FCPS Skyview Boundary Revised Scenario 1 / 2

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Anonymous wrote:With only around 700 students (some of whom won't take any languages at all), there is no way they can fully staff four languages.

They are 9th and 10th graders, the vast majority of them will take a language. Most colleges require 2-4 years of a foreign langauge and they prefer language taken in HS then MS. I would guess that the vast majority of the kids opting in to Skyview are planning on attending college.

There are going to be plenty of kids taking a language in 9th and 10th grade.

Sure, but not all of them. A language is an elective, not a requirement. IF they have 700 students, 600 might be taking a language. Almost all of those will be Spanish or French. I doubt they will have 130+ wanting the less popular language, so they won't be able to staff a full teacher for those.

I don't think you are familiar with this community.

I thought people kept saying that Floris, McNair and Coates were a lot of low income students, so moving them wouldn't hurt Westfield. Are none of those students opting into Skyview next year?

Coates and McNair, yes. Floris’ FARMs rate is like 8% (+\-) so no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how the June Newsletter that Moon just sent out describes Crossfield:

Originally opened in 1988, Crossfield Elementary has long served generations of students and families in the Herndon and Reston communities.

So why again are they still going to high school in Oakton, the 5th closest high school to them?

Quoted from their website, which describes why 🤦🏻‍♀️

“Our kids are not just numbers.
They are future graduates, athletes, artists, and leaders whose success depends on stability and support.
They are part of a living, growing community — one that deserves consistency, care, and a voice in decisions that shape their future.”

They are so full of shit. -Crossfield parent who would rather go to the closer school.

Regardless of language on websites, let's be honest with ourselves: Proximity does not ALWAYS equal quality.

As a parent of an 8th grader at Carson, let me give you a preview of what Skyview will be like. It's going to look similar to the direction that Carson has been moving in for the past year. You'll have about a third of the kids there who are really committed to their studies and want to excel academically and participate in extracurriculars. Wonderful! The remaining student body will be bringing knives to school and reselling things they stole from Walmart. (No, these are not hypothetical happenings: These are two very real occurrences that happen at least once a month now at Carson. And this kind of activity has only gotten worse in the past 2 years.)

So ... sure. If that's the environment you want your child in for HS, go for it. Yes, ALL schools have unique challenges and none are immune from problems. And I have no doubt that Skyview will hire great staff. But be careful what you wish for when your top priority is attending the "closer school."

2 things happening will improve the Carson problem.

1. Enforcement of our country’s immigration laws, already underway and impacting FCPS student demographics.
2. Leadership (Superintendent, principals, etc) growing a spine and doling out real consequences for misbehavior. At some point it needs to hit the parents too with real consequences. But it really needs to start in the early years. Parent well in years 4-11 and you barely need to lift a finger in years 12-18.

I’m here for the advice. How does one parent well during years 4-11?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how the June Newsletter that Moon just sent out describes Crossfield:

Originally opened in 1988, Crossfield Elementary has long served generations of students and families in the Herndon and Reston communities.

So why again are they still going to high school in Oakton, the 5th closest high school to them?

Quoted from their website, which describes why 🤦🏻‍♀️

“Our kids are not just numbers.
They are future graduates, athletes, artists, and leaders whose success depends on stability and support.
They are part of a living, growing community — one that deserves consistency, care, and a voice in decisions that shape their future.”

They are so full of shit. -Crossfield parent who would rather go to the closer school.

Regardless of language on websites, let's be honest with ourselves: Proximity does not ALWAYS equal quality.

As a parent of an 8th grader at Carson, let me give you a preview of what Skyview will be like. It's going to look similar to the direction that Carson has been moving in for the past year. You'll have about a third of the kids there who are really committed to their studies and want to excel academically and participate in extracurriculars. Wonderful! The remaining student body will be bringing knives to school and reselling things they stole from Walmart. (No, these are not hypothetical happenings: These are two very real occurrences that happen at least once a month now at Carson. And this kind of activity has only gotten worse in the past 2 years.)

