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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The admin at Skyview will be really good, the teachers are excited to be there, the kids are opted in for many reasons and they will be trailblazers, the school will only get bigger (opt in and opt out will be a thing of the past soon) and better (especially the facilities) EVERY year, we should celebrate this new and needed HS in FCPS.[/quote]

It seems like a very expensive proposition, at least in the first year or two. No disrespect but it sounds like it’s going to be a huge misallocation of resources at first primarily to benefit a small group of non-sporty kids from Carson who didn’t think they’d fit in at Westfield or South Lakes.  Hearing next to nothing about kids from Centreville, Chantilly or Oakton opting in - and it’s understandable why few from Centreville would opt in when the odds of their being in the final boundaries are so small.

I don’t understand why they aren’t taking more time and then opening this as the community school people really wanted.[/quote]

It might seem surprising, but many academically advanced kids are also athletic. The families who opted in did extensive research of both Skyview and their base schools and communicated with school admins before making their decision. Perhaps it’s just that your circle doesn’t include the types of students who are opting in—risk-takers, strong leaders, academically advanced, athletic, and with engaged parents.[/quote]

You're trying to copy a page from the TJ "We Came for the Sports" banner and it's not working.  Just read the threads from the posters saying their kids opting into Skyview don't play sports.  Also, TJ had full athletic facilities and programs from the day it opened.  Skyview, not so much.

As another poster noted, it will be an expensive slog to get any athletes in the opt-in class to their base schools and back for practices.  You can't claim that's not a big challenge, especially when so much as the rationale for Skyview was that the neighborhoods near Carson were so far away from their current high schools. [/quote]

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