FCPS Skyview Boundary Scenario 1/2/3

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the fact that 1 of the 3 options get picked or roughly something like one of those with some changes, based on the fact that Skyview doesn't have sports, based on the fact that Skyview is going to offer AP, engineering oriented courses, what is your opinion on where this school will stand in terms of rankings within FCPS. If TJ is #1, Langley is #2, Woodson is #4, Oakton is #5, Chantilly is #8, where do you see Skyview fitting?

Just stop. Your question doesn’t even make sense because Skyview will have sports once it has kids coming from within a boundary.

Depends on the boundary.

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Anonymous wrote:Are they going to change Skyview start and end times to give students time to get to their base high schools after school for sports?

Yes, they are going to release the bell schedule next month at the Skyview meeting that they have for students and parents. But they are modifying the schedule to make sure that kids can get to the schools for sports practice.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did the other thread get locked?

I think the other thread got locked because this one was already to three page before I reported it.

the secondary schools already do this so it is very much a possibility and it would make sense in terms of bussing. My understanding is that the MS parents like it because it means that the MS kids have a later start time since school shares a bell schedule with the HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Will this whole boundary thing be done by next school year? I’m new to this whole sky-view/boundary map thing. If my kid is a rising 9th grader, and would be going to her current base school, would she be forced to switch during the next school year?…

No, rising 9th graders could chose to opt in or attend their current school. She might not have transportation Junior and Senior year if your house is in boundary for Skyview.

We are currently bordered for Oakton HS. Based on scenario 3, it may change to Chantilly HS. We want to stay at Oakton.

You won’t have that option. The only school where there has been a choice is Skyview. The recent boundary changes did not give the students a choice to stay at their HS unless they were rising Seniors.

This is NOT correct. All HS students (i.e., rising 10th-12th students) were permitted to remain at their current HS in the comprehensive boundary review per policy 8130.
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/2024-2026-boundary-review/frequently-asked-questions-faqs

Is that what they decided? For a long time it was only rising Seniors and then I thought I saw maybe Juniors and Seniors but that 9th and 10th graders would be moving. A lot of the argument seemed to revolve around transportation and if kids who chose to stay at their school then their parents had to provide transportation to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the fact that 1 of the 3 options get picked or roughly something like one of those with some changes, based on the fact that Skyview doesn't have sports, based on the fact that Skyview is going to offer AP, engineering oriented courses, what is your opinion on where this school will stand in terms of rankings within FCPS. If TJ is #1, Langley is #2, Woodson is #4, Oakton is #5, Chantilly is #8, where do you see Skyview fitting?

Just stop. Your question doesn’t even make sense because Skyview will have sports once it has kids coming from within a boundary.

Depends on the boundary.

If it's a neighborhood high school with boundaries drawn for around 1800 to 2000 kids, it will have VHSL sports within a couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the fact that 1 of the 3 options get picked or roughly something like one of those with some changes, based on the fact that Skyview doesn't have sports, based on the fact that Skyview is going to offer AP, engineering oriented courses, what is your opinion on where this school will stand in terms of rankings within FCPS. If TJ is #1, Langley is #2, Woodson is #4, Oakton is #5, Chantilly is #8, where do you see Skyview fitting?

Just stop. Your question doesn’t even make sense because Skyview will have sports once it has kids coming from within a boundary.

Depends on the boundary.

If it's a neighborhood high school with boundaries drawn for around 1800 to 2000 kids, it will have VHSL sports within a couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:We're Floris and within the Skyview boundary in all three scenarios. Our current 9th grader has already opted in, partly because of a better commute. And what will that commute be? A bus all the way out to Westfield, followed by another bus all the way back to Skyview. Make it make sense.

If you are that close, you or your spouse should just drop the kid off.

How about the afternoon? School ends at 2:45 and we're both at work.

surely, you can talk through the options and figure what works best for your family.

It just seems that their priorities are misplaced. The base schools will have lots of juniors and seniors, as well as younger students who have stayed because they'd like to participate in sports or some other after-school activity. It's a group that is less likely to ride the bus home, because they're driving themselves and/or remaining at school after the buses leave. Meanwhile Skyview will be limited to freshmen and sophomores who won't be driving or playing sports.

What do you want? Buses dedicated to Skyview driving all over Fairfax to pick up Skyview only students? There aren't enough buses or drivers, and Larla would have a two hour bus ride with such long routes.

How about having the buses that are already coming from base schools all over Fairfax (and likely aren't full) stop within the Skyview boundary and pick up some kids who live there?

You want for instance, a bus going to Oakton to pick up Oakton kids, then pick up Skyview kids, drop off the Skyview kids, and then go to Oakton? That's your suggestion?

No, that's basically the opposite of what I meant. There are kids whose base school is Oakton who have opted in to Skyview. They will be taking one bus from their home to Oakton, and a second bus from Oakton to Skyview. That second bus will pass right through neighborhoods within the Skyview boundary on its way to Skyview. Why not take 10 seconds to pick up a few kids at the entrance to that neighborhood?

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Anonymous wrote:Will this whole boundary thing be done by next school year? I’m new to this whole sky-view/boundary map thing. If my kid is a rising 9th grader, and would be going to her current base school, would she be forced to switch during the next school year?…

No, rising 9th graders could chose to opt in or attend their current school. She might not have transportation Junior and Senior year if your house is in boundary for Skyview.

