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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what are they going to propose on Saturday?

These are tweaks that I can think of that they may make to the Drafty Draft Options:

Option A: Move the small pocket of Floris from SLHS to KAA

pros: Floris won't be split feeder, SLHS will get some relief.
cons: Fox Mill will be the only school going to SLHS from Carson

Option B: Move Franklin Farm west of 286 from Oakton to KAA

pros: Oakton will get some relief. Will satisfy most Crossfield parents which appear to be very torn.
cons: Crossfield will become three way split

Option C&D: Move Fox Mill Woods from KAA to SLHS

pros: Will satisfy Fox Mill Woods parents. KAA will be close to 2000.


Or are they coming up with a completely new map?

There's nothing west of 286 that goes to Crossfield. "Most" Crossfield parents don't want to stay at Oakton. I would say most Crossfield parents are ambivalent or hoping to move to the new school. It's just some loud ones that want to move.

That's not the experience in my neighborhood. Most paid serious coin for access to Oakton, though there is a small minority who wanted south lakes access due to the south asian community there.

Oh please, I have what is now a $1.5M house that I paid $750K for. That's not "serious bank".

My house is worth more than that at 1.9 million, but yes your house is approximately 4x the median price for the USA and 2x the average Fairfax house price. Your house qualifies as serious bank.

You reek of privledge.

[Anonymous]

Is it wrong that some parents want to stay in their current boundary? I don’t know why people become so aggressive to each other.

There are some Fox Mill parents who want to stay in SLHS and some Oak Hill parents who want to stay in Chantilly.

It’s just that there are more number of Crossfield parents who want to stay in Oakton (or maybe just more vocal I don’t know) and we have to respect their opinion as well.

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Who the heck knows. They probably won’t have any new info and it will just be a complaint session. If I understand correctly Reid said last night there will be a version of a map that doesn’t include anyone from South Lakes or Oakton. I don’t even understand how you fill the school that way. That would seem to require a ton of backfilling of space opened up in Chantilly/Centreville/Westfield by moving kids out of only those schools.

Lee's Corner? Chantilly kids.
Doesn't make much sense. It would split them up because some live right across from Chantilly.

If they don't touch South Lakes or Oakton, then Carson will still be a three way split.

That will be a really bad outcome.

SLHS and Oakton won’t get any relief while Westfield loses more than 1000 kids to KAA. Carson will still be a three way split and Floris a two way split.

But I heard some Fox Mill parents want to stay in SLHS and given some Crossfield parents are very vocal against the move, Reid may come up with a crazy map.

Franklin Farm -> Western to give Oakton some relief and cut their commute to a third of what it is.

You should've heard the lady from Crossfield at last nights meeting that kept going on and on about staying at Oakton. I thought at some point they would cut her off but they let her finish.

I was't there, but it's ridiculous. There is no Oakton community before the kids get to high school. It's not like we go shopping in Oakton or have activities in Oakton. It's not like we go to Oakton block parties. My kids don't know a single person that goes to any school zoned to Oakton other than the ones that went to Navy for AAP. All their sports, activity, and camp friends are going to go to Chantilly and Westfield, and a lot of those kids will go to Western.

100%. Thank you. I don't know what these people are talking about with their "Oakton community" nonsense. It does not exist before high school. I literally never set foot in Oakton. There is no reason to do so. It's a bunch of BS. If your kid currently attends Oakton HS, by all means let them stay for continuity. I understand having started to build a community around high school peers and activities. But if you are in middle school or younger? You are full of it saying your community is Oakton unless you are part of a very specific sport or two. Which you chose to do outside of your actual community. Same way plenty of our kids who do travel sports don't play on teams with kids they don't go to school with. That's how it works. Stop lying that you are part of some community with Navy and Waples Mill kids. Kids who actually go to Navy don't even say that. It's a bunch of lies.

Please write this to the Board Members and Dr. Reid. I did, and I talked about MY community being in Oak Hill, but I'm not willing to stand up in a meeting and say it out loud because I don't want my child suddenly dropped from her friend group over this.

I have reached out to the SB and Dr. Reid. I wish those of us who live here could opt in or out of the new high school over the next few years, but not based on some magnet/academy program. It's so much closer to home. I don't know what my kids will be interested in academically, and they aren't the type who would get into a STEM, AI aviation magnet which seem to be the current obsessions. I would much prefer a community of what I see as the more down to earth and laid back people who live around here, vs. the crazy sports/status obsessed parents who think anything other than Oakton isn't good enough. Those parents think I am "one of them" because I am staying quiet. I don't want to say it in a meeting either. I really hope there are enough of us writing and calling behind the scenes. It's hard to believe people want to pass up the chance of having a high school close to home all so they can live out their dreams through their kids, who they probably haven't even asked what their preferences are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what are they going to propose on Saturday?

