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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are setting boundaries after opt-in is done probably to find an option with least resistance.  After setting boundaries,  if some people question the decision,  they can say that: it's that way because your area has a high number of opt-in students which indicates that majority of students in the area wants to go to the new high school.  Setting boundaries this way creates problems for the following years,  although it's a politically "smart" approach.

[quote=Anonymous]If I had a say, the boundaries would have been set in January and the only option would have been to opt out, but I am not. I can only speculate based on what the info that has been put out.

My only point in the opting in was that it is only meant to be this year because of how they screwed up the process. People ar eposting as if the opt in option from this year means the school will be a magnate (sp) school. It doesn’t. It is a unique option for this year.

Families at Chantilly that are not happy with the size of the school had the choice to opt in. We don’t know if they did or they did not. The SLHS PTA was told that 40-45 9th graders from SLHS opted in to Western. Those are the only numbers we have heard.

Chantilly will see kids move in 2 years when the boundaries are set.

Do I think things can shift? Yes, they have been shifting this entire time. I wish they would release the numbers, I am curious and I think it would hel with speculation. But that is me. I am guessing that we will find out how many kids opted in at the meeting  in a few weeks.[/quote][/quote]

It's stupid because it only takes the opinions of people with 7th and 8th graders into account. Families with younger kids may have different opinions. We bought our home specifically BECAUSE it was zoned to South Lakes. We are an international family and see the value of an IB diploma. We will be disappointed if Fox Mill is moved to Skyview. We were under the impression that because it had not been very long since they moved it to South Lakes, it would remain stable for a long time.[/quote]

Many people in the neighborhood were upset when FMES was moved from Oakton to SLHS and are working to see FMES moved to Skyview.[/quote]

But are those families with older children? If you moved in the past 10 years, you moved knowing what school the neighborhood is zoned to. That is why I'm saying it's not fair that families with younger children don't have a say. Many of us moved here to go to an IB school.[/quote]

If parents wanted IB then you wouldn’t lose 30-50 students each year to pupil placement to AP schools and far more kids would complete the IB diploma. [/quote]

Again - many of these families might have already lived in Fox Mill when the school was changed, however those of us that have moved more recently knew what we were getting into.[/quote]

And many people move in for the ES and MS and know they are pupil placing for HS because they don't want IB. The school loses almost the same number of kids to AP schools as they turn out IB Diplomas. Those IB Diploma numbers include the kids pupil placing into SLHS, most of whom are coming from Herndon. Those kids are pupil placing in because they went to Hughes for AAP and want to stay with friends. Or because their parents don't want them at Herndon and SLHS is closer then Langley. There are some kids who come because they want IB, I know a few from Westfield. But not many people are buying to attend SLHS for IB. Most people buying to attend a school for IB go to Robinson, Edison, or Marshall where they have far better completion rates and support then SLHS does.

Families from Floris and Fox Mill have been asking for AP since they were made to move 20 years ago. Since the County refuses to listen, those families move. This would be more noticeable if the Herndon kids were not flooding into SLHS.

IB should be an opt in program, like it is in every county around us. You apply to take it and you attend the closest school that offers it. But every HS in the County should have a full AP program. Families should not be forced to participate in a program that is a bad fit for the vast majority of kids. So yes, there are many people who are happy to potentially be moved because they are not interested in IB. And those include the parents of younger kids who know that they are pupil placing out of SLHS or moving before HS starts.

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