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

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

Not really a big deal. Kids go to AAP centers and then split back to high schools with just a handful of kids all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:The middle schools in Western Fairfax have always a been a disaster. I think the goal from the Skyview boundary should be that all Middle Schools in the impacted area feed no more than two high schools. Franklin for example should be Oakton and Chantilly...........Carson - Skyview and South Lakes, etc.

Yes, Carson and Franklin have had split feeder issues for years and that is not likely to change.
However, from what I know living in the area for years, is that people are generally happy with both of them.

Here is a fact: both Carson and Franklin will continue to be split feeders. May be split between different high schools but they will still be split.

Yes they will remain split feeders but they don’t have to feed to four high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

Not really a big deal. Kids go to AAP centers and then split back to high schools with just a handful of kids all the time.

So they know all the kids in all their classes. If 10-15 get segmented out to a different HS they won't be in the same class. Those kids won't be kids that they've shared a classroom with for years, And they won't know anyone else. The 2 aren't the same

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

It makes a big difference to those additional two sets of kids you are advocating should go to middle school with no one else they'll go to high school with.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

Not really a big deal. Kids go to AAP centers and then split back to high schools with just a handful of kids all the time.

So they know all the kids in all their classes. If 10-15 get segmented out to a different HS they won't be in the same class. Those kids won't be kids that they've shared a classroom with for years, And they won't know anyone else. The 2 aren't the same

No, what are you talking about? Kids go to an AAP center, often out of pyramid, then go to an AAP middle school, then go back to their base school. For my kids, it was only 30 or so from their MS to their HS. They barely knew anyone in any of their classes. It was unfortuate. If it was 100 kids, it would have been fine, though.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

Not really a big deal. Kids go to AAP centers and then split back to high schools with just a handful of kids all the time.

So they know all the kids in all their classes. If 10-15 get segmented out to a different HS they won't be in the same class. Those kids won't be kids that they've shared a classroom with for years, And they won't know anyone else. The 2 aren't the same

No, what are you talking about? Kids go to an AAP center, often out of pyramid, then go to an AAP middle school, then go back to their base school. For my kids, it was only 30 or so from their MS to their HS. They barely knew anyone in any of their classes. It was unfortuate. If it was 100 kids, it would have been fine, though.

DP. The size of the group matters, and so does the HS they are going into. If HS receives kids in similar sized groups from 3 different MS, that’s one thing. It’s another thing to have a small group of kids join a large group that’s been together since MS.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield is trying to bully their way into Franklin MS now, displacing Navy families that have been going to Franklin for years.

NO. It's a handful of people. Most Crossfield families want to stay at Carson. Even the ones who want to stay at Oakton.

It’s RIO - a huge group. Not just a handful of people. They have a whole website about it. They also explain why they should be moved to Franklin MS.

It's not a huge group.

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Anonymous wrote:Its one school system. There aren't special rules or boundaries on what they can consider.

They don't need the School Board to vote in order to consider all reasonable options. The consultants can present them in the materials and Reid can make her selection.

I agree. It’s one school system. A new school was added giving us a chance to create better pyramids. Setting boundaries should always include looking at the entire system. That will reduce future issues.

💯 restricting to some arbitrary bubble is causing consultants more issues. Expand the boundaries a tad, and you’ll find a better, more well thought out plan. Zoom out, XYZ consulting.

The school was purchased to relieve overcrowding in the area. As a plus, it is able to eliminate a particularly long commute to a school that is at maximum enrollment.

The area does not need to be expanded.

As far as setting up logical pyramids, when you have schools in close proximity to one another, that is going to be extremely difficult. For example, Oak Hill is equidistant to Franklin and Carson. Some kids are walkers to Franklin.
Lee's Corner is almost equidistant to Rocky Run and Franklin. Some of Lee's Corner are walkers to Franklin.

Fox Mill is at South Lakes, but I think there is not room for them at Hughes?

I don't know about the other areas of FCPS, but I can see that setting set pyramids is not easy. I think Carson is in the "Oakton" pyramid, and yet in boundary kids are divided among Westfield, South Lakes, and Oakton. And, the nearest high school is actually Chantilly--which has AAP kids at Carson.

You’re a bit mixed up here. Carson only feeds Oakton from their aap cohort. Rocky run feeds the bulk of Chantilly. Carson feeds 5 high schools actually

WRONG. Crossfield - Carson - Oakton. ALL of Crossfield. Not just AAP.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to have a 3 way split feeder, what difference does it make at that point whether its 4 or 5 ways.

A hundred kids going to one school is quite different from 10 or 15 kids.

Not really a big deal. Kids go to AAP centers and then split back to high schools with just a handful of kids all the time.

So they know all the kids in all their classes. If 10-15 get segmented out to a different HS they won't be in the same class. Those kids won't be kids that they've shared a classroom with for years, And they won't know anyone else. The 2 aren't the same

No, what are you talking about? Kids go to an AAP center, often out of pyramid, then go to an AAP middle school, then go back to their base school. For my kids, it was only 30 or so from their MS to their HS. They barely knew anyone in any of their classes. It was unfortuate. If it was 100 kids, it would have been fine, though.

DP. The size of the group matters, and so does the HS they are going into. If HS receives kids in similar sized groups from 3 different MS, that’s one thing. It’s another thing to have a small group of kids join a large group that’s been together since MS.

Fox Mill and Floris kids are the only ones attending SLHS from Carson, the rest of SLHS comes from Hughes. It is hard on the Carson kids because the Hughes kids have more established groups. It is one reason some Fox Mill parents want to move to Skyview. The kids would continue to HS with the kids they went to MS with. There isn’t room for the Fox Mill kids at Hughes and a good number of parents prefer AP over IB so Skyview is a better fit for the Fox Mill kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Could there come a point where FCPS tires of the in-fighting and announces that it’s putting Skyview back up for sale? Could FCPS flip the property and make a bundle selling to a company that wants to build a new data center?

It seems unlikely, but I don’t think there’s ever been a group of folks less appreciative and less deserving of a new school, or of the efforts to reduce overcrowding at their current schools, than this crowd.

You're a complete idiot. Just because Floris, McNair, and Coates parents aren't on here chattering away with you doesn't mean they aren't appreciative of the high school. They are all thrilled not to have to go to Westfield or South Lakes. They're not on this board because they have nothing to complain about.

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