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

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Anonymous wrote:Seema has said she wants Crossfield at Skyview because it keeps Sully kids in a Sully school, but the only part of Crossfield that is in Sully is Franklin Farm. Everything west and north of West Ox Rd is in Maren's district.

I wonder if it’s possible that the Franklin Farm part of Crossfield would get zoned to Skyview while the rest stays at Oakton? Kind of like how most of Navy goes to Oakton but a small part goes to Chantilly. Wouldn’t that be ironic considering who has been leading the RIO charge…

The Hunter Mill areas are much, much closer to South Lakes than Oakton.
And, by the way, part of the Folkstone area is in Sully--it is a split.
Far more of Crossfield kids live in Sully than in Hunter Mill.

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I just want to know when we are going to get the maps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seema has said she wants Crossfield at Skyview because it keeps Sully kids in a Sully school, but the only part of Crossfield that is in Sully is Franklin Farm. Everything west and north of West Ox Rd is in Maren's district.

Where/when have you heard her say this? Was it a public comment?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seema has said she wants Crossfield at Skyview because it keeps Sully kids in a Sully school, but the only part of Crossfield that is in Sully is Franklin Farm. Everything west and north of West Ox Rd is in Maren's district.

I wonder if it’s possible that the Franklin Farm part of Crossfield would get zoned to Skyview while the rest stays at Oakton? Kind of like how most of Navy goes to Oakton but a small part goes to Chantilly. Wouldn’t that be ironic considering who has been leading the RIO charge…

Although FCPS rarely followed its own rules during the boundary study they would not make Crossfield more of a split feeder than it already is. Remember a small number of students go to South Lakes from Crossfield already. I’m not saying Dixit is wrong but i’ve attended all of the Skyview-related meetings and don’t recall her saying that about Crossfield staying in Sully. What meeting was that at? She has in most cases shown very little interest in Crossfield.

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I don't think so, it's been vocalized she wants Crossfield at the new HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think so, it's been vocalized she wants Crossfield at the new HS.

You didn’t answer the question. Who vocalized it? She may very well want Crossfield at Skyview but she has not said that in any of the community meetings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think so, it's been vocalized she wants Crossfield at the new HS.

You didn’t answer the question. Who vocalized it? She may very well want Crossfield at Skyview but she has not said that in any of the community meetings.

Well, if she has any sense at all, she knows it would be the right call.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think so, it's been vocalized she wants Crossfield at the new HS.

You didn’t answer the question. Who vocalized it? She may very well want Crossfield at Skyview but she has not said that in any of the community meetings.

Well, if she has any sense at all, she knows it would be the right call.

That was very helpful. Thank you

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Anonymous wrote:It will provide an important data point in the decision making. For example, it's going to be a useful data point in deciding moving crossfield or foxmil. That data won't affect Oakhill.

Anonymous wrote:The boundary decisions are not being made solely on opt-in numbers. That's DCUM speculation.

Gee. Why didn't they do the boundary study based on those who want to Opt-in to any school?

I do not understand this process at all.

Reid is clueless.

With how few changes they made in the grand scheme it sort of feels like that’s what they did.

I'd be very surprised if Meren supports South Lakes losing Fox Mill.

Meren doesn’t know the difference between Fox Mill and Fox Mill Woods.

I’d love to lose Meren.

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Anonymous wrote:It will provide an important data point in the decision making. For example, it's going to be a useful data point in deciding moving crossfield or foxmil. That data won't affect Oakhill.

Anonymous wrote:The boundary decisions are not being made solely on opt-in numbers. That's DCUM speculation.

Gee. Why didn't they do the boundary study based on those who want to Opt-in to any school?

I do not understand this process at all.

Reid is clueless.

With how few changes they made in the grand scheme it sort of feels like that’s what they did.

I'd be very surprised if Meren supports South Lakes losing Fox Mill.

Meren doesn’t know the difference between Fox Mill and Fox Mill Woods.

I’d love to lose Meren.

If Reid’s proposal sends Fox Mill to Skyview the other board members will pass it.

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Anonymous wrote:It will provide an important data point in the decision making. For example, it's going to be a useful data point in deciding moving crossfield or foxmil. That data won't affect Oakhill.

Anonymous wrote:The boundary decisions are not being made solely on opt-in numbers. That's DCUM speculation.

Gee. Why didn't they do the boundary study based on those who want to Opt-in to any school?

I do not understand this process at all.

Reid is clueless.

With how few changes they made in the grand scheme it sort of feels like that’s what they did.

I'd be very surprised if Meren supports South Lakes losing Fox Mill.

Meren doesn’t know the difference between Fox Mill and Fox Mill Woods.

I’d love to lose Meren.

If Reid’s proposal sends Fox Mill to Skyview the other board members will pass it.

Crossfield to Skyview makes so much more sense that I don't think even one board member would object if that were Reid's proposal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It will provide an important data point in the decision making. For example, it's going to be a useful data point in deciding moving crossfield or foxmil. That data won't affect Oakhill.

Anonymous wrote:The boundary decisions are not being made solely on opt-in numbers. That's DCUM speculation.

Gee. Why didn't they do the boundary study based on those who want to Opt-in to any school?

I do not understand this process at all.

Reid is clueless.

With how few changes they made in the grand scheme it sort of feels like that’s what they did.

I'd be very surprised if Meren supports South Lakes losing Fox Mill.

