Why is the McLean high pyramid over crowded with crappy buildings and teachers but pays high tax

[Anonymous]

Good chance those Langley families, if re-zoned to Herndon, will just send their kids to privates.

[Anonymous]

So much Paul bartkowski spamming on this thread. So obvious!

I would never vote for someone sponsored by Republicans, unless they stop the book-banning, anti-trans, religion in schools hysteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that the one of the most highly taxed school pyramids has such a dumpy middle and high school building. not to mention overcrowded elementary schools?

Should this be the priority over all else? I mean cooper and langley are / have gotten major renovations and expansions ?

Mclean high looks like a 3rd work slum school

Because McLean voters heavily lean to the left.

People should not be afraid to split their tickets. Even if you want to keep Trump out of the White House and to protect abortion rights and enact strong gun control laws at the state level, recognize that the local Democrats in Fairfax take our area for granted. They want our tax revenues but also to provide us with as few services as possible.

I generally do.

I don’t think I have voted straight ticket, ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP - I think it is terrible to paint teachers with a brush like you did. There are outstanding teachers and administrators at McLean High. Really, really great school. I feel like people are upping these threads to try and change the outcome of the school board election. McLean is consistently rated one of the best high schools in the state. The teachers are instrumental in achieving that. - Mom of 2 McLean High kids

Yep - the administrators and teachers at both McLean and Longfellow are top-notch. The facilities are not, and the neglect - when FCPS has built permanent additions to newer, less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison outside the 2008 renovation queue - appears to be deliberate.

Elaine Tholen ran in 2019 promising to make an addition/future renovation a priority, and then did nothing but cherry-pick some McLean neighborhoods comprised entirely of single-family houses to move to Langley. Robyn Lady, the Democrat running to replace her, has made it clear she doesn’t give a crap about McLean.

The only hope is to elect Paul Bartkowski, who is running against Lady, to succeed Tholen or hope that Ilryong Moon will take up McLean’s needs if he’s elected as an at-large member. Otherwise the decline of the entire pyramid is guaranteedIt won’t make the schools in other parts of the county any better, but it will make some local Democrats happy.

Generally it’s the leftists posting here that are overdramatic.

McLean will continue to be a top pyramid and high school.
The most that will happen is that people moving into McLean will prefer Langley (making those houses slightly more costly) and a few people with even more $$$ to spare will send their children to private.
This may reduce crowding a little over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much Paul bartkowski spamming on this thread. So obvious!

I would never vote for someone sponsored by Republicans, unless they stop the book-banning, anti-trans, religion in schools hysteria.

X100

[Anonymous]

If you vote Republican they are going to renovate ZERO schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you vote Republican they are going to renovate ZERO schools.

Oh look, it is Karl or one of his California buddies, spamming and fear-mongering this thread.

Go away, Karl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you vote Republican they are going to renovate ZERO schools.

You lie more than Elaine Tholen. And that says a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much Paul bartkowski spamming on this thread. So obvious!

I would never vote for someone sponsored by Republicans, unless they stop the book-banning, anti-trans, religion in schools hysteria.

You are tiresome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think it is terrible to paint teachers with a brush like you did. There are outstanding teachers and administrators at McLean High. Really, really great school. I feel like people are upping these threads to try and change the outcome of the school board election. McLean is consistently rated one of the best high schools in the state. The teachers are instrumental in achieving that. - Mom of 2 McLean High kids

Yep - the administrators and teachers at both McLean and Longfellow are top-notch. The facilities are not, and the neglect - when FCPS has built permanent additions to newer, less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison outside the 2008 renovation queue - appears to be deliberate.

Elaine Tholen ran in 2019 promising to make an addition/future renovation a priority, and then did nothing but cherry-pick some McLean neighborhoods comprised entirely of single-family houses to move to Langley. Robyn Lady, the Democrat running to replace her, has made it clear she doesn’t give a crap about McLean.

The only hope is to elect Paul Bartkowski, who is running against Lady, to succeed Tholen or hope that Ilryong Moon will take up McLean’s needs if he’s elected as an at-large member. Otherwise the decline of the entire pyramid is guaranteedIt won’t make the schools in other parts of the county any better, but it will make some local Democrats happy.

Generally it’s the leftists posting here that are overdramatic.

McLean will continue to be a top pyramid and high school.
The most that will happen is that people moving into McLean will prefer Langley (making those houses slightly more costly) and a few people with even more $$$ to spare will send their children to private.
This may reduce crowding a little over time.

The decline won’t happen overnight, but it is already occurring, courtesy of Tholen, and will likely just continue under Lady unless Moon steps up or Bartkowski gets elected.

[Anonymous]

I would also say that having Jimmy Bierman on the BOS might be a plus for MHS going forward. He’s a smart guy and, while he doesn’t want to criticize Tholen or the current School Board before the election, I think he does appreciate that there’s a conflict between the county encouraging development in areas that feed into MHS and the School Board treating the school like shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think it is terrible to paint teachers with a brush like you did. There are outstanding teachers and administrators at McLean High. Really, really great school. I feel like people are upping these threads to try and change the outcome of the school board election. McLean is consistently rated one of the best high schools in the state. The teachers are instrumental in achieving that. - Mom of 2 McLean High kids

Yep - the administrators and teachers at both McLean and Longfellow are top-notch. The facilities are not, and the neglect - when FCPS has built permanent additions to newer, less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison outside the 2008 renovation queue - appears to be deliberate.

