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

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

The closest house zoned to Fox Mill is 1.8 miles to KAA, along West Ox Road, near the Floris border. The reason Crossfield is discussed isn't because it's closer to KAA. It's because it's so far from Oakton.

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

The closest house zoned to Fox Mill is 1.8 miles to KAA, along West Ox Road, near the Floris border. The reason Crossfield is discussed isn't because it's closer to KAA. It's because it's so far from Oakton.

Ahh, and I'm an idiot. Just got your point.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like Fox Mill want to go to KAA, but zoned to SLHS.

Some Franklin Farm does not want to go to KAAA, but some do.

So Fox Mill start to attack those Franklin Farm wanting to go to KAA.

I hope I got this right. What Fox Mill got out of this? I think Fox Mill want some franklin farm to stay at oakton, so these franklinfarm stay out of this competition for KAA?

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Fox Mill want to go to KAA, but zoned to SLHS.

Some Franklin Farm does not want to go to KAAA, but some do.

So Fox Mill start to attack those Franklin Farm wanting to go to KAA.

I hope I got this right. What Fox Mill got out of this? I think Fox Mill want some franklin farm to stay at oakton, so these franklinfarm stay out of this competition for KAA?

What?

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What the hell is so special about Oakton HS?!

Oh, I know. It’s full of rich white people.

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

The closest house zoned to Fox Mill is 1.8 miles to KAA, along West Ox Road, near the Floris border. The reason Crossfield is discussed isn't because it's closer to KAA. It's because it's so far from Oakton.

The point was that the furthest away school from Oakton is much further away than the furthest away school from South Lakes.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Fox Mill want to go to KAA, but zoned to SLHS.

Some Franklin Farm does not want to go to KAAA, but some do.

So Fox Mill start to attack those Franklin Farm wanting to go to KAA.

I hope I got this right. What Fox Mill got out of this? I think Fox Mill want some franklin farm to stay at oakton, so these franklinfarm stay out of this competition for KAA?

Franklin Farm is a neighborhood. The school is Crossfield and the boundaries encompass more than one neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

The closest house zoned to Fox Mill is 1.8 miles to KAA, along West Ox Road, near the Floris border. The reason Crossfield is discussed isn't because it's closer to KAA. It's because it's so far from Oakton.

Ahh, and I'm an idiot. Just got your point.

No, no worries, I just replied to you before I saw this.

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

Don't live in folkstone, but you can have a shorter travel time to Oakton than to KAA. Also some might notice that it is possible to be districted to Crossfield but be closer to Navy! (I'm looking at you 12417 English Garden Ct!!!) School borders can get kinda wierd.

FYI having to wait multiple traffic lights to cross 7100/286 doesn't help the time calculation due to traffic density.

Go cougars!

I always thought it was weird that the part of Franklin Farm that is a straight shot down Thompson to Navy (Tuckaway, etc.) is zoned to Crossfield while Nestlewood/Rounding Run/etc are zoned to Navy.

There are historical reasons for that (political corruption basically) which residents are still suffering for 30 years later. This neighborhood is part of Franklin Glen, not Franklin Farm, but the kids are zoned for Crossfield (instead of the Franklin Glen neighborhood school, which is Lees Corner). But then the middle school is Feanklin or Carson got AAP. And the high school is Chantilly with the rest of Franklin Glen. Some. Parents have quietly been pupil placing their kids in Lees Corner for years so the kids could be with their friends from the neighborhood and nobody was giving them a hard time about it. Except that Options C and D are now trying to perpetuate this disaster by trying to move this tiny sliver of Franklin Glen from Chantilly to KAA. People have complained and hopefully they will leave it alone, the drive from that area to Chantilly talkes 5-7 minutes and nobody wants to be split off from the neighborhood.

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This is Meren’s reply to comments on her facebook page regarding slowing down.

The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.
I hope this is helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Fox Mill want to go to KAA, but zoned to SLHS.

Some Franklin Farm does not want to go to KAAA, but some do.

