BTSN: I fricking LOVE Langley

[Anonymous]

I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So impressed with all of the teachers.

There have been a few duds over the years but having sent several children, I have been overall VERY happy.

Above and beyond the teachers, the clubs and activities, and sports have made high school fun and productive.

Hail Saxons!

“I love my mostly white, zero FARMS school that keeps out the poor!”

Langley is 53.5% White but you already knew that, oh I forgot, acceptable diversity is only black kids.

It's not the whiteness that makes the scores good. It's the fact that there aren't any apartments in Great Falls and that all the lots are several acres. It's a great way to keep the poors out.

What school full of rich people wouldn't be good?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

The boundaries are already gerrymandered; it was just a couple of years ago, not 30, that the school board member doubled down to make sure Langley didn’t include any MC or poor families; and you clearly think people who pay more in taxes deserve preferential treatment. Triple-yuck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

The boundaries are already gerrymandered; it was just a couple of years ago, not 30, that the school board member doubled down to make sure Langley didn’t include any MC or poor families; and you clearly think people who pay more in taxes deserve preferential treatment. Triple-yuck.

NP. Genuinely curious. How do people know that parents in a particular school zone used their money to influence the school board? Ever considered that a situation doesn’t work out for everyone, but that’s doesn’t automatically mean parents bribed someone (or whatever else they get accused of) to make that happen?

Every family I know zoned to Langley or McLean bought their house a long time ago precisely because the house was zoned to Langley or McLean. So the money is tracking the good schools zones, not the other way around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

The boundaries are already gerrymandered; it was just a couple of years ago, not 30, that the school board member doubled down to make sure Langley didn’t include any MC or poor families; and you clearly think people who pay more in taxes deserve preferential treatment. Triple-yuck.

Exactly. IYKYK. So gross.

[Anonymous]

Here is what impressed me most about BTSN

How long all of my son’s teachers have been there. Most had been there 10+ years.

A more experienced teacher is (generally) a better teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

There is so much wrong with your post it’s astonishing.

First. I went to Langley 30 years ago, and it was very much a rich kid school then. Nowhere near the demographics and socioeconomic standing as Herndon.

Second. Langley has gerrymandered so much that they ALREADY bus kids into Langley, they just happen to be budding from rich neighborhoods.
They could easily bus low economic neighborhood kids to Langley.

Third. Just because you bought a house in the Langley district, does not mean you are entitled to keep the same gerrymandered boundary. Doesn’t work that way. There is no law that protects public school boundaries in regards to property values.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

Langley is not the only good high school in the county. Don’t be ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

The boundaries are already gerrymandered; it was just a couple of years ago, not 30, that the school board member doubled down to make sure Langley didn’t include any MC or poor families; and you clearly think people who pay more in taxes deserve preferential treatment. Triple-yuck.

NP. Genuinely curious. How do people know that parents in a particular school zone used their money to influence the school board? Ever considered that a situation doesn’t work out for everyone, but that’s doesn’t automatically mean parents bribed someone (or whatever else they get accused of) to make that happen?

Every family I know zoned to Langley or McLean bought their house a long time ago precisely because the house was zoned to Langley or McLean. So the money is tracking the good schools zones, not the other way around.

A quick VPAP check shows that the biggest donors to the campaigns of both of the two Dranesville candidates for School Board are zoned to Langley, even though one (Lady) lives in the Herndon district and the other (Bartkowski) lives in the McLean district.

Who do you think is going to have the ear of Lady or Bartkowski in the future?

But it’s good to know BTSN was a hit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember when schools like Langley HS were lauded and celebrated as an example of the best public school education FCPS had to offer.

My own parents did extensive research on percentage students graduating/college bound, SAT scores, made phone calls and narrowed a house search to make certain they could land us in the best HS district they could afford in long ago Fairfax County.

Now Langley gets criticized because it’s not economically diverse. Should Langley strive to more diverse like Lewis? Herndon? Justice?

It's funny - you don't hear any of these complaints about rich, white schools in the Northeast where each town runs their own school. Real estate = schools. Everyone knows you get what you pay for. The residents in and around Langley deserve what they paid for, and everyone else is just jealous.

You inadvertently gave up the gig.

They pay the same tax rate as everyone else in the county and their taxes would be much higher if they were in a separate town.

Yet they alone in FCPS send their kids to a public high school with no economic diversity because they throw their money around and intimidate School Board members.

No one knew thirty years ago that this would happen. So, now you want to gerrymander a school boundary in order to put economic diversity into a school. Herndon was a solid middle class school when those boundaries were drawn. There is no way you are going to get to 20%FARMS at Langley without busing low SES communities very long distances to get there. That will not help anyone.

As for taxes, do you not understand the difference between "rate" and "tax paid?" But, that really has nothing to do with this.

The boundaries are already gerrymandered; it was just a couple of years ago, not 30, that the school board member doubled down to make sure Langley didn’t include any MC or poor families; and you clearly think people who pay more in taxes deserve preferential treatment. Triple-yuck.

NP. Genuinely curious. How do people know that parents in a particular school zone used their money to influence the school board? Ever considered that a situation doesn’t work out for everyone, but that’s doesn’t automatically mean parents bribed someone (or whatever else they get accused of) to make that happen?

Every family I know zoned to Langley or McLean bought their house a long time ago precisely because the house was zoned to Langley or McLean. So the money is tracking the good schools zones, not the other way around.

Ask any realtor in any geographical part of the United States. They will tell you the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is what impressed me most about BTSN

How long all of my son’s teachers have been there. Most had been there 10+ years.

A more experienced teacher is (generally) a better teacher.

I really enjoyed hearing about the professional experience some had prior to teaching and their passion for the subject that moves them to be involved in the field(s) as a hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what impressed me most about BTSN

How long all of my son’s teachers have been there. Most had been there 10+ years.

A more experienced teacher is (generally) a better teacher.

I really enjoyed hearing about the professional experience some had prior to teaching and their passion for the subject that moves them to be involved in the field(s) as a hobby.

Of course, experience helps. I was an experienced teacher who loved teaching with new teachers. New teachers bring enthusiasm to the job. I would not be disappointed if my child had a new teacher. I've known some experienced teachers who were counting days to leave.