Langley/McLean/Marshall Boundaries

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Anonymous wrote:...sorry but I'm still chuckling at the notion of McLean kids chanting something about a "silver spoon" to the Langley kids... that's like the kids with BMW's taunting the kids with Mercedes.

....and I'm still chuckling at the notion of Langley parents getting bent out of shape about it...not like most are driving an old Chevy.

I think you've missed the point entirely. In addition, McLean kids spray painted F**K in red on the front of Langley this past weekend after the bball game. It won't come off, so it had to be creatively "edited" and now says BOOK. Real nice to deface the front of a school.

do they know who did it?

Apparently there was a rumble in the McDonalds' last weekend, as a result of another McLean v. Langley basketball game.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever the boundaries that change I hope they don’t dump all the low income kids into Freedom Hill and then Marshall again.

Especially, after y'all worked so hard to get rid of them 6? years ago.

Some low income kids went to another school. FH is still 28-30 % Farms. Highest of any in Vienna.

"Some" was the end result. The first proposal from FH was the entire apartment complex. Lemon Road already had about 25% low income before the change. The original proposal would have made it a Title One school. FH is not a Vienna school. It is a Tysons school.

Had no idea there were so many low income kids in Vienna and around tysons.

Where are these areas located?

The older garden style apartments are much lower rent than the newly built high rises. Don't count on any FARMS in LHS any time soon.

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Anonymous wrote:...sorry but I'm still chuckling at the notion of McLean kids chanting something about a "silver spoon" to the Langley kids... that's like the kids with BMW's taunting the kids with Mercedes.

....and I'm still chuckling at the notion of Langley parents getting bent out of shape about it...not like most are driving an old Chevy.

I think you've missed the point entirely. In addition, McLean kids spray painted F**K in red on the front of Langley this past weekend after the bball game. It won't come off, so it had to be creatively "edited" and now says BOOK. Real nice to deface the front of a school.

do they know who did it?

Apparently there was a rumble in the McDonalds' last weekend, as a result of another McLean v. Langley basketball game.

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/high-school-rivalry-turns-violent-in-northern-virginia-mcdonalds-brawl

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Anonymous wrote:anyone have this benchmark data: # of kids to uva from marshall v mclean v langley v tj
?

2017 Saxon Scope (Langley) reported 22 to UVA

2018 Highlander (McLean) reported 35 to UVA

2018 Rank and File (Marshall) reported 19 to UVA

2018 TJ Today (TJHSST) reported 72 to UVA

Keep in mind this information may not be complete as it depends on self-reporting by students.

Thanks. To adjust for student population, I believe Langley has about 10pct less students overall than McLean/Marshall, and TJ about 20pct less than McLean/Marshall.

If you want to adjust, it should reflect the number of seniors in the relevant years, not the current enrollments.

Langley had 522 seniors in 2017.

McLean had 492 seniors in 2018.

Marshall had 518 seniors in 2018.

TJ had 433 seniors in 2018.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update: https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2019/01/29/school-board-kills-mclean-high-school-boundary-adjustments/?mc_cid=b3a7dc602f&mc_eid=8423d0301e

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The Fairfax County School Board approved the FY 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) on Jan. 24, and the much talked about boundary adjustment to relieve the overcrowded McLean High School didn’t make the cut.

The CIP shows that McLean High School is currently at 114 percent of its capacity, with projections showing the population increasing to 127 percent by 2022. Meanwhile, the nearby Langley High School sits at 82 percent capacity following an extensive renovation.

Jane Strauss, the Dranesville District representative on the School Board, had been spearheading the effort to make the boundary adjustments but faced pushback from other School Board members. Strauss confirmed that the boundary adjustment wasn’t docketed in the CIP and the boundary change won’t happen until the 2022-2023 school year at the earliest, and that’s assuming the item is successfully added to next year’s CIP.

Strauss said the growth of Tysons is going to continue fueling expansion in nearby schools, and the schools are caught between the urgency of that growth and taking time to start the shifts as early as possible to keep school groups together.

“The tall high-rises are not producing kids, but existing housing stock is,” said Strauss, nothing that committed workforce affordable housing included in some of the new developments will likely mean an increase in students as well. “Drive around the greater Tysons area and there are other apartment complexes now because of the Silver Line. As job opportunities grow, the whole region will be a better place to live.”

