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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

WTF?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you’ve done all that and still don’t understand, you are obtuse.

Also, as you must know, the western high school is way overdue and other parts of the county need rebalancing. If some schools in the same district are so fundamentally different in quality that the Richie Riches can’t hold their noses and go to any other school in the district there is a bigger fundamental problem than school capacities.

I’m a Herndon parent, and I’m fine keeping the a$$holes from Langley where they are. They’re too provincial and stupid to function in the real world anyway. They can keep their Macauliff and Youngkin types in their walled pyramid as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you’ve done all that and still don’t understand, you are obtuse.

Also, as you must know, the western high school is way overdue and other parts of the county need rebalancing. If some schools in the same district are so fundamentally different in quality that the Richie Riches can’t hold their noses and go to any other school in the district there is a bigger fundamental problem than school capacities.

I’m a Herndon parent, and I’m fine keeping the a$$holes from Langley where they are. They’re too provincial and stupid to function in the real world anyway. They can keep their Macauliff and Youngkin types in their walled pyramid as well.

X1000.

But you have to admire the chutzpah of the Langley folks telling you that a new high school is years away, while signaling that they will continue to do everything in their power over the coming years to disrupt the normal processes - whether it's building a new school in western Fairfax or rebalancing elsewhere - to make sure they get their way.

[Anonymous]

X1000.

But you have to admire the chutzpah of the Langley folks telling you that a new high school is years away, while signaling that they will continue to do everything in their power over the coming years to disrupt the normal processes - whether it's building a new school in western Fairfax or rebalancing elsewhere - to make sure they get their way.

Wrong. i posted that it is years away. That is true. I am a western Fairfax parent, not Langley. It bothers me that Herndon parent seems to want the new school in Herndon so it can justify getting Great Falls into Herndon.

Herndon does not need the relief. Chantilly and Centreville need the relief. It does not make sense to play dominos when those are the schools that are in need.

But, as I said, it is years away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

X1000.

But you have to admire the chutzpah of the Langley folks telling you that a new high school is years away, while signaling that they will continue to do everything in their power over the coming years to disrupt the normal processes - whether it's building a new school in western Fairfax or rebalancing elsewhere - to make sure they get their way.

Wrong. i posted that it is years away. That is true. I am a western Fairfax parent, not Langley. It bothers me that Herndon parent seems to want the new school in Herndon so it can justify getting Great Falls into Herndon.

Herndon does not need the relief. Chantilly and Centreville need the relief. It does not make sense to play dominos when those are the schools that are in need.

But, as I said, it is years away.

It makes sense if that's where they can find the land and need the capacity.

[Anonymous]

We don't need to move Langley kids to Herndon, what should happen is move Herndon kids to Langley. It solves the under enrollment problem and the diversity problem at Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

X1000.

But you have to admire the chutzpah of the Langley folks telling you that a new high school is years away, while signaling that they will continue to do everything in their power over the coming years to disrupt the normal processes - whether it's building a new school in western Fairfax or rebalancing elsewhere - to make sure they get their way.

Wrong. i posted that it is years away. That is true. I am a western Fairfax parent, not Langley. It bothers me that Herndon parent seems to want the new school in Herndon so it can justify getting Great Falls into Herndon.

Herndon does not need the relief. Chantilly and Centreville need the relief. It does not make sense to play dominos when those are the schools that are in need.

But, as I said, it is years away.

What planet are you texting from? Herndon parents don’t care whether there is or isn’t a western school no matter how many times you want to prattle on about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to move Langley kids to Herndon, what should happen is move Herndon kids to Langley. It solves the under enrollment problem and the diversity problem at Langley.

OMG. LMAO. Langley would be lucky to get Herndon kids, but we wouldn’t want to send our kids there. What would they gain? Classes in underwater basket weaving? I think thoughthey may call it Oceanography closer to the Potomac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

WTF?!

I met someone who pulled their child for this very reason. But, that was elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to move Langley kids to Herndon, what should happen is move Herndon kids to Langley. It solves the under enrollment problem and the diversity problem at Langley.

Some Herndon residents did ask the school board to move them to Langley during the last boundary discussion. They were denied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If you’ve done all that and still don’t understand, you are obtuse.

Also, as you must know, the western high school is way overdue and other parts of the county need rebalancing. If some schools in the same district are so fundamentally different in quality that the Richie Riches can’t hold their noses and go to any other school in the district there is a bigger fundamental problem than school capacities.

I’m a Herndon parent, and I’m fine keeping the a$$holes from Langley where they are. They’re too provincial and stupid to function in the real world anyway. They can keep their Macauliff and Youngkin types in their walled pyramid as well.

If there’s one thing we know about Great Falls, it’s that it’s a failing community.

Anyway, the western high school is years away, and when built will obviously require a boundary change. None of us knows what exactly that will look like. If it gets built at Hutchison then it seems likely some homes currently zoned for Langley will be reboundaried for Herndon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it gets built at Hutchison then it seems likely some homes currently zoned for Langley will be reboundaried for Herndon.

How in the world will they fit a high school next to Hutchison ES? There's not enough room, even if they demolished the elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it gets built at Hutchison then it seems likely some homes currently zoned for Langley will be reboundaried for Herndon.

How in the world will they fit a high school next to Hutchison ES? There's not enough room, even if they demolished the elementary school.

Hutchison site is not a leading candidate anymore. Too small. Too far from Chantilly/Centreville, Too close to Herndon High, etc. From the latest CIP and the meeting, it seems like they are redoing the site selection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it gets built at Hutchison then it seems likely some homes currently zoned for Langley will be reboundaried for Herndon.

How in the world will they fit a high school next to Hutchison ES? There's not enough room, even if they demolished the elementary school.

Buy up and demolish much of the surrounding neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Herndon HS? Really? I've been living in Fairfax County for the past 30 years and Herndon HS was never at the top. It was always TJ and then Langley, McLean. And then followed by wanna be Oakton or Madison. Woodson was always the little bastard child.