These are tweaks that I can think of that they may make to the Drafty Draft Options:

Option A: Move the small pocket of Floris from SLHS to KAA

pros: Floris won't be split feeder, SLHS will get some relief.
cons: Fox Mill will be the only school going to SLHS from Carson

Option B: Move Franklin Farm west of 286 from Oakton to KAA

pros: Oakton will get some relief. Will satisfy most Crossfield parents which appear to be very torn.
cons: Crossfield will become three way split

Option C&D: Move Fox Mill Woods from KAA to SLHS

pros: Will satisfy Fox Mill Woods parents. KAA will be close to 2000.


Or are they coming up with a completely new map?

There's nothing west of 286 that goes to Crossfield. "Most" Crossfield parents don't want to stay at Oakton. I would say most Crossfield parents are ambivalent or hoping to move to the new school. It's just some loud ones that want to move.

That's not the experience in my neighborhood. Most paid serious coin for access to Oakton, though there is a small minority who wanted south lakes access due to the south asian community there.

Oh please, I have what is now a $1.5M house that I paid $750K for. That's not "serious bank".

My house is worth more than that at 1.9 million, but yes your house is approximately 4x the median price for the USA and 2x the average Fairfax house price. Your house qualifies as serious bank.

You reek of privledge.

Says the person who says they "paid serious coin for access to Oakton"
LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it wrong that some parents want to stay in their current boundary? I don’t know why people become so aggressive to each other.

There are some Fox Mill parents who want to stay in SLHS and some Oak Hill parents who want to stay in Chantilly.

It’s just that there are more number of Crossfield parents who want to stay in Oakton (or maybe just more vocal I don’t know) and we have to respect their opinion as well.

It's not more, it's just louder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what are they going to propose on Saturday?

These are tweaks that I can think of that they may make to the Drafty Draft Options:

Option A: Move the small pocket of Floris from SLHS to KAA

pros: Floris won't be split feeder, SLHS will get some relief.
cons: Fox Mill will be the only school going to SLHS from Carson

Option B: Move Franklin Farm west of 286 from Oakton to KAA

pros: Oakton will get some relief. Will satisfy most Crossfield parents which appear to be very torn.
cons: Crossfield will become three way split

Option C&D: Move Fox Mill Woods from KAA to SLHS

pros: Will satisfy Fox Mill Woods parents. KAA will be close to 2000.


Or are they coming up with a completely new map?

There's nothing west of 286 that goes to Crossfield. "Most" Crossfield parents don't want to stay at Oakton. I would say most Crossfield parents are ambivalent or hoping to move to the new school. It's just some loud ones that want to move.

That's not the experience in my neighborhood. Most paid serious coin for access to Oakton, though there is a small minority who wanted south lakes access due to the south asian community there.

Oh please, I have what is now a $1.5M house that I paid $750K for. That's not "serious bank".

My house is worth more than that at 1.9 million, but yes your house is approximately 4x the median price for the USA and 2x the average Fairfax house price. Your house qualifies as serious bank.

You reek of privledge.

Says the person who says they "paid serious coin for access to Oakton"
LOL!

Yes, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a house that is roughly 5x the median national average and close to 3x the fairfax average. I recognize that I paid a ton of cash for access to oakton and that I am privledged to do so. To be able to afford a nearly 10k a month mortage is limited to very few people.

If you don't recognize you're in the same group of people I don't know what to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what are they going to propose on Saturday?

These are tweaks that I can think of that they may make to the Drafty Draft Options:

Option A: Move the small pocket of Floris from SLHS to KAA

pros: Floris won't be split feeder, SLHS will get some relief.
cons: Fox Mill will be the only school going to SLHS from Carson

Option B: Move Franklin Farm west of 286 from Oakton to KAA

pros: Oakton will get some relief. Will satisfy most Crossfield parents which appear to be very torn.
cons: Crossfield will become three way split

Option C&D: Move Fox Mill Woods from KAA to SLHS

pros: Will satisfy Fox Mill Woods parents. KAA will be close to 2000.


Or are they coming up with a completely new map?

There's nothing west of 286 that goes to Crossfield. "Most" Crossfield parents don't want to stay at Oakton. I would say most Crossfield parents are ambivalent or hoping to move to the new school. It's just some loud ones that want to move.

That's not the experience in my neighborhood. Most paid serious coin for access to Oakton, though there is a small minority who wanted south lakes access due to the south asian community there.

