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

[Anonymous]

I don’t get the uproar when it was stated that your 7th-9th grader can still choose to go to Oakton. Who cares if it changes at this point!

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the eastern side of Crossfield’s boundary is actually quite far from the new school?

Crossfield is probably the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration from KAA.

The eastern side of Crossfield goes to Hughes/South Lakes.

No, that's just one neighborhood.

Well, the Folkstone area is closer to KAA--but, even closer to South Lakes.

But, the highest number of Crossfield is much, much closer to KAA.

You are looking at the distance from Crossfield to different high schools.

But what about the distance from KAA to different elementary schools? This is also a relevant question.

Good hint!

The other thing that people forget is Oakton HS’s location in Vienna is situated closely to many other High Schools. As a result, Oakton’s boundaries already skew west with little zoned to the east and it will always be this way. Some people speak as though Oakton HS is a radius in which most of the school is right by the HS except for these random neighborhoods out west that are six miles away, this is not the case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do these entitled Oakton and Langley people think they deserve a menu of options and they can select their favorite? We are zoned for a mediocre school. No one is giving our kids an option to go somewhere else. It is what it is.

Why is there a demand to live in some locations more so than others?

I can't possibly think why that might be!

I bet a your local real estate agent can explain it?

Sorry, don't see the connection. Buying a house doesn't entitle you to attend the same school in perpetuity.

Location! Location! Location!

Which coincidentally means your neighbors will fight to maintain the status quo.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the eastern side of Crossfield’s boundary is actually quite far from the new school?

Crossfield is probably the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration from KAA.

The eastern side of Crossfield goes to Hughes/South Lakes.

No, that's just one neighborhood.

Well, the Folkstone area is closer to KAA--but, even closer to South Lakes.

But, the highest number of Crossfield is much, much closer to KAA.

You are looking at the distance from Crossfield to different high schools.

But what about the distance from KAA to different elementary schools? This is also a relevant question.

Good hint!

The other thing that people forget is Oakton HS’s location in Vienna is situated closely to many other High Schools. As a result, Oakton’s boundaries already skew west with little zoned to the east and it will always be this way. Some people speak as though Oakton HS is a radius in which most of the school is right by the HS except for these random neighborhoods out west that are six miles away, this is not the case.

We trully value your suggestions!

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Anonymous wrote:Why do these entitled Oakton and Langley people think they deserve a menu of options and they can select their favorite? We are zoned for a mediocre school. No one is giving our kids an option to go somewhere else. It is what it is.

Why is there a demand to live in some locations more so than others?

I can't possibly think why that might be!

I bet a your local real estate agent can explain it?

Sorry, don't see the connection. Buying a house doesn't entitle you to attend the same school in perpetuity.

Location! Location! Location!

Which coincidentally means your neighbors will fight to maintain the status quo.

They can fight all they want but no one should listen to them. You don't get guaranteed school assignments forever. Its a county wide system.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do these entitled Oakton and Langley people think they deserve a menu of options and they can select their favorite? We are zoned for a mediocre school. No one is giving our kids an option to go somewhere else. It is what it is.

Why is there a demand to live in some locations more so than others?

I can't possibly think why that might be!

I bet a your local real estate agent can explain it?

Sorry, don't see the connection. Buying a house doesn't entitle you to attend the same school in perpetuity.

Location! Location! Location!

Which coincidentally means your neighbors will fight to maintain the status quo.

They can fight all they want but no one should listen to them. You don't get guaranteed school assignments forever. Its a county wide system.

Why should no one listen to them? Their opinions are literally being solicited by FCPS. I’ll respect your opinion on the potential new boundaries as well.

[Anonymous]

"We need to change the Oakton boundaries. The bus ride is too long from Franklin Farms to Oakton and it's costing too much money!" We need to send them to KAA!

But KAA isn't going to join the VHSL in the foreseeable future. What about all the athletes? "Simple, we'll bus them from KAA to Oakton every day after school for their practices!"

Brilliant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps all the top performance students in SLHS are from Fox Mill, Fox Mill being a AAP center, I am sure it is good school.

Fox Mill has the Japanese Immersion program. It was late to add Local AAP and has gone with the cluster method, unless something changed this year. Committee placed AAP kids attend Oak Hill, a good number of the non-JI AAP kids will move to Oak Hill for AAP, a smaller percentage of the AAP identified kids in JI will move for AAP. Most stay for the JI.

Carson offers the JI continuation, JI would need to be added to KAA if Fox Mill is moved. That shouldn't be hard to do, there is a Japanese teacher at Carson who could walk to KAA to teach the class. South Lakes can decide if they want to keep Japanese or not. I think some kids from Hughes take Japanese at SLHS but I don't think it is a large number. Someone can let me know how viable Japanese is at SLHS without Fox Mill.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do these entitled Oakton and Langley people think they deserve a menu of options and they can select their favorite? We are zoned for a mediocre school. No one is giving our kids an option to go somewhere else. It is what it is.

