FCPS Skyview Boundary Scenario 1/2/3

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Why do you think the same person thinks FCPS should do its job?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

Sorry, how is this relevant? You buy a house, not permanent access to a particular school.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

LOL!

You have obviously never been in the Franklin Farm Giant.

Skyview will be a desirable school. Property values will not decrease unless Reid does something really, really dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:So most of Franklin MS will go to Oakton but then the poor Lees Corner kids will be the only ones there that go on to Chantilly HS? They will have no opportunity to meet kids going to Chantilly while at Franklin? That’s awful.

FCPS does not care about this. Many schools have this same problem now.

Agree. I think worrying about split feeders in middle is pointless. The capacities and locations don't line up in any logical way.

This. I think high school boundaries should come first. Then, if split feeder middles can be avoided, that would be a good thing. But, I don't think they can avoid it always.

Certainly, Crossfield should be at Skyview and stay at Carson. So, it might be necessary to leave Oak Hill kids at Franklin until Fox Mill can be moved to Hughes.

If FCPS stupidly keeps Crossfield at Oakton, then move them to Franklin.

One thing that should not happen is to create multiple split feeders for a neighborhood. (ex. current Emerald Chase which goes to Oak Hill, Carson, Westfield.)
It would not have made sense to send Emerald Chase to Oak Hill before McLearen was built. They were at Floris then and made very good sense. But, after McLearen was built Oak Hill is closer/better for them.
But, now they go to Carson and then to Westfield.

Fox Mill isn’t getting moved to Hughes.

Not yet. If Fox Mill stays at SLHS, then when FCPS gets rid of middle school AAP centers and the students all go back to their zoned middle school Hughes will have room for them. Fox Mill is part of the Reston / South Lakes community. They should be at Hughes.

Fox Mill should be at Carson and then Skyview, with the other Carson kids. There are Fox Mill families that can walk to Carson. And most of us want to move.

We realize that's what you want, but Crossfield has the same argument (other than your outright lie about there being any Fox Mill students that walk to Carson). Moving Crossfield makes more sense for FCPS because it helps with Oakton overcrowding while greatly reducing their commute, and at the same time doesn't undo the 2008 boundary study that improved South Lakes. You could argue putting Crossfield at South Lakes in your place, but that doesn't make any sense when you are already there and so much closer to the Reston community served by South Lakes.

I understand your reasoning, and Scenario 1 does seem to reflect it.

But that’s not the only plausible option.

The consultants identified future residential development areas, many of which are in Reston.

Scenario 3 accounts for this future development and focuses on minimizing split feeder patterns. Under Scenario 3, Crossfield stays at Oakton and Fox Mill moves to Skyview.

+1. There is more than one reasonable option. Also, the person who said their child could be a walker to Carson wasn't lying. The walker zone for middle and high schools is 1.5 miles. While most of Fox Mill is further, the closest homes to Carson, near West Ox Road, are 1.5 miles away from Carson.

It is 100% a lie. No one is walking the 1.5+ miles down West Ox and McLearen and crossing Centreville Rd to get to Carson. The sidewalk from Carson doesn't even connect to Centreville Rd because they know no one walks that way. FCPS does have rules about crossing certain roads - my own neighborhood is directly across the street from our school and the kids that can see the school from their front door aren't allowed to be walkers because the road is too dangerous to cross.

You are right, no one is labelled as a walker for Carson because of the traffic patterns. They are within the area that kids can walk if the streets were different. Meaning, they are close to the school. And kids do walk home from Carson in our Fox Mill neighborhood, especially after the school clubs. The late bus takes such a long route that my son and his friends will decide to walk home because it is faster then the late bus. We live by Fox Mill ES.

There are plenty of kids in Fox Mill who could walk to Carson if Carson had walkers, just like there are kids from Oak Hill who could be designated walkers if Carson had walkers. Both ES are very close to Skyview. That is why kids from FMES are at Carson an should be at Skyview.

If you're putting up the straw man argument that just one house at the edge of the boundary has to be within 1.5 miles of a school to qualify the neighborhood as walkers then lots of people *could* be walkers to lots of schools, but as we've established FCPS has rules for what qualifies as a walker. Moving Fox Mill away from Carson would not be taking walkers out of their school because no kids from Fox Mill qualify as walkers according to FCPS.

I’ll be more blunt for you. Fox Mill is closer than Crossfield. Fox Mill is as close as Oak Hill is. It makes sense for Fox Mill to go there.

Avoiding a long commute to Oakton is just as relevant as proximity to Skyview.

Except Crossfield has a large contingent that is fine with that commute and Fox Mill has a large contingent that doesn’t like IB and wants AP and is closer. More people at Crossfield want to stay at Oakton.

