Impact of McLean/Langley boundary change on McLean real estate choice

[Anonymous]

OP - is your budget? This is a very easy, solvable problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean/Langley/Marshall boundaries are projected to change significantly. See Mateo Dunne’s latest missive.

That’s not what his newsletter says, and none of the examples in the newsletter specifically relate to those pyramids. You’re just trying to stir people up.

You didn’t read his statement about split feeders very carefully. Reading is a skill, dodo.

You really are a freak.

Nice misdirection. The fact is, all those boundaries are in play.

It’s only logical, right OP?

Not OP. It is logical that the boundaries would change. It is also logical that OP would like to find a house that will continue to be zoned for Langley so her child can stay with friends. This does not one a traitor. It makes one someone who cares about her child.

It makes her someone who thinks that other kids are expendable as long as her kid is fine. If she omitted the thing about being logical, I would have been more inclined to be sympathetic.

But if you all think it’s everyone for themselves, good luck. We’ve already figured out our response to such a “logical” move. Good luck finding a solution. We’ve been staring at the maps for months and crafted our plan over the summer, and many people are way more ahead of the curve. You’re probably too late to save your daughter, OP.

Logically, I’m sure she’ll be fine starting over at the new school, whatever that is.

Congrats on one of the oddest posts in recent memory. As PP noted, this will likely be well within OP’s ability to manage.

[Anonymous]

OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

What’s your housing budget?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

You could have thanked the posters who gave you detailed feedback responsive to your question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

You don't think it's logical for schools that are further away from a school to be moved to schools that are closer? Yea seems like you have some emotions about the whole thing, not logic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

You don't think it's logical for schools that are further away from a school to be moved to schools that are closer? Yea seems like you have some emotions about the whole thing, not logic.

I don’t because I’m not a one dimensional ignoramus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

You don't think it's logical for schools that are further away from a school to be moved to schools that are closer? Yea seems like you have some emotions about the whole thing, not logic.

I don’t because I’m not a one dimensional ignoramus.

You Great Falls folks really need to scale back the charm offensive. The rest of us can’t handle so much flattery.

-DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

You don't think it's logical for schools that are further away from a school to be moved to schools that are closer? Yea seems like you have some emotions about the whole thing, not logic.

I don’t because I’m not a one dimensional ignoramus.

You Great Falls folks really need to scale back the charm offensive. The rest of us can’t handle so much flattery.

-DP

Weird that you think it will just be contained to great falls.

Don’t say you weren’t warned, buttercup.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- this is my first response, what a strange thread this turned out to be. I don’t live in an area getting rezoned, by the way. That was an incorrect assumption. Rezoning has nothing to do with why we are moving.

We have to leave our current Langley pyramid home as a result of a divorce and I want to make sure that the new home is also in the Langley pyramid so my middle schooler doesn’t have to go through more change. This was on the advice of a therapist. Are you happy?

(I’m a traitor? Wtf?)

Eh, thoughts and prayers, just like you extend to all of your daughters’ friends who will be redistricted.

What a bizarre response. People are so nasty here under the cloak of anonymity. OP can't be expected to care about everything, but they can minimize the impact of divorce on their own children and look out for their best interests. I say this as a mom whose kid also has trouble adjusting to change.
You're just a jerk. I wonder if you engage with people like this IRL (not likely).

I am like this IRL. If she didn’t add her commentary of the “logic” of the boundary move, she would have elicited a different, more empathetic response from me.

But as it stands, she can buy the house right next to Langley for $2.2 million, or, if she can’t afford it, buy in western Great Falls, perhaps?

I couldn’t care less for someone who expects me to help her out when she believes it’s logical for other kids who may be similarly situated to her daughter to suffer a similar fate.

You don't think it's logical for schools that are further away from a school to be moved to schools that are closer? Yea seems like you have some emotions about the whole thing, not logic.

I don’t because I’m not a one dimensional ignoramus.

Hahahahahahaaa this person is an idiot. Their poor kids

[Anonymous]

Hi OP: first of all, sorry for your situation, sounds like you are wisely planning ahead and trying to make the best of it, and second of all, sorry for how most of this thread turned out (seems like mainly one weird poster).