Why is there a demand to live in some locations more so than others?

I can't possibly think why that might be!

I bet a your local real estate agent can explain it?

Ha, yep. That prior poster whines incessantly about schools that are ranked higher than hers. It’s a clear inferiority complex, and for her, misery loves company.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do these entitled Oakton and Langley people think they deserve a menu of options and they can select their favorite? We are zoned for a mediocre school. No one is giving our kids an option to go somewhere else. It is what it is.

Why is there a demand to live in some locations more so than others?

I can't possibly think why that might be!

I bet a your local real estate agent can explain it?

Ha, yep. That prior poster whines incessantly about schools that are ranked higher than hers. It’s a clear inferiority complex, and for her, misery loves company.

DP. I think the “menu of options” comment may be referring to the extended opt in/opt out period being proposed by Reid and a couple school board members. Not the four boundary map options. And it is a fair point. Other people being rezoned aren’t getting a couple of years where their 7th-9th graders could decide which school to attend. It’s obviously different with a new school that doesn’t have the same programming, but I could see how someone else on the other side of the county feels like it’s special treatment.

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Anonymous wrote:"We need to change the Oakton boundaries. The bus ride is too long from Franklin Farms to Oakton and it's costing too much money!" We need to send them to KAA!

But KAA isn't going to join the VHSL in the foreseeable future. What about all the athletes? "Simple, we'll bus them from KAA to Oakton every day after school for their practices!"

Brilliant.

I’d be surprised if any kid actually wanted to do that. If they’re going to let kids choose for the first couple of years then it seems that the kids who want to do sports would just attend the original school. I don’t know how long it takes to get VHSL status or whatever, but boundaries should be locked in once that happens.

I have a lot less sympathy for people with say a fourth grader who are just worried that the new high school’s sports teams won’t be as good as their old school’s teams in five years. First off it’s a little nuts to be planning for high school sports at that age and second that is asking for a level of catering that goes beyond what a public school can and should offer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't the eastern side of Crossfield’s boundary is actually quite far from the new school?

Crossfield is probably the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration from KAA.

The eastern side of Crossfield goes to Hughes/South Lakes.

That's only a small pocket and even that pocket would feed into KAA under Options C and D. There are also a number of Crossfield kids east of Lawyers Road attending Carson and Oakton. In fact, the entire Crossfield boundary sits east of Fairfax County Parkway.

I think pro Oakton families should use the fact Crossfield is the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration. That would be a stronger argument than “rooted in Oakton.”

There are STILL five high schools now that are closer to our homes than Oakton. FIVE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the eastern side of Crossfield’s boundary is actually quite far from the new school?

Crossfield is probably the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration from KAA.

The eastern side of Crossfield goes to Hughes/South Lakes.

No, that's just one neighborhood.

Well, the Folkstone area is closer to KAA--but, even closer to South Lakes.

But, the highest number of Crossfield is much, much closer to KAA.

You are looking at the distance from Crossfield to different high schools.

But what about the distance from KAA to different elementary schools? This is also a relevant question.

Good hint!

The other thing that people forget is Oakton HS’s location in Vienna is situated closely to many other High Schools. As a result, Oakton’s boundaries already skew west with little zoned to the east and it will always be this way. Some people speak as though Oakton HS is a radius in which most of the school is right by the HS except for these random neighborhoods out west that are six miles away, this is not the case.

We trully value your suggestions!

OMG, shut up MT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"We need to change the Oakton boundaries. The bus ride is too long from Franklin Farms to Oakton and it's costing too much money!" We need to send them to KAA!

But KAA isn't going to join the VHSL in the foreseeable future. What about all the athletes? "Simple, we'll bus them from KAA to Oakton every day after school for their practices!"

Brilliant.

They would probably actually send them to Chantilly or SL which are the closest high schools, dummy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the eastern side of Crossfield’s boundary is actually quite far from the new school?

Crossfield is probably the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration from KAA.

The eastern side of Crossfield goes to Hughes/South Lakes.

That's only a small pocket and even that pocket would feed into KAA under Options C and D. There are also a number of Crossfield kids east of Lawyers Road attending Carson and Oakton. In fact, the entire Crossfield boundary sits east of Fairfax County Parkway.

I think pro Oakton families should use the fact Crossfield is the farthest of all the elementary schools under consideration. That would be a stronger argument than “rooted in Oakton.”

There are STILL five high schools now that are closer to our homes than Oakton. FIVE.

This is what I keep coming back to when I think about all this. Like something isn’t right here. At least the Great Falls people can argue that there’s only one other high school closer to them. How did we end up in this situation? I really wish we were zoned for Chantilly.