The loudest voices are not the majority, sweetie. Did you take math?

hey there sweetums
what data do you have? i've taken modeling analysis and uncertainty, engineering stats and build big data models in my day job. only data I can pull offhand is from the RIO site which for all its faults if far more than your...
mere assertion without any evidence.

sounds like you're just one spectacular speculating speculator who tries to bluff their position.

A website and petition where 70% of the respondents are family & friends is not data.

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If Skyview will be magnet like somebody said, all Oakton, Chantilly, Centreville kids can choose to stay at their base school.

Oakton, Chantilly, Centreville will have a lot kids choose to go to Skyview to be with their peers, overcrowding issue will be relieved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

Navy mom is back!!! This isn't even about you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

Sorry, how is this relevant? You buy a house, not permanent access to a particular school.

DP

It's totally relevant. Some people buy into a community for access to those schools.
Then will then fight to the last tooth to keep it. See Langley and McLean.

Why would you be surprised by this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

DP. Families are absolutely not catered to in this same manner elsewhere in the country when there are boundary changes. The parents here act like spoiled, entitled toddlers.

Dp. Disagree. Anytime a school board threatens to move people into a lower ranked school, it's contentious. People fight for their property values, and school boards know they will eventually be beholden to the voters. This is so normal, it's a cliché.

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Anonymous wrote:So most of Franklin MS will go to Oakton but then the poor Lees Corner kids will be the only ones there that go on to Chantilly HS? They will have no opportunity to meet kids going to Chantilly while at Franklin? That’s awful.

FCPS does not care about this. Many schools have this same problem now.

Agree. I think worrying about split feeders in middle is pointless. The capacities and locations don't line up in any logical way.

This. I think high school boundaries should come first. Then, if split feeder middles can be avoided, that would be a good thing. But, I don't think they can avoid it always.

Certainly, Crossfield should be at Skyview and stay at Carson. So, it might be necessary to leave Oak Hill kids at Franklin until Fox Mill can be moved to Hughes.

If FCPS stupidly keeps Crossfield at Oakton, then move them to Franklin.

One thing that should not happen is to create multiple split feeders for a neighborhood. (ex. current Emerald Chase which goes to Oak Hill, Carson, Westfield.)
It would not have made sense to send Emerald Chase to Oak Hill before McLearen was built. They were at Floris then and made very good sense. But, after McLearen was built Oak Hill is closer/better for them.
But, now they go to Carson and then to Westfield.

Fox Mill isn’t getting moved to Hughes.

Not yet. If Fox Mill stays at SLHS, then when FCPS gets rid of middle school AAP centers and the students all go back to their zoned middle school Hughes will have room for them. Fox Mill is part of the Reston / South Lakes community. They should be at Hughes.

Fox Mill should be at Carson and then Skyview, with the other Carson kids. There are Fox Mill families that can walk to Carson. And most of us want to move.

We realize that's what you want, but Crossfield has the same argument (other than your outright lie about there being any Fox Mill students that walk to Carson). Moving Crossfield makes more sense for FCPS because it helps with Oakton overcrowding while greatly reducing their commute, and at the same time doesn't undo the 2008 boundary study that improved South Lakes. You could argue putting Crossfield at South Lakes in your place, but that doesn't make any sense when you are already there and so much closer to the Reston community served by South Lakes.

I understand your reasoning, and Scenario 1 does seem to reflect it.

But that’s not the only plausible option.

The consultants identified future residential development areas, many of which are in Reston.

Scenario 3 accounts for this future development and focuses on minimizing split feeder patterns. Under Scenario 3, Crossfield stays at Oakton and Fox Mill moves to Skyview.

+1. There is more than one reasonable option. Also, the person who said their child could be a walker to Carson wasn't lying. The walker zone for middle and high schools is 1.5 miles. While most of Fox Mill is further, the closest homes to Carson, near West Ox Road, are 1.5 miles away from Carson.

It is 100% a lie. No one is walking the 1.5+ miles down West Ox and McLearen and crossing Centreville Rd to get to Carson. The sidewalk from Carson doesn't even connect to Centreville Rd because they know no one walks that way. FCPS does have rules about crossing certain roads - my own neighborhood is directly across the street from our school and the kids that can see the school from their front door aren't allowed to be walkers because the road is too dangerous to cross.

You are right, no one is labelled as a walker for Carson because of the traffic patterns. They are within the area that kids can walk if the streets were different. Meaning, they are close to the school. And kids do walk home from Carson in our Fox Mill neighborhood, especially after the school clubs. The late bus takes such a long route that my son and his friends will decide to walk home because it is faster then the late bus. We live by Fox Mill ES.

