Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know when the decision is expected to be made?

At the community meeting, they said February.

I think the material for the SB meeting next week says June. Hope I am wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know when the decision is expected to be made?

At the community meeting, they said February.

I think the material for the SB meeting next week says June. Hope I am wrong.

In work session for boundary discussion it says boundary vote in June for western high. So, they are proposing moving kids in the Comp. Boundary study, but re do it in June?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know when the decision is expected to be made?

At the community meeting, they said February.

I think the material for the SB meeting next week says June. Hope I am wrong.

In work session for boundary discussion it says boundary vote in June for western high. So, they are proposing moving kids in the Comp. Boundary study, but re do it in June?

Sounds like it. I guess with their opt in plan if you are slated to be moved from Chantilly to Westfield or Westfield to South Lakes, you could just opt in to Western and go there all four years.

[Anonymous]

They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

And, that would not help Chantilly overcrowding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

For the other high schools that have a middle school next door… do all the kids from the middle school attend that high school?

How would opting out for sports work if classes are picked in Jan and fall sports tryouts aren’t until August? Don’t kids need to decide where they’re going before they would know if they will make the sports team?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

But I thought these kids had prepared for years to attend this high school, and their actual community is kids at a completely different set of elementary schools (ahem rooted in Oakton) If the sport is so important shouldn’t they want to attend the base school regardless?

[Anonymous]

Brilliant plan, they will let us know 4 weeks in advance of the school year where they drew a boundary line? If they think they have chaos now, try that, then.

[Anonymous]

News flash - your kids are not getting into college for sports and as an unrecruited athlete. no one cares. The number of pathetic, "I trained my kid to be an athlete" posts are insane. Wrong demographic my friends. Not happening in NOVA. Your kids are not as good as you think. My kid was on the team with IMG players who are now in pro sports and it takes literally one game to see your FCPS kid has no chance.

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Anonymous wrote:I just find it sad that families looking to move into this area are going to search "Crossfield" and come across all the nastiness on this thread. I hope they will know and understand it's only a select few people, almost all of whom will gone by 2027 that are acting like this. My kids are in younger grades and all of the parents that I've met have been really kind. It's just the older/Gen X parents that seem to be really snobby and competitive and they're aging out soon!

Sure, you don't want to be competitive, and your children would be outcompete by Chinese in China. But at least you get to pick up your child in 10 minute so that's the most important thing.

I see someone is hitting the Chardonnay tonight.

DP

China does prioritize education way more than we do. Unforutunately in a global economy, that is a boon for them, and a challenge for us.

We can't rest on our laurels forever. If we ever let them import their EVs into the US, our auto industry is done and so the is our industrial base.

And sending kids to Western HS will somehow lower their education?? Do you hear yourself?

We don’t want to be anything like communist China. The Chinese make their kids go to Saturday school. Their kids are so stressed out.

Feel free to move to China if you prefer their education system.

All I am saying is we prefer education quality over bus commute. That is a reasonable position. Nothing to put down on Western HS, but it's an unknown with teachers, sports and activities (including STEM competition which is important in college application). Bus commute is not a concern for crossfield parents. So if you are not in crossfield, don't worry about us, we'll manage.

Look, we all know who you are and you're not even a Crossfield parent. You are a Navy parent. If you wanted your kids to go to Oakton and Navy so bad, you should have bought a house in Navy boundaries instead of hoping and wishing your child would get into Crossfield AAP so you can send them to Navy. Anyway you are absolutely wrong. The vast majority of my neighbors want our kids to go to KAA instead of Oakton - the bus drive DOES matter for us. If you're not concerned about the commute then you can find a way to opt in to Oakton and drive your child there and back. But stop saying you represent all Crossfield families when we all know you represent a small subset of Asian families who send their kids to Navy AAP because you didn't even think the Crossfield AAP program was good enough for your kid.

How long is the US ride to Oakton?

I keep hearing people complaining but anyone have data? FCPS makes it hard to track

As an aside there were White people who spoke out at the meeting who wanted to stay at Oakton. Not sure why you're harping on the Asian thing.

I was talking about this ONE specific parent and group of people. The people who are "rooted in Oakton" are as white as white canbe.

+1 they are the crazy sports people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

It's my understanding that a lot of schools start without varsity athletics programs. This is not a novel idea, friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:News flash - your kids are not getting into college for sports and as an unrecruited athlete. no one cares. The number of pathetic, "I trained my kid to be an athlete" posts are insane. Wrong demographic my friends. Not happening in NOVA. Your kids are not as good as you think. My kid was on the team with IMG players who are now in pro sports and it takes literally one game to see your FCPS kid has no chance.

RIO mom's child is too short anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

But I thought these kids had prepared for years to attend this high school, and their actual community is kids at a completely different set of elementary schools (ahem rooted in Oakton) If the sport is so important shouldn’t they want to attend the base school regardless?

Someone tried to tell me that Waples Mills and Oakton ES kids play CYA sports. Like, no they don't. I have never, in the past 12 years, had a single Waples Mill or Oakton ES kid on my child's CYA sports teams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers). Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports. Full Stop...

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning.

But I thought these kids had prepared for years to attend this high school, and their actual community is kids at a completely different set of elementary schools (ahem rooted in Oakton) If the sport is so important shouldn’t they want to attend the base school regardless?

Someone tried to tell me that Waples Mills and Oakton ES kids play CYA sports. Like, no they don't. I have never, in the past 12 years, had a single Waples Mill or Oakton ES kid on my child's CYA sports teams.

We have had Waples Mill kids but not Oakton ES. Most kids are Oak Hill, Lees Corner, Brookfield, Greenbriar, Navy, and Crossfield.