So Navy families are only happy with Oakton and Chantilly? |
I can't speak for all Navy parents, but both Oakton and Fairfax are kind of a hike from my house. Chantilly much closer. I guess if my kids have to do a longer commute to a high school, might as well be the best school possible. But would still prefer proximity... Chantilly or Skyview. |
Do you think you’d see less pushback from Navy parents if they were in Crossfield’s position in regards to possibly being rezoned to Skyview? |
Navy parent here to say that I think that I personally would be better off moving to Chantilly. But we may not move unless FCPS decides there’s enough room at the facility or it is reconfigured and has some capacity for us. I drive past Chantilly everyday for work and it irritates me how close we are, and that some of us navy people already go there! Home value does not entitle residents in this county to lobby (fight profusely to prevent relocation to another school) when we can follow common sense and move to a closer school than our current base school (for us that of course, is Oakton). |
That’s great view to have but I think often for many people the resistance to change is based on whether the school one is moving to is deemed equal or greater to the one they are currently zoned to. |
Unlike certain Crossfield people I will not claim to speak for the entire Navy community. But the people I have talked to do not feel super strongly one way or the other. The ones who live in 20171 seem to be open to moving because they like the idea of a closer school. The ones who live in 22033 don’t seem to have thought about it too much because they assume it won’t affect them. I suspect some of them would push back on it because they feel more connected to Oakton, especially if they live close to Waples Mill ES. I think those people have a much better “rooted in Oakton” argument than Crazy Sports Mom and her Crossfield crew. |
I’m a Crossfield parent who has advocated to move to Skyview but I do have to say this response seems disingenuous. Why would a Navy parent feel so strongly about particular personalities at Crossfield? I think PP was asking a genuine question. So much of this thread appears to be Crossfield on both sides posing as other posters. It makes me wonder if we should just rename this thread Crossfield and Fox Mill in or out of Boundary? |
This is why I don't understand why these parents are so obsessed with Oakton, their kids would benefit from being at Chantilly or Western because they are both so much closer to her home. Is it JUST about sports? It's not like Oakton is some sports powerhouse, they're pretty subpar, right? |
I agree that the person you were responding to is definitely a Crossfield parent pretending to be a Navy parent because how would they know specifics about one particular person? Who is Crazy Sports Mom and is she the PTO president people keep talking about? |
No, Oakton isn’t subpar at sports. It usually is weak at football and strong at just about everything else. Chantilly is subpar given its size. |
You all seem pretty dense. You realize a bunch of Crossfield and Navy people know each other through outside activities and sports, right? There is no need for someone to pretend to be a Navy parent. Such a weird accusation. |
I'm a Crossfield parent with an 6th grader and my kids have never been on a sports team or other activity with Navy kids. My kids and most of their friends play sports in CYA. Most of the kids in CYA are at Chantilly schools or maybe Floris/Lees Corner/Oak Hill. It's disenguous for you to say that Crossfield and Navy families all know each other really well, because unless your kid is in AAP at Navy or you live in Franklin Farm and know some people who live in the Navy Island people from swim team, you're unlikely to run into Navy families on a regular basis. I have two kids at Crossfield and the only people we know at Navy are the ones who left for AAP and my kids aren't even friends with those kids anymore. I don't know why people claim that their kids are all best friends because of one basketball game that 6th graders play one time. It's a joke. |
We all know who you are, crazy sports moms. |
| Lots of Navy kids play CYA sports. |
Lots of Navy kids play CYA sports together with Crossfield kids. |