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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to align all the middle schools with the high schools is a fool's errand. It can't be done.

They need to draw the KAA boundaries in a way that makes sense and doesn't disrupt the boundaries for all the other schools in the area, and call it a day. [/quote]

You can get a lot closer and diminish the number of splits coming out of the MS, which would benefit the students at those MS. It so happens that the kids who are attending Carson would be a quick drive over to the new HS. The biggest issue would be the number of students pulled from Westfield. [/quote]

I think it's clear they should redo the MS boundaries to align with the new HS boundaries. It would be really simple if they stopped the AAP transfers.

Once they are done with that, it should look something like:

Carson- KAA and either SL or Oakton
Franklin- Westfield and Oakton
Hughes- SL
Rocky Run- Chantilly
Stone- Westfield
Liberty- Centreville
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Oakton also gets kids from Thoreau.  Not "really simple" to have a HS that pulls from three middle schools. [/quote]
If Crossfield doesn’t move to KAA, it should be moved to Franklin. What this poster isn’t accounting for is Navy splitting between Chantilly and Oakton, which complicates getting Chantilly out of Franklin. (PP is clearly sacrificing Lees Corner to Westfield.)[/quote]

I am PP. I'm not necessarily sacrificing Lees Corner; maybe they would get moved to Rocky Run. Or Navy that currently goes to Franklin is moved to Rocky Run. [b]Really, it should more have read they should figure out who is going to each middle school first and then based on that, they assign high schools.[/b] [/quote]
I think they need to approach it the other way around. The middle school boundaries are a mess because Oakton doesn’t have a nearby middle school. They should look at the high school boundaries and how the elementary schools fit into them like a puzzle. Then they should reshape middle school boundaries to reduce split feeders to no more than two schools.[/quote]

Agree. Figure out high schools first.  I live in the Franklin/Carson area.  I don't think we can ever get to "one" feeder.  But, maybe two could work. 
The AAP centers really confuse the issue.  Both schools are able to take care of Level IV kids without having one of them be a "center."  There would be enough kids at each school that qualify for AAP.
I see Carson: KAA/South Lakes
Franklin: Chantilly/Oakton[/quote]

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