Future Western High School

[Anonymous]

It seems you prefer semantics to common sense. If a new high school is built that adds capacity in western Fairfax, why on earth would they not consider moving kids to a school closer to their homes that now has capacity? It’s what FCPS has been telling people in private correspondence for years they plan to do. Unless, of course, you think protecting the status quo at Langley should always be a priority, regardless of the extra transportation costs borne by everyone in the county.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. I speak from a point of view of the purpose of the school to relieve overcrowding in Western Fairfax. I live in Western Fairfax. I have only been to Langley for sporting events. I can also look at a map and the FCPS data on the membership at the school. If you took Great Falls out of Langley, who would replace those kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It seems you prefer semantics to common sense. If a new high school is built that adds capacity in western Fairfax, why on earth would they not consider moving kids to a school closer to their homes that now has capacity? It’s what FCPS has been telling people in private correspondence for years they plan to do. Unless, of course, you think protecting the status quo at Langley should always be a priority, regardless of the extra transportation costs borne by everyone in the county.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. I speak from a point of view of the purpose of the school to relieve overcrowding in Western Fairfax. I live in Western Fairfax. I have only been to Langley for sporting events. I can also look at a map and the FCPS data on the membership at the school. If you took Great Falls out of Langley, who would replace those kids?

I assume kids who live closer than 10-14 miles from the school? There are quite a few of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It seems you prefer semantics to common sense. If a new high school is built that adds capacity in western Fairfax, why on earth would they not consider moving kids to a school closer to their homes that now has capacity? It’s what FCPS has been telling people in private correspondence for years they plan to do. Unless, of course, you think protecting the status quo at Langley should always be a priority, regardless of the extra transportation costs borne by everyone in the county.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. I speak from a point of view of the purpose of the school to relieve overcrowding in Western Fairfax. I live in Western Fairfax. I have only been to Langley for sporting events. I can also look at a map and the FCPS data on the membership at the school. If you took Great Falls out of Langley, who would replace those kids?

I assume kids who live closer than 10-14 miles from the school? There are quite a few of them.

So, you plan to create lots of split feeders?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

It seems you prefer semantics to common sense. If a new high school is built that adds capacity in western Fairfax, why on earth would they not consider moving kids to a school closer to their homes that now has capacity? It’s what FCPS has been telling people in private correspondence for years they plan to do. Unless, of course, you think protecting the status quo at Langley should always be a priority, regardless of the extra transportation costs borne by everyone in the county.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. I speak from a point of view of the purpose of the school to relieve overcrowding in Western Fairfax. I live in Western Fairfax. I have only been to Langley for sporting events. I can also look at a map and the FCPS data on the membership at the school. If you took Great Falls out of Langley, who would replace those kids?

I assume kids who live closer than 10-14 miles from the school? There are quite a few of them.

So, you plan to create lots of split feeders?

There are already split feeders all over the county. The elimination of split feeders usually only gets mentioned as a desirable thing when people see an opportunity to move to a higher ranked school and bump up their home equity.

Although it’s also quite possible that some areas that were moved to Langley if, say, Forestville were reassigned in its entirety to Herndon MS/HS would either eliminate an existing split feeder or not create a new one.

[Anonymous]

So, you intend to take kids out of the Town of Herndon and send them elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, you intend to take kids out of the Town of Herndon and send them elsewhere?

Didn’t say that, although sending kids who live in the same town to different schools won’t affect the trash collection in Herndon, Vienna, etc.

[Anonymous]

These threads inevitably devolve into the same effort by one or a handful of posters to invent ways to stick it to Great Falls under the guise of sending Great Falls kids to a more convenient school. I don’t really get the point of it. If you look at a map, none of the FCPS high schools (or middle schools) is convenient to Great Falls. Herndon and Langley are about equidistant — Herndon is a bit closer for those in the western part of Great Falls and Langley is a bit closer for those in the eastern part. But here’s the rub: those students all go to Langley now and Langley is well under capacity. There are lots of high schools, mostly in the western part of the county that are well over capacity. Moving kids from Langley — especially kids who want to be at Langley — should be the least of FCPS’s priorities.

The whole argument makes no sense. Here is what makes perfect sense: if you have kids who don’t live near any high school, you send them to the school that has the most capacity take them. For Great Falls, that’s Langley.

