Langley vs McLean vs Madison

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Gotta love the sb shill talking point that anyone within walking distance (<5% of all FCPS houses) are safe from redistricting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

What complaints from Herndon parents? The complaints are from neurotic Langley parents worried about getting redistricted and wanting everyone else to be equally concerned, even if they are within walking distance to a school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

What complaints from Herndon parents? The complaints are from neurotic Langley parents worried about getting redistricted and wanting everyone else to be equally concerned, even if they are within walking distance to a school.

+1
The families that live within walking distance to Herndon High love Herndon - great neighborhoods and great community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

What complaints from Herndon parents? The complaints are from neurotic Langley parents worried about getting redistricted and wanting everyone else to be equally concerned, even if they are within walking distance to a school.

+1
The families that live within walking distance to Herndon High love Herndon - great neighborhoods and great community.

DP.

We totally believe you both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

You'd have to be a very creative line drawer to give Langley anything but a marginal FARMS rate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the boundaries changing, people moving in and out of the area, new housing developments and god knows what else, I don't think you can have any degree of certainty this far out from when your children will actually enroll.

Maybe, but it would be reasonably safe to make assumptions if you bought a house within walking distance to one of the high schools.

Sure, they can guarantee the building, but nothing else.

See the complaints from Herndon High zoned parents who bought in late nineties/early 2000s and what they expected it would be like when their children enrolled 10+ years later vs. what they actually got when the time came.

What complaints from Herndon parents? The complaints are from neurotic Langley parents worried about getting redistricted and wanting everyone else to be equally concerned, even if they are within walking distance to a school.

Complaints on this very board in 2018-19.

Complaints that they bought a nice house in a nice neighborhood zoned to a solid high school that in their view, became not-so-solid when their kids were ready for high school.

They were responding to a very unsympathetic (maybe Langley, it's been awhile so I don't remember exactly) poster who told them not to complain because they knew what they were getting into when they bought in the pyramid. Obviously, they were correct. They didn't have a crystal ball to see into the future when they closed on their houses.

[Anonymous]

My kids had terrific experiences at Cooper and Langley. Drugs and fights are at all schools, although my kids never really saw any fights.

[Anonymous]

Avoid Madison.

[Anonymous]

Madison is all about sports. Avoid if your child is not an athlete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Madison.

What's wrong with Madison? genuinely asking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Longfellow/McLean has long had more of an academically-focused reputation vs Langley and Madison. If you look through the forums, drugs are a problem at private schools too, even the big 3. The increase in fights and other behavioral problems are generally post-pandemic related, and that has been the case at all schools.

You’d probably feel most comfortable at McLean. But if your kids already have a good, academically-focused friend group, maybe stay at Cooper/Langley. Talk with more of your neighbors and reach out to the PTA.

What? I have no idea where you got this. Such a bizarre claim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Longfellow/McLean has long had more of an academically-focused reputation vs Langley and Madison. If you look through the forums, drugs are a problem at private schools too, even the big 3. The increase in fights and other behavioral problems are generally post-pandemic related, and that has been the case at all schools.

You’d probably feel most comfortable at McLean. But if your kids already have a good, academically-focused friend group, maybe stay at Cooper/Langley. Talk with more of your neighbors and reach out to the PTA.

What? I have no idea where you got this. Such a bizarre claim.

DP, but Longfellow historically has been a big TJ feeder and in recent years McLean has racked up It’s Academic and Scholastic Bowl victories. Its student publications also win a lot of awards for excellence.

I expect those are the types of things OP had in mind. Calm down, Langley Mom (note that the poster to whom you’re responding said OP might want to stay at Cooper/Langley).

[Anonymous]

^ PP not OP.