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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more this Lees Corner parent posts, the more annoying s/he gets. Wow.

Not just one, sweetheart. Hundreds of us turned out for the past two meetings. Call me annoying all you like, you are just admitting you don’t have logic backing your argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indisputable facts:

1) 1/2 of BRES already goes to Westfield
2) The elementary schools and neighborhoods that are contiguous to Bull Run are Virginia Run, London Towne, Deer Park. These are all Westfield schools.

But why should they be moved if they don't want to be? Only the rich, white areas get to choose their schools?

Because they are opening a new neighborhood high school, and this necessitates a series of boundary changes. Are you 12?

[Anonymous]

Isn't Centreville overcrowded?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more this Lees Corner parent posts, the more annoying s/he gets. Wow.

Not just one, sweetheart. Hundreds of us turned out for the past two meetings. Call me annoying all you like, you are just admitting you don’t have logic backing your argument.

I'm not a Centreville parent but agree you are obnoxious and its clearly the same obsessed parent posting over and over about Lees Corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The more this Lees Corner parent posts, the more annoying s/he gets. Wow.

Not just one, sweetheart. Hundreds of us turned out for the past two meetings. Call me annoying all you like, you are just admitting you don’t have logic backing your argument.

I'm not a Centreville parent but agree you are obnoxious and its clearly the same obsessed parent posting over and over about Lees Corner.

DP. There are at least two on here and I suspect more defending Lee's Corner. And, I am not a Lee's Corner parent. It is outrageous that it is even being discussed.

[Anonymous]

Late to this thread - Can someone please explain this "RIO having a tantrum" - Which school is RIO and what was the tantrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we really supposed to pretend there’s much difference between Centreville and Westfield? The main reason they should move part of Centreville is Westfield to backfill Westfield is that they are so similar. If we’re being honest we all know there’s a bigger difference between Chantilly and Westfield.

Everyone complains about boundary changes when they think they are getting less attention than someone else, but you’re getting less attention precisely because no one seriously thinks it’s a big sacrifice to go to Westfield rather than Centreville or vice versa.

Sorry to say the quiet part out loud but I’m not wrong.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really supposed to pretend there’s much difference between Centreville and Westfield? The main reason they should move part of Centreville is Westfield to backfill Westfield is that they are so similar. If we’re being honest we all know there’s a bigger difference between Chantilly and Westfield.

Everyone complains about boundary changes when they think they are getting less attention than someone else, but you’re getting less attention precisely because no one seriously thinks it’s a big sacrifice to go to Westfield rather than Centreville or vice versa.

Sorry to say the quiet part out loud but I’m not wrong.

It clearly matters to the people who want to stay at Centreville!

It’s been glaringly obvious ever since they said Skylight would be a neighborhood school that some at Centreville would need to move to Westfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Late to this thread - Can someone please explain this "RIO having a tantrum" - Which school is RIO and what was the tantrum.

It’s Rooted in Oakton, a parent group that was started by Crossfield parents that opposed being moved to Skyview. There are rumors that a mom in that group works at Gatehouse and lobbied insiders to keep Crossfield at Oakton.

The thinking is because Crossfield is at Oakton, they had to take more students from Westfield to fill Skyview, and in return that’s why Bull Run and Lees Corner entered the picture to be moved to Westfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should admit they are in over their heads, cancel this redistricting crap, make Skyview a TJ West, and then apologize to everyone for the chaos and stress they have caused everyone. But instead, they will end up making dumb, rushed decisions without any consideration for students and their families. Uprooting long standing school communities to justify their idiocracy. It’s not too late for the school board and Reid to admit they botched this whole thing. The larger FCPS community should ensure these members NEVER get elected to any office again. They have proven their incompetence beyond a reasonable doubt.

You act as though the current maps are perfect just because you don't like the new changes as much as the status quo. The current situation is and has been bad. They have things like the Navy island that make zero sense. Schools are overcrowded. We have needed a new, traditional, high school in this area for decades. Chantilly and Westfield kids shouldn't be going to school in a trailer park. These first passes by XYZ have lots of illogical moves, and the 4 previous scenarios were more well thought out by the end of Thru's process.
There will be people on here loudly complaining no matter what the final map chosen is. Best we can hope for is to expose the people like the RIO group who have managed to secure special treatment and get something logical so the only people complaining are the ones who made the most sense (for the county as a whole) to be moved and just don't like the outcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thinking is because Crossfield is at Oakton, they had to take more students from Westfield to fill Skyview, and in return that’s why Bull Run and Lees Corner entered the picture to be moved to Westfield.

