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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or people could have different reasons for wanting different outcomes. You are not going to convince the RIO parents that Skyview will be great. You are not going to convince the people who want the shorter commute that Oakton is worht the longer drive. Someone is going to be disappointed by the outcome.

Email, call, write the school board and let them know how you feel. Attend meetings and voice your opinion. You are not changing anyones mind on this site.

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And herein lies the problem. The school board wants to take feelings into account instead of just making a decision based on logistics. If someone is going to be unhappy either way, might as well make decisions that make the most sense financially and logistically. [/quote]

100% this

I do think community input should be taken into account, but community input in regards to logistical challenges that the people drawing the boundaries may not be aware of.

For example, the person drawing the boundary might not take into account that even though a neighborhood may be contiguous to other areas going to a school on a map, they are effectively creating an island due to being across a highway from the rest of that school's community and it would be logistically easier to zone them to a school on the other side of that highway (and no mommas, the major road your kids cross on their bicycles to go get ice cream after school does not count).

However, "we want to stay with kids our children do after school activities with" or "this high school is a highly ranked school" just doesn't matter. Your kids will still do sports with those kids, they'll still see their friends outside of school. As for ranking, a high achieving kid will be successful in any school. If the school's specific curriculum really matters, then you can pupil place your child there. But both of those things - social aspects and school reputation - should not be taken into consideration with boundaries.[/quote]

Also, for example--the new school.

The community affected made it clear they wanted a traditional high school.  But, Reid wants a magnet.  Is she using the protests from a community that should "logically" go to the new school as an excuse to create a magnet?

My fear is that the traditional school needed will be watered down with a magnet and result with "in boundary" kids being deprived of a traditional school experience.[/quote]

Do you hear anyone at Chantilly or Edison complaining about the lack of a traditional experience? So why do you think that the pathways are going to deter from the traditional experience? I don't understand. [/quote]

DP.  Chantilly and Edison were traditional schools with large enrollments before Academy programs were added.  In Skyview’s case, it’s possible they are going to draw small boundaries and then have large numbers of kids transfer in for the pathways programs.  If that happens, it will be the “hybrid”Reid wanted, but less of a community school. [/quote]

The boundaries that were discussed, before they were taken down, had close to 2,000 kids from the local boundaries in every map with a few being over 2,000 kids. I get that those are no longer in play but the indications from the comments made at every meeting that I have attended, a total of 4, and the initial boundary ideas all point to a full school. [/quote]

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