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

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should split up Coates & McNair. One of those schools can go to Herndon HS which has capacity so that Crossfield can go to Western. That way no one has a 30 minute bus ride on the highway to get to high school.

Uh huh. Fill up Herndon with Coates or McNair, and then that way you can keep busing other kids 45 minutes on a two-way street to get to another high school.

And, at the same time, change Langley boundary students who live in Herndon to Herndon. That would bring Langley under 100%.

This is a nonsense comment.

The city/town name for unincorporated area is determined by USPS. It doesn’t have anything to do with county.

The USPS argument is ridiculous. Just look at the map. Sections of the Forestville boundary look like a giant gerrymandered appendage down into the Herndon boundary. Those homes are closer to Herndon HS than all of Hutchinson is. Everything south of 7 and west of Reston Pkwy should be at HHS at a minimum. Don't want any split feeders though and Herndon has all those empty seats you like to crow about, so might as well move in all of Forestville for all the overcrowding happening in the northeast.

Yes. Those houses on Herndon side of 7 are within minutes of the high school and some are pretty close to Armstrong Elementary. Maybe, closer than to Forestville.

[Anonymous]

Can we we stop discussing Herndon and Langley, they have nothing to do with the Western HS.

[Anonymous]

So, no one knows how to opt-in? And where this elusive link is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we we stop discussing Herndon and Langley, they have nothing to do with the Western HS.

+100
The same poster is absolutely insistent about discussing these two schools, even though (as you said) they have nothing to do with the new Western school. She is absolutely enraged that those borders aren't changing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we we stop discussing Herndon and Langley, they have nothing to do with the Western HS.

+100
The same poster is absolutely insistent about discussing these two schools, even though (as you said) they have nothing to do with the new Western school. She is absolutely enraged that those borders aren't changing.

I agree with the PP, too. However, I disagree about the reason. Go back and look at the posts. Who do you think suggested that we did not need the Western school? Who do you think suggested that the kids from this area could fill that school that shall not be named?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we we stop discussing Herndon and Langley, they have nothing to do with the Western HS.

+100
The same poster is absolutely insistent about discussing these two schools, even though (as you said) they have nothing to do with the new Western school. She is absolutely enraged that those borders aren't changing.

I agree with the PP, too. However, I disagree about the reason. Go back and look at the posts. Who do you think suggested that we did not need the Western school? Who do you think suggested that the kids from this area could fill that school that shall not be named?

For the millionth time: NO ONE has said that area doesn't need a new school. I think that's the one thing most people are in agreement about. Many of us simply want full transparency surrounding the purchase/funding. That's it. Those are two entirely separate things. Stop conflating them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we we stop discussing Herndon and Langley, they have nothing to do with the Western HS.

+100
The same poster is absolutely insistent about discussing these two schools, even though (as you said) they have nothing to do with the new Western school. She is absolutely enraged that those borders aren't changing.

I agree with the PP, too. However, I disagree about the reason. Go back and look at the posts. Who do you think suggested that we did not need the Western school? Who do you think suggested that the kids from this area could fill that school that shall not be named?

For the millionth time: NO ONE has said that area doesn't need a new school. I think that's the one thing most people are in agreement about. Many of us simply want full transparency surrounding the purchase/funding. That's it. Those are two entirely separate things. Stop conflating them.

+1, But I’ll just add that it’s very intentional that she keeps lying about it. The only way she gets her way (or thinks she’ll get her way) in the future is to pit Neighbor against Neighbor. That’s why she can’t go even a day without bringing up areas of the county that aren’t even discussed being moved this go round

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should split up Coates & McNair. One of those schools can go to Herndon HS which has capacity so that Crossfield can go to Western. That way no one has a 30 minute bus ride on the highway to get to high school.

Uh huh. Fill up Herndon with Coates or McNair, and then that way you can keep busing other kids 45 minutes on a two-way street to get to another high school.

And, at the same time, change Langley boundary students who live in Herndon to Herndon. That would bring Langley under 100%.

This is a nonsense comment.

The city/town name for unincorporated area is determined by USPS. It doesn’t have anything to do with county.

Just because a person insists they live in Great Falls doesn't make it actually Great Falls. Maybe the Oakton moms will take this argument up, too. "Just because people say we live in Oak Hill doesn't mean we should go to the high school in Oak Hill". Oh wait, those are actually the SAME PEOPLE who insist they don't live in Herndon, they live in Oak Hill!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if there is a link to opt-in for 26-27?

Slide 14 here says enrollment begins on Nov 14: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DN829T0122CD/%24file/11-12%20Work%20Session%20-%20FCPS%20Boundary%20Review%20Presentation.pptx%20%20-%20%20SB%20Final.pdf

Honest question, why would you want to? You don't know what programs will be offered. You don't know who the teachers will be. You don't know who the student body will be. No sports or extra curriculars. No idea of you'll even have transportation after year 1. Is your current high School that bad? Our do you have that much faith in our superintendent and school board?

Easy, because they will have teachers for all the classes for freshman and sophomore year and they will have freshman and JV sports, even if they are not VHSL certified. I know they will have the classes and basics in place because they want to encourage kids to attend and be happy to be there. I know that the kids will be encouraged to create clubs and extra curricular activities.

I don’t know the teachers at SLHS and I know my kid has no shot of making sports teams at SLHS, he probably ha a better chance at the new school with fewer kids attending and the sports fanatics attending SLHS.

For what it's worth, I have a friend who is a science teacher at one of the highly rated high schools (don't want to out her) that has already talked to HR about a job at the new high school. She lives out here, and while her current commute isn't awful (20-30 minutes), this one would be 5-10. I know that's just one person, but I think it's silly to think that it will be all unknown and unseasoned teachers. I can imagine that a lot of experienced teachers who are fed up with their current administration or team members might apply to this school so that can start fresh. I also agree with this PP that it's a good opportunity for kids to start new clubs or for younger kids to be leaders in clubs/activities that they wouldn't have an opportunity to at Oakton/Chantilly/Westfield/SLHS. My daughter and her friends have been talking about it and it sounds like most of them want to opt in (no idea how their parents feel, of course, at least one of them is supposed to go to Oakton).

Sounds like your daughter and her friends are currently slotted to go to different high schools and they want to opt-in to the western high School so they can all go to the same school. Not the best reason, but at least it's one that makes sense.

This is the whole point though, isn't it? Carson is currently a four way split feeder. Western allows it to become a school that feeds one, or at most two, high schools. FCPS does need to make a decision about what it's going to do about Fox Mill/Crossfield. One of them is going to be left out and it's not fair to those kids to be the only ones at the whole middle school that don't go to Western. Whichever school gets left out should be zoned to the same middle school as their South Lakes/Oakton peers (so Hughes/Franklin).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, no one knows how to opt-in? And where this elusive link is?

I don’t think you can opt in now.

I guess “to opt in” means you’re registering your kid for the high school, since they won’t allow double registration. When does high school registration start? January?

On a separate note, I think they’ll have to look at the opt-in numbers to determine the boundary, because they have to provide buses to in-boundary kids.

For example, if very few kids from Crossfield opt in compared to other areas, it will be hard to justify a bus for them, which means they’ll likely be excluded from the Western boundary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if there is a link to opt-in for 26-27?

Slide 14 here says enrollment begins on Nov 14: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DN829T0122CD/%24file/11-12%20Work%20Session%20-%20FCPS%20Boundary%20Review%20Presentation.pptx%20%20-%20%20SB%20Final.pdf

Honest question, why would you want to? You don't know what programs will be offered. You don't know who the teachers will be. You don't know who the student body will be. No sports or extra curriculars. No idea of you'll even have transportation after year 1. Is your current high School that bad? Our do you have that much faith in our superintendent and school board?

Easy, because they will have teachers for all the classes for freshman and sophomore year and they will have freshman and JV sports, even if they are not VHSL certified. I know they will have the classes and basics in place because they want to encourage kids to attend and be happy to be there. I know that the kids will be encouraged to create clubs and extra curricular activities.

I don’t know the teachers at SLHS and I know my kid has no shot of making sports teams at SLHS, he probably ha a better chance at the new school with fewer kids attending and the sports fanatics attending SLHS.

For what it's worth, I have a friend who is a science teacher at one of the highly rated high schools (don't want to out her) that has already talked to HR about a job at the new high school. She lives out here, and while her current commute isn't awful (20-30 minutes), this one would be 5-10. I know that's just one person, but I think it's silly to think that it will be all unknown and unseasoned teachers. I can imagine that a lot of experienced teachers who are fed up with their current administration or team members might apply to this school so that can start fresh. I also agree with this PP that it's a good opportunity for kids to start new clubs or for younger kids to be leaders in clubs/activities that they wouldn't have an opportunity to at Oakton/Chantilly/Westfield/SLHS. My daughter and her friends have been talking about it and it sounds like most of them want to opt in (no idea how their parents feel, of course, at least one of them is supposed to go to Oakton).

This is nice to hear - some people want to be there - fresh start - explorers. We think highly of Chantilly but we are game for Western if its good - CHS round trip is 50 min when my kids have practice - great school - commutes a bit much. Not sure how it will be a great school for a whole with no one required to go there but such is FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, no one knows how to opt-in? And where this elusive link is?

Ugh, how many times do we have to repeat this? SOME portion of the 180,000 FCPS students can OPT IN- we will tell them in 2027 if they are OUT or in 2028 if they are maybe IN or possibly OUT. Why is this so hard for people to understand?? Have you never been to Vegas?

This is a very simple Russian roulette of schools- I’m disappointed more people are not onboard. The cliques will have a hard time setting up shop with this slop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if there is a link to opt-in for 26-27?

Slide 14 here says enrollment begins on Nov 14: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DN829T0122CD/%24file/11-12%20Work%20Session%20-%20FCPS%20Boundary%20Review%20Presentation.pptx%20%20-%20%20SB%20Final.pdf

Honest question, why would you want to? You don't know what programs will be offered. You don't know who the teachers will be. You don't know who the student body will be. No sports or extra curriculars. No idea of you'll even have transportation after year 1. Is your current high School that bad? Our do you have that much faith in our superintendent and school board?

Easy, because they will have teachers for all the classes for freshman and sophomore year and they will have freshman and JV sports, even if they are not VHSL certified. I know they will have the classes and basics in place because they want to encourage kids to attend and be happy to be there. I know that the kids will be encouraged to create clubs and extra curricular activities.

I don’t know the teachers at SLHS and I know my kid has no shot of making sports teams at SLHS, he probably ha a better chance at the new school with fewer kids attending and the sports fanatics attending SLHS.

For what it's worth, I have a friend who is a science teacher at one of the highly rated high schools (don't want to out her) that has already talked to HR about a job at the new high school. She lives out here, and while her current commute isn't awful (20-30 minutes), this one would be 5-10. I know that's just one person, but I think it's silly to think that it will be all unknown and unseasoned teachers. I can imagine that a lot of experienced teachers who are fed up with their current administration or team members might apply to this school so that can start fresh. I also agree with this PP that it's a good opportunity for kids to start new clubs or for younger kids to be leaders in clubs/activities that they wouldn't have an opportunity to at Oakton/Chantilly/Westfield/SLHS. My daughter and her friends have been talking about it and it sounds like most of them want to opt in (no idea how their parents feel, of course, at least one of them is supposed to go to Oakton).

This is nice to hear - some people want to be there - fresh start - explorers. We think highly of Chantilly but we are game for Western if its good - CHS round trip is 50 min when my kids have practice - great school - commutes a bit much. Not sure how it will be a great school for a whole with no one required to go there but such is FCPS.

50 minutes round trip? How? Where do you live that CHS is 25 minutes away?

From my house, Oakton is easily 45 minutes ONE WAY during rush hour. I am thrilled at the prospect of my kids going to the Western HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if there is a link to opt-in for 26-27?

Slide 14 here says enrollment begins on Nov 14: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DN829T0122CD/%24file/11-12%20Work%20Session%20-%20FCPS%20Boundary%20Review%20Presentation.pptx%20%20-%20%20SB%20Final.pdf

Honest question, why would you want to? You don't know what programs will be offered. You don't know who the teachers will be. You don't know who the student body will be. No sports or extra curriculars. No idea of you'll even have transportation after year 1. Is your current high School that bad? Our do you have that much faith in our superintendent and school board?

Easy, because they will have teachers for all the classes for freshman and sophomore year and they will have freshman and JV sports, even if they are not VHSL certified. I know they will have the classes and basics in place because they want to encourage kids to attend and be happy to be there. I know that the kids will be encouraged to create clubs and extra curricular activities.

I don’t know the teachers at SLHS and I know my kid has no shot of making sports teams at SLHS, he probably ha a better chance at the new school with fewer kids attending and the sports fanatics attending SLHS.

For what it's worth, I have a friend who is a science teacher at one of the highly rated high schools (don't want to out her) that has already talked to HR about a job at the new high school. She lives out here, and while her current commute isn't awful (20-30 minutes), this one would be 5-10. I know that's just one person, but I think it's silly to think that it will be all unknown and unseasoned teachers. I can imagine that a lot of experienced teachers who are fed up with their current administration or team members might apply to this school so that can start fresh. I also agree with this PP that it's a good opportunity for kids to start new clubs or for younger kids to be leaders in clubs/activities that they wouldn't have an opportunity to at Oakton/Chantilly/Westfield/SLHS. My daughter and her friends have been talking about it and it sounds like most of them want to opt in (no idea how their parents feel, of course, at least one of them is supposed to go to Oakton).

This is nice to hear - some people want to be there - fresh start - explorers. We think highly of Chantilly but we are game for Western if its good - CHS round trip is 50 min when my kids have practice - great school - commutes a bit much. Not sure how it will be a great school for a whole with no one required to go there but such is FCPS.

50 minutes round trip? How? Where do you live that CHS is 25 minutes away?

From my house, Oakton is easily 45 minutes ONE WAY during rush hour. I am thrilled at the prospect of my kids going to the Western HS.

Maybe at rush hour --and include wait time for kid to load up? I'm a little puzzled, as well. I've made that trip many times. I don't always go the "shortest" way because it isn't always the quickest--if you cannot make a certain turn.
I cannot imagine the drive to Oakton at rush hour. But, the round trip is normally pretty quick to Chantilly. That is why we like it. All the kids live close. Glad Western will be even closer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, no one knows how to opt-in? And where this elusive link is?

I don’t think you can opt in now.

I guess “to opt in” means you’re registering your kid for the high school, since they won’t allow double registration. When does high school registration start? January?

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Thank you - I appreciate this.
I was thrown off by the “Nov 14- enrollment starts” in the board docs.

Yes, regular registration is typically in Jan.