Elaine Tholen ran in 2019 promising to make an addition/future renovation a priority, and then did nothing but cherry-pick some McLean neighborhoods comprised entirely of single-family houses to move to Langley. Robyn Lady, the Democrat running to replace her, has made it clear she doesn’t give a crap about McLean.

The only hope is to elect Paul Bartkowski, who is running against Lady, to succeed Tholen or hope that Ilryong Moon will take up McLean’s needs if he’s elected as an at-large member. Otherwise the decline of the entire pyramid is guaranteedIt won’t make the schools in other parts of the county any better, but it will make some local Democrats happy.

Generally it’s the leftists posting here that are overdramatic.

McLean will continue to be a top pyramid and high school.
The most that will happen is that people moving into McLean will prefer Langley (making those houses slightly more costly) and a few people with even more $$$ to spare will send their children to private.
This may reduce crowding a little over time.

The decline won’t happen overnight, but it is already occurring, courtesy of Tholen, and will likely just continue under Lady unless Moon steps up or Bartkowski gets elected.

Save the drama. It will be a top school with a deteriorating building. Massive amounts of people aren’t going to leave McLean or decline to move into the pyramid just because the high school is a crappy facility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think it is terrible to paint teachers with a brush like you did. There are outstanding teachers and administrators at McLean High. Really, really great school. I feel like people are upping these threads to try and change the outcome of the school board election. McLean is consistently rated one of the best high schools in the state. The teachers are instrumental in achieving that. - Mom of 2 McLean High kids

Yep - the administrators and teachers at both McLean and Longfellow are top-notch. The facilities are not, and the neglect - when FCPS has built permanent additions to newer, less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison outside the 2008 renovation queue - appears to be deliberate.

Elaine Tholen ran in 2019 promising to make an addition/future renovation a priority, and then did nothing but cherry-pick some McLean neighborhoods comprised entirely of single-family houses to move to Langley. Robyn Lady, the Democrat running to replace her, has made it clear she doesn’t give a crap about McLean.

The only hope is to elect Paul Bartkowski, who is running against Lady, to succeed Tholen or hope that Ilryong Moon will take up McLean’s needs if he’s elected as an at-large member. Otherwise the decline of the entire pyramid is guaranteedIt won’t make the schools in other parts of the county any better, but it will make some local Democrats happy.

Generally it’s the leftists posting here that are overdramatic.

McLean will continue to be a top pyramid and high school.
The most that will happen is that people moving into McLean will prefer Langley (making those houses slightly more costly) and a few people with even more $$$ to spare will send their children to private.
This may reduce crowding a little over time.

The decline won’t happen overnight, but it is already occurring, courtesy of Tholen, and will likely just continue under Lady unless Moon steps up or Bartkowski gets elected.

Save the drama. It will be a top school with a deteriorating building. Massive amounts of people aren’t going to leave McLean or decline to move into the pyramid just because the high school is a crappy facility.

It’s already happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would also say that having Jimmy Bierman on the BOS might be a plus for MHS going forward. He’s a smart guy and, while he doesn’t want to criticize Tholen or the current School Board before the election, I think he does appreciate that there’s a conflict between the county encouraging development in areas that feed into MHS and the School Board treating the school like shit.

Speaking of the development, will the new Mclean downtown development add students to Mclean High or Langley high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think it is terrible to paint teachers with a brush like you did. There are outstanding teachers and administrators at McLean High. Really, really great school. I feel like people are upping these threads to try and change the outcome of the school board election. McLean is consistently rated one of the best high schools in the state. The teachers are instrumental in achieving that. - Mom of 2 McLean High kids

Yep - the administrators and teachers at both McLean and Longfellow are top-notch. The facilities are not, and the neglect - when FCPS has built permanent additions to newer, less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison outside the 2008 renovation queue - appears to be deliberate.

Elaine Tholen ran in 2019 promising to make an addition/future renovation a priority, and then did nothing but cherry-pick some McLean neighborhoods comprised entirely of single-family houses to move to Langley. Robyn Lady, the Democrat running to replace her, has made it clear she doesn’t give a crap about McLean.

The only hope is to elect Paul Bartkowski, who is running against Lady, to succeed Tholen or hope that Ilryong Moon will take up McLean’s needs if he’s elected as an at-large member. Otherwise the decline of the entire pyramid is guaranteedIt won’t make the schools in other parts of the county any better, but it will make some local Democrats happy.

Generally it’s the leftists posting here that are overdramatic.

McLean will continue to be a top pyramid and high school.
The most that will happen is that people moving into McLean will prefer Langley (making those houses slightly more costly) and a few people with even more $$$ to spare will send their children to private.
This may reduce crowding a little over time.

The decline won’t happen overnight, but it is already occurring, courtesy of Tholen, and will likely just continue under Lady unless Moon steps up or Bartkowski gets elected.

Save the drama. It will be a top school with a deteriorating building. Massive amounts of people aren’t going to leave McLean or decline to move into the pyramid just because the high school is a crappy facility.

It’s already happening.

DP. This is true.

I am tired of the “everything is fine!” crowd. That crowd assured us that people switching to private during Covid would all come crying back.

Those families are not coming back. Ever. The younger siblings are not being enrolled and never will be.

Thanks to the LWNJs ruining FCPS, we are headed the way of Baltimore county, where there are many excellent private schools, but the public county and city schools are an unmitigated disaster.