My .02 is I'd expect most of the current Spring Hill and Churchill Road ES areas to remain at Langley. Probably Colvin Run too? Maybe Great Falls also? But probably not Forestville I'd guess. But I'd think there could also be some reshuffling... e.g. parts of Colvin Run or GF ES could go to Forestville, part of Colvin Run could go to GF, Colvin Run could pick up some or all of the Westbriar island, Westbriar could pick up part of SH near Tysons, etc. Point being those areas seem much more likely to see some form adjustments (not necessarily the ones I just listed, only examples of potential shifts) versus the current Spring Hill (north of 267/7) and Churchill Road ES areas, so that's where I'd focus if you want to ensure Langley assignment long-term. The more north and/or east in those zones the lower the risk, as transportation-wise those areas have shortest travel distance to Langley and hence seem least likely to get juggled.

It's possible part of Franklin Sherman could get rezoned to Langley, but this seems much less likely given they just redid the ES boundaries of McLean pyramid in the past year and probably would want to avoid a second move in such quick succession nor create a split feeder. They could though move the entirety of Franklin Sherman to Langley, and possibly move Lemon Road and/or Westgate to McLean (eliminating split feeders), maybe shifting Timber Lane to Marshall? That runs counter to balancing FARMS percentages (by removing TL from McLean), but does remove an attendance island which is another priority factor they're considering.

Point is, I'd anticipate a lot of the shifts won't necessarily be because there's an obvious immediate need to move a specific area, but might be the result of cascading effects from elsewhere, which brings me back to my point that the closer you are to Langley within it's current zone, the lower the risk of getting moved to another school.

Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP: first of all, sorry for your situation, sounds like you are wisely planning ahead and trying to make the best of it, and second of all, sorry for how most of this thread turned out (seems like mainly one weird poster).

My .02 is I'd expect most of the current Spring Hill and Churchill Road ES areas to remain at Langley. Probably Colvin Run too? Maybe Great Falls also? But probably not Forestville I'd guess. But I'd think there could also be some reshuffling... e.g. parts of Colvin Run or GF ES could go to Forestville, part of Colvin Run could go to GF, Colvin Run could pick up some or all of the Westbriar island, Westbriar could pick up part of SH near Tysons, etc. Point being those areas seem much more likely to see some form adjustments (not necessarily the ones I just listed, only examples of potential shifts) versus the current Spring Hill (north of 267/7) and Churchill Road ES areas, so that's where I'd focus if you want to ensure Langley assignment long-term. The more north and/or east in those zones the lower the risk, as transportation-wise those areas have shortest travel distance to Langley and hence seem least likely to get juggled.

It's possible part of Franklin Sherman could get rezoned to Langley, but this seems much less likely given they just redid the ES boundaries of McLean pyramid in the past year and probably would want to avoid a second move in such quick succession nor create a split feeder. They could though move the entirety of Franklin Sherman to Langley, and possibly move Lemon Road and/or Westgate to McLean (eliminating split feeders), maybe shifting Timber Lane to Marshall? That runs counter to balancing FARMS percentages (by removing TL from McLean), but does remove an attendance island which is another priority factor they're considering.

Point is, I'd anticipate a lot of the shifts won't necessarily be because there's an obvious immediate need to move a specific area, but might be the result of cascading effects from elsewhere, which brings me back to my point that the closer you are to Langley within it's current zone, the lower the risk of getting moved to another school.

Best of luck!

I don't think it's particularly relevant to OP's question, but I don't see any part of Franklin Sherman moving to Langley, since the part of FS that had gone to Langley just got moved to Churchill Road.

Agree that, if they are cleaning up split feeders, they might decide to eliminate the split feeders at Lemon Road and Westgate and make one a straight feeder to McLean and the other a straight feeder to Marshall. There are areas within walking distance of Marshall zoned to Lemon Road, so it seems more likely that Westgate would become the straight feeder to McLean, unless they were to also change the ES boundaries. Moving both of Lemon Road and Westgate in their entirety to McLean isn't feasible.

Timber Lane is currently a split feeder to McLean and Falls Church, so if that split feeder were eliminated it would most likely involve sending all of Timber Lane to Falls Church, which is being expanded to 2500 seats but otherwise isn't an area with a lot of growth currently (apart from one new townhouse complex near Route 50 and Graham Road).

If OP wants assurance that she's stay in the Langley pyramid, the safest path will always be to live on the north side of Route 7 and east of Springvale Road. She refers to a "McLean real estate choice," so there's less risk with a McLean address than a Great Falls address.