Skyview is Open for Opt-In from Any Rising 9th and 10th grader in Fairfax County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skyview has been slowly losing students over the last month due to opt-ins becoming opt-outs. Things are not tending in the right direction for their numbers. They are hoping for a windfall of TJ rejects to keep the school above 600 students.

This would not be a problem if they had just set the boundaries last fall to mirror RCMS.

My daughter (rising 10th) initially wanted to go but we did not feel confident that she would be able to access enough higher level classes because not enough students enrolling. Taking world language classes online for 3 years is a nonstarter.

This is a classic case of incompetence rising to the top. Good job Reid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Skyview has been slowly losing students over the last month due to opt-ins becoming opt-outs. Things are not tending in the right direction for their numbers. They are hoping for a windfall of TJ rejects to keep the school above 600 students.

This would not be a problem if they had just set the boundaries last fall to mirror RCMS.

My daughter (rising 10th) initially wanted to go but we did not feel confident that she would be able to access enough higher level classes because not enough students enrolling. Taking world language classes online for 3 years is a nonstarter.

This is a classic case of incompetence rising to the top. Good job Reid.

FCPS has opened new schools in the past. There’s always some fear, resistance, and apprehension, but it’s combined with relief, anticipation, and genuine enthusiasm.

All that is on display here, but what’s different is that the sheer confusion is off the charts and drowns out everything else. And that is entirely due to the incompetence of the superintendent that seven members of the School Board unfailingly support, no matter how many times she screws up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

How is that possible when South Lakes is in Reston and Westfield is in Chantilly? How can a neighborhood be split to those 2 schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

How is that possible when South Lakes is in Reston and Westfield is in Chantilly? How can a neighborhood be split to those 2 schools?

Because 20171 isn't particularly close to any high school and you have to put kids somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

How is that possible when South Lakes is in Reston and Westfield is in Chantilly? How can a neighborhood be split to those 2 schools?

Because 20171 isn't particularly close to any high school and you have to put kids somewhere.

Why not all at South Lakes then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

How is that possible when South Lakes is in Reston and Westfield is in Chantilly? How can a neighborhood be split to those 2 schools?

Because 20171 isn't particularly close to any high school and you have to put kids somewhere.

Why not all at South Lakes then?

I'm pretty sure they were all sent to Westfield when it opened. Then, when Stu Gibson and the South Lakes PTA decided they needed more affluent kids, they took all of Fox Mill from Oakton and part of Floris from Westfield and sent them to South Lakes. That was when they claimed that high schools should be no larger than 2000 as justification. That is also when they sent Navy to Oakton to reduce numbers at Chantilly.
That was a very bitter and divisive time for the 20171 community. Totally driven by the South Lakes PTA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry Reid, no one wants to attend Skyview. Leave our boundaries alone too. FCPS should never have purchased it.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview, but they have been waiting for boundaries to be announced. This opt in process was totally unnecessary.

A lot of people want to attend Skyview???

DP. Carson kids do. Being a split feeder to 5 high schools is horrible and Skyview is the answer.

All we wanted and needed was a traditional high school in 20171 to mirror the RCMS attendance area, and Reid has made a total mess out of what should have been a relatively straightforward process.

+1. Our neighborhood is split in half between South Lakes and Westfield. It reminds me of when I grew up on the county line and the kids across the street were in a completely different school system.

How is that possible when South Lakes is in Reston and Westfield is in Chantilly? How can a neighborhood be split to those 2 schools?

Because 20171 isn't particularly close to any high school and you have to put kids somewhere.

Why not all at South Lakes then?

I'm pretty sure they were all sent to Westfield when it opened. Then, when Stu Gibson and the South Lakes PTA decided they needed more affluent kids, they took all of Fox Mill from Oakton and part of Floris from Westfield and sent them to South Lakes. That was when they claimed that high schools should be no larger than 2000 as justification. That is also when they sent Navy to Oakton to reduce numbers at Chantilly.
That was a very bitter and divisive time for the 20171 community. Totally driven by the South Lakes PTA.

South Lakes PTA

[Anonymous]

South Lakes is at it again trying to hold onto Fox Mill. At any rate, they will probably lose a lot of them even if Fox Mill stays with SLHS because kids will pupil place to Skyview for AP. They might as well just give it up. Maybe make SLHS a more desirable school and you won’t have so many trying to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Skyview has been slowly losing students over the last month due to opt-ins becoming opt-outs. Things are not tending in the right direction for their numbers. They are hoping for a windfall of TJ rejects to keep the school above 600 students.

This would not be a problem if they had just set the boundaries last fall to mirror RCMS.

My daughter (rising 10th) initially wanted to go but we did not feel confident that she would be able to access enough higher level classes because not enough students enrolling. Taking world language classes online for 3 years is a nonstarter.

This is a classic case of incompetence rising to the top. Good job Reid.

FCPS has opened new schools in the past. There’s always some fear, resistance, and apprehension, but it’s combined with relief, anticipation, and genuine enthusiasm.

All that is on display here, but what’s different is that the sheer confusion is off the charts and drowns out everything else. And that is entirely due to the incompetence of the superintendent that seven members of the School Board unfailingly support, no matter how many times she screws up.

My take:
Once they set boundaries, it will all sort out.
And, I think the kids opting in will enjoy the experience. Had boundaries been set, I suspect there would be more students there. People like certainty. Reid does not understand that.

I think the community was mostly thrilled when they learned of the purchase, but one group threw in a monkey wrench. Another group very much wants to be in the new school, but does not have the geographic distance of the other group.
A lot of this turmoil would have been avoided had the decision been made last fall. Part of this, in my opinion, was due to Reid's obsession with having a 22nd century school--when we all just want a traditional high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Skyview has been slowly losing students over the last month due to opt-ins becoming opt-outs. Things are not tending in the right direction for their numbers. They are hoping for a windfall of TJ rejects to keep the school above 600 students.

This would not be a problem if they had just set the boundaries last fall to mirror RCMS.

My daughter (rising 10th) initially wanted to go but we did not feel confident that she would be able to access enough higher level classes because not enough students enrolling. Taking world language classes online for 3 years is a nonstarter.

This is a classic case of incompetence rising to the top. Good job Reid.

FCPS has opened new schools in the past. There’s always some fear, resistance, and apprehension, but it’s combined with relief, anticipation, and genuine enthusiasm.

All that is on display here, but what’s different is that the sheer confusion is off the charts and drowns out everything else. And that is entirely due to the incompetence of the superintendent that seven members of the School Board unfailingly support, no matter how many times she screws up.

My take:
Once they set boundaries, it will all sort out.
And, I think the kids opting in will enjoy the experience. Had boundaries been set, I suspect there would be more students there. People like certainty. Reid does not understand that.

I think the community was mostly thrilled when they learned of the purchase, but one group threw in a monkey wrench. Another group very much wants to be in the new school, but does not have the geographic distance of the other group.
A lot of this turmoil would have been avoided had the decision been made last fall. Part of this, in my opinion, was due to Reid's obsession with having a 22nd century school--when we all just want a traditional high school.

Some of the agitation will subside once they set boundaries but there will still be a lot of uncertainty if the county hasn’t yet given FCPS a green light to do what’s needed for Skyview to be a fully functioning 2000-student neighborhood high school. Real managers know how to get their ducks in a row; Reid knows how to spout cliches about a “22nd century learning experience.” She likes to tell people to “imagine the possibilities” but it’s now become clear one of those possibilities is an over-hyped school that doesn’t deliver what’s been promised.

[Anonymous]

We don’t want boundaries set if they cause total chaos and disruption.