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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I am sure the school board is looking at the entire Crossfield area, not just the one bus route from your neighborhood. Funny how no one has publicly said their transportation time to Oakton is shorter than Carson. Maybe because that’s not true for the vast majority? [/quote]

No one seems to acknowledge the east side...

It's like a 90s east coast west coast rap feud.

Biggie Smalls R.I.P.[/quote]

Good point! Bus ride from east side to Oakton is indeed a shorter ride compared to bus ride to KAA. [/quote]

And I bet you’re even closer to South Lakes![/quote]

Are you the people from some community that want to send us to SLHS because you want to escape from there?[/quote]

The new governor of New Jersey graduated from South Lakes High School. Is that not good enough for you, Navy AAP mom?[/quote]

And Benny Blanco![/quote]

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