Oh please, I have what is now a $1.5M house that I paid $750K for. That's not "serious bank".

My house is worth more than that at 1.9 million, but yes your house is approximately 4x the median price for the USA and 2x the average Fairfax house price. Your house qualifies as serious bank.

You reek of privledge.

Says the person who says they "paid serious coin for access to Oakton"
LOL!

Yes, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a house that is roughly 5x the median national average and close to 3x the fairfax average. I recognize that I paid a ton of cash for access to oakton and that I am privledged to do so. To be able to afford a nearly 10k a month mortage is limited to very few people.

If you don't recognize you're in the same group of people I don't know what to say.

If you're paying nearly $10K/month for a house in this area, you did something very, very wrong!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what are they going to propose on Saturday?

These are tweaks that I can think of that they may make to the Drafty Draft Options:

Option A: Move the small pocket of Floris from SLHS to KAA

pros: Floris won't be split feeder, SLHS will get some relief.
cons: Fox Mill will be the only school going to SLHS from Carson

Option B: Move Franklin Farm west of 286 from Oakton to KAA

pros: Oakton will get some relief. Will satisfy most Crossfield parents which appear to be very torn.
cons: Crossfield will become three way split

Option C&D: Move Fox Mill Woods from KAA to SLHS

pros: Will satisfy Fox Mill Woods parents. KAA will be close to 2000.


Or are they coming up with a completely new map?

There's nothing west of 286 that goes to Crossfield. "Most" Crossfield parents don't want to stay at Oakton. I would say most Crossfield parents are ambivalent or hoping to move to the new school. It's just some loud ones that want to move.

That's not the experience in my neighborhood. Most paid serious coin for access to Oakton, though there is a small minority who wanted south lakes access due to the south asian community there.

Oh please, I have what is now a $1.5M house that I paid $750K for. That's not "serious bank".

My house is worth more than that at 1.9 million, but yes your house is approximately 4x the median price for the USA and 2x the average Fairfax house price. Your house qualifies as serious bank.

You reek of privledge.

Says the person who says they "paid serious coin for access to Oakton"
LOL!

Yes, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a house that is roughly 5x the median national average and close to 3x the fairfax average. I recognize that I paid a ton of cash for access to oakton and that I am privledged to do so. To be able to afford a nearly 10k a month mortage is limited to very few people.

If you don't recognize you're in the same group of people I don't know what to say.

If you're paying nearly $10K/month for a house in this area, you did something very, very wrong!

No kidding. Also weird that someone with that much money can’t spell a word a simple as privilege.

[Anonymous]

Reid wants to prolong the boundary discussion for Western HS until June. And for the next two years it will be kinda open enrollment but only for Chantilly, Centreville, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton boundary.

Did I hear this right?

I don’t even know it’s legal. Basically it’s like a charter school for two years but open for only certain area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid wants to prolong the boundary discussion for Western HS until June. And for the next two years it will be kinda open enrollment but only for Chantilly, Centreville, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton boundary.

Did I hear this right?

I don’t even know it’s legal. Basically it’s like a charter school for two years but open for only certain area.

Seriously? The School Board needs to step in now.

What an awful thing to do to the community. She needs to go now.

Get someone with a modicum of common sense.

What is her plan? See how many show up and then draw the boundaries?
Sports? Activities?

This is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

What happens if they get more kids than needed? And, they don't come from Chantilly?

[Anonymous]

Reid is so useless its almost funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid is so useless its almost funny

Except it is not funny.

What is Domenech up to these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid wants to prolong the boundary discussion for Western HS until June. And for the next two years it will be kinda open enrollment but only for Chantilly, Centreville, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton boundary.

Did I hear this right?

I don’t even know it’s legal. Basically it’s like a charter school for two years but open for only certain area.

That's not what she said at all. This PP is either really bad with comprehension and completely misunderstands what Reid said or deliberately trying to mislead you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reid wants to prolong the boundary discussion for Western HS until June. And for the next two years it will be kinda open enrollment but only for Chantilly, Centreville, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton boundary.

Did I hear this right?

I don’t even know it’s legal. Basically it’s like a charter school for two years but open for only certain area.

Seriously? The School Board needs to step in now.

What an awful thing to do to the community. She needs to go now.

Get someone with a modicum of common sense.

What is her plan? See how many show up and then draw the boundaries?
Sports? Activities?

This is ridiculous.

That person is lying. All she said was that students who are 7th and up will have the choice to go to their current base school, so they don't know what the numbers are going to be in the fall. That's literally it.