How many middle schools feed into McLean High
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Anonymous
What made you pick McLean over Langley, if you don't mind sharing? I am not the PP. Pros of choosing McLean over Langley: - Much more diverse student from many cultures and economics backgrounds, - A good number of students are on free or reduced lunch. You have empathy for others, Cons of choosing McLean over Langley: facilities are much older and overcrowded. I see it with my own eyes during between classes, the hallway is madness,- classes are in trailers, Pros of choosing Langley: - Newer facilities and academic is at least equal or better than McLean, Cons of choosing Langley: not very diverse students, unless you count Asians and Indians as minorities, - Solid UMC or wealthy, - very few students on reduced or free lunch, - the ports are much more competitive than McLean |
Anonymous
We were seriously considering two houses in McLean, one zoned to Langley and the other to McLean. The main reasons we went with the McLean-zoned house at the time were: (1) it was closer to DC and Metro; (2) the Langley-zoned house was bigger than we really needed; and (3) we preferred a school with greater diversity than Langley. The reason why we don't regret the choice, notwithstanding the continued overcrowding, are that it's been a really good school for our kids and, in particular, our kids have gotten involved with activities at McLean - band, crew, boys tennis, and the student newspaper - that were at least as good at McLean as their Langley counterparts. Our kids didn't want to take Russian or Japanese, so the additional language offerings at Langley were a non-issue. Having said that, I expect we would have been happy at Langley as well. |
Anonymous
| Oakton HS and Westfield HS are SO far apart, it is bizarre that they both pull from the same MS (Franklin.). These boundaries make no sense. |
Anonymous
I am not the PP. Pros of choosing McLean over Langley: - Much more diverse student from many cultures and economics backgrounds, - A good number of students are on free or reduced lunch. You have empathy for others, Cons of choosing McLean over Langley: facilities are much older and overcrowded. I see it with my own eyes during between classes, the hallway is madness,- classes are in trailers, Pros of choosing Langley: - Newer facilities and academic is at least equal or better than McLean, Cons of choosing Langley: not very diverse students, unless you count Asians and Indians as minorities, - Solid UMC or wealthy, - very few students on reduced or free lunch, - the ports are much more competitive than McLean I’m sorry, but you don’t move to McLean for socioeconomic diversity. |
Anonymous
| The PP insisting McLean is "so much more diverse" than Langley just sounds absurd. Langley is like a mini United Nations - kids from all over the world. And the "economic diversity" found at McLean is minimal. Please. |
Anonymous
Not PP but McLean is certainly more diverse and less conservative than Langley. And if Langley is like a mini-UN, it’s a mini-UN without one hemisphere and another continent. |
Anonymous
South Lakes might have two feeder schools but the number of kids coming from Carson is relatively small. I believe that it is mainly the kids from Fox Mill and some kids from Floris but that is it. Fox Mill sends a max of 90, but probably less then that because of kids going Private, kid(s) going to TK, or transferring to an AP school. Most of South Lakes is coming from Hughes |
Anonymous
So tell us you've never set foot inside Langley without actually telling us. There are kids there from all continents - except Antarctica  . I seriously doubt McLean could say the same.
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Anonymous
Langley is less than 9% Black and Hispanic and here you are pretending it’s a winner in the diversity Olympics with your “mini-UN” drivel? McLean - and every other high school in the county - is more diverse. |
Anonymous
There are no doubt other examples of schools where some of the feeders don’t send many kids. At Edison, for example, the vast majority of kids come from Twain, but they have kids from one ES (Bren Mar Park) coming from Holmes and then an even smaller number zoned for BMP from the AAP program at Glasgow. At Marshall, the majority come from Kilmer, but there are a relatively small number from Thoreau, and a really small number from Jackson (it would be AAP kids from one ES (Cunningham Park) zoned for Marshall who have Thoreau as the base school but Jackson as the AAP school. With McLean and Langley, on the other hand, you just have kids coming from one MS. Not sure it really makes much of a difference in terms of being accepting of newcomers, OP’s original concern, because both schools also have kids coming from privates and a fair number of newcomers every year. Getting involved with some activity is always going to be the best way to meet others outside the classroom. |
Anonymous
Temporary trailers still at McLean. Four ( 4 ) of them remain, after the previous 17 were replaced by a “pod” or pre-fab, semi-permanent structure. The 4 trailers are far beyond their lifespan. Several were found to have extensive black mold problems. |
Anonymous
I am not the PP. Pros of choosing McLean over Langley: - Much more diverse student from many cultures and economics backgrounds, - A good number of students are on free or reduced lunch. You have empathy for others, Cons of choosing McLean over Langley: facilities are much older and overcrowded. I see it with my own eyes during between classes, the hallway is madness,- classes are in trailers, Pros of choosing Langley: - Newer facilities and academic is at least equal or better than McLean, Cons of choosing Langley: not very diverse students, unless you count Asians and Indians as minorities, - Solid UMC or wealthy, - very few students on reduced or free lunch, - the ports are much more competitive than McLean Asians and Indians are not minorities. |
Anonymous
There are a lot of fantastic things about McLean but if your top priority is avoiding a school with any trailers or a modular then under-enrolled Langley is a better choice. Other high schools with trailers and/or a modular this year include South Lakes, Annandale, Marshall, Edison, Centreville, Robinson, Chantilly, Fairfax, Westfield, and Woodson. |
Anonymous
Tell us you know nothing about McLean without actually telling us. McLean and Langley each have international students from all over the planet. |
Anonymous
Oh, right! I completely forgot that black and Hispanic are the only two minority groups that count. Thanks for the really useful reminder! |