Other school board members said they were uncomfortable approving a spot-boundary change before the School Board conducts a broader boundary examination on Feb. 25.

“I do have concerns about doing a limited boundary change in one area without taking a more holistic analysis and approach,” said Tamara Derenak Kaufax, a representative from the Lee District, at a Jan. 14 work session. “We’re going to have to do what staff has been advocating, doing a holistic approach to [the] system and looking at the impacts.”

Some McLean High School parents were unenthusiastic about the School Board’s decision.

“Sadly, no concrete proposals to address [McLean High School] crowding were added with the final revisions,” said Susan Garrahan, a parent to a McLean High School sophomore. “Some other Board members countered that the McLean-Langley boundary adjustment study should be rolled into a countywide boundary project set to start in late February, and that is what happened. Perhaps this will lead to a remedy for MHS on the same timetable as if it were just a McLean-Langley boundary adjustment project, but if it takes longer as part of a countywide project — and I think that is likely — it will be the students and staff who pay the price of overcrowding every additional day that it takes.”

Strauss also noted that this boundary is a more specific adjustment between neighboring schools than what is usually covered in the broader boundary changes.

“In some cases, boundary changes cast a wide net across multiple schools,” said Strauss. “Looking at the CIP, it shows that Langley High School has room.”

Furthermore, if Langley High School remains below its capacity, Strauss said its class choices might be more limited than other high schools.

“When schools are under-enrolled, you start to have staffing concerns,” said Strauss. “If you’re under-enrolled and yet still have a desire to offer certain languages or electives, you have to hire teachers [for those classes]. But if you’re under-enrolled, you’re not automatically considered for hiring new teachers. There is a benefit [of the boundary change] for an under-enrolled school.”

Though the boundary changes aren’t on the table for short-term changes, Strauss said new modular additions are still possible for the school.

“We can take those out where they are no longer needed and move them,” said Strauss. “There’s always enough funding in the CIP for that.”

Whether or not the School Board is involved in official plans to make boundary changes, Strauss said she is still planning on meeting with the community to develop solutions.

A McLean High School Parent Teacher Student Association meeting on overcrowding is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7 p.m. at McLean High School, though as happened earlier this month, icy conditions could postpone the meeting. Strauss said she plans to meet with Langley High School parents for a similar discussion in March.

Thanks for posting.

It’s clearly not McLean or Langley parents standing in the way of a boundary change. McLean parents don’t want kids in an overcrowded school, and Langley parents don’t want electives or foreign languages dropped because the school is forced to destaff. It’s simply an inefficient School Board that is so hung up on process right now that easy solutions to obvious problems escape them.

[Anonymous]

The meeting scheduled for tonight at McLean with Janie Strauss and Kevin Sneed has been postponed again. No new date yet.

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Where was/will this info be posted? On McLean HS website under announcements?

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Anonymous wrote:Where was/will this info be posted? On McLean HS website under announcements?

I was checking the McLean PTSA web site. No new date yet.

[Anonymous]

The meeting has been rescheduled for a second time to February 19th at 7:00 PM at McLean HS. Guess we'll find out if it's another snow day. The School Board also has another general discussion of boundary policies scheduled for the evening of February 25th at Gatehouse.

Any candidate for the Dranesville or an at-large seat on the School Board should be pressed to explain what she or he plans to do to address these issues, both at MHS and elsewhere in FCPS.

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how was the meeting?

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how was the meeting? glad it finally happened last night after so many reschedules

[Anonymous]

Any information from the meeting?

[Anonymous]

I was watching McLean boys defeat Oakton 77-66 last night. Would love an update as well. Saw that Kevin Sneed is retiring.

There is still an upcoming School Board work session to discuss boundary policies on February 25th. That should be made available on video.

[Anonymous]

I don’t mind if my kids are reasoned to Langley given its academic ranking above us, but I will throw a fit if anyone tries to rezone my future McLean HS kids to Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t mind if my kids are reasoned to Langley given its academic ranking above us, but I will throw a fit if anyone tries to rezone my future McLean HS kids to Marshall.

Enjoy your snow day, Langley kid.