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I doubt the whole Oak Hill would go to KAA. But maybe Emerald Chase goes to South Lakes and the rest of Oak Hill go to KAA.

Remember currently Emerald Chase kids (and Bradley Farm kids south of West Ox) go to Westfield. Moving them to KAA won’t give relief to Chantilly. [/quote]

I don't take it for granted that Thru and the school board will do what makes sense, but what makes sense is to send Emerald Chase to KAA with the rest of Oak Hill in order to keep pyramids aligned (and, assuming the Franklin Middle School kids get redistricted for Carson, to eliminate a split feeder). [/quote]

I agree.  The school board has an opportunity to build an actual school pyramid with no split feeders with just making a few changes.  I hope they don’t find a way to screw that up. [/quote]

From last night's meeting:

Centerville had three split feeders (Bull Run, Powell ES and Union).  They fixes ZERO of these split feeders
Robinson had one split feeder (Oak View).  They DID NOT fix this split feeder.

Why are they 'fixing' some split feeders and not others? This was never about fixing split feeders.[/quote]

Because this map version is highly focused on feedback from the BRAC. The Thru guy at the meeting last night made that very clear. He didn't sound happy about it either.[/quote]

I can see why- it seems like THRU was a massive waste of time and money. Most of their suggestions were reversed and now we're going with a low fewer minor changes made by someone else (BRAC).[/quote]

The whole process was never going to work because people are fiercely opposed to having their houses moved to school pyramids with more poor kids.  And the loudest people almost always win.[/quote]

I think they could have done some bolder things if the School Board had told Reid they’d have her back and Thru actually knew what they were doing. But from the start they were focusing on relatively minor adjustments with a view towards moving as few kids as possible to achieve specific objectives of no great significance.  It was anything but “the great reset” some thought might happen.

Then the Thru maps came out in May and June with so many obvious problems and they’ve been back-peddling ever since.  It’s not clear if anyone has the courage to ask if the juice is even still worth the squeeze but this has been a fiasco. [/quote]

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