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[quote=Anonymous][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]

No, that is not correct. Franklin has an excellent AAP program already, and FCPS is also eliminating middle school AAP centers, so for two reasons, no Franklin-assigned student has to go to Carson. [/quote]

You are MISSING THE POINT. The Crossfield parents who are pushing to both stay at Oakton AND to move Crossfield to Franklin HAVE KIDS AT CARSON IN AAP. THEIR KIDS WILL STAY AT CARSON. They are trying to make a decision for OTHER FAMILIES. Not theirs. This is the whole problem with that group of moms. THEY ARE BEING SELFISH. They don't are about you or anyone else. They want their kids to stay Carson-Oakton even if everyone else's kids have to go to Franklin.

This is the opposite of what they are saying. WE ARE PART OF THE CARSON COMMUNITY. Our kids play sports with kids at Carson, not kids at Franklin. STOP TRYING TO TEAR MY KID AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY JUST SO YOUR SNOTTY CHILD CAN PLAY LACROSSE AT OAKTON.

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