School Boundary changes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd rather see housing policy that supported better integrated neighborhoods with greater SES variation vs. trying to solve things at the school level through busing or grossly gerrymandered boundaries. It would take decades, but that's the best solution to segregated schools and avoiding concentrated poverty.

The same people who come up with all the arguments as to why Langley could never be economically diverse given its location are the same ones controlling the community groups (MCA and GFCA) that fight tooth-and-nail against any type of upzoning in their communities. John Foust loves affordable housing, as long as it's in Herndon, Reston, and Tysons, not McLean or Great Falls.

So vote him out and put in a Republican then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When schools increase in diversity, it benefits every single child in that school.

Completely incorrect.

+100000, it often benefits no one.

I’m getting a good feel now for the mindset that made sure no apartments ended up at Langley.

Elaine Tholen must be so proud that her biggest fans think diversity is bad.

DP.
I have no problem with diversity. Langley is an incredibly diverse school, but no one wants to acknowledge that because apparently it’s not the “right” kind of diversity. I *do* have a problem with the social engineering that many of you would love to make happen. Sorry, when you have to bus kids in in order to fulfill certain “diversity” requirements, there is a big problem. Not interested in being a part of your bizarre fantasies.

There are kids being bussed 14.5 miles to Langley. Surely that is its own form of "social engineering"?

The boundary was changed back in 1998 when Herndon was overcrowded and Langley had space, both white, middle/upper middle class schools.

It was made for capacity reasons.

Ostensibly. You can look at the areas zoned for Langley, whether within a few miles of the school or 14 miles away. The more diverse neighborhoods always end up zoned elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather see housing policy that supported better integrated neighborhoods with greater SES variation vs. trying to solve things at the school level through busing or grossly gerrymandered boundaries. It would take decades, but that's the best solution to segregated schools and avoiding concentrated poverty.

The same people who come up with all the arguments as to why Langley could never be economically diverse given its location are the same ones controlling the community groups (MCA and GFCA) that fight tooth-and-nail against any type of upzoning in their communities. John Foust loves affordable housing, as long as it's in Herndon, Reston, and Tysons, not McLean or Great Falls.

So vote him out and put in a Republican then.

Or, alternatively, vote in a Democrat who isn't a hypocrite. Are there any?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When schools increase in diversity, it benefits every single child in that school.

Completely incorrect.

All schools in Fairfax County are diverse anyway.

Absolutely. Langley has a decent population of both big law AND lobbyist families. I even heard there are some children of corporate EVPs. A true melting pot.

Jesus F Christ every damn thing does not need to be about Langley!

when 35% of kids in the county qualify for FARMs and 2% of Langley kids qualify - yes.

There is little that can be done to change that. New boundaries might increase the number of FARMs kids by a bit but it is not going to be that much.

I can understand why Herndon High School would love to have kids who attend Langley at HHS. Those kids are more likely to be motivated to do well in school, take more Honors and AP classes, and have better test scores.

Leave HHS out of this. You are OBSESSED. HHS is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When schools increase in diversity, it benefits every single child in that school.

Completely incorrect.

+100000, it often benefits no one.

I’m getting a good feel now for the mindset that made sure no apartments ended up at Langley.

Elaine Tholen must be so proud that her biggest fans think diversity is bad.

DP.
I have no problem with diversity. Langley is an incredibly diverse school, but no one wants to acknowledge that because apparently it’s not the “right” kind of diversity. I *do* have a problem with the social engineering that many of you would love to make happen. Sorry, when you have to bus kids in in order to fulfill certain “diversity” requirements, there is a big problem. Not interested in being a part of your bizarre fantasies.

There are kids being bussed 14.5 miles to Langley. Surely that is its own form of "social engineering"?

So you’d prefer they attend the closet school - WHICH IS OVERCROWDED? Please explain how this would help HHS. We’ll wait.

Herndon is being expanded to 2500 seats and had an enrollment under 2200 for most of last year. Seems like there's space, or will be soon (and that doesn't take into account the additional seats that might open up later at HHS if a new school is built).

Perhaps you've seen the writing on the wall, and don't like it. Good luck with your next effort to replace the entire School Board.

I don't care one way or the other if anyone is redistricted to Herndon or not. It wouldn't affect me, either way. The fact is, however, that it's extremely unlikely and this constant beating the drum about a very unlikely prospect, years away, makes you look... unstable, to say the least.

[Anonymous]

so 10 pages and all I'm certain of is that no one on the board has the political will or inclination to every touch boundaries outside of minimal adjustments to account for over crowding

[Anonymous]

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From what I can tell, the disruption always falls on someone else's shoulders, never Langley.

