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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  I understand wanting to stay at current school where you feel an attachment.  But, I do not see why some think this will be a huge downgrade.  It won't.

Having had kids in high school, I cannot imagine that they cannot see what a big plus to their quality of life would be to avoid that terrible, awful commute.   Even if your kid has a car and can drive, you likely still have two years of an awful commute to pick them up at after school activities--not to mention the awful bus commute for your kid.

Hours a day on a bus is not optimal for any kid.  I know some do it for TJ and i have never understood the tradeoff there.[/quote]

Obviously many parents and kids believe the advantages of commutes to schools like TJ, Langley, and Oakton outweigh the disadvantages of a longer commute.  Kids learn how to use their time efficiently.

And it sounds like you have opinions but not the facts to say whether different schools would offer less to particular students. [/quote]
DP. My kid opted in to Skyview because it's our neighborhood high school. You'd think that would result in a better commute, meaning a later bus pickup and more sleep. But no, he's going to have to take a bus to his base HS and another bus from there to Skyview, likely waking up at the same time as the middle school kids. It's too bad - the base schools have lots of juniors and seniors will be assigned direct transportation, which they won't use because they're driving. Very few Skyview students will have their license, especially at the beginning of the year.[/quote]
That will only be for one year. It's really, really unfortunate that the inaugural kids have to suffer because FCPS couldn't get its act together to make all of the boundary changes at the same time, but this is only for one year.[/quote]

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