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Anonymous wrote:This would be so much easier if the School Board would eliminate IB at South Lakes. A lot of parents really don't like it.

For some reason, the SB members looooove IB and are always gassing it up. It hits a lot of educational buzzwords that certain advocacy groups love. “Lifelong learners” and “global citizens.”

Anonymous wrote:This would be so much easier if the School Board would eliminate IB at South Lakes. A lot of parents really don't like it.

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

I think the new HS in this scenario is the new and desirable one and the less desirable school is potentially shifting Westfield —> Herndon or Chantilly —> Westfield or Oakton —> SLHS. Crossfield, especially, can’t argue they need a shorter/safer commute that KAA provides, but then reject SLHS, which would offer similar relief. Because of KAAs capacity limitations, this is going to be a ripple effect where neighborhoods might end up at a closer school, but not the brand new shiny new school n

But was Crossfield slated for redistricting to SLHS before FCPS bid on KAA? If they weren’t, I don’t see any reason why they would be moved to SLHS after buying KAA. The only reason to move them now would be to fill KAA.

The argument is already being played out in this thread. KAA is an obvious Carson feeder school, but it’s also an obvious feeder for Oak Hill, which goes to Franklin. That means Fox Mill and Crossfield probably wouldn’t both fit at KAA.

One of the talking points when the school board approved the purchase was getting the Sully district out of Oakton, so their vision seems to be to move Crossfield somewhere. I do think Crossfield is more likely to go to KAA than Fox Mill, but there’s no way they’re fitting all of Carson’s feeders + Oak Hill into this new school, and it’s unlikely they wouldn’t touch Chantilly’a borders at all in this exercise, when that’s the primary school that needs capacity relief.

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

I think the new HS in this scenario is the new and desirable one and the less desirable school is potentially shifting Westfield —> Herndon or Chantilly —> Westfield or Oakton —> SLHS. Crossfield, especially, can’t argue they need a shorter/safer commute that KAA provides, but then reject SLHS, which would offer similar relief. Because of KAAs capacity limitations, this is going to be a ripple effect where neighborhoods might end up at a closer school, but not the brand new shiny new school n

Since Fox Mill is already at South Lakes and is closer to South Lakes than Crossfield population, I agree with you.

I've always thought Westfield was a bad fit for this area because of the isolation from the rest of Westfield. It is essentially a large island and 28 is a nightmare.

But was Crossfield slated for redistricting to SLHS before FCPS bid on KAA? If they weren’t, I don’t see any reason why they would be moved to SLHS after buying KAA. The only reason to move them now would be to fill KAA.

The argument is already being played out in this thread. KAA is an obvious Carson feeder school, but it’s also an obvious feeder for Oak Hill, which goes to Franklin. That means Fox Mill and Crossfield probably wouldn’t both fit at KAA.

One of the talking points when the school board approved the purchase was getting the Sully district out of Oakton, so their vision seems to be to move Crossfield somewhere. I do think Crossfield is more likely to go to KAA than Fox Mill, but there’s no way they’re fitting all of Carson’s feeders + Oak Hill into this new school, and it’s unlikely they wouldn’t touch Chantilly’a borders at all in this exercise, when that’s the primary school that needs capacity relief.

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

I think the new HS in this scenario is the new and desirable one and the less desirable school is potentially shifting Westfield —> Herndon or Chantilly —> Westfield or Oakton —> SLHS. Crossfield, especially, can’t argue they need a shorter/safer commute that KAA provides, but then reject SLHS, which would offer similar relief. Because of KAAs capacity limitations, this is going to be a ripple effect where neighborhoods might end up at a closer school, but not the brand new shiny new school n

But was Crossfield slated for redistricting to SLHS before FCPS bid on KAA? If they weren’t, I don’t see any reason why they would be moved to SLHS after buying KAA. The only reason to move them now would be to fill KAA.

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

I think the new HS in this scenario is the new and desirable one and the less desirable school is potentially shifting Westfield —> Herndon or Chantilly —> Westfield or Oakton —> SLHS. Crossfield, especially, can’t argue they need a shorter/safer commute that KAA provides, but then reject SLHS, which would offer similar relief. Because of KAAs capacity limitations, this is going to be a ripple effect where neighborhoods might end up at a closer school, but not the brand new shiny new school n

But was Crossfield slated for redistricting to SLHS before FCPS bid on KAA? If they weren’t, I don’t see any reason why they would be moved to SLHS after buying KAA. The only reason to move them now would be to fill KAA.

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

I think the new HS in this scenario is the new and desirable one and the less desirable school is potentially shifting Westfield —> Herndon or Chantilly —> Westfield or Oakton —> SLHS. Crossfield, especially, can’t argue they need a shorter/safer commute that KAA provides, but then reject SLHS, which would offer similar relief. Because of KAAs capacity limitations, this is going to be a ripple effect where neighborhoods might end up at a closer school, but not the brand new shiny new school n

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Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Is the new HS really “less desirable?” It’s a nice, brand new building filled with the kids who are already at Carson (most likely). And doesn’t come with a long commute to Oakton if you’re in that situation.

Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

Anonymous wrote:I must say, I'm wondering if some of the most vicious pro-rezoning people (only where other people's kids are concerned, of course) are now finding themselves in an unsavory position - either potential rezoning to a less desirable school or not being zoned to the new and more desirable one.

It's fun to pop my popcorn and watch karma come back around.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else want to put chances of each ES going to the new HS

Floris : 100% (Literally in Floris district lines)
Oak Hill : 95% (Very Small chance staying Chantilly with overcrowding there)
McNair : 90% (Small chance of staying Westfield or going to Herndon)
Coates : 85% (Small chance of staying Westfield or going to Herndon)
Crossfield : (75%)
Fox Mill : (65%)

Honestly both Crossfield and Fox Mill could go to South Lakes instead of the new HS and petty equidistant from those two options. However, it is easier to backfill Oakton with growth in Tysons. Hence higher chance of Crossfield being moved. Also Meren represents all of Fox Mill but only a fraction of Crossfield hence, the only option she has to protect South Lakes it to retain Fox Mill.

Floris: 100% (no brianer)
Coates: 100% (no brainer)
McNair: 90% (very likely)
FMES: 70% (the question is Meren)
Crossfield: 33% (Honestly, Oakton will be still better than the new HS)
Oak Hill: 50% (OHS’s probem is the middle school. It is very close to Franklin and should stay at Franklin and I don’t know if they create a new split feeder)