So Fox Mill start to attack those Franklin Farm wanting to go to KAA.

I hope I got this right. What Fox Mill got out of this? I think Fox Mill want some franklin farm to stay at oakton, so these franklinfarm stay out of this competition for KAA?

Fox Mill parent here who wants to go to KAA.

I know that I have neighbors who want to stay at SLHS, some folks are very attached. I know that I have neighbors that are excited by the new school, mainly they want AP and they like the sound of the STEM program that might be introduced. I don’t pretend to speak for everyone, just my point of view. My kid will be fine if we stay at SLHS but an AP program is a better fir for him and, I think, the majority of the kids. The IB classes are great but the program is not flexible and is misused. IB is supposed to be about the diploma, not an ala carte program. If we can’t get enough kids into the diploma then the program should go away or be an academy.

I was surprised to see Fox Mill in 3/4 of the scenarios to be moved. I’ll let Oakton/Crossfield/Navy folks speak for themselves. There is no reason for me to attack the Crossfield/Oakton families that don’t want to move. The chance SLHS kids are moved greatly increases if the Oakton/crossfield families don’t. If anything, I should be supporting their fight against moving. So, Rah Cougars?

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

Don't live in folkstone, but you can have a shorter travel time to Oakton than to KAA. Also some might notice that it is possible to be districted to Crossfield but be closer to Navy! (I'm looking at you 12417 English Garden Ct!!!) School borders can get kinda wierd.

FYI having to wait multiple traffic lights to cross 7100/286 doesn't help the time calculation due to traffic density.

Go cougars!

I always thought it was weird that the part of Franklin Farm that is a straight shot down Thompson to Navy (Tuckaway, etc.) is zoned to Crossfield while Nestlewood/Rounding Run/etc are zoned to Navy.

There are historical reasons for that (political corruption basically) which residents are still suffering for 30 years later. This neighborhood is part of Franklin Glen, not Franklin Farm, but the kids are zoned for Crossfield (instead of the Franklin Glen neighborhood school, which is Lees Corner). But then the middle school is Feanklin or Carson got AAP. And the high school is Chantilly with the rest of Franklin Glen. Some. Parents have quietly been pupil placing their kids in Lees Corner for years so the kids could be with their friends from the neighborhood and nobody was giving them a hard time about it. Except that Options C and D are now trying to perpetuate this disaster by trying to move this tiny sliver of Franklin Glen from Chantilly to KAA. People have complained and hopefully they will leave it alone, the drive from that area to Chantilly talkes 5-7 minutes and nobody wants to be split off from the neighborhood.

It’s baffling that not a single scenario puts them at Lees Corner. Instead they make the split worse by recommending them to Carson so that less than 1% of the base school goes to Chantilly. That might not be an issue now, but it will be when they expand AAP middle schools. And now you see it expanding to these cut and paste scenarios like C & D.

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Anonymous wrote:What the hell is so special about Oakton HS?!

Oh, I know. It’s full of rich white people.

Gee, look, it’s the social justice warrior who is the only one who constantly compares races. Remember, when she make these unfounded accusations, it’s a mirror into her thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:What the hell is so special about Oakton HS?!

Oh, I know. It’s full of rich white people.

Oakton is majority minority.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/oakton-high-school-20454


43.3%

White

30.3%

Asian

13.2%

Hispanic

7.0%

Two or More Races

5.9%

Black

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Anonymous wrote:Come on guys! Crossfield is not asking to move to the new school like some SL family asked to move to the new school. All crossfield family is asking with no change for them and stay within boundary that they have been assigned to prior to this boundary review mass.

Why you guys hate crossfield/Oakton, no need.

The Crossfield people asking to stay are just trying to get their older kids through with no changes. Those of us with younger kids can see how Oakton will be overcrowded very soon and know our kids will have to get moved. We'd rather be at the new school than at South Lakes.

Why do you assume that everyone only has older kids?

Because if they had younger kids they'd put a little thought into it and realize the decision for their younger kids is between the new Western HS or South Lakes. Oakton is off the table for us if you have just a few brain cells to rub together and look at what's coming.

