How did Herndon/Westfield HS go from top to bottom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And dranesville signaled that it was fine by voting for her.

Let’s all cry about that.

Unfortunately, the other choices were two other Langley residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Only if you are triggered snowflakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

That’s nice.

I remember the gloating by people emotionally invested in where GF kids go to school about the departure of Janie Strauss and how she wouldn’t be around to “protect” them anymore.

How did that work out? People are still crying about the Langley boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

That’s nice.

I remember the gloating by people emotionally invested in where GF kids go to school about the departure of Janie Strauss and how she wouldn’t be around to “protect” them anymore.

How did that work out? People are still crying about the Langley boundaries.

Not as much as the Langley people are still yelling about them. Constantly.

[Anonymous]

And yet GF is still entirely in the Langley boundary.

Throat drops for them, Kleenex for you, and we all await the election of the next Dranesville rep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It isn't about their behavior. It's mostly about the principle of it all. FCPS is a public school system. FCPS should not be swayed from making any decision based on personal real estate investments, which we all know is what the GF community primarily cares about. The fact that the FCPS school board is in fact influenced by these factors is a shame.

No, we care about our kids going to schools where they won't be ignored because they already speak English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

That’s nice.

I remember the gloating by people emotionally invested in where GF kids go to school about the departure of Janie Strauss and how she wouldn’t be around to “protect” them anymore.

How did that work out? People are still crying about the Langley boundaries.

Not as much as the Langley people are still yelling about them. Constantly.

I’m other words, you still didn’t get the GF kids you wanted.

Better luck next time.

Probably not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

That’s nice.

I remember the gloating by people emotionally invested in where GF kids go to school about the departure of Janie Strauss and how she wouldn’t be around to “protect” them anymore.

How did that work out? People are still crying about the Langley boundaries.

Not as much as the Langley people are still yelling about them. Constantly.

I’m other words, you still didn’t get the GF kids you wanted.

Better luck next time.

Probably not.

No one covets your kids. They might prefer that you, the parents, not be such arrogant twats, but that's clearly a pipe dream.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Langley yelled at her that One Fairfax meant moving GF kids to Herndon and she scrubbed her site within a week to remove any reference to One Fairfax.

Remember, Omeish's interview? She certainly gave Langley parents reason to think that was the point of One Fairfax.

Yes, Omeish was very clear how she felt about rearranging school populations by demographic, down to the percentage of immigrants and native born.

Yes, she’s later admitted that she feels certain situations can’t be properly handled if you are “too white”

Yes, she stalled reopening of schools

Yes, she’s a disaster on the school board.

All true.

She probably won’t even be around the next time boundaries are decided one way or the other.

Fortunately for Langley, it has a designated lapdog in the form of Elaine Tholen looking out after it now.

Unfortunately, her tenure on the School Board likely won't last past December 2023.

I’m looking forward to Elaine going back to Soil and water, where her heart is.

It’s hilarious to me that people went so hard for Elaine that they were smearing Karloutsos (Mobasheri was accurately judged not to be a threat).

The only difference is that if you got the R candidate you would have had another voice speaking for selective, metrics-based school closure and a voice against the “anti Asian motivated” , as admitted by Omeish, TJ admissions change. If you are basing your D vs. R decision in Dranesville on who is going to get GF kids into Herndon, you may as well skip that part of the ballot.

The outcome is the same.

[Anonymous]

Who knew that the only choices next time will be Tholen or Karloutsos, or someone cut from the same cloth?

I guess you have a lot of confidence in your powers of intimidation, if not persuasion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It isn't about their behavior. It's mostly about the principle of it all. FCPS is a public school system. FCPS should not be swayed from making any decision based on personal real estate investments, which we all know is what the GF community primarily cares about. The fact that the FCPS school board is in fact influenced by these factors is a shame.

Of course, they shouldn't. Neither should the SB make a decision to shift kids because the SB does not like the demographics.

The bottom line:
Langley is underenrolled.
Herndon is at capacity.

Why would you move kids for no reason?

You haven’t paid attention to the conversation or completely (and perhaps purposely) obtuse. The reason would be if Herndon students are siphoned off into the new Western HS. Then the Langley kids who are already miles closer to Herndon High than Langley MIGHT shift back (after 30 years) to Herndon. There is a potential domino effect that will rearrange several school boundaries.

Seems that boundaries need to be re-evaluated every 20-30’years as a matter of course in a county wide school system. If the district were small (eg, districts that encompass a town or suburban cities) then change might not be as necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And dranesville signaled that it was fine by voting for her.

Let’s all cry about that.

2/3 of that district are not in Herndon pyramid. They are from the privileged areas of great falls, McLean, etc

[Anonymous]

You haven’t paid attention to the conversation or completely (and perhaps purposely) obtuse. The reason would be if Herndon students are siphoned off into the new Western HS. Then the Langley kids who are already miles closer to Herndon High than Langley MIGHT shift back (after 30 years) to Herndon. There is a potential domino effect that will rearrange several school boundaries.

Seems that boundaries need to be re-evaluated every 20-30’years as a matter of course in a county wide school system. If the district were small (eg, districts that encompass a town or suburban cities) then change might not be as necessary.

You are worried about something that is years away. They don't even have a site yet. And, who knows what things will look like by the time they find one. I'm not obtuse. I've watched boundary discussions for years. I can read maps, too.