So ... sure. If that's the environment you want your child in for HS, go for it. Yes, ALL schools have unique challenges and none are immune from problems. And I have no doubt that Skyview will hire great staff. But be careful what you wish for when your top priority is attending the "closer school."

2 things happening will improve the Carson problem.

1. Enforcement of our country’s immigration laws, already underway and impacting FCPS student demographics.
2. Leadership (Superintendent, principals, etc) growing a spine and doling out real consequences for misbehavior. At some point it needs to hit the parents too with real consequences. But it really needs to start in the early years. Parent well in years 4-11 and you barely need to lift a finger in years 12-18.

I’m here for the advice. How does one parent well during years 4-11?

Love
Consistency
Responsibility
Let them make mistakes and give them realistic consequences.

Never tell them that they are bad people. Help them see when they make bad choices.

That said. Middle School is a whole other world. Don't be a helicopter, but do be aware. It's not always easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how the June Newsletter that Moon just sent out describes Crossfield:

Originally opened in 1988, Crossfield Elementary has long served generations of students and families in the Herndon and Reston communities.

So why again are they still going to high school in Oakton, the 5th closest high school to them?

Quoted from their website, which describes why 🤦🏻‍♀️

“Our kids are not just numbers.
They are future graduates, athletes, artists, and leaders whose success depends on stability and support.
They are part of a living, growing community — one that deserves consistency, care, and a voice in decisions that shape their future.”

They are so full of shit. -Crossfield parent who would rather go to the closer school.

Regardless of language on websites, let's be honest with ourselves: Proximity does not ALWAYS equal quality.

As a parent of an 8th grader at Carson, let me give you a preview of what Skyview will be like. It's going to look similar to the direction that Carson has been moving in for the past year. You'll have about a third of the kids there who are really committed to their studies and want to excel academically and participate in extracurriculars. Wonderful! The remaining student body will be bringing knives to school and reselling things they stole from Walmart. (No, these are not hypothetical happenings: These are two very real occurrences that happen at least once a month now at Carson. And this kind of activity has only gotten worse in the past 2 years.)

So ... sure. If that's the environment you want your child in for HS, go for it. Yes, ALL schools have unique challenges and none are immune from problems. And I have no doubt that Skyview will hire great staff. But be careful what you wish for when your top priority is attending the "closer school."

2 things happening will improve the Carson problem.

1. Enforcement of our country’s immigration laws, already underway and impacting FCPS student demographics.
2. Leadership (Superintendent, principals, etc) growing a spine and doling out real consequences for misbehavior. At some point it needs to hit the parents too with real consequences. But it really needs to start in the early years. Parent well in years 4-11 and you barely need to lift a finger in years 12-18.

I’m here for the advice. How does one parent well during years 4-11?

DP. No phone until middle school. Limit all other screen use for everyone in the family including adults. Get your kids into activities that keep them busy. The goal is to reduce time on screens, not to turn them Amish. Be involved. Ask questions and let your kids ask you questions and give them honest answers, with no judgement for asking and no embarrassment. Be polite to other families but don’t feel bad if you have to decline an invitation because you’re “out of town” the weekend that an overly permissive family with rough older kids is throwing a birthday party at the neighborhood pool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I took a language remotely via satellite TV at my rural high school 30 years ago. There were only 4 of us in the room watching it. I don't understand why kids can't take whatever language they want today with laptops and webcams being standard issue.

Did you ever take a language class in person?
Do you really not see the difference?
It is true that online language courses may be offered to students, but to many, they are not equivalent in quality.

Yes, 4 years of French in person and 2 years of Latin via satellite out of Varina high school. The Latin teacher was better and I learned more in that class than in the 4 years of French.

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PP again. I also took AP Statistics via satellite as it wasn't offered at my school and it was the easiest 5 on and AP exam I ever got. Remote classes aren't worse than in-person when they are planned and taught remote on purpose - not whatever we got during Covid.

