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

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers? Aren't their peers at Carson? What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.

Of course they did. They are cherry picking who their children’s peers are and saying, their peers are Navy and Waples Mill kids, not kids they have been at middle school with. Crossfield AAP parents at Navy may be part of the opposition to KAA but they’re not the ones leading the rooted in Oakton stuff.

It’s about sports and wanting to be around a certain demographic while avoiding another. It’s one thing to say you love Oakton and want to be a part of it, it’s another to say that other kids living in your own zip code are not your child’s peers. I think that’s a really gross thing to say, especially to people who live right across the parkway from you in your own neighborhood.

If crossfield went to Franklin but your child is in AAP then they'd still have to go to Carson right? Talk about isolating kids. Crossfield AAP kids would only have each other going into Oakton. Is that correct?

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Anonymous wrote:Carson just sent out an email that the planning principal for Western will be talking to the 8th graders at Carson today. This was just added so they are just letting the families know. I am going to be interested to hear what he said to the kids.

Yes, I think it's good that they're doing this. The kids need to hear about it from someone other than their parents. with graders are 13 and 14 years old - old enough to discuss this with their parents. I don't understand some of these parents who are trying to keep this info from their kids - 8th graders want to stay with their friends but also want to understand the impact to sports, theater, art, band, orchestra, chorus, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers? Aren't their peers at Carson? What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.

Of course they did. They are cherry picking who their children’s peers are and saying, their peers are Navy and Waples Mill kids, not kids they have been at middle school with. Crossfield AAP parents at Navy may be part of the opposition to KAA but they’re not the ones leading the rooted in Oakton stuff.

It’s about sports and wanting to be around a certain demographic while avoiding another. It’s one thing to say you love Oakton and want to be a part of it, it’s another to say that other kids living in your own zip code are not your child’s peers. I think that’s a really gross thing to say, especially to people who live right across the parkway from you in your own neighborhood.

If crossfield went to Franklin but your child is in AAP then they'd still have to go to Carson right? Talk about isolating kids. Crossfield AAP kids would only have each other going into Oakton. Is that correct?

Yes - these parents are doing their kids a great disservice by continuing to isolate their kids into this tiny group of kids (and OMG the snobby behavior we've witnessed!!!). My daughter didn't start AAP until 7th (we didn't want to isolate her in the same group of kids for 4 grades), so she has a lot of non-AAP friends at Carson including a lot that didn't go to Crossfield. We've talked about it extensively and she can see positives and negatives. I'll be curious to hear what she has to say after this presentation. Kudos to the school for doing this!

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers? Aren't their peers at Carson? What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.

Of course they did. They are cherry picking who their children’s peers are and saying, their peers are Navy and Waples Mill kids, not kids they have been at middle school with. Crossfield AAP parents at Navy may be part of the opposition to KAA but they’re not the ones leading the rooted in Oakton stuff.

It’s about sports and wanting to be around a certain demographic while avoiding another. It’s one thing to say you love Oakton and want to be a part of it, it’s another to say that other kids living in your own zip code are not your child’s peers. I think that’s a really gross thing to say, especially to people who live right across the parkway from you in your own neighborhood.

But they are literally ONLY talking about AAP. kids which are a teeny tiny minority. Too bad the school board is too stupid to realize this.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson just sent out an email that the planning principal for Western will be talking to the 8th graders at Carson today. This was just added so they are just letting the families know. I am going to be interested to hear what he said to the kids.

Yes, I think it's good that they're doing this. The kids need to hear about it from someone other than their parents. with graders are 13 and 14 years old - old enough to discuss this with their parents. I don't understand some of these parents who are trying to keep this info from their kids - 8th graders want to stay with their friends but also want to understand the impact to sports, theater, art, band, orchestra, chorus, etc.

They are mad that this is happening at all and don’t want their kids to be part of it. They don’t want anyone telling their kids about it so they can control the messaging and convince their kids not to go there. God forbid a kid might actually want to opt in. Sad for kids whose parents helicopter to this extent. They’re never going to learn how to make decisions without a parent holding their hand. How do these parents let go once their kids go to college? Are they calling the university?

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Yes, I think it's good that they're doing this. The kids need to hear about it from someone other than their parents. with graders are 13 and 14 years old - old enough to discuss this with their parents. I don't understand some of these parents who are trying to keep this info from their kids - 8th graders want to stay with their friends but also want to understand the impact to sports, theater, art, band, orchestra, chorus, etc.