There's a ton of what ifs. You make it sound like it's a done deal.

Within south lakes current borders you have all of the development going on near the new metro stations which will expand their student population. There's a lot of cleared land around the metro with new condos and townhouses as well.

Who knows what a new board will do in the future let alone the composition of a new board.

Anyone with more than a few braincells might see this as increased density closer to south lakes builds up.

If Crossfield doesn't go to the Western HS now then Fox Mill will. South Lakes will have a ton of capacity in that case. Oakton is already projected over 100% next year. Someone else posted like 6 different very large residential developments already approved for the Oakton boundary a few pages ago - literally thousands of homes. The metro condos and townhouses pale in comparison and will yield fewer children per unit than developments further from metro. Oakton, Chantilly, and the new Western school will all be too full for Crossfield. Where do you think we'll end up?

Did you see how many new units are coming into whelie?

The 2 new 30 story condo.buildijgs just opened. That's BVLD and Marriot adding another 500 units the Issac Newton redevelopment zoned for 2100 homes per the master plan, the two office buildings are coming down for an ETA development for 1100 units. comstock has a development there with at least 421 units.

that's 4100+ units coming online shortly within south lakes current boundary, but sure let's make the sudden conclusion that crossfield is getting moved to South lakes...

Use those few braincells and you might see that south lakes may need an expansion soon.

Friend, use your brain cells - very few condo dwellers have high schoolers. Those are for young tech workers who are then going to get married, have kids, and buy your house in Franklin Farm when you age out (thus keeping your property value high - regardless of what HS it is zoned to) because it's close to where they work.

Did you read the master plan for that area?

It's high density for sure, but not all condos.

I don't live in Franklin Farm. I live on the east side of west ox with low density housing. You know the ones closer to... OAKTON

Yes, we know, you're the person in Folkstone who claims she lives much, much closer to Oakton High School (which is not even in the town of Oakton) than to KAA. Guess what? I mapped out the edges of the Crossfield Boundary to both schools and the closest house to Oakton is STILL further away from Oakton than it is to KAA. Only by a little over than a mile, so I'll give you that. HOWEVER - the closest house to KAA is 2 miles from KAA and 10 miles from Oakton HS.

Meanwhile the closest house zoned to Fox Mill and South Lakes is 3 miles from SLHS and 4.2 miles to KAA.

Don't live in folkstone, but you can have a shorter travel time to Oakton than to KAA. Also some might notice that it is possible to be districted to Crossfield but be closer to Navy! (I'm looking at you 12417 English Garden Ct!!!) School borders can get kinda wierd.

FYI having to wait multiple traffic lights to cross 7100/286 doesn't help the time calculation due to traffic density.

Go cougars!

I always thought it was weird that the part of Franklin Farm that is a straight shot down Thompson to Navy (Tuckaway, etc.) is zoned to Crossfield while Nestlewood/Rounding Run/etc are zoned to Navy.

There are historical reasons for that (political corruption basically) which residents are still suffering for 30 years later. This neighborhood is part of Franklin Glen, not Franklin Farm, but the kids are zoned for Crossfield (instead of the Franklin Glen neighborhood school, which is Lees Corner). But then the middle school is Feanklin or Carson got AAP. And the high school is Chantilly with the rest of Franklin Glen. Some. Parents have quietly been pupil placing their kids in Lees Corner for years so the kids could be with their friends from the neighborhood and nobody was giving them a hard time about it. Except that Options C and D are now trying to perpetuate this disaster by trying to move this tiny sliver of Franklin Glen from Chantilly to KAA. People have complained and hopefully they will leave it alone, the drive from that area to Chantilly talkes 5-7 minutes and nobody wants to be split off from the neighborhood.

What on earth are you talking about? Almost all of Tuckaway is Franklin Farm. Only the one little tiny part between Thompson Road and 286 is Franklin Glen. Or is that what you are trying to say? It's very challenging to follow your thoughts.