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

[Anonymous]

Three preliminary maps were shared at this week’s meetings, which reflect very early draft scenarios, based on more than 1,400 feedback form responses and other input. Thanks to the input we have already received, rest assured that the draft maps will be revised based on your questions, concerns, and suggestions, and brought back to the public for further consideration.

[Anonymous]

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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.

100%

[Anonymous]

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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.

In the original maps (3/4), Crossfield moved to Skyview and Lees Corner stayed at Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is RIO so scared or Skyview?

My guess (and I don't know who RIO is and, while I live in the area, I am not in Franklin Farm), I think they have kids at Oakton and are vested in Oakton. They likely have younger kids, as well.
I understand that. I'm a Chantilly parent and we like Chantilly and would be happy to stay there, but it is not likely.

One of the big pluses of Chantilly is that you feel it is a community school. Their friends are within reach--even if they come from the other side of the boundary. It is a compact boundary and no one in boundary lives more than 10 minutes away--even in traffic.

This is what I don't understand about the Oakton moms. I live near them, I know a lot of them, and I don't for the life of me understand why they wouldn't want their kids in a community school that is less than 10 minutes from their homes and instead prefer the school that is 20 minutes away with a massive boundary. I mean, I do know, it's mostly because they are snobs, but it's insane.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they should put that western tj magnet at westfield. Clearly they need a pot sweetener to get enough kids out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put that western tj magnet at westfield. Clearly they need a pot sweetener to get enough kids out there.

I actually love this idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

In the original maps (3/4), Crossfield moved to Skyview and Lees Corner stayed at Chantilly.

The original maps were so much cleaner. The entire reason we are all now in this mess is because of RIO having a tantrum. How long are they going to keep calling the Maps early draft? It is now May, and they are supposed to set the boundaries in June! This could’ve all been done months ago, but we have grown adults behaving like brats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After seeing the success from Lees Corner, the Cub Run people are for sure stalking Dixit and McDaniel to get a similar promise.

1000%

This, and the Centreville people have the *exact same* argument as Lees Corner, only they are much further away from Westfield than Lees Corner. There would be no reason to exempt LC and not those Centreville neighborhoods. And then every other area will have the same argument: we are closer to our current school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put that western tj magnet at westfield. Clearly they need a pot sweetener to get enough kids out there.

I actually love this idea.

Its solid. Not enough students live nearby to fill the seats. Put a magnet in. TJ West.

[Anonymous]

Certainly makes more sense than Skyview, which is convenient to many areas

[Anonymous]

People have to realize we have two separate issues here.

The first is who is going to Skyview.

McNair, Coates, Oak Hill, and the majority of Floris are the closest to Skyview, and they were included in all 7 options/scenarios so far.

I don’t care what they say about the downward trend, but Coates and McNair experienced tremendous growth, nearly to crisis levels (Coates is at 140%, and McNair had to split into McNair Lower and McNair Upper). So it makes sense to send these kids to a new, closer school.

Skyview can still take one (or 1.5) more elementary school. That will be either Fox Mill or Crossfield. All seven scenarios include either Fox Mill or Crossfield or both.

The second issue is how to backfill Westfield.

As I said, McNair and Coates are huge, and Westfield is going to lose 1,000 kids if McNair, Coates, and Floris get moved, which they almost certainly will. This is actually the bigger issue.

When I predicted that Westfield would lose a thousand kids (before FCPS released the numbers), nobody wanted to believe it.

Filling a new school is kind of a fun exercise, but backfilling a less popular one isn’t.

Chantilly is crowded, so from FCPS’s perspective, it makes sense to move some Chantilly kids to Westfield. Nobody wants to go, but somebody has to.

My last comment is that FCPS turned this whole process into a very political exercise. Trying to get community feedback and input is well intentioned, but loud voices tend to prevail. My prediction is the final map will be similar to Scenario 2 with some modification. That would upset the least number of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put that western tj magnet at westfield. Clearly they need a pot sweetener to get enough kids out there.

I actually love this idea.

Its solid. Not enough students live nearby to fill the seats. Put a magnet in. TJ West.

Wow. Yes. As a Floris parent I don't like the commute to Westfield but it's so much better than TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After seeing the success from Lees Corner, the Cub Run people are for sure stalking Dixit and McDaniel to get a similar promise.

1000%

This, and the Centreville people have the *exact same* argument as Lees Corner, only they are much further away from Westfield than Lees Corner. There would be no reason to exempt LC and not those Centreville neighborhoods. And then every other area will have the same argument: we are closer to our current school.

Bull Run isn’t as close to Centreville as Lees Corner is to Chantilly.

And then who sticks out? Crossfield/Navy to Oakton, who are nowhere close to their desired school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

In the original maps (3/4), Crossfield moved to Skyview and Lees Corner stayed at Chantilly.

The original maps were so much cleaner. The entire reason we are all now in this mess is because of RIO having a tantrum. How long are they going to keep calling the Maps early draft? It is now May, and they are supposed to set the boundaries in June! This could’ve all been done months ago, but we have grown adults behaving like brats.

The original maps didn't analyze the middle schools and elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After seeing the success from Lees Corner, the Cub Run people are for sure stalking Dixit and McDaniel to get a similar promise.

1000%

This, and the Centreville people have the *exact same* argument as Lees Corner, only they are much further away from Westfield than Lees Corner. There would be no reason to exempt LC and not those Centreville neighborhoods. And then every other area will have the same argument: we are closer to our current school.

Bull Run isn’t as close to Centreville as Lees Corner is to Chantilly.

And then who sticks out? Crossfield/Navy to Oakton, who are nowhere close to their desired school.

But those neighborhoods are MUCH farther from Westfield than Lees Corner. Which fact is more dispositive?