Boundary Review Meetings

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There is this one single person from FF that keeps posting the same screed here over and over and over again about how only parents with older kids want to stay at Oakton, that is simply not true!

This person lives in FF and prefer the convenience of being closer to KAA. I also live in FF, and I do have young children. I bought my house so my kids can go to Oakton. This single person can only speak for himself and do not represent us who both live closer and have young children!

If that was the goal why on Earth didn't you buy a house close to Oakton? That's what we did. We actually were initially looking at Franklin Farm but the lawsuits and controversy over the 2008 move to South Lakes were all over the internet if you bothered to look for them. We narrowed down to neighborhoods much closer to Oakton for exactly that reason. You took a risk and wanted a bigger/newer/cheaper house and now are dealing with the possible consequences of that decision.

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its amazing how outsized some whiners are about projecting.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

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There is this one single person from FF that keeps posting the same screed here over and over and over again about how only parents with older kids want to stay at Oakton, that is simply not true!

This person lives in FF and prefer the convenience of being closer to KAA. I also live in FF, and I do have young children. I bought my house so my kids can go to Oakton. This single person can only speak for himself and do not represent us who both live closer and have young children!

If that was the goal why on Earth didn't you buy a house close to Oakton? That's what we did. We actually were initially looking at Franklin Farm but the lawsuits and controversy over the 2008 move to South Lakes were all over the internet if you bothered to look for them. We narrowed down to neighborhoods much closer to Oakton for exactly that reason. You took a risk and wanted a bigger/newer/cheaper house and now are dealing with the possible consequences of that decision.

Agree with this. We bought our home in Franklin Farm knowing that our toddlers at the time could go to any one of three high schools - Oakton, Chantilly, or South Lakes - and we were okay with that. And now, surprise! We've added a fourth to the mix.

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There is this one single person from FF that keeps posting the same screed here over and over and over again about how only parents with older kids want to stay at Oakton, that is simply not true!

This person lives in FF and prefer the convenience of being closer to KAA. I also live in FF, and I do have young children. I bought my house so my kids can go to Oakton. This single person can only speak for himself and do not represent us who both live closer and have young children!

LOL, you posted this exact thing yesterday in the other thread!! Are you just copying and pasting the same thing over and over again? I replied to you yesterday and I'll reply again today -- there are clearly many people who are zoned to Crossfield (whether they live in Franklin Farm or one of the many other neighborhoods nearby) that are interested in the new high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone attend the meeting with Meren at Wolftrap last night regarding the Northeast Town of Vienna potential changes?

Bump. Interested in hearing how this meeting went as well.

I did. Not much other than people voicing their concerns. Her saying Dr. Reid will do what she pleases. People stated that Dr Reid indicated with the NE part of TOv moving back to Madison some of wolftrap will have to stay Marshall. There was mention of westbriar TOV students moving out of westbriar to another elementary.

Thanks. I wonder if the reference wasn’t to possibly assigning the Westbriar attendance island to another school. The Westbriar kids in the NE part of the TOV live near Westbriar.

They have treated Marshall like crap throughout this entire boundary process but guess when you’re preoccupied with a new western HS you can’t do things carefully.

Nobody seemed concerned with the attendance island. I may have missed that part of the meeting though.

Hopefully they just key the sizable (40%) part of Wolftrap that goes to Marshall with Marshall. That will avoid the attendance island and keep Marshall well-balanced.

That still leaves an attendance island at Westbriar. They asked to move to closer Colvin Run and no surprise who blocked that and why.

Grumble grumble.

I wish Jeff would ban Grumble Grumble lady, she's so f'ing useless.

I’ll stop posting when you stop incessantly posting about Langley.

I've never posted about Langley.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

Do you not know what DP means? I already told you I’m not the person you were responding to. We too can afford to move or go private if we don’t like the o options being offered by the public distract. We did just that during the pandemic. If the same is true for you, why are you on here endlessly whining? If you don’t like your situation then do something about it yourself instead of expecting others to solve your problems. You seem like a miserable person though, so I don’t think you’ll be happy anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

There are plenty of homes close to Oakton with large backyards bordering parks and trails. If you had planned ahead you could have had one 15 years ago for much less than a million. Probably out of your price range now though.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

Do you not know what DP means? I already told you I’m not the person you were responding to. We too can afford to move or go private if we don’t like the o options being offered by the public distract. We did just that during the pandemic. If the same is true for you, why are you on here endlessly whining? If you don’t like your situation then do something about it yourself instead of expecting others to solve your problems. You seem like a miserable person though, so I don’t think you’ll be happy anywhere.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by solving problems? Like literally the only problem are the extreme activists looking to move people to even out FARMs. I care about public schools and want to see FCPS thrive, but the school board is intent on driving UMC families away.

Some of us look beyond just our own noses and care about our communities, which means fighting for what they want, which is overwhelmingly stability in school pyramids. Again, because it seems like you and a handful of others have ignored the outpouring of opposition to being moved, almost nobody wants their own kids moved, and only jerks want other people’s kids moved. It’s really not that hard to understand.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

There are plenty of homes close to Oakton with large backyards bordering parks and trails. If you had planned ahead you could have had one 15 years ago for much less than a million. Probably out of your price range now though.

It’s really sad that you’re trying to flex money on an anonymous board while talking about homes that you think sound expensive, but aren’t. I don’t look down on you for your middling financial position, just down on you for the feeble attempt to lord your under million home over us. Cringe.

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Anonymous wrote:The School Board should shift its priorities, and yes, I have communicated my feelings to my School Board members.