With Skyview opening and taking the surrounding Coates, Floris, Oak Hill areas it is blaringly obvious that Westfield should not be populated by anyone north of Rt 50. Those schools are all physically separated from the rest of Westfield by the airport, an industrial only area, and miles of traffic. The area south of 50 is contiguous and at least has a chance of being a single community school. There are no neighborhoods left north of 50 with any connection to the Westfield area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Late to this thread - Can someone please explain this "RIO having a tantrum" - Which school is RIO and what was the tantrum.

It’s Rooted in Oakton, a parent group that was started by Crossfield parents that opposed being moved to Skyview. There are rumors that a mom in that group works at Gatehouse and lobbied insiders to keep Crossfield at Oakton.

The thinking is because Crossfield is at Oakton, they had to take more students from Westfield to fill Skyview, and in return that’s why Bull Run and Lees Corner entered the picture to be moved to Westfield.

That is faulty logic though. Skyview was always going to include Floris, McNair, Oak Hill, and Coates. Backfilling Westfield has been debated on these boards long before the first scenarios were released and long before RIO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Late to this thread - Can someone please explain this "RIO having a tantrum" - Which school is RIO and what was the tantrum.

It’s Rooted in Oakton, a parent group that was started by Crossfield parents that opposed being moved to Skyview. There are rumors that a mom in that group works at Gatehouse and lobbied insiders to keep Crossfield at Oakton.

The thinking is because Crossfield is at Oakton, they had to take more students from Westfield to fill Skyview, and in return that’s why Bull Run and Lees Corner entered the picture to be moved to Westfield.

That is faulty logic though. Skyview was always going to include Floris, McNair, Oak Hill, and Coates. Backfilling Westfield has been debated on these boards long before the first scenarios were released and long before RIO.

Yes, always Floris, McNair, Coates and Oak Hill. But the original scenarios had either Fox Mill or Crossfield going as well and that makes logical sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should admit they are in over their heads, cancel this redistricting crap, make Skyview a TJ West, and then apologize to everyone for the chaos and stress they have caused everyone. But instead, they will end up making dumb, rushed decisions without any consideration for students and their families. Uprooting long standing school communities to justify their idiocracy. It’s not too late for the school board and Reid to admit they botched this whole thing. The larger FCPS community should ensure these members NEVER get elected to any office again. They have proven their incompetence beyond a reasonable doubt.

You act as though the current maps are perfect just because you don't like the new changes as much as the status quo. The current situation is and has been bad. They have things like the Navy island that make zero sense. Schools are overcrowded. We have needed a new, traditional, high school in this area for decades. Chantilly and Westfield kids shouldn't be going to school in a trailer park. These first passes by XYZ have lots of illogical moves, and the 4 previous scenarios were more well thought out by the end of Thru's process.
There will be people on here loudly complaining no matter what the final map chosen is. Best we can hope for is to expose the people like the RIO group who have managed to secure special treatment and get something logical so the only people complaining are the ones who made the most sense (for the county as a whole) to be moved and just don't like the outcome.

Did you respond to the wrong post or can you not read? I never said the current map was ok. I said the entire process has been a complete joke. The only reason new maps were produced is because the School Board and Superintendent were too scared of ppl like RIO to move forth with the initial proposals which have now proven to be the most correct proposal of that even matters. It’s like when you take a test, your first answer is typically the correct one.

The School Board is incompetent and full of individuals who can’t make a sound decision because they are too busy playing politics for their future aspirations. Every single one of them would have been fired if this was a real company and not FCPS. No job would tolerate this level of incompetence. That’s why they sent out an email today trying to cover for their incompetence, but voters will remember who not to vote for in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between Westfield and Skyview, Skyview is better.

This is not a competition.

Skyview will 50% full of Westfield kids and some of its most challenging.