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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

The new school is located in the Floris district so I’ve no idea what you’re going on about here. Some of you folks appear never to have seen a map in your life.

I live in the area, I know where it is and where the ESs are. I am basing my thoughts based on the 4 boundary maps that were initially put out and then withdrawn. Talk to the school board because Floris was not in Western in all of the maps.

I also live in the area. Pretty sure that Floris WAS in all the maps. Discovery Square, which is assigned to Floris, was left out of two of them--but that was ridiculous since it is the closest neighborhood to the new high school along with much of the Oak Hill elementary neighborhood.

They had the best boundary outline. It was A. It fit all the requirements. Relieved overcrowding and proximity. Not only that, it left Meren with South Lakes untouched (although they should take ALL the Floris kids from South Lakes.)

Anyone looking at it objectively would know that.

OK, so that is what it was. Some maps united Floris at one HS, some maps kept it split. Thanks! Floris should be at Western, I remembered the SLHS part of Floris not being included and that registered for me as all of Floris.

Option A had all of Floris--except for the portion that goes to South Lakes.
I think Option B had Floris and Fox Mill --but not Crossfield.
C and D both excluded Discovery Square and I think one of them included Fox Mill and Crossfield--but not McNair and Coates? I'm a little vague on that because excluding Discovery Square was ridiculous.

The only logical option was A. And, it should have included ALL of Floris, but left out South Lakes students;

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

Are you referring to the Navy Island in Franklin Farm? I don’t think Navy as an ES has been considered as an option for Western at this point. If it was, they would give RIO a run for their money in terms of intensity.

You might be surprised. I have talked to multiple Navy parents who wish their kids could go to the school. They don't love the commute to Oakton and think the new school will be nice. These are mostly parents of younger kids, so they figure the school will be established by the time their kids would attend. I think some of the Crossfield people whose kids go to Navy for AAP are the most intense about this. They purposely picked a home zoned for Carson because it's a big TJ feeder, and now are scared because they know being zoned for Carson makes them a very logical choice for the new HS. I think at Navy you have some who would fight the change and a whole bunch who would be fine with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

Are you referring to the Navy Island in Franklin Farm? I don’t think Navy as an ES has been considered as an option for Western at this point. If it was, they would give RIO a run for their money in terms of intensity.

Anonymous wrote:I think that because of iB a lot of Fox Mill people would really like to move.

That is what they should be addressing throughout the county.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

The new school is located in the Floris district so I’ve no idea what you’re going on about here. Some of you folks appear never to have seen a map in your life.

I live in the area, I know where it is and where the ESs are. I am basing my thoughts based on the 4 boundary maps that were initially put out and then withdrawn. Talk to the school board because Floris was not in Western in all of the maps.

I also live in the area. Pretty sure that Floris WAS in all the maps. Discovery Square, which is assigned to Floris, was left out of two of them--but that was ridiculous since it is the closest neighborhood to the new high school along with much of the Oak Hill elementary neighborhood.

They had the best boundary outline. It was A. It fit all the requirements. Relieved overcrowding and proximity. Not only that, it left Meren with South Lakes untouched (although they should take ALL the Floris kids from South Lakes.)

Anyone looking at it objectively would know that.

OK, so that is what it was. Some maps united Floris at one HS, some maps kept it split. Thanks! Floris should be at Western, I remembered the SLHS part of Floris not being included and that registered for me as all of Floris.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

The new school is located in the Floris district so I’ve no idea what you’re going on about here. Some of you folks appear never to have seen a map in your life.

I live in the area, I know where it is and where the ESs are. I am basing my thoughts based on the 4 boundary maps that were initially put out and then withdrawn. Talk to the school board because Floris was not in Western in all of the maps.

I also live in the area. Pretty sure that Floris WAS in all the maps. Discovery Square, which is assigned to Floris, was left out of two of them--but that was ridiculous since it is the closest neighborhood to the new high school along with much of the Oak Hill elementary neighborhood.

They had the best boundary outline. It was A. It fit all the requirements. Relieved overcrowding and proximity. Not only that, it left Meren with South Lakes untouched (although they should take ALL the Floris kids from South Lakes.)

Anyone looking at it objectively would know that.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

The new school is located in the Floris district so I’ve no idea what you’re going on about here. Some of you folks appear never to have seen a map in your life.

I live in the area, I know where it is and where the ESs are. I am basing my thoughts based on the 4 boundary maps that were initially put out and then withdrawn. Talk to the school board because Floris was not in Western in all of the maps.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

The new school is located in the Floris district so I’ve no idea what you’re going on about here. Some of you folks appear never to have seen a map in your life.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.

I think Oak Hill, Coates, and McNair are set. They remove kids from Chantilly and Westfield, which helps Chantilly and allows kids from Centerville to be moved to Westfield, relieving Centerville. Floris, Crossfield, and Fox Mill were named as possibilities in the initial boundary maps, that are no longer in play. Others have mentioned Navy and Lees Corner. I think those are the schools whose opt in numbers could influence who ends up at Western. Those ES are in the area and would help fill Western but at their HS are not as crowded as Chantilly and Centerville.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's pretty settled that Reid is creating the boundaries based on who did and did not opt in, right? This is her way of choosing the boundaries without controversy.

How is that going to work if it’s pockets of kids from a bunch of different areas? I know the website says some BS about geographically based boundaries as though there is an alternative. They have to provide transportation once boundaries are drawn. So they’re either going to have to draw a traditional boundary or draw an extremely tiny boundary and let people opt in with zero transportation provided for those outside the tiny boundary.