There are plenty of kids in Fox Mill who could walk to Carson if Carson had walkers, just like there are kids from Oak Hill who could be designated walkers if Carson had walkers. Both ES are very close to Skyview. That is why kids from FMES are at Carson an should be at Skyview.

If you're putting up the straw man argument that just one house at the edge of the boundary has to be within 1.5 miles of a school to qualify the neighborhood as walkers then lots of people *could* be walkers to lots of schools, but as we've established FCPS has rules for what qualifies as a walker. Moving Fox Mill away from Carson would not be taking walkers out of their school because no kids from Fox Mill qualify as walkers according to FCPS.

I’ll be more blunt for you. Fox Mill is closer than Crossfield. Fox Mill is as close as Oak Hill is. It makes sense for Fox Mill to go there.

Avoiding a long commute to Oakton is just as relevant as proximity to Skyview.

Except Crossfield has a large contingent that is fine with that commute and Fox Mill has a large contingent that doesn’t like IB and wants AP and is closer. More people at Crossfield want to stay at Oakton.

The loudest voices are not the majority, sweetie. Did you take math?

hey there sweetums
what data do you have? i've taken modeling analysis and uncertainty, engineering stats and build big data models in my day job. only data I can pull offhand is from the RIO site which for all its faults if far more than your...
mere assertion without any evidence.

sounds like you're just one spectacular speculating speculator who tries to bluff their position.

A website and petition where 70% of the respondents are family & friends is not data.

The plural of anecdotes is data...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

DP. Families are absolutely not catered to in this same manner elsewhere in the country when there are boundary changes. The parents here act like spoiled, entitled toddlers.

Agree. Everyone "advocating" for their own kids results in the loudest voices being catered to and bad decisions, not decisions *in the best interest of the school system as a whole*.

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Anonymous wrote:So most of Franklin MS will go to Oakton but then the poor Lees Corner kids will be the only ones there that go on to Chantilly HS? They will have no opportunity to meet kids going to Chantilly while at Franklin? That’s awful.

FCPS does not care about this. Many schools have this same problem now.

Agree. I think worrying about split feeders in middle is pointless. The capacities and locations don't line up in any logical way.

This. I think high school boundaries should come first. Then, if split feeder middles can be avoided, that would be a good thing. But, I don't think they can avoid it always.

Certainly, Crossfield should be at Skyview and stay at Carson. So, it might be necessary to leave Oak Hill kids at Franklin until Fox Mill can be moved to Hughes.

If FCPS stupidly keeps Crossfield at Oakton, then move them to Franklin.

One thing that should not happen is to create multiple split feeders for a neighborhood. (ex. current Emerald Chase which goes to Oak Hill, Carson, Westfield.)
It would not have made sense to send Emerald Chase to Oak Hill before McLearen was built. They were at Floris then and made very good sense. But, after McLearen was built Oak Hill is closer/better for them.
But, now they go to Carson and then to Westfield.

Fox Mill isn’t getting moved to Hughes.

Not yet. If Fox Mill stays at SLHS, then when FCPS gets rid of middle school AAP centers and the students all go back to their zoned middle school Hughes will have room for them. Fox Mill is part of the Reston / South Lakes community. They should be at Hughes.

Fox Mill should be at Carson and then Skyview, with the other Carson kids. There are Fox Mill families that can walk to Carson. And most of us want to move.

We realize that's what you want, but Crossfield has the same argument (other than your outright lie about there being any Fox Mill students that walk to Carson). Moving Crossfield makes more sense for FCPS because it helps with Oakton overcrowding while greatly reducing their commute, and at the same time doesn't undo the 2008 boundary study that improved South Lakes. You could argue putting Crossfield at South Lakes in your place, but that doesn't make any sense when you are already there and so much closer to the Reston community served by South Lakes.

I understand your reasoning, and Scenario 1 does seem to reflect it.

But that’s not the only plausible option.

The consultants identified future residential development areas, many of which are in Reston.

Scenario 3 accounts for this future development and focuses on minimizing split feeder patterns. Under Scenario 3, Crossfield stays at Oakton and Fox Mill moves to Skyview.

+1. There is more than one reasonable option. Also, the person who said their child could be a walker to Carson wasn't lying. The walker zone for middle and high schools is 1.5 miles. While most of Fox Mill is further, the closest homes to Carson, near West Ox Road, are 1.5 miles away from Carson.

It is 100% a lie. No one is walking the 1.5+ miles down West Ox and McLearen and crossing Centreville Rd to get to Carson. The sidewalk from Carson doesn't even connect to Centreville Rd because they know no one walks that way. FCPS does have rules about crossing certain roads - my own neighborhood is directly across the street from our school and the kids that can see the school from their front door aren't allowed to be walkers because the road is too dangerous to cross.

