Any updates on Mclean/Langley possible redistricting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Langley’s enrollment has been flat and other areas in the county have seen far more growth. While the school was due for a renovation, building it out to accommodate 2350 kids - at a location that only has one entrance/exit and is in a corner of the county - probably wasn’t the best use of the county’s money. But it undoubtedly made some contractors happy.

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Making it bigger was the right thing to do. It is very close to Tysons were there will be significant growth and we need all the HS space we can get.

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Of course. And those complaining about it seem unable to grasp that now there is some space to send McLean students since their school is only 3 miles away - and overcrowded. Good thing there is some extra space available at Langley.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good points.

Facilities has also been underestimating Langley's enrollment for awhile and apparently has not included the new housing going up on 7 (zoned for Langley) in the current projections.

With the addition of McLean students to Langley, and the new housing development you mention, Langley will be at capacity before we know it. It’s not *that* under enrolled.

Then they can start adding trailers just like the rest of the HS.

Maybe you’re unaware, but prior to the renovation, Langley had trailers taking up half the parking lot. Been there, done that. Which is why they wisely expanded.

Then they should be used to them.

You seem bitter that Langley - a school built in the 60’s - waited its turn for much-needed renovations and finally received them. They’ve put up with trailers for many years, and with the added space, no longer have to. Sorry this burns you up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Langley’s enrollment has been flat and other areas in the county have seen far more growth. While the school was due for a renovation, building it out to accommodate 2350 kids - at a location that only has one entrance/exit and is in a corner of the county - probably wasn’t the best use of the county’s money. But it undoubtedly made some contractors happy.

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Making it bigger was the right thing to do. It is very close to Tysons were there will be significant growth and we need all the HS space we can get.

There are multiple schools closer to Tysons and experiencing more growth than Langley. Expanding Langley’s boundaries is completely misaligned with other FCPS priorities. So it was not the right thing to do, even if it may have been the easiest thing to do.

DP. So it’s a bad thing (in your mind) that Langley can now help alleviate McLean’s overcrowding problems? Interesting. What a warped perspective you have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Langley’s enrollment has been flat and other areas in the county have seen far more growth. While the school was due for a renovation, building it out to accommodate 2350 kids - at a location that only has one entrance/exit and is in a corner of the county - probably wasn’t the best use of the county’s money. But it undoubtedly made some contractors happy.

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Making it bigger was the right thing to do. It is very close to Tysons were there will be significant growth and we need all the HS space we can get.

There are multiple schools closer to Tysons and experiencing more growth than Langley. Expanding Langley’s boundaries is completely misaligned with other FCPS priorities. So it was not the right thing to do, even if it may have been the easiest thing to do.

Please, Tysons is closer than a large part of Langley’s district and it is close enough to Tysons to take the pressure of some of the other HS. Langley is one of the smallest HS in the entire county- so it also makes sense to increase every believes the its population so that it can offer more varied classes that other HS can with larger student populations.

Langley already has a much larger boundary than any other high or secondary school in FCPS. It has a larger enrollment than Lee and TJ, and area residents have suggested that its enrollment will increase soon due to neighborhood turnover and new developments. While a modest expansion may have been prudent to accommodate that potential increase in enrollment, decimating other schools with smaller catchment areas that are closer to students’ homes is a bad idea. There may be a handful of kids now zoned for McLean who live closer to Langley, but expanding Langley’s boundaries to make the county’s wealthiest high school even richer is also problematic.

The bottom line is that FCPS has dug a hole for itself by adding too many seats in the wrong location and not enough seats in the right locations. They were not transparent about their plans, and they have created at least as many problems as they have solved.

Ah. There we have it. You’re one of the people who can’t abide having simple boundary adjustments based on geography (the horror!). No, you want to see kids of “diverse” backgrounds bused for miles in order to fulfill some kind of idiotic “diversity” quota. Really glad most people don’t agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Ah. There we have it. You’re one of the people who can’t abide having simple boundary adjustments based on geography (the horror!). No, you want to see kids of “diverse” backgrounds bused for miles in order to fulfill some kind of idiotic “diversity” quota. Really glad most people don’t agree with you.

+1 Unfortunately, the School Board thinks like the prior poster and not you.

[Anonymous]

When Langley had more kids and South Lakes was under-enrolled, Langley made darn sure it stayed out of that boundary study. But some Langley parents have a hard time accepting that McLean families might want to stay there or ask FCPS to add space there like it has done elsewhere. If FCPS ends up hurting McLean to justify all the seats added at Langley, it won’t bother them one bit.

[Anonymous]

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Ah. There we have it. You’re one of the people who can’t abide having simple boundary adjustments based on geography (the horror!). No, you want to see kids of “diverse” backgrounds bused for miles in order to fulfill some kind of idiotic “diversity” quota. Really glad most people don’t agree with you.

+1 Unfortunately, the School Board thinks like the prior poster and not you.

Probably, but they know the majority of their constituents would raise hell if their kids were to be bused miles out of their way in the name of “diversity.” That’s just not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When Langley had more kids and South Lakes was under-enrolled, Langley made darn sure it stayed out of that boundary study. But some Langley parents have a hard time accepting that McLean families might want to stay there or ask FCPS to add space there like it has done elsewhere. If FCPS ends up hurting McLean to justify all the seats added at Langley, it won’t bother them one bit.