[Anonymous]

Seema Dixit sent an email gloating about getting her own neighborhood off the boundary adjustment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seema Dixit sent an email gloating about getting her own neighborhood off the boundary adjustment.

Please share.

[Anonymous]

Yes, that was oddly written. She was "pleased" that she personally redlined an apartment building full of poor kids over from CVHS to Westfield but protected her own neighborhood from being moved?\

She has certainly not been advocating at all for the Westfield community.

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As we enter the final stretch of the Skyview High School boundary process, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who has taken the time to engage, share feedback, attend meetings, send emails, join Zoom calls, or speak with me by phone. It has been incredibly valuable to hear directly from community members and better understand your concerns, questions, and priorities.

Over the past several months, I have spent a significant amount of time advocating on behalf of our communities with FCPS staff, the Superintendent's team, and my colleagues on the School Board. I am pleased that many of the concerns raised when the first set of draft maps was released have been acknowledged and addressed. At the same time, there are still a few important issues that I continue to work on and advocate for as we move toward the final proposal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that was oddly written. She was "pleased" that she personally redlined an apartment building full of poor kids over from CVHS to Westfield but protected her own neighborhood from being moved?\

She has certainly not been advocating at all for the Westfield community.

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As we enter the final stretch of the Skyview High School boundary process, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who has taken the time to engage, share feedback, attend meetings, send emails, join Zoom calls, or speak with me by phone. It has been incredibly valuable to hear directly from community members and better understand your concerns, questions, and priorities.

Over the past several months, I have spent a significant amount of time advocating on behalf of our communities with FCPS staff, the Superintendent's team, and my colleagues on the School Board. I am pleased that many of the concerns raised when the first set of draft maps was released have been acknowledged and addressed. At the same time, there are still a few important issues that I continue to work on and advocate for as we move toward the final proposal.

Short version: "Rest assured I will continue to advocate that FCPS throw Westfield under a bus if that's what makes my Chantilly constituents and and Centreville neighbors happy."

[Anonymous]

Are we going to see one scenario or more than one on June 16th?

I don't like they are taking so long to finalize this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we going to see one scenario or more than one on June 16th?

I don't like they are taking so long to finalize this.

They said one scenario and they will ask for more feedback. They really should have taken the original four scenarios, built a new one based on feedback and just said "this is what we're doing." This whole thing has caused so much drama, has literally ruined friendships, and wasted so many people's time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that was oddly written. She was "pleased" that she personally redlined an apartment building full of poor kids over from CVHS to Westfield but protected her own neighborhood from being moved?\

She has certainly not been advocating at all for the Westfield community.

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As we enter the final stretch of the Skyview High School boundary process, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who has taken the time to engage, share feedback, attend meetings, send emails, join Zoom calls, or speak with me by phone. It has been incredibly valuable to hear directly from community members and better understand your concerns, questions, and priorities.

Over the past several months, I have spent a significant amount of time advocating on behalf of our communities with FCPS staff, the Superintendent's team, and my colleagues on the School Board. I am pleased that many of the concerns raised when the first set of draft maps was released have been acknowledged and addressed. At the same time, there are still a few important issues that I continue to work on and advocate for as we move toward the final proposal.

Short version: "Rest assured I will continue to advocate that FCPS throw Westfield under a bus if that's what makes my Chantilly constituents and and Centreville neighbors happy."

Yep. She clearly doesn't think she needs votes from the entire half of Centreville that will be attending an emptied-out Westfield with no teachers under 65 and no APs or electives.

[Anonymous]

I guess...respect for the honesty? She isn't even bothering to pay lip service to her Westfield-zoned constituents. Its just, "Yeah, I screwed you over. Too bad so sad."

[Anonymous]

I can't think of any time in the past where FCPS has moved out 700 students from a school and then just left it to languish.