Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)
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Anonymous
Yep, they just had the option to stay at their prior schools. Freshmen and sophomores did not. It worked out fine, because rising juniors could decide if they wanted to be part of something new or not, and the freshmen and sophomores created a critical mass of kids. But that was years ago, FCPS is far less sure of itself now, and parents are much whinier. |
Anonymous
Staffing is done in response to need. It makes sense. If x number of kids choose a course, they hire that many teachers to accommodate and teach those courses. |
Anonymous
Reid made a big deal of saying the school would have the same standard course offerings of a traditional high school. |
Anonymous
IB doesn’t start until Junior year, so no big deal. I suspect that AP classes offered to Freshman and Sophomores want to do will be made available. They want kids to opt in so they are not going to short change class offerings for Freshmen and Sophomores. There are not that many AP classes offered in the first few years. |
Anonymous
I think Reid made it pretty clear that AP would be favored because of expense. First time I've heard any of the leadership admit that IB is more expensive. |
Anonymous
But what exactly is that baseline? It’s not like the current high schools in FCPS are all offering the same courses. |
Anonymous
| What are they going to do when they get like 150 kids opting into the school for the first year? |
Anonymous
Schedule a football game against TJ. |
Anonymous
Good one! But, seriously, does Reid run these ideas by anyone who has a child in school? Maybe, she could use "focus groups" like the politicos do. You know, with standardized tests, thee is usually a validation process. Does she validate any ideas? Do they ever consider "what could go wrong?" Sometimes, I think she is still set on this 22nd Century magnet school and has set this up for failure. |
Anonymous
That would be amazing for the kids - they’d get really small classes and individualized attention. |
Anonymous
Yeah, but from a cost perspective it would be a real inefficient high school. Not that we’d expect anything else from this school board. |
Anonymous
They staff according to number of students. Does not always lead to small classes. |
Anonymous
It does defy logics. But maybe FCPS wants to track how many students from each elementary school boundary apply to Western High. By June 2026, they’ll have solid data on which communities are actually applying and they could use that to help draw the concrete boundary. If most Crossfield kids decide to stay with Oakton, that would give the pro Oakton group a lot more credibility. |
Anonymous
This whole thread offshoot is pointless. All the areas that were included in all 4 scenarios are overwhelmingly excited for the new school. Very few of those students will opt out just because they are good enough to start on varsity this year as a 9th or 10th grader. |
Anonymous
I’m in an area guaranteed to go and excited. However I can see students not opting in because they’re worried no one else will. Social politics in high school is hard and this is a big decision. I foresee everyone waiting to see where the masses go. |