We are currently bordered for Oakton HS. Based on scenario 3, it may change to Chantilly HS. We want to stay at Oakton.

You won’t have that option. The only school where there has been a choice is Skyview. The recent boundary changes did not give the students a choice to stay at their HS unless they were rising Seniors.

This is NOT correct. All HS students (i.e., rising 10th-12th students) were permitted to remain at their current HS in the comprehensive boundary review per policy 8130.
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/2024-2026-boundary-review/frequently-asked-questions-faqs

Is that what they decided? For a long time it was only rising Seniors and then I thought I saw maybe Juniors and Seniors but that 9th and 10th graders would be moving. A lot of the argument seemed to revolve around transportation and if kids who chose to stay at their school then their parents had to provide transportation to the school.

I see the website says 10th-12th can grandfather in but I recall them saying something weird at the meeting. Maybe someone else heard more clearly what was said and can confirm.

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Anonymous wrote:Will this whole boundary thing be done by next school year? I’m new to this whole sky-view/boundary map thing. If my kid is a rising 9th grader, and would be going to her current base school, would she be forced to switch during the next school year?…

No, rising 9th graders could chose to opt in or attend their current school. She might not have transportation Junior and Senior year if your house is in boundary for Skyview.

We are currently bordered for Oakton HS. Based on scenario 3, it may change to Chantilly HS. We want to stay at Oakton.

You won’t have that option. The only school where there has been a choice is Skyview. The recent boundary changes did not give the students a choice to stay at their HS unless they were rising Seniors.

This is not true. All current HS students affected by the recent boundary changes are grandfathered with transportation. Some students in middle and elementary school also have the option to stay at their current schools but FCPS isn’t providing transportation.

We were told by FCPS when asked that this isn't necessarily true. They haven't voted on the transportation part, and there is conversation about changing the Board Policy about allowing existing students to stay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are they going to change Skyview start and end times to give students time to get to their base high schools after school for sports?

Yes, they are going to release the bell schedule next month at the Skyview meeting that they have for students and parents. But they are modifying the schedule to make sure that kids can get to the schools for sports practice.

That's great. And it's just for one year, right? I assume they will have to share a stadium with another high school for a while? I know of high schools where I grew up that had to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Will this whole boundary thing be done by next school year? I’m new to this whole sky-view/boundary map thing. If my kid is a rising 9th grader, and would be going to her current base school, would she be forced to switch during the next school year?…

No, rising 9th graders could chose to opt in or attend their current school. She might not have transportation Junior and Senior year if your house is in boundary for Skyview.

We are currently bordered for Oakton HS. Based on scenario 3, it may change to Chantilly HS. We want to stay at Oakton.

You won’t have that option. The only school where there has been a choice is Skyview. The recent boundary changes did not give the students a choice to stay at their HS unless they were rising Seniors.

This is not true. All current HS students affected by the recent boundary changes are grandfathered with transportation. Some students in middle and elementary school also have the option to stay at their current schools but FCPS isn’t providing transportation.

We were told by FCPS when asked that this isn't necessarily true. They haven't voted on the transportation part, and there is conversation about changing the Board Policy about allowing existing students to stay.

They voted on the transportation part on February 26th. Grandfathered high schoolers are to receive transportation.

If somehow they were to renege on this, they'd have a riot on their hands. Unlike the Skyview decisions, these changes go into effect this fall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are they going to change Skyview start and end times to give students time to get to their base high schools after school for sports?

Yes, they are going to release the bell schedule next month at the Skyview meeting that they have for students and parents. But they are modifying the schedule to make sure that kids can get to the schools for sports practice.

I literally said this earlier. The plan is for students to dismiss at 2:25.

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Anonymous wrote:We're Floris and within the Skyview boundary in all three scenarios. Our current 9th grader has already opted in, partly because of a better commute. And what will that commute be? A bus all the way out to Westfield, followed by another bus all the way back to Skyview. Make it make sense.

That makes zero sense. Robinson, Lake Braddock, Hayfield are on 8-2:45.

Skyview could share Carson buses. Bell is 7:30=2:15. 2:15 out at Skyview gives time for sports shuttle transport

I absolutely do not want my 7th grade girl on a bus with 12th grade men. Absolutely NOT.

For the first year it is only 9th and 10th

And even if not, that sounds like a you problem. Its very normal to have 7th-12th graders on the same bus.
If you don't like it, though, you are free to do kiss and ride!

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So as some of you may know depending on if she was in the meetings, there is a woman named Julie Fowler who is heavily involved in the planning process for Skyview.

I called her office yesterday and her secretary picked up asking about modifications, and they said the pool is most likely being kept.

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Anonymous wrote:We're Floris and within the Skyview boundary in all three scenarios. Our current 9th grader has already opted in, partly because of a better commute. And what will that commute be? A bus all the way out to Westfield, followed by another bus all the way back to Skyview. Make it make sense.

That makes zero sense. Robinson, Lake Braddock, Hayfield are on 8-2:45.

Skyview could share Carson buses. Bell is 7:30=2:15. 2:15 out at Skyview gives time for sports shuttle transport

I absolutely do not want my 7th grade girl on a bus with 12th grade men. Absolutely NOT.

That won’t be happening, this is only temporary while there are only 9th and 10th graders.