Skyview is Open for Opt-In from Any Rising 9th and 10th grader in Fairfax County

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t want boundaries set if they cause total chaos and disruption.

That's dumb. The boundaries must be set. They need to just set something sensible and move on.

[Anonymous]

Old enough to remember when people were falling over themselves to congratulate the school board for such a master stroke purchase.

Funny to watch all the carping now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old enough to remember when people were falling over themselves to congratulate the school board for such a master stroke purchase.

Funny to watch all the carping now.

It was and it is. I have no doubt that things will smooth over in the next few years once the boundaries are drawn and there are kids assigned ot the school. This opening year is an anomoly.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

[Anonymous]

What about transportation?

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What about it?

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Anonymous wrote:Skyview has been slowly losing students over the last month due to opt-ins becoming opt-outs. Things are not tending in the right direction for their numbers. They are hoping for a windfall of TJ rejects to keep the school above 600 students.

This would not be a problem if they had just set the boundaries last fall to mirror RCMS.

My daughter (rising 10th) initially wanted to go but we did not feel confident that she would be able to access enough higher level classes because not enough students enrolling. Taking world language classes online for 3 years is a nonstarter.

This is a classic case of incompetence rising to the top. Good job Reid.

FCPS has opened new schools in the past. There’s always some fear, resistance, and apprehension, but it’s combined with relief, anticipation, and genuine enthusiasm.

All that is on display here, but what’s different is that the sheer confusion is off the charts and drowns out everything else. And that is entirely due to the incompetence of the superintendent that seven members of the School Board unfailingly support, no matter how many times she screws up.

+10000

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

It's not too late. We're four months away from the beginning of the 2026-27 school year and students could attend their current base schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t want boundaries set if they cause total chaos and disruption.

That's dumb. The boundaries must be set. They need to just set something sensible and move on.

I was a student at a new high school elsewhere 30 yeas ago. The boundaries were set. 9th grade had to go. 10th was given an option to stay or go (most went to the new school). This gave a critical mass of kids where all the typical classes were able to be offered. There were JV sports the first year then varsity the next year. It really was well run.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

It's not too late. We're four months away from the beginning of the 2026-27 school year and students could attend their current base schools.

They've already hired 60 staff members and their positions have been filled at their current schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. Consider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

It's not too late. We're four months away from the beginning of the 2026-27 school year and students could attend their current base schools.

They've already hired 60 staff members and their positions have been filled at their current schools.

If kids are back at their base schools and not at Skyview, those schools will need more teachers. The number of students isn't changing, just their location.

We shouldn't be opening a school with few students and massive overhead just because Missy who teaches Geometry and lives in Sterling was looking forward to a shorter commute to Herndon than she has to Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. MConsider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

It's not too late. We're four months away from the beginning of the 2026-27 school year and students could attend their current base schools.

Now that opting in is FCPS wide they will hit their target number of kids for 9th and 10th grade. Those kids will be grandfathered in for the rest of their HS years.

This will enable FCPS to draw a more narrow boundary around Skyview, particularly because of the horrible options presented thus far. This will allow for a future opt-in pool to keep the magnet dream alive.

Reid has played parents, students and the school board like Charlie Daniel's used to play the fiddle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have the enrollment numbers but I do have a close friend who will be teaching at Skyview and they are pumped about what is going on there - this is a teacher with decades of experience at a highly rated HS. Skyview will absolutely offer every advanced class even if there are a handful of kids - sorry, they will. MConsider it a start up cost and those handful of kids will get private school ratios. I agree they should leave it a magnet and be clear on transport at and everything changes overnight. You only have to read the western boundary thread to see what a miserable group of parents FCPS has and they will never be happy with anything. If you said it’s TJ East with centralized pick ups you’d have a waiting list. It’s the double talk that has cost them. And what, they want to force a bunch of malcontents to attend? Why? Just properly label it a magnet and get ready for crowd control. I can’t believe the amount of BS on this thread based on insiders I know there. Reid definitely f-ed this up trying to cater to masses. The people who want Skyview are tech-forward AAP kids. Stop pandering to everyone else who seem to all prefer their own school.

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever read. TJ is a regional magnet. Skyview right now is an opt-in school struggling to find kids and opening its doors to any rising 9th or 10th grader in the county with a pulse. I know you are desperate to pretend your Carson kid on a TJ waitlist will be attending some highly coveted TJ replica, but this ain’t it.

Skyview has over 400 kids registered for 9th grade, there are 250 registered for 10th grade. This shouldn't surprise anyone, not many kids want to move going into 10th grade, especially kids who are involved in sports or the arts at their current school. This is what most the people I know expected to happen. There would be 9th graders happy to move and families that would gamble that Skyview will be the in boundary school so have their kid opt-in for transportation services.

Once the boundaries are set, Skyview will be just fine. Next year is going to be small, which surprises no one since the school is 100% opt-in.

If they only have 750 or fewer kids they should not be opening a high school, even one limited to two grades. It’s a ridiculous amount of overhead per student given costs in this area.

Too late for that.

It's not too late. We're four months away from the beginning of the 2026-27 school year and students could attend their current base schools.

Now that opting in is FCPS wide they will hit their target number of kids for 9th and 10th grade. Those kids will be grandfathered in for the rest of their HS years.

This will enable FCPS to draw a more narrow boundary around Skyview, particularly because of the horrible options presented thus far. This will allow for a future opt-in pool to keep the magnet dream alive.

Reid has played parents, students and the school board like Charlie Daniel's used to play the fiddle.

These kids should be grandfathered in, but it should not affect the boundaries. I imagine next year will not allow as many opt ins.