You are right, no one is labelled as a walker for Carson because of the traffic patterns. They are within the area that kids can walk if the streets were different. Meaning, they are close to the school. And kids do walk home from Carson in our Fox Mill neighborhood, especially after the school clubs. The late bus takes such a long route that my son and his friends will decide to walk home because it is faster then the late bus. We live by Fox Mill ES.

There are plenty of kids in Fox Mill who could walk to Carson if Carson had walkers, just like there are kids from Oak Hill who could be designated walkers if Carson had walkers. Both ES are very close to Skyview. That is why kids from FMES are at Carson an should be at Skyview.

If you're putting up the straw man argument that just one house at the edge of the boundary has to be within 1.5 miles of a school to qualify the neighborhood as walkers then lots of people *could* be walkers to lots of schools, but as we've established FCPS has rules for what qualifies as a walker. Moving Fox Mill away from Carson would not be taking walkers out of their school because no kids from Fox Mill qualify as walkers according to FCPS.

I’ll be more blunt for you. Fox Mill is closer than Crossfield. Fox Mill is as close as Oak Hill is. It makes sense for Fox Mill to go there.

Avoiding a long commute to Oakton is just as relevant as proximity to Skyview.

Except Crossfield has a large contingent that is fine with that commute and Fox Mill has a large contingent that doesn’t like IB and wants AP and is closer. More people at Crossfield want to stay at Oakton.

The loudest voices are not the majority, sweetie. Did you take math?

hey there sweetums
what data do you have? i've taken modeling analysis and uncertainty, engineering stats and build big data models in my day job. only data I can pull offhand is from the RIO site which for all its faults if far more than your...
mere assertion without any evidence.

sounds like you're just one spectacular speculating speculator who tries to bluff their position.

A website and petition where 70% of the respondents are family & friends is not data.

The plural of anecdotes is data...

But, but, but 30% of the respondents on the petition are not even from the area. 30% are from outside the area. And, the 70% includes Reston and Fairfax. Hey, and maybe some are Fox Mill parents who want Crossfield to stay at Oakton so they can go to Skyview.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

Sorry, how is this relevant? You buy a house, not permanent access to a particular school.

DP

It's totally relevant. Some people buy into a community for access to those schools.
Then will then fight to the last tooth to keep it. See Langley and McLean.

Why would you be surprised by this?

It should NOT be a factor in making sensible school boundaries. People's personal finances are not everyone else's concern.

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People can sign a petition 20 times using fake names.

Petitions should not even be considered.

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I don't hear the Oak Hill parents screaming. And, they love Chantilly.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why the SB and Reid and FCPS admin are spending so much time and effort getting community feedback. Every management decision is not a democracy. They were presumably elected or hired for their competence in administrating school system. Set the boundaries and move on. Stop catering to individual HOAs or PTA presidents or whoever,

It seems like the loudest, most-well connected voices are getting their way with the current ridiculous process. If FCPS wants us all to "get a vote" on the boundaries, set up a vote. If they don't want to do that, then make a decision using your so called expertise and judgment and move us all on.

You keep saying that FCPS shouldn’t listen to families, and we keep telling you how absolutely absurd that is. Sounds like you just don’t want to put in the effort that others do to advocate for your own kids.

Feedback is one thing. But, it should be based on facts and not emotion.
RIO's facts are "I want." Everyone wants stability and a good school. Not just RIO. Everyone wants good property values. There is no reason to think property values will drop.

I've not seen one concrete reason why Crossfield should not go to Skyview. Not one. Oakton is at capacity and there are currently well over 50 new construction homes in the boundary--and many more to come. It is puzzling why the data was not included in the presentation last month.

The new schools will have sports. VHSL sports.
The new school will have challenging AP classes and electives.
The new school will save money on transportation.
The new school will save time on commute--better quality of life.
The new school will be a community school. Crossfield families shop in the Skyview area. The children play sports in the Skyview area.

Oakton parents works hard and paid for high price for their property.

You are saying it is fair to move other people's kids without concrete reason? What benefit bring you by moving other people' kids?

Oakton parents do not shop in Skyview area.

Ask Chantilly parents, ask Mclean Parents, ask Great Falls parents, ask Centreville parents, they will tell you the same reason why they need to stay.

The only people who want to go to Kyview is because the see their house value will increase a lot by rezoned to Skyview.

I would say it is fair for you to give up your home so other people can live in your home and you should work hard to support them!

Navy mom is back!!! This isn't even about you.

Navy isn’t in any danger of being sent to Skyview. You sound dumb.