Really not sure what you’re babbling about. Of course McLean should be expanded. But until they are, they have to do something about the overcrowding there. What would you suggest? More trailers? Sane people with no axe to grind agree that changing the McLean/Langley boundary is a good first step. What do you mean, “hurting McLean”? The obvious immediate solution is to move some kids to the closest school with space - which happens to be Langley. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

No McLean students should move to Langley unless:

* all current students are grandfathered w/transportation
* the neighborhoods are also immediately reassigned to Cooper MS
* there is a firm commitment to build an addition at McLean
* the boundary shift leaves McLean’s enrollment at least as large as Langley’s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When Langley had more kids and South Lakes was under-enrolled, Langley made darn sure it stayed out of that boundary study. But some Langley parents have a hard time accepting that McLean families might want to stay there or ask FCPS to add space there like it has done elsewhere. If FCPS ends up hurting McLean to justify all the seats added at Langley, it won’t bother them one bit.

Really not sure what you’re babbling about. Of course McLean should be expanded. But until they are, they have to do something about the overcrowding there. What would you suggest? More trailers? Sane people with no axe to grind agree that changing the McLean/Langley boundary is a good first step. What do you mean, “hurting McLean”? The obvious immediate solution is to move some kids to the closest school with space - which happens to be Langley. Get over yourself.

You sound like an arrogant ass with no compassion for others. This obviously isn’t going to have the same impact on Langley families as on McLean families.

[Anonymous]

McLean is upset about overcrowding.

There will be no addition any time soon, even though one is badly needed.

If McLean families agree to stick it out with a modular and/or more trailers until they get an expansion, that is their choice.

If the community agrees that a boundary change is needed, which it seems to, I think everyone would support a modest adjustment so that the school retains a large population. If the school is at 130% now maybe bring it down to 120 (I'm not looking at the CIP just now and I don't remember the number). Maybe reducing trailers and not eliminating them would be prudent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean is upset about overcrowding.

There will be no addition any time soon, even though one is badly needed.

If McLean families agree to stick it out with a modular and/or more trailers until they get an expansion, that is their choice.

If the community agrees that a boundary change is needed, which it seems to, I think everyone would support a modest adjustment so that the school retains a large population. If the school is at 130% now maybe bring it down to 120 (I'm not looking at the CIP just now and I don't remember the number). Maybe reducing trailers and not eliminating them would be prudent.

Whoever keeps claiming McLean can’t get an addition any time soon hasn’t been paying attention.

In 2017 FCPS decided to build additions at Justice, Madison and West Potomac - none of which were otherwise scheduled to be renovated. They put it on the 2017 and 2019 bonds and construction on this additions will start soon.

They can do the same with McLean starting next year. There is plenty of margin in the budget to accommodate this. In the interim they can replace the bulk of trailers with a modular over the summer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean is upset about overcrowding.

There will be no addition any time soon, even though one is badly needed.

If McLean families agree to stick it out with a modular and/or more trailers until they get an expansion, that is their choice.

If the community agrees that a boundary change is needed, which it seems to, I think everyone would support a modest adjustment so that the school retains a large population. If the school is at 130% now maybe bring it down to 120 (I'm not looking at the CIP just now and I don't remember the number). Maybe reducing trailers and not eliminating them would be prudent.

Whoever keeps claiming McLean can’t get an addition any time soon hasn’t been paying attention.

In 2017 FCPS decided to build additions at Justice, Madison and West Potomac - none of which were otherwise scheduled to be renovated. They put it on the 2017 and 2019 bonds and construction on this additions will start soon.

They can do the same with McLean starting next year. There is plenty of margin in the budget to accommodate this. In the interim they can replace the bulk of trailers with a modular over the summer.

But the school board would have to take that action, which they have not shown any inclination at this point. And even if they did, It still takes years. It’s not like there will be an addition on in one - two years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean is upset about overcrowding.

There will be no addition any time soon, even though one is badly needed.

If McLean families agree to stick it out with a modular and/or more trailers until they get an expansion, that is their choice.

If the community agrees that a boundary change is needed, which it seems to, I think everyone would support a modest adjustment so that the school retains a large population. If the school is at 130% now maybe bring it down to 120 (I'm not looking at the CIP just now and I don't remember the number). Maybe reducing trailers and not eliminating them would be prudent.

Whoever keeps claiming McLean can’t get an addition any time soon hasn’t been paying attention.

In 2017 FCPS decided to build additions at Justice, Madison and West Potomac - none of which were otherwise scheduled to be renovated. They put it on the 2017 and 2019 bonds and construction on this additions will start soon.

They can do the same with McLean starting next year. There is plenty of margin in the budget to accommodate this. In the interim they can replace the bulk of trailers with a modular over the summer.

But the school board would have to take that action, which they have not shown any inclination at this point. And even if they did, It still takes years. It’s not like there will be an addition on in one - two years.

And it seems like the school board wants to send some kids to Langley, which they should. It is an equally good or better school.

[Anonymous]

Langley’s boundaries are ridiculously large already.

The School Board should think long and hard before expanding them even further, even if Langley covets some McLean neighborhoods to compensate for the parents in its district who won’t send their kids there.