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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they were really doing the right thing they’d move Fox Mill to Western and the rest of Crossfield and the Navy island to South Lakes.  [/quote]

Doesn’t that continue Carson as a split feeder? [/quote]

It’s more important to provide capacity relief to Chantilly and reduce the length of commutes to Oakton than to eliminate Carson as a split feeder. [/quote]

And sending Fox Mill to Western and Crossfield and the Navy Island to South Lakes accomplishes this? [/quote]

Sending Oak Hill to Western and Crossfield and the Navy island to South Lakes accomplishes this, and sending Fox Mill to Western enables it, since otherwise South Lakes would be overcrowded. [/quote]

Interesting point but why switch Fox Mill and Crossfield/ the Navy Island in this scenario? Sending Oak Hill, Crossfield, and the Navy Island all to Western accomplishes the previously mentioned tasks. [/quote]

Fox Mill is closer to Western so it’s more efficient. Anyone can look at Option B and see it results in the most compact boundaries for Western.  Just add the rest of Floris. [/quote]

Oooho you're the lady who thinks this is about where the school is in relation to Western and not where families live in relation to Western aren't you? [/quote]

DP.

Some of Crossfield families live quite far from Western.  [/quote]

quote: Some of Crossfield families live quite far from Western.
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As do some Fox Mill families.[/quote]

Only the ones that place in from out of boundary for the JI program.
None in Fox Mill boundary are far from Western. [/quote]

NONE in Fox Mill or Crossfield are far from Western.  Some in both are equidistant from South Lakes and Western.
Some in both are extremely close to Western.

Oakton is slightly over capacity.  South Lakes is not.
Oakton is a VERY long way from Crossfield neighborhoods.  South Lakes is not.

I'm neither a Crossfield nor a Fox Mill parent, but the decision--based on facts, not emotion--seems clear.

Distance from Western is not the issue here.[/quote]

Folkston Drive is far from Western. No Fox Mill neighbor lives that far. That’s a fact.

We will see the opt-in numbers. Those will factually show which community wants to move to Western more.

No emotions here.

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The emotions are you thinking that which current 8th and 9th grade families [i]want [/i]to move more matters.  The fact is that it will benefit the county more to move Crossfield and make room at Oakton.  Oakton is already over 100% and they are adding students in Scenario 4.  The logical move is to put Crossfield at Western to avoid overcrowding Oakton in the future, and fix Crossfield's split feeder at Carson.  Two birds with one stone, plus less instability in the future.[/quote]

School preference is not an emotion. That’s just a wrong characterization.

I get that the distance from Crossfield to Oakton is an issue, and that’s a fair point.

But we have two communities here, and most likely only one will be moved.

Let’s assume the Crossfield community doesn’t want to move DESPITE their current long commute, and the Fox Mill community does want to move.

Should the board move the Crossfield community against their wishes and keep Fox Mill against theirs?  I don’t know if that’s what the elected officials should do.

Now, we don’t know if my assumptions are correct.

But that’s why I said let’s wait and see the opt-in numbers. Those would give some valuable information for the board members to make a decision.

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Which costs more: keeping Crossfield at Oakton or keeping Fox Mill at South Lakes? Maybe it’s as simple as that for some school board members. [/quote]

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