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

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time they will let South Lakes fall to 83% (~1867) or 81% utilization (~1822) from scenarios 2 and 3, and with the chunk they are losing being some of the higher performers from Fox Mill. The rest of South Lakes should be pitching a fit if they care about having advanced courses available to the remaining kids.
Also seems really strange they opt for scenario 2 and do nothing about Oakton being over capacity during a boundary review specifically to address overcrowding.

Absolutely agree with this. No way Meren is going to let this happen to South Lakes. They added a few neighborhoods from Floris to Fox Mill, my bet is they keep Fox Mill at SLHS.

Did Meren attend the meeting?

I presume she had already reviewed scenarios before they were presented to the public.

The thing is there are a good number of families in Fox Mill that want to move. At least half of the rising 9th graders from FMES opted in to Skyview. More would have if there had been sports.

Yes. We live in FMES and want to move mostly because the split feeder from Carson to South Lakes has been absolutely horrible for my kids. South Lakes holding onto FMES benefits South Lakes only. What are they going to do to help that and keep the kids at SL. Move them to Hughes? That wasn’t in any of the scenarios.

I get this but they created so many new split feeders that shows this clearly isn’t a priority for FCPS. I do think now with the addition of some of the Floris SLHS neighborhoods that FMES has a stronger argument to attend Skyview as these neighborhoods are right down the street.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time they will let South Lakes fall to 83% (~1867) or 81% utilization (~1822) from scenarios 2 and 3, and with the chunk they are losing being some of the higher performers from Fox Mill. The rest of South Lakes should be pitching a fit if they care about having advanced courses available to the remaining kids.
Also seems really strange they opt for scenario 2 and do nothing about Oakton being over capacity during a boundary review specifically to address overcrowding.

Absolutely agree with this. No way Meren is going to let this happen to South Lakes. They added a few neighborhoods from Floris to Fox Mill, my bet is they keep Fox Mill at SLHS.

Did Meren attend the meeting?

I presume she had already reviewed scenarios before they were presented to the public.

The thing is there are a good number of families in Fox Mill that want to move. At least half of the rising 9th graders from FMES opted in to Skyview. More would have if there had been sports.

Yes. We live in FMES and want to move mostly because the split feeder from Carson to South Lakes has been absolutely horrible for my kids. South Lakes holding onto FMES benefits South Lakes only. What are they going to do to help that and keep the kids at SL. Move them to Hughes? That wasn’t in any of the scenarios.

I get this but they created so many new split feeders that shows this clearly isn’t a priority for FCPS. I do think now with the addition of some of the Floris SLHS neighborhoods that FMES has a stronger argument to attend Skyview as these neighborhoods are right down the street.

It is crazy that they would prioritize distribution of FARMS % because equity but ignore the huge inequities caused by split feeders. And they are huge inequities that impact social-emotional learning and well-being.

I hate this place.

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

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Anonymous wrote:There seems to be confusion as to when this is all taking place. On the FAQ it says fall 2026 but other people are saying it won't be til 2027. Which is it??

Slide 17 says boundaries go in effect got 2027-28.

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2026-04/260427_WXY_Fairfax_Skyview_Meeting%201%20FINAL.pdf

Definitely need clarity on this with the ES and MS changes. So my rising 7th grader will have to go to Carson for a year and then Franklin for a year? Or they'll have the option to stay at Carson but my other child who's a year behind will have to go to Franklin, so they'll be in different schools? Or they'll let her attend Carson without any of her friends because her sibling is there.. What a cluster

i believe your 7th grader will get to stay at carson for 8th but your daughter wil go to new school. i doubt they let siblings pupil place. with all these changes it would create even more chaos. and if they did you’d have to provide transportation

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

Now you understand why Emerald Chase has been upset for years that they have been the only neighborhood that goes from Oak Hill to Westfield.

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

It is next door. Look at Hughes-SL.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time they will let South Lakes fall to 83% (~1867) or 81% utilization (~1822) from scenarios 2 and 3, and with the chunk they are losing being some of the higher performers from Fox Mill. The rest of South Lakes should be pitching a fit if they care about having advanced courses available to the remaining kids.
Also seems really strange they opt for scenario 2 and do nothing about Oakton being over capacity during a boundary review specifically to address overcrowding.

Absolutely agree with this. No way Meren is going to let this happen to South Lakes. They added a few neighborhoods from Floris to Fox Mill, my bet is they keep Fox Mill at SLHS.

Did Meren attend the meeting?

I presume she had already reviewed scenarios before they were presented to the public.

