Both are equal. The differences will be in the individual interactions your child has and that is a crap shoot and changes every year. Find the house you like with the shortest commute- that time is worth way more than any perceived differences between the two schools. |
Dp here. I have no chip. I actually wanted to buy on the mclean high side so my kids would not be going to school with all rich kids. Turns out kids are pretty normal but the houses are definitely more expensive on the Langley side. People are always saying how Langley has no economic diversity. |
Where are you pulling this data? |
For starters: Langley free lunch 3.63% Mclean high free lunch 10.64% |
Langley also has no multi family and very few townhouses while mclean has a title 1 elementary feeder and several apartments, condos and townhouses. I actually think this is positive for mclean high as I think diversity both economic and racial is better for a school environment.
That doesn’t change that Langley has more expensive houses. This is just a fact. |
There are multiple ways to get to Langley. |
Sounds like a chip to me. No one at Langley thinks about or discusses the relative wealth of their classmates. However, it does seem to be a point of obsession for those who don’t go there/have kids there. |
I think PP meant the only entrances are off a single road - Georgetown Pike. Not that there aren’t multiple ways to get on Georgetown Pike. |
I mean, I don't have a dog in this fight. But it kind of is a story old as time that those at the top don't really think about or often recognize their own status, because it feels downright normal or average. We adapt to our surroundings. Its human nature. Of course its not as talked about, openly, when everyone is on the same level and that level is generally pretty privileged. I do think that its definitely discussed for sure, money and status always is, its just done behind closed doors more than on message boards. |
Some Langley kids definitely flaunt their parents’ economic status, in ways that might not happen if the school were more diverse. PP just doesn’t like to hear about it. |
Langley parent here. There are actually three ways to get to Langley - from east or west on Georgetown Pike and up Waverly, but I know what you are talking about. DC missed the renovation but still got a great education. And WOW - I have been inside since the renovation and it's so impressive. As to where to walk to after school, there is the Clemynjontri (sp) park, the walk along Waverly to the Safeway and those stores. There's also an asphalt walking path along the Pike which our DC used to walk to school even though we qualified for bus. DC was so busy with after-school activities that hanging out downtown wasn't an activity she wanted to do. |
![]() Your post is so chock full of misinformation and hyperbole, I really don’t know where to start. My kids go to Langley. We do not live in a $1.5 million home - not even close. We live in a neighborhood of houses built in the mid-70s/80s. I drive a ten yr. old minivan. Neither of our kids received cars for their 16th birthday - much less Teslas ![]() ![]() Frankly, I’m glad you “deliberately avoided” both Langley and McLean because you’re clearly a bean-counting, score-keeping sort who would make yourself and your kids miserable if you had to live among people who might have more than you. But it certainly does beg the question: why are you even commenting on a thread about two schools you have “no interest” in or knowledge of? |
And so, you’re a Langley parent? |
+1 One of my kids had to go to school during all three years of the renovation, so he never got to enjoy the finished product. But we have another child there now and I agree - it looks fantastic. Worth the very long wait. I love the Clemyjontri Park (but HATE the name!!), and spent many hours walking there while waiting to pick up the kids from activities. It’s got a great path that goes all the way around it. |
Oh lord. I went to McLean, but honestly both schools are filled with rich white kids.
The result? You will find classmates who are bartenders, professional DJs and tattoo artists. Sure some are hedge fund managers too. But the main thing they all had in common was family money. How do you think the guy who does molly and DJs full time supports himself? |