Why has the overall population of South Lakes High School declined?
Like many communities in Fairfax County, school enrollment in the South Lakes area has declined as the community aged. A goal of the countywide high and middle school boundary study conducted in the mid 1980’s was to move enrollment from newly developed areas in the western portion of the county, to schools serving older communities in the east where enrollment had declined and school capacity was available. Many of the high school boundaries in existence today reflect the changes made in the 1980’s to use this available capacity. Examples are the Oakton High attendance area which extends several miles to the west of the school site; likewise, the Marshall and McLean High School attendance areas stretch several miles to the west along Leesburg Pike. At the time of the countywide study, the South Lakes High School and Hughes Middle School attendance areas were the only ones not adjusted. The attendance areas for these schools were very compact, and the area they served was fairly new an
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