Here is what’s not going to happen: wholesale redistricting. All that would accomplish is getting the entire school board replaced in the next election.

[Anonymous]

It’s odd that you feel the need to be so pre-emptive about something that isn’t going to be decided for years. Just let them build the damn school without making it all about the sanctity of Langley’s boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s odd that you feel the need to be so pre-emptive about something that isn’t going to be decided for years. Just let them build the damn school without making it all about the sanctity of Langley’s boundaries.

But it looks like they plan to build the school in an illogical place to help the schools that need it most. Neither of the schools bordering that site is currently in need of relief.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do some of you obsess over Langley so much that you make every thread about it? This thread is about the mythical western HS. Why aren't you focusing your energies on the schools which would actually be affected by it? 🙄

Why do some of you Langley people call the western high school “mythical” and then imply it could in no way affect kids in western Fairfax currently bussed over 10 miles to attend Langley? Why aren’t you focusing your energies on getting a new school built that could shorten travel times?

I call it mythical because I’ve had kids in FCPS for almost 20 years and this “western high school” has always been mentioned but never acted on. I’ll believe it when I see it, and I’m not at all concerned about “focusing my energies” on it. You, on the other hand, seem quite invested, so knock yourself out.

One upon a time, Westfield was referred to as the "West County High School." It was supposed to solve the problem.

And, as much as the Langley haters want to think it, the purpose to relieve overcrowding in Chantilly and Centreville is NOT to send Great Falls to Herndon.
Although, sadly, that may be the purpose of this School Board.

+100 to the bolded. And of course, there are a few disgruntled parents who can’t stand that fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These threads inevitably devolve into the same effort by one or a handful of posters to invent ways to stick it to Great Falls under the guise of sending Great Falls kids to a more convenient school. I don’t really get the point of it. If you look at a map, none of the FCPS high schools (or middle schools) is convenient to Great Falls. Herndon and Langley are about equidistant — Herndon is a bit closer for those in the western part of Great Falls and Langley is a bit closer for those in the eastern part. But here’s the rub: those students all go to Langley now and Langley is well under capacity. There are lots of high schools, mostly in the western part of the county that are well over capacity. Moving kids from Langley — especially kids who want to be at Langley — should be the least of FCPS’s priorities.

The whole argument makes no sense. Here is what makes perfect sense: if you have kids who don’t live near any high school, you send them to the school that has the most capacity take them. For Great Falls, that’s Langley.

Here is what’s not going to happen: wholesale redistricting. All that would accomplish is getting the entire school board replaced in the next election.

+ a million
FINALLY - a poster with common sense and no axe to grind. Very refreshing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s odd that you feel the need to be so pre-emptive about something that isn’t going to be decided for years. Just let them build the damn school without making it all about the sanctity of Langley’s boundaries.

DP. It’s odd that you feel the need to constantly obsess about Langley’s boundaries when they don’t affect you at all. It’s always people who don’t have kids at Langley who insist in making every thread about it. As you say - nothing about this will be decided for years (if ever), so why are you worrying about it?

[Anonymous]

My impression is that the same cabal goes out of their way every time the new high school comes up in discussion to make the pitch that Langley is untouchable.

So arrogant, yet so predictable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s odd that you feel the need to be so pre-emptive about something that isn’t going to be decided for years. Just let them build the damn school without making it all about the sanctity of Langley’s boundaries.

DP. It’s odd that you feel the need to constantly obsess about Langley’s boundaries when they don’t affect you at all. It’s always people who don’t have kids at Langley who insist in making every thread about it. As you say - nothing about this will be decided for years (if ever), so why are you worrying about it?

DP. What do you mean "if ever"? Isn't the Western high school on the fall 2021 bond?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My impression is that the same cabal goes out of their way every time the new high school comes up in discussion to make the pitch that Langley is untouchable.

So arrogant, yet so predictable.

Except that the only “cabal” is the small but very loud group of malcontents who make it their mission in life to hate on Langley - even when nothing about the school affects you one iota. This thread has nothing to do with Langley, yet the usual harpies made sure to drag it into the conversation. Honestly, you’d think you’d have more pressing matters to waste energy on. So arrogant yet so predictable, indeed.