Franklin/Rocky Run/Carson

[Anonymous]

I’d have no problem moving from Franklin to Rocky Run if my child’s elementary school fed into Rocky Run but it doesn’t. It would be cruel to take a child who already completed one year at middle school with friends from their base school and move them to Rocky Run where they would know absolutely no one for one year.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to pull this out of the Boundary Study topic because I think it's an easy fix and I'm hoping that someone from the BRAC or Board sees it. Copying the post below with some minor rephrasing:


If FCPS removes middle school AAP Centers, Franklin MS would be at 131% capacity with all the kids who can no longer go to Carson. HOWEVER Rocky run is only at 73% capacity. The simple and least disruptive solution would be shift some kids from Franklin who are already zoned to Chantilly to Rocky Run - it is literally the same 30%.

This also solves some of the split feeder issue, potentially removing one of the high schools that Carson feeds to (the prev post says going from 3 to 2, but doesn't Carson also feed Westfields? So maybe going from 4 to 3?)

Maybe it’s simple for you because your child wouldn’t be affected? My child would be. It would require my child to move to a brand new middle school for 8th grade where they would know absolutely no one as their elementary school doesn’t feed into Rocky Run. It would be devastating to start at a brand new school for 8th grade, lose the connections to friends from Franklin, and then have to start high school. No thank you.

DP. They could grandfather rising 8th graders. Long term sending as many Chantilly-zoned kids to Rocky Run as possible seems to make sense.

They could but they have already stated they won’t grandfather anyone except rising seniors.

Franklin is located in the middle of Chantilly neighborhoods. Some are walkers.

Ok, but what does that have to do with grandfathering?

Nothing. This is about boundaries. Grandfathering is only a portion of it. Have you not read the comments earlier about sending the Chantilly kids to Rocky Run from Franklin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d have no problem moving from Franklin to Rocky Run if my child’s elementary school fed into Rocky Run but it doesn’t. It would be cruel to take a child who already completed one year at middle school with friends from their base school and move them to Rocky Run where they would know absolutely no one for one year.

That’s true with all of these proposals though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The goal should be to get South Lakes and Chantilly (via AAP transfers) out of Carson so that it only feeds to Oakton and Westfield. Next should be to get Westfield out of Franklin so it only feeds Chantilly and Oakton. Third is to get Oakton out of Jackson (via AAP transfers.) I don’t think it’s possible to fix the Oakton middle school feeder issue. Although I now see the logic of moving Waples Mill to Katherine Johnson since it’s so far from all the other Oakton feeders.

I disagree with the bold. It will create a different split feeder at Katherine Johnson by sending Waples/Johnson/Oakton. Why not keep all the future Oakton high kids together at Franklin/Carson (AAP)?

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Anonymous wrote:The goal should be to get South Lakes and Chantilly (via AAP transfers) out of Carson so that it only feeds to Oakton and Westfield. Next should be to get Westfield out of Franklin so it only feeds Chantilly and Oakton. Third is to get Oakton out of Jackson (via AAP transfers.) I don’t think it’s possible to fix the Oakton middle school feeder issue. Although I now see the logic of moving Waples Mill to Katherine Johnson since it’s so far from all the other Oakton feeders.

I disagree with the bold. It will create a different split feeder at Katherine Johnson by sending Waples/Johnson/Oakton. Why not keep all the future Oakton high kids together at Franklin/Carson (AAP)?

The rumor was Waples to Johnson to Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:The goal should be to get South Lakes and Chantilly (via AAP transfers) out of Carson so that it only feeds to Oakton and Westfield. Next should be to get Westfield out of Franklin so it only feeds Chantilly and Oakton. Third is to get Oakton out of Jackson (via AAP transfers.) I don’t think it’s possible to fix the Oakton middle school feeder issue. Although I now see the logic of moving Waples Mill to Katherine Johnson since it’s so far from all the other Oakton feeders.

I disagree with the bold. It will create a different split feeder at Katherine Johnson by sending Waples/Johnson/Oakton. Why not keep all the future Oakton high kids together at Franklin/Carson (AAP)?

The rumor was Waples to Johnson to Fairfax.

Is pushing a rumor productive?