1) KAA boundaries take priority. This would address Coates and Chantilly.

Coates is included in the move to KAA, thus is the time to shift the Coates kids to different ES to help relieve Coates, which will influence needs for MS and HS.

Chantilly is scheduled to lose Oak Hill students, which would deal with the over-crowding at Chantilly.

Shifting the ES to KAA will start the shifts needed in the Western part of the County.

2) Move Centerville students and other Chantilly if needed.

The KAA moves will open spaces in Westfield, that can be backfilled by Centerville and Chantilly students.

3) Look at the other overcrowded schools. WSHS is one of those schools, I am not sure about other ES/MS/HS issues. I have heard the most about Chantilly, Centerville, and WSHS.

It makes no sense to redraw boundaries in January only to do it again in June.

Most of the WSHS feeder elementary schools are dropping enrollment by a significant amount.

The largest WSHS pyramid class is graduating this year. After that, the classes continue to get smaller. There is a huge drop, well over a hundred kids when class of 2026 graduates. After that, the classes are steadily replaced with smaller classes as each one graduates.

One would hope that the School Board takes that into consideration. I have no clue about construction and all of that fun stuff. I also know that there are plenty of parents that don't want to move and that position doesn't shift when the school is overcrowded. We are in the Western area and are going to be impacted by the new school in some way. The passionate discussion as to why people should stay at their base or move or other people should move is intense. None of the Chantilly families I know want to move or have their kids friends move even though the school is overcrowded. There is an Oakton subset that is going all out to stay, much to the annoyance of their neighbors who want to move. There are SLHS families who don't want to move. Lots of folks are attached to their schools.

In the case of schools that are overcrowded, and appear to stay overcrowded, someone needs to move and that leads to hurt feelings and loud voices.

No one at the crowded schools are asking for rezoning.

No, they are. They just want other people to be moved and not their kid. See the above post on KAA and Chantilly. I would bet that there are people at WSHS who want the school population to diminish but are not screaming for it because they don't want to be moved but they will be fine if other kids are moved out of the school.

The voices that are screaming about being moved are the people who are in the boundary areas being moved. Trust me, other people in your school are emailing their reps and asking for it to happen. They won't post it or attend a meeting and publicly say it and they are not saying it to your face. They don't want to deal with your being upset at them, but they want you to move so that the school is less crowded. Their public face is different than then the private face.

And I know people at SLHS and Herndon who would not want to be moved from those schools, even though there are people here who think that it would be awful to be moved to those schools. People are attached to the schools that they know, many even if other people think their school is awful.

I am absolutely one of those parents. My kids' school is overcrowded and FCPS should have planned for it years ago. I'm not at risk to be moved out because I specifically bought a house close to the school not wanting to be rezoned. Some areas need to be rezoned. FCPS is in one of the wealthiest areas in the country. There is no reason for kids to be going to school in a trailer park and eating lunch out in the hallway.

Which school did you buy close to, elementary, middle, or high? Because this is such a dumb argument unless someone has found the thirdary school that combines all three.

High school obviously. Although there are plenty of elementary schools that are situated so close to their highs schools and inside their zones they are virtually guaranteed to never be zoned away from them. And there are plenty on the edge of boundaries where you are guaranteeing yourself future anxiety over boundaries buying there. If you don't consider that when making the biggest investment of your life then that's on you.

You seem to think that it’s sound policy for FCPS to provide predictability only to people who are a stone’s throw to a school, but that’s the dumbest policy anyone has ever suggested because it’s like 2% of homes. In fact your screed just makes it seem like you are jealous of those families that got more house rather than the dumpy congested neighborhood that you ended up in. You’re like the person who chooses a loser husband because then he won’t leave you.

DP. You sound like you’re spiraling. Maybe step away from the Internet and realize you and your family will be ok no matter what happens. People are dealing with much bigger problems in this world. A little perspective and gratitude can go a long way.

Says the person who has severe enough paranoia that she chose a crappy house at the mere chance of being redistricted many years in the future.

The real flex, my dear, is to have enough that you can move if/when that happens or go private. See, some of us get our cake and eat it too. Don’t worry though, I’m sure your kid will be fine without a backyard!

Do you not know what DP means? I already told you I’m not the person you were responding to. We too can afford to move or go private if we don’t like the o options being offered by the public distract. We did just that during the pandemic. If the same is true for you, why are you on here endlessly whining? If you don’t like your situation then do something about it yourself instead of expecting others to solve your problems. You seem like a miserable person though, so I don’t think you’ll be happy anywhere.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by solving problems? Like literally the only problem are the extreme activists looking to move people to even out FARMs. I care about public schools and want to see FCPS thrive, but the school board is intent on driving UMC families away.

Some of us look beyond just our own noses and care about our communities, which means fighting for what they want, which is overwhelmingly stability in school pyramids. Again, because it seems like you and a handful of others have ignored the outpouring of opposition to being moved, almost nobody wants their own kids moved, and only jerks want other people’s kids moved. It’s really not that hard to understand.

Have you paid any attention to the changes they are proposing? Hardly any, if at all, are balancing out FARMs. They seemed to have backed away from that. Asking for perpetual stability from a public school distract just isn't a realistic ask. Talk to people in Loudoun whose kids had to move schools multiple years in a row due to growing population/new home construction. Sorry for all of us that we have kids in school when this is coming up, but it is what it is. I'm not going to kick and scream about it; will just make a move if it's not something we can live with. At some point you give your opinion to the school board and see where the chips fall. Continuing to whine isn't going to accomplish anything. Did your parents give in to you if you whined enough as a kid? Is that why you're like this?