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Two new boundary options offered
The School Board is now considering two new high school boundary-change proposals that members submitted Feb. 11, in addition to the original boundary adjustment that staff recommended.
Kathy Smith (Sully) and Stuart Gibson (Hunter Mill) have submitted what they are terming "Scenario 2" and "Scenario 3," respectively.
Both would redistrict the Madison High School attendance island to South Lakes High School and include within that the elementary and middle school.
Both propose to assign a portion of the McNair Elementary School attendance area that is north of Fox Mill Road, east of Centreville Road and south of the Dulles Toll Road to Herndon High School from Westfield High School.
Both options also would assign a portion of the Oak Hill Elementary School attendance area known as Chantilly Highlands, with the exception of the Ladybank Lane, area to Westfield from Chantilly High School.
The two representatives differed on two points, and Gibson offered a sixth recommendation, one more than Smith.
Gibson proposed shifting the entirety of the Fox Mill Elementary School attendance area from Oakton High School to South Lakes, while Smith proposed moving only the portion that is northwest of the stream valley that bisects the subdivision.
Smith would reassign the portion of Floris Elementary School's attendance area that is east of Centreville Road and south of Frying Pan Road to South Lakes, with the exception of the Spring Lakes Estates subdivision, which would remain at Westfield.
Gibson would move the portion of Floris' attendance area that is east of Centreville Road, north of West Ox Road and south of Frying Pan Road from Westfield to South Lakes.
Gibson's recommendations further included reassigning to Oakton from Westfield the portion of Floris that is east of Centreville Road and south of West Ox Road with the exception of the Spring Lakes Estates subdivision.
Gibson said he created his recommendation after studying Scenario 2 last Saturday and discussing it with Smith.
“Ms. Smith worked very hard to try to develop a scenario that addresses the issue of children who live so close to Chantilly being moved to Oakton [in the Navy Elementary School attendance area],” he said. “I tried to come up with a plan that would honor Kathy's attempt while addressing concerns of those that live in the Fox Mill Estates.”
Those concerns have overwhelmingly been that the subdivision remain in a single high school district, Gibson said, rather than being split between Oakton and South Lakes.
A fourth public hearing will be held Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m., open only to those who meet the criteria set forth on the FCPS Web site: that the speakers reside in the Floris, Fox Mill, McNair, Navy or Oak Hill elementary schools' attendance areas; and that speakers limit their remarks to the changes proposed in Scenarios 2 and 3 as they differ from the original staff recommendation. The speaker list will close Friday, Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m.
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