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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crossfield/Carson moms freaking out about a meeting apparently being held with 8th graders about the new high school. Are their kids so fragile that they can’t hear about the possibility of there being a new school that some kids might choose to attend? Afraid their kids will actually want to go there? I’m baffled by the freakout. 8th graders from all over the country make choices along with their parents about where to attend high school in areas with they have school choice or if they attend a private/Catholic school. They are old enough to weigh pros and cons and talk with parents about their choices. Why are we acting like kids can’t handle anything that might be stressful for them? If this is their biggest concern I’d say life is pretty cushy. [/quote]

What is really funny is the the RootedinOakton website claims that sending them to KAA will separate them from their peers?  Aren't their peers at Carson?  What other Oakton kids go to Crossfield?

Is this being orchestrated by the Crossfield AAP parents at Navy? Makes no sense at all.[/quote]

Crossfield moms were at Meren’s community meeting. They said Crossfield kids should go to Franklin.[/quote]

Of course they did. They are cherry picking who their children’s peers are and saying, their peers are Navy and Waples Mill kids, not kids they have been at middle school with. Crossfield AAP parents at Navy may be part of the opposition to KAA but they’re not the ones leading the rooted in Oakton stuff.

It’s about sports and wanting to be around a certain demographic while avoiding another. It’s one thing to say you love Oakton and want to be a part of it, it’s another to say that other kids living in your own zip code are not your child’s peers. I think that’s a really gross thing to say, especially to people who live right across the parkway from you in your own neighborhood.[/quote]

If crossfield went to Franklin but your child is in AAP then they'd still have to go to Carson right? Talk about isolating kids.  Crossfield AAP kids would only have each other going into Oakton. Is that correct?[/quote]
Yes - these parents are doing their kids a great disservice by continuing to isolate their kids into this tiny group of kids (and OMG the snobby behavior we've witnessed!!!). My daughter didn't start AAP until 7th (we didn't want to isolate her in the same group of kids for 4 grades), so she has a lot of non-AAP friends at Carson including a lot that didn't go to Crossfield. We've talked about it extensively and she can see positives and negatives. I'll be curious to hear what she has to say after this presentation. Kudos to the school for doing this![/quote]

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