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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If anyone is curious why the Navy ES island exists, I know the history.  I grew up in the Tuckaway section of Franklin Farm, I started at Oak Hill ES and then got moved to Crossfield ES when it opened.  The Nestlewood section of Franklin Farm now ironically being proposed to be moved to Oak Hill stayed at Oak Hill. About 3 years later Oak Hill ES was overcrowded and the county proposed moving the Nestlewood section to Crossfield and moving my neighborhood to Navy since we were closer to Navy and you could take Thompson Rd to get there.  My parents and all the other parents in Tuckaway strongly objected since we had already had to move schools once, so the county backed off and sent the Nestlewood section to Navy instead thus creating the island that exists. [/quote]

Thanks, you just expanded on what I was told some years ago when I moved to the area (not Franklin Farm.)  I was told the Nestlewood people objected to leaving Oak Hill and organized and that is why they did not go to Crossfield initialy.  (This was prior to being divided by 286--FFXCounty Parkway.)

But, now, why are they not sending them to Crossfield?  It doesn't make sense to send them to Oak Hill.  It remains an island--just a closer one, I guess.[/quote]

My understanding is cause Nestlewood goes to Franklin, whereas Crossfield goes to Carson.  I agree though Crossfield has capacity and they are surrounded by Crossfield neighborhoods[/quote]

There was a proposal to move the Navy island to Crossfield some years back. Maybe like 10 years ago? People objected because they wouldn’t have let the island kids go on to Carson after that. They would have been the only ones to go Crossfield-Franklin. The pushback was successful and they stayed at Navy. If there is no choice but to move now (which is debatable), parents may prefer Oak Hill-Franklin to Crossfield-Carson because at least the kids’ Navy friends will be at Franklin.[/quote]

I completely get why they wouldn’t want that.  Seems too logical for the County to find space at Carson for them, so that the side of the parkway all goes to Crossfield-Carson-Oakton [/quote]

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