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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Crossfield parent here who has largely stayed out of the drama, outside of writing letters to people with my personal (pro-Skyview) opinion. It's interesting because almost everyone I've talked to about it has said they would prefer to send their kids to Skyview, but no one has stood up in a meeting and said it out loud (including me, because I am not comfortable with speaking up in meetings). This leads me to wonder how much of the pro-Oakton stuff is driven by peer pressure and is socially-motivated. It's almost like all the adults are in high school themselves![/quote]

Yes.  But how many people on here have signed up to have their name on a DCUM post?  It's kind of normal to want to fly under the radar but still express your opinion.  Avoids confrontation.[/quote]

This leads me to wonder how many people secretly wanted to stay at Oakton but didn’t want to tell you due to your differing opinion so they agreed with you verbally but their actions did not. [/quote]

It's certainly possible, but some of them have initiated the conversation, so I don't know.[/quote]

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