She did. I spoke with her afterward. She said the school board did not see the maps until they became public and that Reid could have saved herself a lot of headaches by showing them the maps for five minutes so they could tell her all the things that would piss people off. So safe to say, she’s not pleased.

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

They can’t. The capacity at Carson is too big to align with Skyview. There are 1350 seats at Carson, which yields 2700 high school students. The capacity of Skyview is only 2000. The distribution of middle school seats is too imbalanced across the western high schools to establish straight feeders. It’s poor planning, but it is what it is.

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Wonder how XYZ got the c9ntract and what they were paid. This sounds like a group project from middle school with no teacher involved and no review before being presented. .

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

Crossfield should go to RC and Skyview.

I'm the person you're quoting. I'm fine with either option, but the middle schools need to be aligned. If they keep us at Oakton, then move us to Franklin. If they move us to Skyview, then keep us at Carson.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time they will let South Lakes fall to 83% (~1867) or 81% utilization (~1822) from scenarios 2 and 3, and with the chunk they are losing being some of the higher performers from Fox Mill. The rest of South Lakes should be pitching a fit if they care about having advanced courses available to the remaining kids.
Also seems really strange they opt for scenario 2 and do nothing about Oakton being over capacity during a boundary review specifically to address overcrowding.

Absolutely agree with this. No way Meren is going to let this happen to South Lakes. They added a few neighborhoods from Floris to Fox Mill, my bet is they keep Fox Mill at SLHS.

Did Meren attend the meeting?

I presume she had already reviewed scenarios before they were presented to the public.

The thing is there are a good number of families in Fox Mill that want to move. At least half of the rising 9th graders from FMES opted in to Skyview. More would have if there had been sports.

Yes. We live in FMES and want to move mostly because the split feeder from Carson to South Lakes has been absolutely horrible for my kids. South Lakes holding onto FMES benefits South Lakes only. What are they going to do to help that and keep the kids at SL. Move them to Hughes? That wasn’t in any of the scenarios.

I get this but they created so many new split feeders that shows this clearly isn’t a priority for FCPS. I do think now with the addition of some of the Floris SLHS neighborhoods that FMES has a stronger argument to attend Skyview as these neighborhoods are right down the street.

Over 30% of the SPA numbers for Fox Mill were west of 286 on the Coates study. No Crossfield was even on that professional for current FCPS maps with SPAs. Carson should get Oak Hill. Carson holds more base school than fit at Skyview so it should be a split feeder for Herndon. Hutchison is not in the Town and the MS can't fit the current Hughes AAP feed.

Scroll east on excluded areas from the Skyview process and you can see what can be moved to South Lakes. 2008 saw the SL from Madison Crowell area. Next to it is the Westbriar/Kilmer/Marshall island. Plus some Langley at Colvin Run.

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

100% this. Scenario 1 sends every Carson kid to Skyview EXCEPT Crossfield kids who go to Franklin. It's so dumb. We already go to Carson. Why move us if you're going to send us to the HS next door? Either Franklin-Oakton or Carson-Skyview. But definitely not Franklin-Skyview

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

They can’t. The capacity at Carson is too big to align with Skyview. There are 1350 seats at Carson, which yields 2700 high school students. The capacity of Skyview is only 2000. The distribution of middle school seats is too imbalanced across the western high schools to establish straight feeders. It’s poor planning, but it is what it is.

You're wrong. In Scenario 1, every Carson kid PLUS one school from Franklin goes to Skyview.

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Anonymous wrote:If Gatehouse or anyone from the consultant is reading this, if you send Crossfield to Skyview, you MUST also send them to Carson. Look at the maps!! You can't have Crossfiedl be the only school at Franklin that goes to Skyview. It's already so unfair that we're the only ones actually zoned to Carson that go to Oakton. Don't do that to us again. It needs to be Crossfield-Carson-Skyview OR Crossfield-Franklin-Oakton. PLEASE ALIGN MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

That’s exactly what scenario 2 does to Oak Hill. Seems like an own goal to not have every kid at Skyview go to Carson.

Even better, every Carson kid go to Skyview.

They can’t. The capacity at Carson is too big to align with Skyview. There are 1350 seats at Carson, which yields 2700 high school students. The capacity of Skyview is only 2000. The distribution of middle school seats is too imbalanced across the western high schools to establish straight feeders. It’s poor planning, but it is what it is.

Right that’s why I was saying every kid at Skyview should go to Carson. It’s non-sensical that you would have Franklin and Carson feeding Skyview.