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

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Anonymous wrote:McDaniel just sent this out:

Dear friends,

Thank you for reaching out to my office about your concerns about recently proposed boundary changes. I wanted to make sure you receive the following joint statement to the Lees Corner Elementary School community from Sully District School Board Member Seema Dixit, and myself:

“Thank you to the parents and community members who have reached out to us regarding a draft boundary scenario that would move Lees Corner Elementary School from Chantilly High School to Westfield High School. This move is indicated in one of the three draft scenarios generated for the new Skyview High School boundaries. Based on the feedback from the Lees Corner community, it is our expectation that Lees Corner remains within the Chantilly High School pyramid."

Right result but totally inept and corrupt process.

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OK, so based on Lees Corner then the official FCPS position is that every area that doesn't want to move will stay put?

When your feedback is based in logic and supporting rationale, it carries more weight, as it should. Their argument was not just "we don't want to move." It made no sense at all to move them.

Multiple posters pointed out on here the reasons they were moved.

If they aren't moving them because no one should be moved from a closer school to a farther away school, then that theory upends the entire boundary process.

No good reason was given. Not one.

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Move the darn RIO people and everything will make sense.

In Draft 1, RIO is moved to Skyview and Lees Corner also moves. Moving RIO doesn't fix this.

[Anonymous]

I think Crossfield should be at Skyview, but this has no impact on Chantilly/Lees Corner/ Westfield.

The decisions should be based on reason and logic. Crossfield should be at Skyview and Lee's Corner at Chantilly. One has no impact on the other.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has the most incompetent SB members on planet earth. All they had to do was pick neighborhoods in the 5 mile radius of the new Western High School, redistrict them and call it a day. But they like to waste millions on XYZ consultants or whoever to create a bigger mess and drama. Maybe the school board just loves the drama of this all. Maybe it makes them feel powerful even if it makes them look like fools on every level. This is why you need to study and screen school board member heavily before you cast a vote, otherwise you end up with no value added humans taking up important positions and decisions.

Shame on the entire FCPS school board for your sneaky last minute tactics screwing over EVERYONE. You should all resign immediately. The schools would truly operate better without you.

They did. But RIO fought them tooth and nail with excuses about sports and community. So now the whole county is screwed.

Well they should go back to the original maps now that they see the shi*show this has become. Unless there are some backdoor shenanigans there is no reason RIO should be dictating the entire outcome of the western high school and neighboring districts. Perhaps there should be an investigation as to who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

+1 bring back the original maps

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Navy parent with an older kid who is completely indifferent about the move to Chantilly. They are both great schools. And for all of the talk of community, my child is in middle school with a lot of kids who will go to Chantilly. So it is hard to make friends and know you won't see them in high school. But if Navy gets zoned out of Oakton, then Crossfield should as well. It would make no sense to leave Crossfield there.

Crossfield mounted a huge defense and a website. They’re not only successfully petitioned to stay at Oakton, but also now have successfully been given permission to come to Franklin MS, even though Carson is closer to them. They now don’t want Carson because Carson will feed to Skyview.

How do you know they have been successful?

Looking at the options from XYZ, it appears that they just moved pieces around with no understanding at all of the purpose and results.

Because each of their 3 scenarios has them going to Franklin MS. None left them at Carson.

It’s also on their own Rooted in Oakton website. They specifically asked to be moved to Franklin MS so their cohort could remain whole and move together with more kids to Oakton to continue their “community.”

Setting aside how annoying the RIO group is, it does make sense for them to move to Franklin if they are staying at Oakton. Shifting schools moving to Skyview between Franklin and Carson to limit split feeders is a logical thing to do.

Except in doing that, they will displace Navy families who are also going to Oakton HS and Chantilly HS. One of the scenarios has Navy kids going to Rocky Run MS and then back to Oakton HS, as well as Navy kids going to Rocky Run MS and Chantilly HS. So Navy will now feed into 2 middle schools all so Crossfield can go to one MS (Franklin) and stay together at Oakton HS. Does that sound fair to you?

Right now Crossfield is split between 3 middle schools Franklin - Hughes - Carson and 3 high schools. In the new scenarios, it still splits between into Franklin and Hughes. Everyone ripping on Crossfield but what you're calling unfair is what we've been doing for years.

There is only one neighborhood that goes to Hughes from Crossfield and you know it. They are totally isolated over at Hughes. All of their friends are at Carson.

I think we're on the same side here.. Crossfield should stay together, unless you're saying those kids like being isolated at Hughes

Sure but not by moving all of Crossfield to Franklin MS and displacing Navy families. Currently Navy elementary feeds 100% to Franklin MS. Our elementary is already a split feeder to 2 high schools. We are used to that. Now we are faced with yet another split feeder in middle school all becuase Crossfield wants to move to Franklin MS? I don’t get why Crossfield can’t remain zoned to Carson. Crossfield can handle split feeder middle schools because won’t they all join back again for high school? Navy never gets to do that.

