Reply to Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Western High School Boundary Map options (A/B/C/D)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you from SLHS, Westfield, or are you from Chantilly. Which one of the school is better than Oakton?

One thing for sure is that your kids is going to KAA and you are upset to hear that KAA can not be better than Oakton.

I think you are expecting a KAA to be the only top tier school in west part of fcps. The only way KAA can be the top tier is to become a magnet school. [/quote]

I was asked why people have a problem with the Oakton families pitch, and the issue is you sound like elitists who think that the other kids being moved to the new school are going to be beneath you.

You do realize that there are people with kids at SLHS who wouldn't want to be moved to Oakton, right? Different people value different things. SLHS has a strong community and lots of kids have had a great experience there. The families are not worried about the rating and there are plenty of kids going to strong colleges. There are even people who love IB. The SLHS families I know worried about being moved are concerned about the lack of programs in the first bunch of years but mainly feel like they are a part of a strong community. They know that will build over time but the genuinely love their school.

The difference is when they talk about their school, they don't sound like elitists who are hoping and praying that their kids are not moved from the school to a school that is beneath them.  Oakton families that don't want to move sound like they are going to be punished by having to go to a HS with kids from Oak Hill, Floris, and Coates. Great Falls families have the same problem. They sound like snobs. The argument that your kids should be at a school that is a 30-40 minute bus drive when there is a school 10 minutes away is kind of ridiculous. And your logic for why you should stay there is that the other schools aren't as good and you don't want to go there.

If you can't understand why that sounds bad, then I don't know what to tell you.[/quote]

People want what they feel is best for their kids and that may require a longer bus ride.

Building resilience is awesome 👌 [/quote]

Way to grossly misuse the term resilience. Maybe talk to some people who grew up taking a long bus ride to Oakton. Many do not speak of the experience fondly. What parents want and what kids value are not always the same. I bet you don't even ask your kids what they would prefer. Grown adults of parents like this have some interesting things to say about their parents. [/quote]
DP, my kids prefer to eat candy for dinner, so I’m not quite sure I see your point.[/quote]

I am sad for your kids that you would equate these two things.[/quote]

Someone failed the marshmallow test, perhaps?[/quote]

Oh the irony that you are mentioning that test. I might know a thing or two about it. Vastly more than you. A long bus ride every day that cuts into a child's sleep, family, and homework time is in no way some sort of exercise in delayed gratification predicting later executive functioning skills. [/quote]

Your kids dont do their homework on the bus? How inefficent! How do they ever have time for after school activities if they don't use their time efficently?

I informally polled my peers and the long bus ride to Oakton is 25 min on the east side of west ox in our neighborhood.

Guess what the Carson ride was...

30 min.  Kaa is right next door so there goes your argument. Have a marshmallow ![/quote]

Same thing:

We live closer to KAA than Franklin Farm, bus ride is 20ish minute to both Carson and Oakton despite a super short drive to Carson.

Conclusion: we stay at Oakton does not cost tax payer any extra penny. I am wondering why so many people want us Oakton family go to KAA? They do not like us but want us join their community? [/quote]
Many Crossfield parents realize that if they don't get into the new Western school now then they will be moved into South Lakes in 5 years.  That seems to be the piece you are missing.  Those with younger kids would rather the transition happen now so their kids won't have to go through it in 2030, and so they won't be stuck with an IB high school in the future.
Everyone comes up with reasons to support the option that is best for their own kids, at whatever age / grade they are in right now.  The school board should ignore all that and just plan for the future.  Reid is doing too much coddling and not enough firm decision making.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics