FCPS comprehensive boundary review

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

DP. What are you babbling about? Of course, Forestville is part of the Langley community. My kids don't even go there (they go to another Langley feeder elementary school), but duh.

Forestville is now a feeder ES to Langley. They might become a feeder to Herndon.
I have friends that sent their kids to private k-12 that have a Herndon address, but are zoned for Langley. Their “community” is centered around Herndon and Reston. That is where they go to the post office, do their banking, go to church, shopping. Their kids had jobs in that area as well. I find it odd to only base your “community” around where your kids go to school.

I find it "odd" that you're basing your ASSumptions about a community in which you don't live on the experiences of one of your friends. Who cares? A better question might be - why do YOU care where these kids go to school and exactly how does it affect YOU?

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

DP. What are you babbling about? Of course, Forestville is part of the Langley community. My kids don't even go there (they go to another Langley feeder elementary school), but duh.

Forestville is now a feeder ES to Langley. They might become a feeder to Herndon.
I have friends that sent their kids to private k-12 that have a Herndon address, but are zoned for Langley. Their “community” is centered around Herndon and Reston. That is where they go to the post office, do their banking, go to church, shopping. Their kids had jobs in that area as well. I find it odd to only base your “community” around where your kids go to school.

I too am curious how many Great Falls residents spend their time outside of school around Langley, i.e., central McLean (as opposed to Herndon and Reston). We live near McLean Central Park and our son goes to Langley, and the parents we know out in Great Falls say it is “inconvenient” meet us for lunch/brunch around McLean central or Tysons. We find ourselves driving out to Reston to meet them.

I'm a GF resident and we take turns meeting our friends in McLean. Sometimes we go there, sometimes we meet in Great Falls Village, other times we meet up in Tysons, Reston or Vienna. Surely you don't have a self-imposed radius of McLean, beyond which you never venture?

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

The people pushing for boundary changes are very intent on moving other people's kids around. They don't seem to grasp that perhaps it will be *their* kids who are moved to different schools. It's interesting observing this obsessive behavior.

The one poster who most regularly displays this behavior appears to be a Forestville parent.

Oh, please. We can all read. It's clear the arrogant posters who think they have the right to move other people's kids don't even have kids in the Langley pyramid. OTC, they're twisting themselves into pretzels to justify moving kids who aren't even theirs. It's pretty jaw-dropping.

I’ve been reading the thread and what’s jaw-dropping are the Langley posters who won’t shut up about where they think kids in other pyramids should go. It’s a combination of trying to get other people as agitated as you all apparently are and trying to arrange the deck chairs so that other people’s kids are moved instead. Either way, it’s tiresome and obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

DP. What are you babbling about? Of course, Forestville is part of the Langley community. My kids don't even go there (they go to another Langley feeder elementary school), but duh.

Forestville is now a feeder ES to Langley. They might become a feeder to Herndon.
I have friends that sent their kids to private k-12 that have a Herndon address, but are zoned for Langley. Their “community” is centered around Herndon and Reston. That is where they go to the post office, do their banking, go to church, shopping. Their kids had jobs in that area as well. I find it odd to only base your “community” around where your kids go to school.

I too am curious how many Great Falls residents spend their time outside of school around Langley, i.e., central McLean (as opposed to Herndon and Reston). We live near McLean Central Park and our son goes to Langley, and the parents we know out in Great Falls say it is “inconvenient” meet us for lunch/brunch around McLean central or Tysons. We find ourselves driving out to Reston to meet them.

I'm a GF resident and we take turns meeting our friends in McLean. Sometimes we go there, sometimes we meet in Great Falls Village, other times we meet up in Tysons, Reston or Vienna. Surely you don't have a self-imposed radius of McLean, beyond which you never venture?

Same poster as above. We don’t have a self imposed radius. I guess I’m saying that Langley doesn’t have the same community feel I grew up with around Yorktown HS in Arlington, with everyone living within 3-5 min drive. That aside, I feel the academics are great, which is why we moved here in the first place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

The people pushing for boundary changes are very intent on moving other people's kids around. They don't seem to grasp that perhaps it will be *their* kids who are moved to different schools. It's interesting observing this obsessive behavior.

The one poster who most regularly displays this behavior appears to be a Forestville parent.

Oh, please. We can all read. It's clear the arrogant posters who think they have the right to move other people's kids don't even have kids in the Langley pyramid. OTC, they're twisting themselves into pretzels to justify moving kids who aren't even theirs. It's pretty jaw-dropping.

I’ve been reading the thread and what’s jaw-dropping are the Langley posters who won’t shut up about where they think kids in other pyramids should go. It’s a combination of trying to get other people as agitated as you all apparently are and trying to arrange the deck chairs so that other people’s kids are moved instead. Either way, it’s tiresome and obnoxious.

Not that you are judge or jury, but very convenient that you ignore the other poster pushing to move kids in the name of soaking a zip code.

I’m sure you have no agenda 🙄

We’ll see where the SB lands on this, but it’ll be very fascinating to see the proponents go ballistic when they realize the culmination of these efforts. Don’t say that you weren’t warned.

[Anonymous]

Its interesting that of all the many many neighborhoods in the county. By far the angriest and loudest are the Herndon area parents zoned to Langley.

Herndon HS is fine. Its mid as far as FCPS schools go. Not the best, not the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:Its interesting that of all the many many neighborhoods in the county. By far the angriest and loudest are the Herndon area parents zoned to Langley.

Herndon HS is fine. Its mid as far as FCPS schools go. Not the best, not the worst.

When someone has had the "best" school for their kids--and Langley is the richest school--equality with what everyone else is getting --feels like injustice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

Great to hear that centreville and chantilly are good with while elementary school moves! That’ll be what’s required to alleviate overcrowding at the schools.

Moving the Brookfield kids to Stone MS and Westfields HS would make sense.

Same for Lee's Corner, who should go to Franklin MS and then onto Westfields.

I don't see how they eliminate split MS feeders entirely.

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

Great to hear that centreville and chantilly are good with while elementary school moves! That’ll be what’s required to alleviate overcrowding at the schools.

Moving the Brookfield kids to Stone MS and Westfields HS would make sense.

Same for Lee's Corner, who should go to Franklin MS and then onto Westfields.

I don't see how they eliminate split MS feeders entirely.

Brookfield kids are walkers to both Rocky Run and Chantilly HS. You really think they are going to move them to Stone and Westfield??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its interesting that of all the many many neighborhoods in the county. By far the angriest and loudest are the Herndon area parents zoned to Langley.

Herndon HS is fine. Its mid as far as FCPS schools go. Not the best, not the worst.

When someone has had the "best" school for their kids--and Langley is the richest school--equality with what everyone else is getting --feels like injustice.

I truly think it’s the financial loss that’s driving this. Parents of current high schoolers paid a higher price to live in the Langley pyramid. We personally looked at a small house on something like Otterback Rd (?), but chose to live in a different pyramid because we didn’t want to worry about getting redistricted. The families who live in that area took the financial gamble. They stand to lose tens if not hundreds of thousands if they get redistricted. This isn’t about not liking your Herndon kids—it’s about their wallet.

[Anonymous]

If you don't know the correct name of the school, you are disqualified from suggesting changes to its boundaries.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't know the correct name of the school, you are disqualified from suggesting changes to its boundaries.

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

Great to hear that centreville and chantilly are good with while elementary school moves! That’ll be what’s required to alleviate overcrowding at the schools.

Moving the Brookfield kids to Stone MS and Westfields HS would make sense.

Same for Lee's Corner, who should go to Franklin MS and then onto Westfields.

I don't see how they eliminate split MS feeders entirely.

Westfield is full with over 2700 students. Who are you moving out?

Let me guess--you want to fill up all the open seats at Herndon by moving Westfield kids to Herndon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

Great to hear that centreville and chantilly are good with while elementary school moves! That’ll be what’s required to alleviate overcrowding at the schools.

Moving the Brookfield kids to Stone MS and Westfields HS would make sense.

Same for Lee's Corner, who should go to Franklin MS and then onto Westfields.

I don't see how they eliminate split MS feeders entirely.

Brookfield kids are walkers to both Rocky Run and Chantilly HS. You really think they are going to move them to Stone and Westfield??

Rocky Run is one of the best middle schools and Stone is...not. No one is agreeing to that without a fight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’d keep a certain group of people happy if they moved Chantilly kids to Westfield, and then Westfield to Herndon.

I see this happening before they touch Langley.

Chantilly parents will throw a fit over being moved to Westfield, generally seen as an inferior school.

Chantilly parents don't mind sending their kids to an overcrowded school. They love their school!!

Forestville loves our community schools too, so what’s your point. People pushing for boundary changes don’t care about these students.

Changing the school an ES matriculates to doesn't change the community of that school. Unless you're trying to say that Forestville is part of the Langley community, which is like, Elastigirl levels of stretching, didn't think that was possible in real life.

Great to hear that centreville and chantilly are good with while elementary school moves! That’ll be what’s required to alleviate overcrowding at the schools.

Moving the Brookfield kids to Stone MS and Westfields HS would make sense.

Same for Lee's Corner, who should go to Franklin MS and then onto Westfields.

I don't see how they eliminate split MS feeders entirely.

Brookfield kids are walkers to both Rocky Run and Chantilly HS. You really think they are going to move them to Stone and Westfield??

Yeah, Brooksfield may be closest to Westfield of the Chantilly schools, but it’s very close to Chantilly. Oak Hill is the most obvious as it’s about 15-20 minutes to either Westfield or Chantilly.

I can also see them reworking Greenbriar West and Poplar Tree’s boundaries so the northern half all goes to Greenbriar and the southern half to Poplar, which would make it easier to align with Centreville after the expansion. I don’t think Liberty could handle being a 3000 seat high school feeder, especially if they try to untangle out of pyramid AAP feeders. Centreville already sends 125 students to Rocky Run. May as well throw in another split feeder!

For the middle schools, at best they could make those schools into dual split feeders rather than tri-split feeders.