My problem is they weren't talked to, they were talked AT via a broadcast. No chance for the students to ask questions. They just told then what they wanted them to hear and that's it. It's also shady that they never sent an email to parents to give them a heads up or a copy of what their kids will see/hear. They also said at the board meeting that they'd be reaching out to parents first and then going to schools to talk WITH kids in December.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

OMG the Facebook page is HILARIOUS. I think this is smart - we shouldn't shelter the kids from the great choices available to them.

What page??

The Crossfield PTO president and her friends (all of whom have kids in AAP, surprise, surprise) started Rooted in Oakton and an accompanying Facebook group. It's mostly them and their friends. Or people they think are their friends, LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson just sent out an email that the planning principal for Western will be talking to the 8th graders at Carson today. This was just added so they are just letting the families know. I am going to be interested to hear what he said to the kids.

Yes, I think it's good that they're doing this. The kids need to hear about it from someone other than their parents. with graders are 13 and 14 years old - old enough to discuss this with their parents. I don't understand some of these parents who are trying to keep this info from their kids - 8th graders want to stay with their friends but also want to understand the impact to sports, theater, art, band, orchestra, chorus, etc.

They are mad that this is happening at all and don’t want their kids to be part of it. They don’t want anyone telling their kids about it so they can control the messaging and convince their kids not to go there. God forbid a kid might actually want to opt in. Sad for kids whose parents helicopter to this extent. They’re never going to learn how to make decisions without a parent holding their hand. How do these parents let go once their kids go to college? Are they calling the university?

Have you met some of them? I wouldn't be surprised if these are the parents that buy a condo in the town their kids go to college so they can continue to helicopter.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

OMG the Facebook page is HILARIOUS. I think this is smart - we shouldn't shelter the kids from the great choices available to them.

What page??

The Crossfield PTO president and her friends (all of whom have kids in AAP, surprise, surprise) started Rooted in Oakton and an accompanying Facebook group. It's mostly them and their friends. Or people they think are their friends, LOL.

Link to the group?

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Anonymous wrote:That's how it was phrased. I hope she meant that cville kids would be affected by it (by rezoning to westfield) but she definitely said that cville kids would be going to the western high school last night. And that the zoning map is not one of the 4

Does she have any idea of how disruptive her comments are? Look at a map. There is no world in which it would make sense to send Centreville kids that far.

I did not attend this meeting but I get the sense from past meetings that Reid thinks kids from other schools that won't ultimately be zoned to KAA will opt in to go there during the phase in period.

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Yes, I think it's good that they're doing this. The kids need to hear about it from someone other than their parents. with graders are 13 and 14 years old - old enough to discuss this with their parents. I don't understand some of these parents who are trying to keep this info from their kids - 8th graders want to stay with their friends but also want to understand the impact to sports, theater, art, band, orchestra, chorus, etc.

My problem is they weren't talked to, they were talked AT via a broadcast. No chance for the students to ask questions. They just told then what they wanted them to hear and that's it. It's also shady that they never sent an email to parents to give them a heads up or a copy of what their kids will see/hear. They also said at the board meeting that they'd be reaching out to parents first and then going to schools to talk WITH kids in December.

I'll be interested in what information was shared with the kids today. I have no problem with them sharing information with kids that parents already have access to. But, since almost no information has been shared directly from FCPS to parents thus far outside of the one community meeting that wasn't cancelled, I don't know what information they could possibly have to share with kids.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBrDw9ezk64

That should be the YouTube video they showed the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers? Aren't their peers at Carson? What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.

They are saying that because THEIR kids are AAP and would stay at Carson. They are selfish a-holes.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers? Aren't their peers at Carson? What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.

Of course they did. They are cherry picking who their children’s peers are and saying, their peers are Navy and Waples Mill kids, not kids they have been at middle school with. Crossfield AAP parents at Navy may be part of the opposition to KAA but they’re not the ones leading the rooted in Oakton stuff.

It’s about sports and wanting to be around a certain demographic while avoiding another. It’s one thing to say you love Oakton and want to be a part of it, it’s another to say that other kids living in your own zip code are not your child’s peers. I think that’s a really gross thing to say, especially to people who live right across the parkway from you in your own neighborhood.

If crossfield went to Franklin but your child is in AAP then they'd still have to go to Carson right? Talk about isolating kids. Crossfield AAP kids would only have each other going into Oakton. Is that correct?

+Navy + Waples (?)

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy.

OMG the Facebook page is HILARIOUS. I think this is smart - we shouldn't shelter the kids from the great choices available to them.

What page??

The Crossfield PTO president and her friends (all of whom have kids in AAP, surprise, surprise) started Rooted in Oakton and an accompanying Facebook group. It's mostly them and their friends. Or people they think are their friends, LOL.

Link to the group?

No. Invite only.