FCPS Skyview Boundary Revised Scenario 1 / 2
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Anonymous
I was told he lives in Money's Corner. According to google maps, the fastest way to Oakton is currently 10 miles plus. Shortest way is over 7 miles, butmore minutrs. (17 and this is mid day.) And, if you "live" it, you know that South Lakes is only 3 miles--and 6 minutres. I hear there is room at South Lakes. |
Anonymous
Well then, maybe a little bit more thought on the front-end would’ve been prudent. |
Anonymous
Of course, but the way they are approaching the new boundaries will leave so much excess capacity at Herndon, South Lakes, and Westfield that there will continue to be questions as to whether buying Skyview was a prudent decision. If they’d been more willing to move more kids out of Oakton and Chantilly and balance the enrollments more closely, they’d have a better case that they are thinking about the long-term futures of all the schools in the area. But they haven’t, so now it feels like Skyview is a gift to some communities; Oakton was protected at all costs; South Lakes and Westfield have been set up for failure; and people still don’t know what will happen with Centreville, which may or may not get a huge addition it no longer needs. Reid is not skilled enough to look at these inter-connected issues and come up with a decent comprehensive plan. All she knows how to do is make promises that Skyview will be a fantastic school that offers a “22nd Century education” and cut deals with individual communities to keep them out of schools they don’t want to attend, whether it’s Westfield or Marshall. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately, this counter has come up repeatedly from Crossfield parents who had hoped for and didn't get zoned to Skyview. It implicitly bashes South Lakes which is a perennial sports/ theater powerhouse among many other achievements. I apologize you encountered people who were not able to articulate they wanted to naturally stayed zoned to the school they had hoped for their children for a host of reasons without putting others ones down...each school has its pluses and minuses. Your an argument is a continuation of one frequently posted that states Franklin Farm should go to Skyview and those on the otherside of West Ox should attend South Lakes. This argument ultimately identifies those living closer to Crossfield as being an island rather than a continuation of non-Navy Island and Waples Mills neighborhoods (those furthest from Oakton HS) which are too closer to South Lakes than they are Oakton HS. I know you don't feel a part of that community but there are people and neighborhoods who very much do-the Navy zone starts right down the road from us. I wish you the best and hope there are opportunities for Skyview pupil placement as it really does geographically make sense for some Crossfield families. |
Anonymous
Your assumption is incorrect. I am your PP. I am not a Crossfield parent. None of what you said applies to me. But, you might consider looking in a mirror. Not bashing South Lakes. Mcdaniel tried to claim that Oakton is more convenient than Skyview. My point was that South Lakes is most convenient. |
Anonymous
Sure, play your character. "I hear there is room at South Lakes," is meant to be provocative. |
Anonymous
| DP. I do not envy you Crossfield families knowing that at the next review all the rest of Oakton will be trying to shed your homes as the farthest ones away in hopes of keeping their own in boundary. Not a problem I'd want to buy into if I was currently shopping for a home. |
Anonymous
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Oakton will be severely overcrowded.
South Lakes will be severely undercrowded. All the Crossfield people are much closer to SLHS than Oakton. It doesn't take a rocket scientist. |
Anonymous
| Its hard to be sympathetic to the people who bought into neighborhoods zoned to Oakton, but wanted to be switched to Skyview, but ended up still at Oakton. You can choose to pupil place into Skyview at any time. Of all the families involved in this s-show, your plight is the least sympathetic. |
Anonymous
Yep, real life plays out exactly like that... |
Anonymous
Oakton and Skyview will both be AP schools. So the ability to pupil place into Skyview from Oakton would be based on FCPS designating the "Pathways" program as a special program into which students can pupil place, and Skyview having the capacity to accommodate students who live outside the boundary. Both those things will probably be true for a while, but saying "you can choose to pupil place into Skyview at any time" is likely an overstatement. |
Anonymous
| They have said multiple times that the "pathway" at Skyview will be opt-in, like the program at Edison. |
Anonymous
If Oakton gets severely overcrowded, you'll have some families pushing to move the rest of Crossfield to South Lakes in a few years, and you'll have others who are indifferent. What you won't have is Oakton families living closer to Oakton trying themselves to keep Crossfield at Oakton, because Oakton will be fine with or without Crossfield. It's not like Westfield losing Floris or South Lakes losing Fox Mill. |
Anonymous
This is probably what will happen unless Skyview becomes overcrowded. If they don't change course with their plans (or lack of plans) for Westfield, Skyview, Chantilly & Centreville will be full with kids zoned for Westfield who have figured out a way to attend elsewhere. |
Anonymous
Recall that, had enough students from the five pyramids opted in to attend Skyview, there would have been a lottery for seats. As it turns out, Skyview was under-subscribed, so they started opening up the 9th and 10th grade classes for 2026-27 to students across the county. With the "Pathways" program, it will be an accepted basis for a pupil placement, like the STEM program at Edison and the Leadership program at Lewis, but again it will be subject to Skyview having available capacity. If Skyview fills up, or they decide to change the bases for pupil placements (like they did this year when they eliminated foreign language as a basis for pupil placement), the ability to transfer into Skyview could be limited. |