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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the RIO people feel a deep-seated sense of insecurity, since they could only afford to buy a house in Herndon, but their kids go to school with much wealthier people who could afford to buy near Oakton. That makes them act crazy if they sense their desperate grip on the bottom of the social climbing ladder is being loosened.[/quote]

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Gosh, you all finally figured it out! We’re all insecure and that’s exactly what’s driving us to speak up on behalf of our kids.

It is mind-boggling the assumptions people make on this thread simply because they have a different perspective than constituents who have made their opinions known.

Sincerely,
A “poor” Oakton HS parent from Herndon[/quote]

Fellow "poor" here. I agree that the insecurity thing is a weird take. But I also think the behavior from some parents has been pretty gross. There's a whole "Skyview isn't good enough for my kid, but it's fine for your kid" thing going on in 20171. I get that some people really love Oakton, and that some people want to go Skyview in order to avoid South Lakes and Westfield. Great. But there are all the people at Oak Hill who probably wish they could stay at Chantilly, and you don't hear them whining nearly as much. Meanwhile they have to hear about how terrible Skyview will be from their pro-Oakton neighbors. It's insensitive at best.

Ironically, there are people in the actual rich neighborhoods whose kids go to Navy and live closer to Oakton (therefore not on any Skyview maps), who wish they would have been rezoned for Skyview. [/quote]

Floris and Oak Hill were the two areas that historically were “promised” a new HS decades ago when the boundaries were constantly moving around.

It would be the height of ingratitude, given that history and the years of overcrowding at Chantilly, for FCPS to upend the CIP to spend over $200 million on Skyview and then have Oak Hill families say “no thanks.” [/quote]

So you're saying it's ok for Oakton parents to sh*t on Skyview while also telling Oak Hill and Floris families to shut up and be grateful for their crappy new school. Tells me what I need to know, thanks.[/quote]

I’m saying that, if Floris or Oak Hill really thought Skyview was going to be “crappy,” they should have weighed in before FCPS approved the purchase.  Those further east were not historically identified as the primary beneficiaries of a new school, whenever it was built or acquired.

And why would you even call Skyview “crappy”?  It will be beautiful and convenient for many, regardless of whether others lobby successfully to stay at Oakton. [/quote]

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