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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious.

I get why some Crossfield parents want to stay at Oakton despite the long commute.

I also get why some other Crossfield parents who want to move are upset at them as they'd rather move to KAA and cut the long commute.

What I don’t understand is why some non Crossfield parents are upset at the Crossfield parents who fight to stay.

Is it because of some “equity” issue?  Or is it because their kids are going to KAA and they want to make sure wealthy Crossfield kids join them?

Somebody mentioned tax dollars used for longer bus rides, but that just seems like a really weak reason. 
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I doubt that the school board will create a split feeder so the people who are loudly fighting to stay at Oakton are effectively impacting the outcome of the families who want to move. I think that the bigger issue is that the Oakton families are claiming to speak for the majority and it is not clear that they do.

As a non-Crossfield family, I don't care. The argument that Oakton is so amazing, and the new school is not going to be good enough is off putting. There is a difference in saying "We don't like the lack of activities at a brand-new school and want to opt out while that is happening" and saying "The new school will never be good enough because Oakton is so awesome", which labels the new school as inferior before it even opens.  To be frank, most of the arguments have been kind of elitist. [/quote]

This is it in a nutshell. Many of the people fighting to stay at Oakton (and South Lakes, for that matter) and the people who would rather move to the new school live in the same neighborhoods. So their fates are tied together. And people with younger kids are frustrated that families with older kids (who will have a choice anyway) are going to deny the younger kids the chance to go to a closer school and open up further uncertainty when other nearby schools end up overcrowded in a few years.

There is definitely a tinge of elitism in the Oakton families fighting to stay, whether they want to admit that or not. Some of them do outright admit it in private conversations. [/quote]

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