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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a MS and many 8th graders were hyped up after the "new western HS" presentation today, I expect will be asking their parents to opt in. Weird that the boundaries/bussing won't be known for awhile yet. [/quote]

The point of the presentation is to hype kids up.  Reid wants excitement for her opt-in school. The question is whether the enthusiasm wears off when families realize the lack of sports and the unclear boundaries.  [/quote]

If you attended the presentation on Friday you would know that the question about sports was asked a lot and answered a lot. The parents are very well aware of the sports situation. There was a 10 minute presentation and 50 minutes of questions. Lots and lots of questions. Which was good.

And I fully agree that is ridiculous that the borders have not been set. They should have been the first thing set and then adjust the boundaries for the rest of the county. A fair amount of the movement that was planned was in this area, the Western HS should have been to immediate focus of the redistricting process.

They are not hiding the sports issue. They are not hiding that the borders are not clear. 
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I think when people see the actual opt-in form, it will weed out a lot of kids/families with some level of interest because it appears it will need to specify that:

* If you opt in, you agree to attend Western HS, space permitting, even if you ultimately do not live within the established boundary, in which case you will be responsible for arranging your own transportation; and

* If Western is over-subscribed, those who live within the established boundary may/will be given priority and you may be required to attend your currently assigned school.

So if you are zoned for Coates, McNair, Floris, or Oak Hill, and are interested in Western, your evaluation is rather different than if you are zoned for Fox Mill or Crossfield (or the Navy island), which may or may not end up within the boundary, or much different than if you are zoned to any other elementary schools that feed into Westfield, Chantilly, South Lakes, Oakton, or Centreville. which have next to no chances of ending up assigned to Western.

For many people, it's just too much uncertainty.  [/quote]

I suspect they will only get kids opting in from those first four schools. I don't think anyone from Fox Mill or Crossfield will want to risk not having transportation, nor will they want to risk younger children not being able to go to the same high school as their older child. I know I wouldn't. [/quote]

I know families opting in from Fox Mill and it is more than a handful. I know families planning on SLHS. No one who is opting in is worried about the boundaries, there are enough opting in that carpooling will be easy if needed but the Japanese immersion comments made on Friday sure make it seem like Fox Mill will be in boundary. [/quote]

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