Anonymous wrote:Westfield should be the location of the Aviation Program after they move the logical ES to KAA.

Anonymous wrote:Ricardy Anderson referenced start time scenarios the board received in a Friday Letter. Are these letters publicly available?

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Anonymous wrote:Is the work session going to be live streamed?

Of course. They always are. Start with the FCPS website for this type of basic question. The info is all there.

I watch frequently on YouTube, but didn’t see a link yet, which is why I asked.

And I don’t think they’ve historically been streamed.

Sheesh, way to double down, Yes, they have been streamed live on their website and YouTube and broadcast on channel 99 and recorded for on demand. You don’t need a separate link for each meeting. https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board/school-board-meetings

🥸 You seem like you have tons and tons of friends.

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You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

The school has been purchased.

Your Hutchison argument is a very big fail. Have you been there? How would these schools access it? All the traffic going toward the DTR and hanging a left at where Kohl's was. All the traffic coming from one direction at the same time. It would have backed up to the DTR and competed with morning Metro traffic. It was a terrible site--and they knew it and dropped it. The only reason they ever recommended it is because they couldn't find a good site. And, that was because they gave away the KAA site because of political pressure from above.

But, you know this.

And, I am not districted to Westfield. Hutchison would not have been closer than our current high school.

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You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

The school has been purchased.

Your Hutchison argument is a very big fail. Have you been there? How would these schools access it? All the traffic going toward the DTR and hanging a left at where Kohl's was. All the traffic coming from one direction at the same time. It would have backed up to the DTR and competed with morning Metro traffic. It was a terrible site--and they knew it and dropped it. The only reason they ever recommended it is because they couldn't find a good site. And, that was because they gave away the KAA site because of political pressure from above.

But, you know this.

And, I am not districted to Westfield. Hutchison would not have been closer than our current high school.

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It's not really relevant, but the FARMS rates for both Floris and McNair Upper are lower than Westfield. Only Coates is higher, and part of Coates goes to Herndon.

McNair is 29 vs Westfield 31. Coates is at over 5 FARMS.
Floris is lower, but one of the wealthier portions of Floris goes to South Lakes. A good portion of Floris that goes to Westfield is from multi-family housing. There are several areas that are single family--but not large neighborhoods.

Since it seems to be the accusation that it is wealthy people that want out of Westfield, you are very, very mistaken. It has also been implied that the people at KAA will be an elite population. No. It will be a very diverse population. Isn't that what FCPS wants? It would have a nice mix--but definitely not a wealthy--nor an impoverished school.

And, FWIW, the areas from Coates, Floris, and McNair have a much, much higher percentage of English language learners.

And, again, this area is not connected to any other Westfield neighborhoods.

You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

The issue around connectivity to other Westfield neighborhoods is BS. The part of Floris that got rezoned to South Lakes in 2008 wanted to stay at Westfield at the time because they didn't want IB, and no one talked about it being separated from other Westfield neighborhoods.

What exactly would you call "unacceptable demographics"? I would expect the demographics of the school to reflect the demographics or the surrounding neighborhoods. It's not that complicated. I think the purchase was the only smart thing the school board has done in recent years, as a high school in that area has been desperately needed for over a decade and it was not feasible to get enough funding to build one from scratch. I'm not sure what the beef is tbh.

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It's not really relevant, but the FARMS rates for both Floris and McNair Upper are lower than Westfield. Only Coates is higher, and part of Coates goes to Herndon.

McNair is 29 vs Westfield 31. Coates is at over 5 FARMS.
Floris is lower, but one of the wealthier portions of Floris goes to South Lakes. A good portion of Floris that goes to Westfield is from multi-family housing. There are several areas that are single family--but not large neighborhoods.

Since it seems to be the accusation that it is wealthy people that want out of Westfield, you are very, very mistaken. It has also been implied that the people at KAA will be an elite population. No. It will be a very diverse population. Isn't that what FCPS wants? It would have a nice mix--but definitely not a wealthy--nor an impoverished school.

And, FWIW, the areas from Coates, Floris, and McNair have a much, much higher percentage of English language learners.

And, again, this area is not connected to any other Westfield neighborhoods.

You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

The issue around connectivity to other Westfield neighborhoods is BS. The part of Floris that got rezoned to South Lakes in 2008 wanted to stay at Westfield at the time because they didn't want IB, and no one talked about it being separated from other Westfield neighborhoods.

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It's not really relevant, but the FARMS rates for both Floris and McNair Upper are lower than Westfield. Only Coates is higher, and part of Coates goes to Herndon.

McNair is 29 vs Westfield 31. Coates is at over 5 FARMS.
Floris is lower, but one of the wealthier portions of Floris goes to South Lakes. A good portion of Floris that goes to Westfield is from multi-family housing. There are several areas that are single family--but not large neighborhoods.

Since it seems to be the accusation that it is wealthy people that want out of Westfield, you are very, very mistaken. It has also been implied that the people at KAA will be an elite population. No. It will be a very diverse population. Isn't that what FCPS wants? It would have a nice mix--but definitely not a wealthy--nor an impoverished school.

And, FWIW, the areas from Coates, Floris, and McNair have a much, much higher percentage of English language learners.

And, again, this area is not connected to any other Westfield neighborhoods.

You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

The issue around connectivity to other Westfield neighborhoods is BS. The part of Floris that got rezoned to South Lakes in 2008 wanted to stay at Westfield at the time because they didn't want IB, and no one talked about it being separated from other Westfield neighborhoods.

You're making up an "accusation" that hasn't been lodged to try and paper over the fact that you think getting rezoned to KAA will get you out of a school you don't want to attend, even if that school has capacity or has been the beneficiary of major FCPS investment. It's absolutely obscene that neither you nor FCPS staff has shared any business case for why this impulse buy is a cost-efficient use of scarce FCPS capital resources.

For what it's worth, however, you are betting on the demographics of the new school being acceptable, because some of you are the same folks who threw a fit when they were talking about a new school near Hutchison ES in Herndon. A school at that site also would have closer than some of your current schools, but you fought it tooth and nail because you knew both Hutchison and Coates would feed into a school at that site. Swap Hutchison with Fox Mill or Crossfield, and you're ready to sign up.

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It's not really relevant, but the FARMS rates for both Floris and McNair Upper are lower than Westfield. Only Coates is higher, and part of Coates goes to Herndon.

McNair is 29 vs Westfield 31. Coates is at over 5 FARMS.
Floris is lower, but one of the wealthier portions of Floris goes to South Lakes. A good portion of Floris that goes to Westfield is from multi-family housing. There are several areas that are single family--but not large neighborhoods.

Since it seems to be the accusation that it is wealthy people that want out of Westfield, you are very, very mistaken. It has also been implied that the people at KAA will be an elite population. No. It will be a very diverse population. Isn't that what FCPS wants? It would have a nice mix--but definitely not a wealthy--nor an impoverished school.

And, FWIW, the areas from Coates, Floris, and McNair have a much, much higher percentage of English language learners.

And, again, this area is not connected to any other Westfield neighborhoods.

It's not really relevant, but the FARMS rates for both Floris and McNair Upper are lower than Westfield. Only Coates is higher, and part of Coates goes to Herndon.