FCPS Boundary Review Updates

[Anonymous]

Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

Because there are people on this board (you perhaps?) who obsess over the school. Unfortunately, there are school board members who feel the same way.

[Anonymous]

DP. I questioned whether there was really a need to expand Centreville to 3000 seats and never got a clear answer, only that some kids who attend Oakton live closer to other schools. Didn’t bring up Langley at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

Langley and McLean should just incorporate like Falls Church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

Langley and McLean should just incorporate like Falls Church.

Did the moratorium finally expire?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

Langley and McLean should just incorporate like Falls Church.

Did the moratorium finally expire?

No, it was actually renewed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

If they keep building bigger schools, expect incidents like what happened at West Potomac today to keep happening. The students and teachers/administrators are practically strangers. Having grown up in a rough place I can tell you metal detectors don’t work. FCPS needs to get schools down to manageable sizes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

If they keep building bigger schools, expect incidents like what happened at West Potomac today to keep happening. The students and teachers/administrators are practically strangers. Having grown up in a rough place I can tell you metal detectors don’t work. FCPS needs to get schools down to manageable sizes.

The size is not the problem

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

Smaller HS are fine in middle class and higher income areas, but in lower income areas they need to be larger to increase the class offerings. Even though ACHS is lower income, it is also huge, and can thus offer the high level math, STEM, specialty arts classes etc. because they have enough students to take them just by virtue of their size. You can get there with a smaller number of students at a wealthier school. Small school and high FARMS is not a good combination.

You’re funny. Herndon has many offerings including many APs — more than supposedly better schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

How do you propose we drop kids? Like everyone with last name P-Z doesn't get to go to high school? Fend for yourselves? Go into the trades?

More schools or schools with flexible spaces or have morning/afternoon schools (2 in 1).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

Smaller HS are fine in middle class and higher income areas, but in lower income areas they need to be larger to increase the class offerings. Even though ACHS is lower income, it is also huge, and can thus offer the high level math, STEM, specialty arts classes etc. because they have enough students to take them just by virtue of their size. You can get there with a smaller number of students at a wealthier school. Small school and high FARMS is not a good combination.

You’re funny. Herndon has many offerings including many APs — more than supposedly better schools.

Herndon is not a small school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there an echo in this chamber? All I hear is “Langley….Langley….langley……..langley……….”

Wow. No one was talking Langley. You need to find a way to stop hyper-focusing on it. It should tell you something about yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

Smaller HS are fine in middle class and higher income areas, but in lower income areas they need to be larger to increase the class offerings. Even though ACHS is lower income, it is also huge, and can thus offer the high level math, STEM, specialty arts classes etc. because they have enough students to take them just by virtue of their size. You can get there with a smaller number of students at a wealthier school. Small school and high FARMS is not a good combination.

You’re funny. Herndon has many offerings including many APs — more than supposedly better schools.

Herndon is not a small school.

But it is high FARMS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The high schools should be capped at 2000. They are bigger than that already. They are unmanageable as it is.

They would have to build four more 2000-student high schools for that to happen. But of course we've seen they are incapable of building even more one more additional high school in western Fairfax.

Certain groups have blocked the western high school construction for years because they knew it would trigger a boundary adjustment and they didn't want to change schools. Now the whole county is getting stuck with the boundary adjustment and no new school to show for it.

Which groups are you talking about? I live in the area and I've never heard anyone discourage it.

She’s the one who spends day after day going after Langley.

Well, the area of the property sold to the Saudis should have no effect on Langley. It would pull from the Oak Hill area and not Herndon. It would pull from Westfield, Chantilly, Oakton and South Lakes. (Maybe, it was the South Lakes PTA that objected......?)

I love how a certain part of Herndon has rebranded itself.

Yeah, this is nothing new.