When are Herndon Middle and Herndon High going to get a break?!??

[Anonymous]

When two schools are as close together as Langley/McLean, it makes it tough. Does seem like taking some McLean kids would make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who need a visual: look at the Langley boundary map. Now look where Herndon Middle and Herndon High are on the map (hint: super duper close!) and tell me how it makes any sense to bus rich white kids AWAY from their local school and drive them over the Beltway in rush hour to go to Langley.

https://virginia.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,langley%20high,z,22101,t,pb,i,1118962.cfm

Terrible place to have located the school. There's no where to go but north/west. It appears that the buses don't have to get on the beltway, so that is a big plus. I can't see any other options that would work, except to take some from McLean. But, I am not familiar with how those neighborhoods work. Looks like that would make sense, though.

Yes! Could not agree more. Terrible place to have built the school to begin with. I'm actually having a hard time getting over that!

Now, what do we DO with it?? I agree, it's not an easy solution. I like your thinking here... taking some from McLean works, as well as some of the western great falls areas...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who need a visual: look at the Langley boundary map. Now look where Herndon Middle and Herndon High are on the map (hint: super duper close!) and tell me how it makes any sense to bus rich white kids AWAY from their local school and drive them over the Beltway in rush hour to go to Langley.

https://virginia.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,langley%20high,z,22101,t,pb,i,1118962.cfm

Terrible place to have located the school. There's no where to go but north/west. It appears that the buses don't have to get on the beltway, so that is a big plus. I can't see any other options that would work, except to take some from McLean. But, I am not familiar with how those neighborhoods work. Looks like that would make sense, though.

Yes! Could not agree more. Terrible place to have built the school to begin with. I'm actually having a hard time getting over that!

Now, what do we DO with it?? I agree, it's not an easy solution. I like your thinking here... taking some from McLean works, as well as some of the western great falls areas...

I see what you did there...

[Anonymous]

Well, I hope when they finally do a major redistricting that they begin with the schools on the periphery. If they do otherwise, we'll end up with a piecemeal situation.

Seems to me that the Langley boundary, as is, is the most logical--although, since McLean is overcrowded, I would think some of those neighborhoods closest from McLean could be redistricted. But, that might affect elementary schools, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I hope when they finally do a major redistricting that they begin with the schools on the periphery. If they do otherwise, we'll end up with a piecemeal situation.

Seems to me that the Langley boundary, as is, is the most logical--although, since McLean is overcrowded, I would think some of those neighborhoods closest from McLean could be redistricted. But, that might affect elementary schools, etc.

Nope. Redistrict Tysons apartments first and add some diversity to Langley. Those areas are much closer to Langley than the Forestville area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I hope when they finally do a major redistricting that they begin with the schools on the periphery. If they do otherwise, we'll end up with a piecemeal situation.

Seems to me that the Langley boundary, as is, is the most logical--although, since McLean is overcrowded, I would think some of those neighborhoods closest from McLean could be redistricted. But, that might affect elementary schools, etc.

Nope. Redistrict Tysons apartments first and add some diversity to Langley. Those areas are much closer to Langley than the Forestville area.

Where do they go now? Marshall or McLean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I hope when they finally do a major redistricting that they begin with the schools on the periphery. If they do otherwise, we'll end up with a piecemeal situation.

Seems to me that the Langley boundary, as is, is the most logical--although, since McLean is overcrowded, I would think some of those neighborhoods closest from McLean could be redistricted. But, that might affect elementary schools, etc.

Nope. Redistrict Tysons apartments first and add some diversity to Langley. Those areas are much closer to Langley than the Forestville area.

Where do they go now? Marshall or McLean?

Both.

[Anonymous]

If you want to change Herndon MS/HS demographics within the next decade:

Send Forestville to Herndon/Herndon
Send Hutchison to Carson/Westfield
Send McNair to Hughes/South Lakes
Send Forest Edge to Cooper/Langley.

Cooper/Langley could also pick up more of Tysons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want to change Herndon MS/HS demographics within the next decade:

Send Forestville to Herndon/Herndon
Send Hutchison to Carson/Westfield
Send McNair to Hughes/South Lakes
Send Forest Edge to Cooper/Langley.

Cooper/Langley could also pick up more of Tysons.

What is with the change in demographics?
What would this accomplish?
Why are you so angry that you want to create socioeconomic diversity?
So the have not's are humiliated by not having what their piers have?
That is so cruel.

[Anonymous]

That’s long-term. McLean High needs relief now.
Cooper/Langley needs to absorb current overcrowding from Longfellow/McLean. Determine which students currently attending Longfellow/McLean live closest to Cooper/Langley and move them.
There needs to be an immediate solution also due to those enrollment projections. This is so obvious but the School Board is useless.

[Anonymous]

Forest Edge does NOT go to Herndon. It goes to South Lakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to change Herndon MS/HS demographics within the next decade:

Send Forestville to Herndon/Herndon
Send Hutchison to Carson/Westfield
Send McNair to Hughes/South Lakes
Send Forest Edge to Cooper/Langley.

Cooper/Langley could also pick up more of Tysons.

What is with the change in demographics?
What would this accomplish?
Why are you so angry that you want to create socioeconomic diversity?
So the have not's are humiliated by not having what their piers have?
That is so cruel.

Forestville kids would attend schools closer to their homes; FCPS would send a message that it doesn’t want to see poverty concentrated at a handful of schools like Herndon; and Forest Edge is closer to Langley than Forestville.

No anger - just a commitment to One Fairfax. If you think One Great Falls > One Fairfax, maybe GF should become its own county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to change Herndon MS/HS demographics within the next decade:

Send Forestville to Herndon/Herndon
Send Hutchison to Carson/Westfield
Send McNair to Hughes/South Lakes
Send Forest Edge to Cooper/Langley.

Cooper/Langley could also pick up more of Tysons.

What is with the change in demographics?
What would this accomplish?
Why are you so angry that you want to create socioeconomic diversity?
So the have not's are humiliated by not having what their piers have?
That is so cruel.

Why are you so afraid that you want to avoid socioeconomic diversity?
So the haves can sit back and distance themselves from changes affecting the rest of the county?
That is so arrogant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want to change Herndon MS/HS demographics within the next decade:

Send Forestville to Herndon/Herndon
Send Hutchison to Carson/Westfield
Send McNair to Hughes/South Lakes
Send Forest Edge to Cooper/Langley.

Cooper/Langley could also pick up more of Tysons.

1. Many Hutchison kids are walking distance to Herndon Middle. Why would you want to put them on a bus?
2. Forest Edge is about half the size of McNair--which would really up the membership at South Lakes which is already overcrowded.
3. Forestville is a smaller elementary school than Herndon--so this would leave Herndon underenrolled.
4. Langley would still be underenrolled.

PP wants to disrupt families all over west Fairfax in order to change Herndon's demos. In the process, Westfield's demographics would be exchanged for Herndon's.

Who does this help?

Does PP realize how difficult it is for families to go through this.

Herndon has a cohort of active, engaged students. It's not like there is only a handful. Why does PP feel so strongly about this?

Forestville families are happy with Langley and want to stay there. I don't think any of these other neighborhoods will wish to change schools and have a longer bus ride. Why should they?
I can see sending McLean kids to Langley to resolve the underenrollment. They are pretty close.

[Anonymous]

So, Forest Edge would triple its commute. Why? for One Fairfax?