Fairfax County Public Schools has revealed four potential boundary scenarios for its new western high school. The district hopes to open the new school — the former King Abdullah Academy in Herndon — for the 2026-2027 school year.
This new school has capacity for about 2,000 students. Fairfax County acquired the property last year, with the goal to reduce overcrowding in the western part of the county, particularly in the Centreville, Chantilly, and Westfields pyramids.
At an open house last weekend, community members could view the school’s facilities and ask questions. FCPS also displayed the potential school boundary scenarios for the new school.
The four draft boundary maps, available online, show which addresses currently slated for Westfield, Centreville, Chantilly, South Lakes, and Oakton high schools could attend the new western school. They also include the possibility of some Chantilly or Centreville high school students transitioning to Westfield High School.
FCPS will host two community meetings at the new school to gather feedback about the boundary scenarios: November 1 at 9:30 a.m. and November 14 at 6:30 p.m.
The district notes that there are still “a variety of options” for phasing students into the new school. “One possible scenario involves flexibility for rising ninth and tenth graders to remain at their base school while students entering seventh grade in the coming fall would not have the same flexibility,” FCPS said.
The school board is also in the process of gathering community feedback on potential names for the new school. It will discuss the name in a December 4 meeting. The superintendent will then submit name recommendations to the board on January 9, and the board will make its final vote on February 12.
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