School Boundaries and "One Fairfax"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

I thought Herndon was projected to be at 105% once Reno is over?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

I thought Herndon was projected to be at 105% once Reno is over?

It is but the only way to keep the Langley families agitated is to convince them the School Board wants to, and easily can, move them to Herndon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

How does Karen Corbett-Sanders justify the West Potomac expansion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

How does Karen Corbett-Sanders justify the West Potomac expansion?

Read the thread. PP explained that the expansions rationale across the county pretty clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

How does Karen Corbett-Sanders justify the West Potomac expansion?

Corbett Sanders has never explained why an expansion at West Potomac is needed, why it should take priority over expansions of other schools, given all the extra seats at Mount Vernon, or how not exploring a boundary change between West Potomac and Mount Vernon is consistent with One Fairfax.

She can't be taken seriously when she talks about the need to make decisions through an "equity-based lens." Mount Vernon's decline will only accelerate with her as the district's representative.

[Anonymous]

Good luck, Fairfax. We went through that in Loudoun and it was a mess. I left the process thinking that the money really does rule the day. Langley parents will have no problems. Trust me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

I thought Herndon was projected to be at 105% once Reno is over?

It is but the only way to keep the Langley families agitated is to convince them the School Board wants to, and easily can, move them to Herndon.

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Theoretically the school board can easily finalize new boundaries. If prior posts are to be believed, a plan exists to get all the high schools at no more than 110% capacity (if I recall correctly). One Fairfax, at least according to some interpretations, moves socio-economic diversity higher on the list of factors to consider in a re-draw.

Practically speaking, if boundaries are drawn in a way that many people are unhappy with, some people (higher percentages in some areas) will pursue various alternatives and there will be a new set of issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

How does Karen Corbett-Sanders justify the West Potomac expansion?

Read the thread. PP explained that the expansions rationale across the county pretty clearly.

I did see it mentioned that there is less resistance to expanding schools instead of changing boundaries, but I think Corbett-Sanders has been one of the leaders of the One Fairfax movement. Her action, expanding West Potomac while there is space at Mt. Vernon, flies in the face of One Fairfax and is very hypocritical. She is a JOKE, but then again so is the entire Board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

How does Karen Corbett-Sanders justify the West Potomac expansion?

Read the thread. PP explained that the expansions rationale across the county pretty clearly.

I did see it mentioned that there is less resistance to expanding schools instead of changing boundaries, but I think Corbett-Sanders has been one of the leaders of the One Fairfax movement. Her action, expanding West Potomac while there is space at Mt. Vernon, flies in the face of One Fairfax and is very hypocritical. She is a JOKE, but then again so is the entire Board.

Yep. She’s awful. If she had any integrity she’d insist that the proposal to expand West Potomac be put on hold until there’s been an analysis of how to save money by taking advantage of the available capacity within FCPS. The fact that the Dems made her School Board Chair shows how lacking in principle they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

NP here.

I actually love spreadsheets. I love data. I would love to see numbers.

Personally, I think that a lot of parents think that they are making their kids education great in their homogenous schools. But study after study shows diversity increases brain activity and creativity.

So show the numbers. Or point us to the data. It’s better than all of the other hot air here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a few years when Langley will be overenrolled because they moved McLean kids to Langley, and Herndon will be underenrolled due the renovations they are planning. This is all silly to argue about now.

Insider here. Not true, though they probably should move McLean and Marshall feeders to Langley. Herndon will look a lot like Justice. When you look at elementary projections, the schools even with an addition will likely be a few hundred over capacity (and we are talking about 2,600 kids here at capacity).

I am giving up on this thread. People want to complain and dicker about Langley but the problem is much bigger. It's not as bad as Arlington (though I work with people who worked there and had horror stories), but if that is what people want, there isn't much for someone like me who works in a cubicle analyzing population data and putting them into spreadsheets is going to do to convince you all that you're short sighted, you're wrong and you are probably hurting your own children because these huge schools, while they provide some benefits) are problematic on many levels.

Continue fighting about nonsense...

NP here.

I actually love spreadsheets. I love data. I would love to see numbers.

Personally, I think that a lot of parents think that they are making their kids education great in their homogenous schools. But study after study shows diversity increases brain activity and creativity.

So show the numbers. Or point us to the data. It’s better than all of the other hot air here.

What are these “homogeneous schools” of which you speak? Sick of people who use terms like “lily white” and “homogeneous”’to describe schools that are 35% or more minority. In five years FCPS likely will only have two majority-white high schools left: Langley and Madison. Must all our energy be focused on making sure they have fewer white kids when there are 23 other high/secondary schools in the county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

NP here.

I actually love spreadsheets. I love data. I would love to see numbers.

Personally, I think that a lot of parents think that they are making their kids education great in their homogenous schools. But study after study shows diversity increases brain activity and creativity.

So show the numbers. Or point us to the data. It’s better than all of the other hot air here.

What are these “homogeneous schools” of which you speak? Sick of people who use terms like “lily white” and “homogeneous”’to describe schools that are 35% or more minority. In five years FCPS likely will only have two majority-white high schools left: Langley and Madison. Must all our energy be focused on making sure they have fewer white kids when there are 23 other high/secondary schools in the county?

Apparently so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

NP here.

I actually love spreadsheets. I love data. I would love to see numbers.

Personally, I think that a lot of parents think that they are making their kids education great in their homogenous schools. But study after study shows diversity increases brain activity and creativity.

So show the numbers. Or point us to the data. It’s better than all of the other hot air here.

What are these “homogeneous schools” of which you speak? Sick of people who use terms like “lily white” and “homogeneous”’to describe schools that are 35% or more minority. In five years FCPS likely will only have two majority-white high schools left: Langley and Madison. Must all our energy be focused on making sure they have fewer white kids when there are 23 other high/secondary schools in the county?



Apple so.

[Anonymous]

They should be focusing on preservation of the crown jewel schools not decimation. Keep Langley great, fix over crowding in McLean, expand and renovate McLean. Those in the poor schools don't have issues being in trailers and old run down facilities, they are lucky to learn English, get free food and day-care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should be focusing on preservation of the crown jewel schools not decimation. Keep Langley great, fix over crowding in McLean, expand and renovate McLean. Those in the poor schools don't have issues being in trailers and old run down facilities, they are lucky to learn English, get free food and day-care.

Please stop trolling.

Even if we were all callous enough not to care about recent immigrants, illegal or not, all of those schools also have American children in them.