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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should just put the kids zoned for Carson MS at KAA (minus AAP in-transfers).  Let students opt-out if they have a sibling at base school or for varsity sports.  Full Stop...[/quote]

So the athletes are penalized and have to opt out away from all their friends because of fcps piss poor planning. [/quote]

But I thought these kids had prepared for years to attend this high school, and their actual community is kids at a completely different set of elementary schools (ahem rooted in Oakton) If the sport is so important shouldn’t they want to attend the base school regardless? [/quote]

Someone tried to tell me that Waples Mills and Oakton ES kids play CYA sports. Like, no they don't. I have never, in the past 12 years, had a single Waples Mill or Oakton ES kid on my child's CYA sports teams.[/quote]
We are a Waples Mill family that did CYA because we didn't know any better. I'd say 80% play Vienna rec instead. My kid ended up at Hunters Woods and Carson for AAP so we stayed with CYA to play with the friends already made.  Now they won't know anyone when they start sports at Oakton.  If they fix that out of pyramid AAP nonsense then there would be no reason for Waples kids to play for CYA.[/quote]

:?: Your kid doesn't know other kids from Carson who are athletes?

You speak of "out of pyramid AAP nonsense," but you obviously sent your child to two centers rather than their base schools. Carson is at least in the Oakton pyramid, but its a little weird that you mention the AAP nonsense when you chose to engage in it.  "No reason for Waples kids to play for CYA" also  doesn't make sense when Franklin is their current base middle school. [/quote]
The "choice" was go to Hunters Woods for AAP or get a watered-down local level 3 version at Waples.  Not much of a choice. I fully support getting rid of middle school centers so that all the in-boundary kids for Franklin have to go there for AAP.  Until that happens though almost everyone is going to choose the center, which concentrates AAP kids at the center and provides more and better opportunities.  Plus, if you kid has attended Hunters Woods since 3rd grade they are going to want to go to the middle school where all their friends from the past 4 years went.

My kid played football for CYA this year.  Every other kid on his team (the only CYA team) is going to Chantilly or Westfield next year.  He won't know any "Carson athletes" on the Oakton freshman team unless they are playing for the first time, or they didn't play for CYA.[/quote]

Your kid will be fine. I work at private k-8 school, and we send kids to different public schools all the time. Sometimes only one or two end up at the same high school. They figure it out. Going to August football practices is a fabulous way to make new friends. [/quote]

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