McLean to Explore Separating from FC & FCPS

[Anonymous]

Yep and GF would help with the expenses.

[Anonymous]

This is the best news ever. We moved to mclean for their schools last year. I feel like Langley gets crapped on constantly. Cooper MS can’t get its renovation started. McLean High is neglected. I’m not sure what the tax distribution is in FCPS but McLean deserves better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. More segregation. But this time, let’s make it official.

For a long time, I felt like there was valor in having a big county-wide system that spread the money around. But it's become fairly obvious that FCPS is just too big to administer fairly or efficiently The amount of time that it takes to get common-sense things done, if ever, in FCPS now is just flat-out absurd.

Sign me up.

[Anonymous]

I live in McLean and I love this idea!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean and I love this idea!

lol

[Anonymous]

One reason this may be seriously explored is because there are a bunch of MCA types in favor of it. MCA's reputation has been of a bunch of mostly older McLean residents who are classic NIMBY, anti-tax types, so if they are willing to pay higher taxes to exit the county there will probably be many others in the area along for the ride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. More segregation. But this time, let’s make it official.

For a long time, I felt like there was valor in having a big county-wide system that spread the money around. But it's become fairly obvious that FCPS is just too big to administer fairly or efficiently The amount of time that it takes to get common-sense things done, if ever, in FCPS now is just flat-out absurd.

Sign me up.

No, your first thought was the right one. Everyone who has come here from the small-and-segregated school districts know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would this work? Would McLean be able to just take over the FCPS school buildings in McLean?

Did FCPS know this was coming and this is the real reason why McLean schools have been so neglected?

I wonder this too. Seems very complex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean and I love this idea!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. More segregation. But this time, let’s make it official.

Mclean is extremely diverse, just not the right kind for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One reason this may be seriously explored is because there are a bunch of MCA types in favor of it. MCA's reputation has been of a bunch of mostly older McLean residents who are classic NIMBY, anti-tax types, so if they are willing to pay higher taxes to exit the county there will probably be many others in the area along for the ride.

What is MCA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in McLean and I love this idea!

+1000

I love love love this idea as well. Beyond frustrated with this incompetent school board.

I have always thought it was ridiculous to have our entire school pyramid closed for snow when streets have been cleared because some streets in god knows where western Fairfax still has some snow that hasn’t been shoveled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. More segregation. But this time, let’s make it official.

The rest of FCPS seems to be always complaining about mclean. We can be out of your hair now. We will take our tax dollars elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think McLean should do it.

Same!

+2 and we would seriously consider moving to McLean if they pulled that off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would this work? Would McLean be able to just take over the FCPS school buildings in McLean?

Did FCPS know this was coming and this is the real reason why McLean schools have been so neglected?

I wonder this too. Seems very complex.

I don't think FCPS knew this was coming. If the county had known this was coming, they'd have worked harder to placate McLean-area residents in recent years.

It is a very complex process, but the impediment has been a state moratorium on the creation of new cities in VA due to expire in 2024. The legislature could always renew the moratorium. But McLean also has a lot of smart people with money who can pay lobbyists and attorneys well versed in local government law.