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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Communities in Vienna that are literally 5 minutes walk to Oakton and connected with a nice sidewalk are going into Madison High School but communities in Herndon which are 25 minutes on the bus are going into Oakton HS. How are boundaries set up? Are they not set up based on closest distance? Wouldn't keeping the high school at the center and drawing a circle around it to decide the catchment area make more sense? [/quote]

Initially, I think it was proximity.  Then, some schools got too large.  Chantilly is a great example.  Everyone lives close--not necessarily walkable, but not more than 10 minutes on school bus.  But, Navy kids who used to go to Chantilly were sent to Oakton because Chantilly was full.  I assume the same is true of Franklin Farm.  I don't know if they ever went to Chantilly, but they did in the past.

There is fluctuation in populations.  When Franklin Farm was built the school membership in the area exploded.  Any new development usually brings in kids.  There are pockets all over Fairfax county where kids go farther than they should because of fluctuating enrollments.

At some point, some of these pockets will get reassigned closer.  Some won't be happy.  People usually want to stay where they are if they are happy with the school.[/quote]

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