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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't Crossfield want to move? It's not just 1 thing! In no particular order
1) No sports or activities ie no culture or typical high school experience
2) 50%+ from districts with "problem kids" makes learning more difficult and a more stressful / potentially unsafe bullying environment
3) Our kids have been in a construction zone through elementary school and don't want to have to do it through high school too.
4) Our kids don't know the Coates, McNair,Floris crowd. They know Waples Mill and Navy
5) We've been paying the price to be in the Oakton district and this could affect our home value
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Ctm9ZYNz4

None of these are valid arguments over other schools.
#1 I am confident that all the schools being redistricted are concerned about #1. You don't have to worry about that. By the time the school is opened for set in boundary, it will have sports.
#2 is a very odd statement. Are you "putting down" those schools? Sounds like it. But, you've been fine with sending your child to Carson?
#3 carries no weight at all.
#4 Sounds like you are not speaking for everyone. Your child must be in Navy AAP. Your child must have difficulty making new friends.
#5 Skyview will be a good school. Most people don't want their kids spending hours on a bus. This is a very, very bad argument.

Provide actual evidence for #5. Will the clubs be built out?
Why should my kid suffer through construction again and the growing pains of a new school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the question: if South Lakes have AP, would Fox Mill still want to stay at your South Lakes community?

AP would encourage more families to stay in SL and not pupil place in other schools. This is not limited to FM students.
But….
“Your” South Lakes community???

South Lakes is in Reston.
Fox Mill is in 20171, Herndon/Oak Hill. Close, but different.
Fox Mill attends Carson middle school, while most SL kids attend Hughes.

So the Fox Mill kids arrive at South Lakes, hardly knowing anyone while most SL attended Hughes and have established friend groups.

We would rather our kids attend HS with their friends from Carson.

Well, you had neighbors there in 2008 who lobbied for South Lakes. I know the name. Last name began with B. was one.

Well now it is 2026, and I did not live here in 2008 and my kids weren’t even born yet. I would imagine those people have long since retired or moved on. Also [b]Reston was a very different place in 2008

How so? You do know why they had the South Lakes Boundary redistricting in 2008? Maybe, you do not know. Reston has grown quite a bit, but the issues are the same. And, you also had neighbors who lobbied to stay at Oakton. It was ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make Westfield an open enrollment school. I’m sure their football, basketball and wrestling teams will attract a bunch of students.

This is the dumbest idea posted on here. So all the kids currently zoned there could switch to another school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can blame Reid, Xyz, school board and even RIO all you want but the fact is Chantilly is overcrowed and Westfield needs to backfill.

So which communit(ies) should get moved from Chantilly to Westfield?

I haven't seen any real answer other than complaints.

The best idea was to colocate a magnet/TJ like school there along with the 1800? or so regular kids zoned there and not moving to skyview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can blame Reid, Xyz, school board and even RIO all you want but the fact is Chantilly is overcrowed and Westfield needs to backfill.

So which communit(ies) should get moved from Chantilly to Westfield?

I haven't seen any real answer other than complaints.

The best idea was to colocate a magnet/TJ like school there along with the 1800? or so regular kids zoned there and not moving to skyview.

We’re not talking about a magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Whoa! Mind-blown! I have never seen the craziness of all this shuffling around laid out so clearly. So, basically we're all paying the price of stupidity for the RIO Grande Community? Why do they have so much power to screw up everything to royally?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Multiple posters have already explained to you why this is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Nah. Chantilly had around 2900 kids and a lot of temporary classrooms. Reducing its enrollment was one of the main justifications for buying KAA before anyone had ever heard of RIO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Whoa! Mind-blown! I have never seen the craziness of all this shuffling around laid out so clearly. So, basically we're all paying the price of stupidity for the RIO Grande Community? Why do they have so much power to screw up everything to royally?

Because they are mainly white and have $$$$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Nah. Chantilly had around 2900 kids and a lot of temporary classrooms. Reducing its enrollment was one of the main justifications for buying KAA before anyone had ever heard of RIO.

You need to think back to the original maps. They all brought Chantilly down to a reasonable level and pulled from a couple other high schools to create boundaries that would make sense. RIO blew it all up because two or three of the four original maps had them moving to Skyview. The plan was never to move a ton of kids out of Chantilly; just the ones closest to the new school was enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Nah. Chantilly had around 2900 kids and a lot of temporary classrooms. Reducing its enrollment was one of the main justifications for buying KAA before anyone had ever heard of RIO.

You need to think back to the original maps. They all brought Chantilly down to a reasonable level and pulled from a couple other high schools to create boundaries that would make sense. RIO blew it all up because two or three of the four original maps had them moving to Skyview. The plan was never to move a ton of kids out of Chantilly; just the ones closest to the new school was enough.

I was responding to the assertion that no one needed to be moved out of Chantilly.

I agree the earlier maps were more sensible than the later ones. They will claim “it’s more important to get this right than to do it quickly” but the reality is that it’s not that hard to come up with reasonable boundaries for Skyview. Instead, their proposals tend to get more convoluted, and the sparring among neighborhoods more pointed, the longer they drag things out.

I would fire Reid. She’s simply not up to the task of managing a school system this big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that they are looking into Brookfield or poplar tree for Westfield instead of lees corner.

Also part of GBW might branch off to Westfield after Rocky Run.

Kathy Smith would never allow that to happen.

This is not going to happen. I believe the PP who suggested this is trolling.

And, for the PP who said they have to take somebody out of Chantilly--they are taking Oak Hill to Skyview.
They do not need another school to be taken of out Chantilly. Not Lee's Corner, not Poplar Tree, and not Brookfield.

Truth is nobody should be moved out of Chantilly because everyone can walk there, easily bike there or get there pretty fast. What is the obsession with moving ppl out of Chantilly, you ask?

Oh wait, I know! RIO refused to go to Skyview, then the FCPS School Board accommodated based on politics (not logic) which then made them have to pull from Westfield to fill Skyview which then creates too many empty seats at Westfield which then makes them move kids out of Chantilly which then uproots kids from Oakton. So I dunno maybe “Rooted in Oakton” needs to be uprooted now? Call the School Board out on this bullsh**, ppl! I should also mention this also makes ppl walking distance to Centerville have to go to Westfields. Now that you know the ROOT of all problems, you can give your feedback accordingly.

Nah. Chantilly had around 2900 kids and a lot of temporary classrooms. Reducing its enrollment was one of the main justifications for buying KAA before anyone had ever heard of RIO.

You need to think back to the original maps. They all brought Chantilly down to a reasonable level and pulled from a couple other high schools to create boundaries that would make sense. RIO blew it all up because two or three of the four original maps had them moving to Skyview. The plan was never to move a ton of kids out of Chantilly; just the ones closest to the new school was enough.

+1 we all need to call and email our school board reps. They need to put Crossfield at Skyview period as they are within the boundary.