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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is the problem with vocal parents -- Reid and the board need to understand that the parents who are vocal are the ones who have time and they are a minority. There are a lot of people at Crossfield who either don't care or are excited about the new high school (mainly due to the commute), but guess what? We care about the short commute because we have jobs and it makes our lives easier, but we have jobs, so we don't have time to organize and create fancy websites and call people at Gatehouse to give us new information! [/quote]

But you could create a petition to demonstrate to Reid your cause has support if you believe it does or send a joint letter if you have not done so. Board meetings also allow people to send digital videos. There are ways to advocate that don’t require much time. [/quote]

And, lay out the reasons for preferring the new school.  The people who spoke to remain at Oakton only used emotion.  Of course, if you are a sports person, you want sports.  The new school will have that if the leadership gets moving and establishes a boundary.  How can anyone know anything with the way this has been rolled out.

I'm sorry, wanting your younger child to ride in the car with your older child is not a good reason for Crossfield to stay at Oakton.

The reasons for Crossfield are clear:
[b]Proximity[/b] --a school that is extremely close rather than one that requires school buses and teen drivers to use I66 or winding and dangerous backroads.
Also, after school activities are more accessible for the families that need to provide transport for these activities.
[b]Financial savings-[/b]-transportation has to be a savings of millions.  How many routes can an Oakton bus driver from Franklin Farm make per day compared to a driver to Carson?  Has anyone asked that question?
[b]Community[/b]--I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of Crossfield shops at Franklin Farm shopping center--along with their Franklin Farm neighbors who attend Chantilly and will almost definitely be going to the new school.  I also suspect that they play CYA sports over Vienna or Reston.
If they attend church, I also suspect it is in the same churches as the neighbors across the parkway--not the ones in Oakton.

These are real issues--not emotional ones.  They also match the outline for the comprehensive boundary study.  [/quote]

I attend church in Arlington despite there being the same denomination on the corner of 286/franklin farm.[/quote]

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