Chesterbrook or Haycock

[Anonymous]

Who said Haycock was perfect? We just pointed out you have an axe to grind, which is obvious from your posts.

[Anonymous]

PP, it's clear some Cluster 2 posters have an ax to grind, but do you blame them? I remained neutral on the whole thing, but it was painful to watch both sides. I feel for them. It does suck to have the whole school and much of the administration gang up against your kids. Some of the stuff the Cluster 2 folks said was a little over the top. They sounded desperate. In the end, they lost and they are unhappy. It makes sense. I think I'd probably be unhappy if my child had to change schools.

I haven't seen them say anything on this thread that is not true. I'm sure some disagree with their assessment that Haycock will still be overcrowded later. I don't know if it will be or not, but they have the right to have their opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, it's clear some Cluster 2 posters have an ax to grind, but do you blame them? I remained neutral on the whole thing, but it was painful to watch both sides. I feel for them. It does suck to have the whole school and much of the administration gang up against your kids. Some of the stuff the Cluster 2 folks said was a little over the top. They sounded desperate. In the end, they lost and they are unhappy. It makes sense. I think I'd probably be unhappy if my child had to change schools.

I haven't seen them say anything on this thread that is not true. I'm sure some disagree with their assessment that Haycock will still be overcrowded later. I don't know if it will be or not, but they have the right to have their opinion.

I'd be unhappy, too. But I wouldn't employ the language of victimhood for months on end, or wage a personal vendetta against the principal, teachers, and other parents at a school that my children still attend, because I didn't get what I wanted. Redistrictings happen all the time in FCPS, as well as in the Arlington and Loudoun schools.

The issue on the table now isn't whether Haycock is perfect (it isn't) or whether it may be overcrowded in the future (it may be). It is whether the chances of an AAP kid from Chesterbrook being moved out of the Haycock center are sufficiently great that it should significantly influence a parent's decision whether to stay at Chesterbrook or move to Haycock. On that score, those of us familiar with the plans at Haycock and in the pyramid (moving the Cluster 1 AAP students to Lemon Road, renovating and expanding Haycock, and adding Local Level IV to other schools like Franklin Sherman) know that there are no plans to move the Chesterbrook kids out of Haycock any time soon and that the School Board clearly does not want to go through that exercise again any time soon. Of course, things could change at some point down the road; they always can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, it's clear some Cluster 2 posters have an ax to grind, but do you blame them? I remained neutral on the whole thing, but it was painful to watch both sides. I feel for them. It does suck to have the whole school and much of the administration gang up against your kids. Some of the stuff the Cluster 2 folks said was a little over the top. They sounded desperate. In the end, they lost and they are unhappy. It makes sense. I think I'd probably be unhappy if my child had to change schools.

I haven't seen them say anything on this thread that is not true. I'm sure some disagree with their assessment that Haycock will still be overcrowded later. I don't know if it will be or not, but they have the right to have their opinion.

I'd be unhappy, too. But I wouldn't employ the language of victimhood for months on end, or wage a personal vendetta against the principal, teachers, and other parents at a school that my children still attend, because I didn't get what I wanted. Redistrictings happen all the time in FCPS, as well as in the Arlington and Loudoun schools.

The issue on the table now isn't whether Haycock is perfect (it isn't) or whether it may be overcrowded in the future (it may be). It is whether the chances of an AAP kid from Chesterbrook being moved out of the Haycock center are sufficiently great that it should significantly influence a parent's decision whether to stay at Chesterbrook or move to Haycock. On that score, those of us familiar with the plans at Haycock and in the pyramid (moving the Cluster 1 AAP students to Lemon Road, renovating and expanding Haycock, and adding Local Level IV to other schools like Franklin Sherman) know that there are no plans to move the Chesterbrook kids out of Haycock any time soon and that the School Board clearly does not want to go through that exercise again any time soon. Of course, things could change at some point down the road; they always can.

Should be "moving the Cluster 2 AAP students to Lemon Road."

[Anonymous]

Last year, there were no plans to move the cluster 2 kids out of Haycock, either. It was a sudden decision that went from a fleeting idea to a done deal in a matter of months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year, there were no plans to move the cluster 2 kids out of Haycock, either. It was a sudden decision that went from a fleeting idea to a done deal in a matter of months.

That's your characterization. I'd say the momentum had been building for a long time and was discussed on quite a few occasions. It's not something a CB or FS parents needs to worry about now.

[Anonymous]

If you say so.

[Anonymous]

There was a mention the previous May, but no one from either cluster really expected action.

The point is, that at a school as overcrowded and volatile at Haycock, anything can happen.

[Anonymous]

If your child is in third grade this year, you would not have heard about it before October of this year. The third grade parents were caught completely off guard. The other Cluster 2 parents may have heard grumblings, but nothing solid.

As PP said, anything can happen there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I'd be unhappy, too. But I wouldn't employ the language of victimhood for months on end, or wage a personal vendetta against the principal, teachers, and other parents at a school that my children still attend, because I didn't get what I wanted. Redistrictings happen all the time in FCPS, as well as in the Arlington and Loudoun schools.

X100

[Anonymous]

So if the Cluster 2 kids had been grandfathered, the Haycock parents would have let it go? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if the Cluster 2 kids had been grandfathered, the Haycock parents would have let it go? I don't think so.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if the Cluster 2 kids had been grandfathered, the Haycock parents would have let it go? I don't think so.

+1

Perhaps not, but then again the Cluster 1 parents had the stronger argument, which the School Board recognized when it voted 10-2 in favor of Janie Strauss's amedment to limit Cluster 2 grandfathering to sixth graders.

Moving forward, boundaries at crowded Cluster 2 schools like Westgate, Shrevewood and Kilmer will likely be more "volatile" than Haycock's in the future.

[Anonymous]

Oh please.

Haycock will still exceed capacity by more than a hundred students once Cluster 2 leaves. I think that's still volatile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh please.

Haycock will still exceed capacity by more than a hundred students once Cluster 2 leaves. I think that's still volatile.

And other Cluster 2 schools will be more "volatile," making any decisions to live in those areas even more of a crap shoot. Yikes! Stay away! Anything could happen!!