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

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Anonymous wrote:As a Crossfield parent, I think the school board should prioritize bus rides at this point. Fox Mill has a short bus ride to South Lakes, but Crossfield has a very long bus ride to Oakton. There's no excuse for keeping us at Oakton when there are now going to be three high schoolers that are much closer to our homes.

I keep hearing that the Crossfield parents want to stay at Oakton........is there a split opinion based on grades? (i.e. 4th and below want to go to the new high school and 5th/6th want to stay at Oakton)?

We want to stay at Oakton because it is a known high performing school that many of us bought houses specifically to attend. The dream is Crossfirld Carson TJ but it won’t happen for all. So Oakton is the next best alternative. Western is a cluster of unknowns.

Sounds like your kid is not yet in school--and that you value long, long bus rides over quality of life for your child.

Dp. You may think pp is foolish, but they're not the only ones with kids in school who feel this way.

True. Though my neighbor's kid who has now graduated from college did go to TJ. He liked it,but says he now regrets not going ot the local high school. Bright, smart young man who also has good social skills.

[Anonymous]

I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Crossfield parent, I think the school board should prioritize bus rides at this point. Fox Mill has a short bus ride to South Lakes, but Crossfield has a very long bus ride to Oakton. There's no excuse for keeping us at Oakton when there are now going to be three high schoolers that are much closer to our homes.

I keep hearing that the Crossfield parents want to stay at Oakton........is there a split opinion based on grades? (i.e. 4th and below want to go to the new high school and 5th/6th want to stay at Oakton)?

We want to stay at Oakton because it is a known high performing school that many of us bought houses specifically to attend. The dream is Crossfirld Carson TJ but it won’t happen for all. So Oakton is the next best alternative. Western is a cluster of unknowns.

Gosh I really hope this is a joke! I knew when I bought my house in Franklin Farm that there was a very high possibility of it some day be rezoned to Chantilly or South Lakes considering both of those are much closer than Oakton.

Same. Pure entitlement to expect things to never change when simple geography does not work in favor of staying at Oakton forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

Actually if I recall correctly a FCPS board member lived in that area and gerrymandered that portion so her kids could go to Navy. Make no mistake, this will happen again with current board members to favor their neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

Actually if I recall correctly a FCPS board member lived in that area and gerrymandered that portion so her kids could go to Navy. Make no mistake, this will happen again with current board members to favor their neighborhoods.

Could be true--but that would be long before I moved here. Sully District has not had anyone from this area in my memory. I think that would have been prior to the elected School Board, but I am not sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

Actually if I recall correctly a FCPS board member lived in that area and gerrymandered that portion so her kids could go to Navy. Make no mistake, this will happen again with current board members to favor their neighborhoods.

Are there many board members now with kids? Aren’t most without or ages where these changes won’t impact them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

Wasn’t that specific cut out going to be redistricted to Oak Hill ES with the boundary adjustments? They should absolutely be going to the new western HS and shouldn’t be going to Navy. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

Wasn’t that specific cut out going to be redistricted to Oak Hill ES with the boundary adjustments? They should absolutely be going to the new western HS and shouldn’t be going to Navy. Ridiculous.

This highlights one of the many problems with doing the initial boundary study separately from the boundaries for the new high school. A lot of parents were unhappy about being moved from Navy to Oak Hill before the new high school came into the picture. But now with Oak Hill Elementary being assigned to the new high school it might change the picture a bit for some people. I am sure some want to stay at Navy so they can go to Oakton, but others are probably open to the new school. It was stupid to roll out and get input on proposed changes without presenting the full context of what will happen to the pyramids with a new high school in the mix. It would be totally ridiculous to keep that island going to Oakton if literally everyone else around them goes to the new high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

That part of the neighborhood goes to Navy. This scenario keeps them with Navy families at Oakton.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

I grew up in this area and this is pretty much it. Once Oak Hill was overcrowded, the county proposed moving the Tuckaway Dr area of Franklin Farm out of Crossfield to Navy and then move the Navy Island kids into Crossfield. My parents and friends fought it because we had already been moved from Oak Hill to Crossfield when it opened. So the county opted instead to move the island to Navy which is how we got here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield will almost definitely either go to Western or South Lakes. I don't see them staying at Oakton one bit.

