Anonymous wrote:Western HS is set to open up this upcoming fall in the Centerville / Chantilly area...
I have spoken to several football and lacrosse coaches from schools in that area, and they expect a big impact in terms of neighborhoods they will pull / steal kids from.
all Kids currently in HS that live in the new Western HS boundaries are grandfathered in and will stay at their current home school.
This won't make a big impact for 3-4 years, until the current 8th graders in the Western HS boundaries are seniors in HS and they have a full school / class.
However, from conversations with coaches they will be pulling from some of the top Neighborhoods from Chantilly, Westfield, and Centerville HS.
Majority of the conversations I have had, has been with football coaches, but there is real concern on the impact it will have at those programs in terms of talent in the next 3-4 years. Big shake up to the concord coming. If anything, this will help separate Madison / Oakton from the rest of the pack in a few years if those programs get slightly watered down.
Chantilly Westfield and centreville are already worse than madison / Oakton in lacrosse.