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Anonymous wrote:This whole thing has been a mess. They should have either (1) announced all boundaries together and made it a required school for incoming freshman only or (2) waited to open it until fall 2027. Whatever they're doing now was idiotic.

I say this as a Crossfield parent who would be fine with my kids going to Skyview.

It has been an awful process but I am happy they are opening up next year. I say this as a very biased parent of a Fox Mill student who opted in.

I think it would be messy no matter when they opened and no matter how many kids they opened with. The mess would have been different but it would be there. A different group of people would be throwing a fit if they had set boundaries and required kids to attend next year. I would guess that some of the people throwing a fit this year would still be throwing a fit but it would be based on sympathy for the kids being moved because they don’t want their kids moved.

I think the board decided to separate the process out because they know that this portion is going to be more disruptive and they want less focus on it. Fewer people will be paying attention because they are not impacted and more kids are going to be moved at the HS and MS level.

I understand what you’re saying but they really set Skyview up to be a niche school for a couple of years when the alternative would have been to postpone opening it until it had fixed boundaries and could accommodate three grades and offer a fuller range of activities.

It is what it is, but it’s troubling that this alternative wasn’t vetted in public by the School Board. They rarely seem to focus on what really matters to people.

What matters to parents is different. Skyview opening matters to the parents of at least 650 students, probably more by the time school starts. Overall, it matters to the parents of kids at over crowded schools or schools at capacity in that region. People who are moved from schools that they like, which is all 5 of the schools under consideration, will not be happy. Parents of younger kids who are moved are more likely to be happy in 5 years when the school is more established. There are some decisions that cannot make even half the population happy because it doesn't impact them directly and they would rather the money be used on their school. See the spending per pupil thread. See every thread complaining about specialized programs for kids that are struggling or advanced leaving the parents of kids in the middle feeling ignored. See the threads on CIP money being spent.

They bought the school because it was needed and it was being sold for a very good price. Once they bought it, they needed to use it. People would be up in arms if they let it sit for another year.

They should have set the boundaries and sent the 9th and 10th graders to the school. They didn't. So yes, the first few years are going to feel different because of kids opting in and having a smaller school. In two years they will have boundaries and the class size will be normal. THey will probably have kids moving into the area who will expand the size of the current classes. They will have kids from outside the 5 schools originally consider join the class. They are going to have more then 650 kids next year.

So many words.

Just admit the roll-out is confusing as hell and say eventually things will sort out. Sheesh.

We say that and you keep complaining. So maybe more words will help.