They will never send Crossfield kids to SLHS. Like they will never send Great Falls kids to Herndon.

I don’t see it happening and this feels more like fearmongering.

Like they will never send Oakton and Madison kids to SLHS in 2008?

It depends on who's in charge. Right now we've got a superintendent and a school board who talk big yet have no spine. Yell loud enough and you get your way, and the wealthier parents excel at this.

One reason why they have no spine is they really don't know the district, so they lack the confidence that anything they propose dealing with boundaries makes sense. Often it doesn't, and they back off.

Down the road we could have different people in charge, or the same people may have learned more about the district over time. It's unclear exactly how long Reid can be our superintendent and still act like she just moved here from Washington State two weeks ago.

If Oakton gets crowded with new development, Crossfield absolutely could get sent to SLHS in the future, if Fox Mill moves to Western and there's space at SLHS.

Sure, anything can happen in the future. But the possibility seems low, and it's absurd to fearmonger as if that's sure to happen

People been speculating about Crossfield to South Lakes for years.

Was there any discussion about that possibility among board members since 2008?

ZERO, if I remember correctly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

I grew up in this area and this is pretty much it. Once Oak Hill was overcrowded, the county proposed moving the Tuckaway Dr area of Franklin Farm out of Crossfield to Navy and then move the Navy Island kids into Crossfield. My parents and friends fought it because we had already been moved from Oak Hill to Crossfield when it opened. So the county opted instead to move the island to Navy which is how we got here.

Isn’t crossfield now under-enrolled and Navy overenrolled? Probably time to move that island back to crossfield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

I grew up in this area and this is pretty much it. Once Oak Hill was overcrowded, the county proposed moving the Tuckaway Dr area of Franklin Farm out of Crossfield to Navy and then move the Navy Island kids into Crossfield. My parents and friends fought it because we had already been moved from Oak Hill to Crossfield when it opened. So the county opted instead to move the island to Navy which is how we got here.

Isn’t crossfield now under-enrolled and Navy overenrolled? Probably time to move that island back to crossfield.

If there is space at Crossfield, it would def be the logical thing to do, especially if Crossfield ends up at Western. It makes way more sense to put them at Crossfield than Oak Hill because you have the FFX Parkway as a boundary line.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in another general boundary thread before saw this one specific to the exact 4 plans and my question is to map 4. Saw it has an odd cut out of Nestlewood Dr and Rounding Run Circle well into proposed new boundary for new school- so homes to left and right of those streets assigned to new school but those streets stay at Oakton. Why? Do vocal parents live there that don’t want to move and were accommodated or why the odd cut out? I thought I had read part of reason FCPS was doing new boundaries was to have entire neighborhoods going to same schools, no?

https://www.fcps.edu/syst...ptiond.pdf

They don't go to Crossfield. They go to Navy. It's been that way for many, many years.

I was told --long ago--that when Crossfield opened, that area lobbied to stay at Oak Hill. (there was no FFX County Parkway at that time.) Then, when Chantilly Highlands was built out, Oak Hill was too crowded and they were sent to Navy.
I cannot verify this, but this was from a neighbor who lived here at that time. I guess it is also possible that they were at Navy before Oak Hil was built.

I grew up in this area and this is pretty much it. Once Oak Hill was overcrowded, the county proposed moving the Tuckaway Dr area of Franklin Farm out of Crossfield to Navy and then move the Navy Island kids into Crossfield. My parents and friends fought it because we had already been moved from Oak Hill to Crossfield when it opened. So the county opted instead to move the island to Navy which is how we got here.

Isn’t crossfield now under-enrolled and Navy overenrolled? Probably time to move that island back to crossfield.

If there is space at Crossfield, it would def be the logical thing to do, especially if Crossfield ends up at Western. It makes way more sense to put them at Crossfield than Oak Hill because you have the FFX Parkway as a boundary line.

Except what high school does Oak Hill go to? I suspect the cut out wants to stay at Oakton. Also they go to Franklin MS, and the Crossfield folk do not.