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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know any rising sophomores opting in?
Our base school is not great, but I don’t know any sophomores opting in to Western. They just don’t seem interested about attending a school with limited clases and activities and having to go to the base school for sports. 
And the fewer that opt in, the fewer others want to follow.
I wish they had just settled the boundaries and made everyone go.[/quote]

Yes, I know a bunch are from SLHS. I have neighbors whose kids will be moving and they told me that many of their kids friends opted in. Honestly, I know rising Juniors who are annoyed that they don't have the choice.

I would be surprised if they get 500 sophomores but they will have a decent number.[/quote]

There were only 40-45 kids out of approx. 607 students from SLHS that asked to be at Western for ninth grade as reported at last SLHS PTSA meeting when SB rep. shared data. That’s only about 15% of ninth graders and some have changed their minds and spoken with counselors to deselect after the deadline. The percentage will most likely decrease again.

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The FCPS school profile shows 607 freshmen at SLHS.

So, roughly 40–45 out of the 607 9th graders at South Lakes High School opted in to attend the new Western High School next year. In other words, they chose to transfer out of SLHS.

That's a good number, around 7% of the freshman class deciding to make the switch.

I would think many more 8th graders from Fox Mill / SLHS part of Floris opted in.

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I would guess that at least half of those are from Fox Mill based on the conversations that I have had. There was a lot of interest for many reasons. I know rising 10th graders who opted in from the Fox Mill ES boundary. [/quote]

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