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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

There are parents in Great Falls who will do pretty much anything to make sure that their kids are not moved from Langley HS to Herndon HS. The Oakton parents are working hard to replace the Great Falls parents in level of devotion to a particular HS.

That said, I have seen parents posting that the move from SLHS to the new school would be devastating to their kids who have dreamed of attending SLHS their entire life. I have realized that I might be the outlier who fails to develop strong emotional ties to particular schools. But I have not seen anyone setting up websites devoted to keeping their kids at SLHS. The Oakton and Great Falls parents are kind of fascinating to watch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

They're saying the Crossfield people demanding to stay at Oakton when they live nowhere near there are comparable to the Great Falls people demanding to stay at Langley when they live nowhere near there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

“We are rooted in oakton!”—Herndon residents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

There are parents in Great Falls who will do pretty much anything to make sure that their kids are not moved from Langley HS to Herndon HS. The Oakton parents are working hard to replace the Great Falls parents in level of devotion to a particular HS.

That said, I have seen parents posting that the move from SLHS to the new school would be devastating to their kids who have dreamed of attending SLHS their entire life. I have realized that I might be the outlier who fails to develop strong emotional ties to particular schools. But I have not seen anyone setting up websites devoted to keeping their kids at SLHS. The Oakton and Great Falls parents are kind of fascinating to watch.

Just opened the Oakton Patch. Lead headline is about the South Lakes Seahawks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

There are parents in Great Falls who will do pretty much anything to make sure that their kids are not moved from Langley HS to Herndon HS. The Oakton parents are working hard to replace the Great Falls parents in level of devotion to a particular HS.

That said, I have seen parents posting that the move from SLHS to the new school would be devastating to their kids who have dreamed of attending SLHS their entire life. I have realized that I might be the outlier who fails to develop strong emotional ties to particular schools. But I have not seen anyone setting up websites devoted to keeping their kids at SLHS. The Oakton and Great Falls parents are kind of fascinating to watch.

The level of manufactured hysteria is directly proportional to the perceived chances of it proving successful.

[Anonymous]

As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

It is not hate. It is mocking. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

LOL! Crossfield/Franklin Farm to Great Falls: "Hold my beer!"

I’ve seen this reference twice now in this thread. Can someone please explain? I don’t get it.

They're saying the Crossfield people demanding to stay at Oakton when they live nowhere near there are comparable to the Great Falls people demanding to stay at Langley when they live nowhere near there.

Western Great Falls has five more years at Langley. Not sure how much longer Crossfield has at Oakton.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above... the school doesn't have a full set of fields and interior layout doesn't lend itself to a traditional high school. Instead of spending TENS OF MILLIONS more to make it a traditional high school, house a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.). Attendance doesn't need to be limited exclusively to Western HS but obviously will be heavily slanted that way (can even reserve a minimum set of seats for other Western HS to ensure their capacity is addressed, though I think self-selection due to travel times will address this sufficiently).

This provides the needed capacity relief to western HS, expands and diversifies FCPS' program offerings, and kids can continue to play sports at their base schools if they want that experience on top of the specialty programming.

Turning this school into a traditional neighborhood school would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

You want the equivalent of a DC Charter School. Turning it into a school housing a variety of specialty and choice programs and academies (fine arts, AI and data science, aerospace, early childhood, IB, etc.) would be squandering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for FCPS.

By that statement, FCPS should have opened South County as an opt-in site with a variety of special programs. SCSS opened with grades 7-11 for SY2005-06. SY2006-07 had grade 12. SY2023-13 the middle school opened.

This has a middle school, Carson. FCPS should clean up all the AAP MS shuffles and boundaries as part of this endeavor for Liberty, Stone, Rocky Run, Franklin, Carson.

Correct, I'm advocating that we learn from our mistakes rather than repeat them. The shortsighted one-size-fits-all approach, especially for a facility that was physically constructed in a unique way not easily compatible with a traditional comprehensive high school model, unfortunately seems to be full steam ahead.

LOL, no you're just "rooted in Oakton".

https://rootedinoakton.com/

Imagine that, they're using the phony, made up $60 million renovation cost number. The 'repeat a lie until you convince other people it's true' approach we're all familiar with.

DP with no dog in this fight, but just flagging that we should meet back here in a couple of years to discuss the true cost of the renovations, which I think will exceed $60 million.

As much as their estimate may be off, someone could accuse you and gatehouse about lying about the numbers, after all, we were told for months that the cost for the new school was $150mm only to learn that there will now be tens of millions in additional costs.

I’m not even a tea-party type, but I do think the cost of this school was obscured from us, quite possibly intentionally.

Worse than the possibility that the true cost was intentionally concealed is the equal likelihood that it was misrepresented out of stupidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

Because demanding to be zoned to a specific school when there are closer schools is pretty eyeroll worthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

Because demanding to be zoned to a specific school when there are closer schools is pretty eyeroll worthy.

Why? Great Falls has done this for decades and they always get their way. They’ve paved the path for families who want to stay at Oakton.

[Anonymous]

They are demanding to stay in the school district they are already zoned to. My selfish interest is to help out the pyramids that are already overcrowded. If in 5 years Oakton is overcrowded and that coherent is rezoned they had their chance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

Because demanding to be zoned to a specific school when there are closer schools is pretty eyeroll worthy.

Why? Great Falls has done this for decades and they always get their way. They’ve paved the path for families who want to stay at Oakton.

Agree with this. Great Falls wrote the playbook that Oakton is using. If Tyson’s blows up with kids like people are projecting, both groups could find themselves dealing with the cascading effect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone without a dog in the fight for Oakton, the hate for Herndon residents advocating to stay there is pretty over the top.

Because demanding to be zoned to a specific school when there are closer schools is pretty eyeroll worthy.

Why? Great Falls has done this for decades and they always get their way. They’ve paved the path for families who want to stay at Oakton.

Agree with this. Great Falls wrote the playbook that Oakton is using. If Tyson’s blows up with kids like people are projecting, both groups could find themselves dealing with the cascading effect.

Of course it will. Rather than pay $2 million and up for a house in McLean or Great Falls, you'll be able to get an apartment with 2 BR in Tysons that will feed to Langley for under $3,000/month.

And there is tons of new development planned for Oakton much closer to OHS than Crossfield.