If MS split feeders are the issue that this was trying to address... it would make much more sense for Lees Corner to move to Rocky Run which feeds Chantilly, then keep Navy at Franklin which feeds Oakton.

RIO wanted to move to Franklin MS, so they did. They suggested it and the consultants listened. It’s on their website.

Ok... that makes sense as it aligns with Oakton. What does that have to do with the above suggestion?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just baffled that they are paying all these consultants to do the job of FCPS staffers that we also pay to apparently do nothing, and then it all gets thrown out the window when someone has a tantrum.

If they spent all the money they spent on consultants to renovate Chantilly. They would solve the capacity issues.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just baffled that they are paying all these consultants to do the job of FCPS staffers that we also pay to apparently do nothing, and then it all gets thrown out the window when someone has a tantrum.

If they spent all the money they spent on consultants to renovate Chantilly. They would solve the capacity issues.

No room.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has the most incompetent SB members on planet earth. All they had to do was pick neighborhoods in the 5 mile radius of the new Western High School, redistrict them and call it a day. But they like to waste millions on XYZ consultants or whoever to create a bigger mess and drama. Maybe the school board just loves the drama of this all. Maybe it makes them feel powerful even if it makes them look like fools on every level. This is why you need to study and screen school board member heavily before you cast a vote, otherwise you end up with no value added humans taking up important positions and decisions.

Shame on the entire FCPS school board for your sneaky last minute tactics screwing over EVERYONE. You should all resign immediately. The schools would truly operate better without you.

They did. But RIO fought them tooth and nail with excuses about sports and community. So now the whole county is screwed.

Well they should go back to the original maps now that they see the shi*show this has become. Unless there are some backdoor shenanigans there is no reason RIO should be dictating the entire outcome of the western high school and neighboring districts. Perhaps there should be an investigation as to who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

+1 bring back the original maps

+2. RIO is nothing compared to the hornets nest they just provoked.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Crossfield should be at Skyview, but this has no impact on Chantilly/Lees Corner/ Westfield.

The decisions should be based on reason and logic. Crossfield should be at Skyview and Lee's Corner at Chantilly. One has no impact on the other.

All the decisions impact each other.

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So at this point it’s clear that a magnet is the right approach. Let these two classes work through the system then make it TJ West.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just baffled that they are paying all these consultants to do the job of FCPS staffers that we also pay to apparently do nothing, and then it all gets thrown out the window when someone has a tantrum.

If they spent all the money they spent on consultants to renovate Chantilly. They would solve the capacity issues.

No room.

This is a frequently repeated claim. If there was room to expand Justice and Madison (smallest HS campuses in FCPS) there was probably a way to expand Chantilly.

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Its wild to me that the SB members can just declare something will or won't happen.

How are they going to say no to anyone else when clearly, the squeaky wheel gets what they want? You can't redraw boundaries like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So at this point it’s clear that a magnet is the right approach. Let these two classes work through the system then make it TJ West.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its wild to me that the SB members can just declare something will or won't happen.

How are they going to say no to anyone else when clearly, the squeaky wheel gets what they want? You can't redraw boundaries like this.

They have neither brains nor discipline. And it’s no different than how Reid acted in community meetings during the county-wide review. It’s sad this school system is in the hands of such craven fools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McDaniel just sent this out:

Dear friends,

Thank you for reaching out to my office about your concerns about recently proposed boundary changes. I wanted to make sure you receive the following joint statement to the Lees Corner Elementary School community from Sully District School Board Member Seema Dixit, and myself:

“Thank you to the parents and community members who have reached out to us regarding a draft boundary scenario that would move Lees Corner Elementary School from Chantilly High School to Westfield High School. This move is indicated in one of the three draft scenarios generated for the new Skyview High School boundaries. Based on the feedback from the Lees Corner community, it is our expectation that Lees Corner remains within the Chantilly High School pyramid."

Right result but totally inept and corrupt process.

+1

OK, so based on Lees Corner then the official FCPS position is that every area that doesn't want to move will stay put?

When your feedback is based in logic and supporting rationale, it carries more weight, as it should. Their argument was not just "we don't want to move." It made no sense at all to move them.

Multiple posters pointed out on here the reasons they were moved.

If they aren't moving them because no one should be moved from a closer school to a farther away school, then that theory upends the entire boundary process.

No good reason was given. Not one.

+1,000,000

Move the darn RIO people and everything will make sense.

In Draft 1, RIO is moved to Skyview and Lees Corner also moves. Moving RIO doesn't fix this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So at this point it’s clear that a magnet is the right approach. Let these two classes work through the system then make it TJ West.

Lol, no.