Why aren't you identifying these schools by name?  Are you afraid to state clearly that your position is that Westfield currently lacks a "cohesive group"?  And, if so, is that because those on one side of Dulles want to separate themselves from those on the other side of Dulles?  Or you want to avoid a discussion as to who else is going to attend Westfield if all the kids on one side are redistricted to a school at the KAA site?  And if all the growth you claim is happening in the Westfield area materializes, why shouldn't they use some of the hundreds of empty seats at Herndon first?

For years now, FCPS has been planning to expanding Centreville to 3000.  That's very big, and maybe they will scale back that expansion if KAA opens, but if they were prepared to expand Centreville to 3000 they certainly could have expanded Chantilly's permanent capacity to 2750, which would help with overcrowding there, especially given FCPS's own projections that enrollment at Chantilly will decline by almost 300 students over the next five years.  [/quote]

I am from the other side of the county.

I recently made a couple of trips to and from Dulles.

As a taxpayer, finding a way to use Dulles (the toll road and 28) as a dividing line between high school zones makes complete sense and sounds like a hood use of taxpayer funds and a responsible reason for rezoning.

Why on earth would anyone be against that?[/quote]

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