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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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 [b]they certainly could have expanded Chantilly's permanent capacity to 2750, which would help with overcrowding there[/b], especially given FCPS's own projections that enrollment at Chantilly will decline by almost 300 students over the next five years.[/quote]

Do you have any idea how many kids live near Chantilly High School that are sent elsewhere because of space?  Hint: It's far more than 300.

And, I suggest you look at a satellite map of Chantilly High School.  There is already limited parking and sports teams have to practice off site.  I guess they could add a third story--but that would require closing the school, I think.[/quote]

West Springfield added a 3rd story along with a full down to the studs renovation, with a full campus of students.

They did it section by section, walling off each hallway that was under construction then moving to another section.

They used portable classrooms for the overflow.[/quote]

Then, why didn't school board do that for Chantilly?  Of course, it would need 3500 seats.But, I guess that it is not needed now that KAA Is available and will solve lots of probl3ms.  FWIW, no one is lobbying to leave Chantilly.. [/quote]

No, but others are lobbying to leave Westfield, South Lakes, and Oakton.

But it's unlikely they won't move Oak Hill out of Chantilly if KAA goes through.  Several School Board members have already said one of the main justifications is to "help" Chantilly.  The community unfortunately didn't get the benefit of FCPS identifying and exploring alternatives and their cost.

By the way, it's [b]absurd to claim it would have meant expanding Chantilly to 3500 seats.  [/quote]
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If you put in the students who are bused away, it would.  Remember, they took much of Navy out a few years ago.

"[b]No, but others are lobbying to leave Westfield, South Lakes, and Oakton. "
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I cannot speak to South Lakes, as the Fox Mill area is close to South Lakes.  I know there is someone (s?) on this forum who really wants the Fox Mill community to go to KAA.  That does not seem likely to me. The boundary is contiguous.

However, those being sent to Westfield have a substantial bus ride and are separated from the rest of the school student community.  This does not create a school community--which is one reason people like Chantilly.  Chantilly is not an affluent school and never has been, but it has a community feel.

While Oakton's boundary is somewhat contiguous, it is a thirty minute bus ride at best.  It also requires Oakton student drivers to be on I66 or winding back roads.  And, it would appear that --in a few short years--there will be a lot of growth in the 
Oakton area.[/quote]

Westfield is not a community school for anyone. No one even lives within walking distance. That's not a good reason to move kids out. 
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The neighborhoods on the Centreville side of Westfield are contiguous to one another.  All neighborhoods at Chantilly are not walking distance, but they are next to other neighborhoods that go there.  There is no break between them.

The other neighborhoods at Westfield are not separated by large industrial/warehouse/commercial/retail areas and Dulles Airport.  That is the nature of the area.  And, there are new neighborhoods being built by Westfield. Stonecroft, Lee Road, etc.  They are not a thirty minute drive from Westfield on a school bus.  And, there is not a high school that is as close to those neighborhoods as Westfield.  Big difference.

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