Meren doesn’t know the difference between Fox Mill and Fox Mill Woods.

I’d love to lose Meren.

If Reid’s proposal sends Fox Mill to Skyview the other board members will pass it.

Crossfield to Skyview makes so much more sense that I don't think even one board member would object if that were Reid's proposal.

I won’t debate the merits of Crossfield or Fox Mill to Skyview but you’re in fact right, no one will pushback against Reid’s proposal regardless of its contents as long as it adheres largely to a traditional boundary.

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Anonymous wrote:They are setting boundaries after opt-in is done probably to find an option with least resistance. After setting boundaries, if some people question the decision, they can say that: it's that way because your area has a high number of opt-in students which indicates that majority of students in the area wants to go to the new high school. Setting boundaries this way creates problems for the following years, although it's a politically "smart" approach.

Anonymous wrote:If I had a say, the boundaries would have been set in January and the only option would have been to opt out, but I am not. I can only speculate based on what the info that has been put out.

My only point in the opting in was that it is only meant to be this year because of how they screwed up the process. People ar eposting as if the opt in option from this year means the school will be a magnate (sp) school. It doesn’t. It is a unique option for this year.

Families at Chantilly that are not happy with the size of the school had the choice to opt in. We don’t know if they did or they did not. The SLHS PTA was told that 40-45 9th graders from SLHS opted in to Western. Those are the only numbers we have heard.

Chantilly will see kids move in 2 years when the boundaries are set.

Do I think things can shift? Yes, they have been shifting this entire time. I wish they would release the numbers, I am curious and I think it would hel with speculation. But that is me. I am guessing that we will find out how many kids opted in at the meeting in a few weeks.

It's stupid because it only takes the opinions of people with 7th and 8th graders into account. Families with younger kids may have different opinions. We bought our home specifically BECAUSE it was zoned to South Lakes. We are an international family and see the value of an IB diploma. We will be disappointed if Fox Mill is moved to Skyview. We were under the impression that because it had not been very long since they moved it to South Lakes, it would remain stable for a long time.

Many people in the neighborhood were upset when FMES was moved from Oakton to SLHS and are working to see FMES moved to Skyview.

But are those families with older children? If you moved in the past 10 years, you moved knowing what school the neighborhood is zoned to. That is why I'm saying it's not fair that families with younger children don't have a say. Many of us moved here to go to an IB school.

If parents wanted IB then you wouldn’t lose 30-50 students each year to pupil placement to AP schools and far more kids would complete the IB diploma.

Again - many of these families might have already lived in Fox Mill when the school was changed, however those of us that have moved more recently knew what we were getting into.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seema has said she wants Crossfield at Skyview because it keeps Sully kids in a Sully school, but the only part of Crossfield that is in Sully is Franklin Farm. Everything west and north of West Ox Rd is in Maren's district.

I wonder if it’s possible that the Franklin Farm part of Crossfield would get zoned to Skyview while the rest stays at Oakton? Kind of like how most of Navy goes to Oakton but a small part goes to Chantilly. Wouldn’t that be ironic considering who has been leading the RIO charge…

The people who want to stay in Oakton primarily live in Franklin Farm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are setting boundaries after opt-in is done probably to find an option with least resistance. After setting boundaries, if some people question the decision, they can say that: it's that way because your area has a high number of opt-in students which indicates that majority of students in the area wants to go to the new high school. Setting boundaries this way creates problems for the following years, although it's a politically "smart" approach.

Anonymous wrote:If I had a say, the boundaries would have been set in January and the only option would have been to opt out, but I am not. I can only speculate based on what the info that has been put out.

My only point in the opting in was that it is only meant to be this year because of how they screwed up the process. People ar eposting as if the opt in option from this year means the school will be a magnate (sp) school. It doesn’t. It is a unique option for this year.

Families at Chantilly that are not happy with the size of the school had the choice to opt in. We don’t know if they did or they did not. The SLHS PTA was told that 40-45 9th graders from SLHS opted in to Western. Those are the only numbers we have heard.

Chantilly will see kids move in 2 years when the boundaries are set.

Do I think things can shift? Yes, they have been shifting this entire time. I wish they would release the numbers, I am curious and I think it would hel with speculation. But that is me. I am guessing that we will find out how many kids opted in at the meeting in a few weeks.

It's stupid because it only takes the opinions of people with 7th and 8th graders into account. Families with younger kids may have different opinions. We bought our home specifically BECAUSE it was zoned to South Lakes. We are an international family and see the value of an IB diploma. We will be disappointed if Fox Mill is moved to Skyview. We were under the impression that because it had not been very long since they moved it to South Lakes, it would remain stable for a long time.

Many people in the neighborhood were upset when FMES was moved from Oakton to SLHS and are working to see FMES moved to Skyview.

Fox Mill was rezoned almost 20 years ago. Those people who were upset, their kids are at least in college or have been working. Parents who have middle school or elementary school-age kids now most likely bought the house after the rezoning knowing the zoned high school is South Lake.

If they are so upset with South Lake, why do they buy the house already zoned to South Lake?

If people were so upset with their commute from Crossfield to Oakton, then why buy a house zoned for that pyramid? If people wanted to have the best chance at staying at Oakton, then why not live right by the school? You could make that argument in any scenario.

This is not the same, friend. Crossfield has been zoned to Oakton forever.