Even our SB is not going to let Langley's enrollment go down that much. It's already pretty low.

Link? With some prior McLean neighborhoods now attending, plus the new development on Rt. 7/Towlston, there is no way Langley's enrollment is "low."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather see housing policy that supported better integrated neighborhoods with greater SES variation vs. trying to solve things at the school level through busing or grossly gerrymandered boundaries. It would take decades, but that's the best solution to segregated schools and avoiding concentrated poverty.

The same people who come up with all the arguments as to why Langley could never be economically diverse given its location are the same ones controlling the community groups (MCA and GFCA) that fight tooth-and-nail against any type of upzoning in their communities. John Foust loves affordable housing, as long as it's in Herndon, Reston, and Tysons, not McLean or Great Falls.

So vote him out and put in a Republican then.

Exactly this. The whiner above no doubt votes for Democrats who in turn vote for policies that allow up-zoning, multiple families per house, etc. Maybe some introspection is in order.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather see housing policy that supported better integrated neighborhoods with greater SES variation vs. trying to solve things at the school level through busing or grossly gerrymandered boundaries. It would take decades, but that's the best solution to segregated schools and avoiding concentrated poverty.

The same people who come up with all the arguments as to why Langley could never be economically diverse given its location are the same ones controlling the community groups (MCA and GFCA) that fight tooth-and-nail against any type of upzoning in their communities. John Foust loves affordable housing, as long as it's in Herndon, Reston, and Tysons, not McLean or Great Falls.

So vote him out and put in a Republican then.

Or, alternatively, vote in a Democrat who isn't a hypocrite. Are there any?

No. This entire thread is full of hypocritical Democrats.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

From what I can tell, the disruption always falls on someone else's shoulders, never Langley.

Even our SB is not going to let Langley's enrollment go down that much. It's already pretty low.

Link? With some prior McLean neighborhoods now attending, plus the new development on Rt. 7/Towlston, there is no way Langley's enrollment is "low."

How many kids went from McLean? Langley's enrollment was under 2000 last year. I'm guessing that with people going to private because of COVID, it could be lower this year (not counting the new kids) I'm not familiar with the area--how large is the new development and is it multi-family or single family?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what boundaries are being considered for change?

Assuming NOT Langley since they just had a boundary adjustment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what boundaries are being considered for change?

Assuming NOT Langley since they just had a boundary adjustment.

The school is years out. They don't even have a site yet.

[Anonymous]

The tj changes could increase demand for Langley.

[Anonymous]

Why do people insist on looking only at the status of current schools without consideration to where future growth will be? The newest HS school is at least 7-10 years from being a reality. Major growth expected along Rte 1, in the areas around Tysons and Herndon. The projections should have a significant impact on the boundaries. If that is not factored into the criteria, FCPS are even bigger fools than I thought. People on the edges of school pyramids should prepare for the POSSIBILITY of change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When schools increase in diversity, it benefits every single child in that school.

Completely incorrect.

+100000, it often benefits no one.

I’m getting a good feel now for the mindset that made sure no apartments ended up at Langley.

Elaine Tholen must be so proud that her biggest fans think diversity is bad.

DP.
I have no problem with diversity. Langley is an incredibly diverse school, but no one wants to acknowledge that because apparently it’s not the “right” kind of diversity. I *do* have a problem with the social engineering that many of you would love to make happen. Sorry, when you have to bus kids in in order to fulfill certain “diversity” requirements, there is a big problem. Not interested in being a part of your bizarre fantasies.

There are kids being bussed 14.5 miles to Langley. Surely that is its own form of "social engineering"?

So you’d prefer they attend the closet school - WHICH IS OVERCROWDED? Please explain how this would help HHS. We’ll wait.

Herndon is being expanded to 2500 seats and had an enrollment under 2200 for most of last year. Seems like there's space, or will be soon (and that doesn't take into account the additional seats that might open up later at HHS if a new school is built).

Perhaps you've seen the writing on the wall, and don't like it. Good luck with your next effort to replace the entire School Board.

I don't care one way or the other if anyone is redistricted to Herndon or not. It wouldn't affect me, either way. The fact is, however, that it's extremely unlikely and this constant beating the drum about a very unlikely prospect, years away, makes you look... unstable, to say the least.

And yet you keep posting, constantly.

It doesn't merely border on the pathological to keep predicting the outcome of things you don't control, as if you had a crystal ball. Rather, it betrays some deep, and very obvious, insecurity on your part.