Future Western High School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

+100
The obsession with social engineering is really something. So glad to be almost done with FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

It will for some. But you already know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.

DP. What classes are offered at "wealthier" schools that are not offered at other schools? Be specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

It will for some. But you already know that.

How? Again, be specific.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

And no one gave a damn when the new boundary was made because children were moved from a mostly white school to a mostly white school. Those school buildings are in the same locations they were in when the change was made, but travel distance for (other people's children) is now a problem because apparently the white/asian kids are needed at other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.

So take that up with the board. Tell them to stop discriminating against poor children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

And no one gave a damn when the new boundary was made because children were moved from a mostly white school to a mostly white school. Those school buildings are in the same locations they were in when the change was made, but travel distance for (other people's children) is now a problem because apparently the white/asian kids are needed at other schools.

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

[Anonymous]

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

???Please explain. Langley opened in 1965 according to their website. What were their boundaries then? Did Great Falls go to Herndon? Herndon was a small town in those days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

And no one gave a damn when the new boundary was made because children were moved from a mostly white school to a mostly white school. Those school buildings are in the same locations they were in when the change was made, but travel distance for (other people's children) is now a problem because apparently the white/asian kids are needed at other schools.

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

Not really. I know people who grew up here and others who were adults lliving in the area during that boundary change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

???Please explain. Langley opened in 1965 according to their website. What were their boundaries then? Did Great Falls go to Herndon? Herndon was a small town in those days.

Great Falls was a backwater, and people there were considered hicks. When my cousin and a former colleague moved there in the 70s, people turned their noses up at Great Falls. Over time the farmers disappeared.

The GR kids closest to the western border did not go to the new school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.

So take that up with the board. Tell them to stop discriminating against poor children.

Again - what classes are offered at "rich" schools that aren't offered at "poor" ones? No one has answered that question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

???Please explain. Langley opened in 1965 according to their website. What were their boundaries then? Did Great Falls go to Herndon? Herndon was a small town in those days.

Great Falls was a backwater, and people there were considered hicks. When my cousin and a former colleague moved there in the 70s, people turned their noses up at Great Falls. Over time the farmers disappeared.

The GR kids closest to the western border did not go to the new school.

"Hicks"? I've lived here for over 30 years and wouldn't go that far. GF was considered further out, definitely. But hardly a "backwater."
DP

[Anonymous]

All these people complaining about the Langley/Herndon border - which schools do your kids go to and exactly how does this particular border affect you in any way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

???Please explain. Langley opened in 1965 according to their website. What were their boundaries then? Did Great Falls go to Herndon? Herndon was a small town in those days.

Great Falls was a backwater, and people there were considered hicks. When my cousin and a former colleague moved there in the 70s, people turned their noses up at Great Falls. Over time the farmers disappeared.

The GR kids closest to the western border did not go to the new school.

"Hicks"? I've lived here for over 30 years and wouldn't go that far. GF was considered further out, definitely. But hardly a "backwater."
DP

YMMV. Those were the terms my colleague used when describing the perceptions of GF when she moved there 50 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There’s more than a little rewriting of history there. People gave a damn in the past; there just weren’t as many ways to vent and the School Board members perpetuating the disparities weren’t as hypocritical as the current ones.

???Please explain. Langley opened in 1965 according to their website. What were their boundaries then? Did Great Falls go to Herndon? Herndon was a small town in those days.

Great Falls was a backwater, and people there were considered hicks. When my cousin and a former colleague moved there in the 70s, people turned their noses up at Great Falls. Over time the farmers disappeared.

The GR kids closest to the western border did not go to the new school.

"Hicks"? I've lived here for over 30 years and wouldn't go that far. GF was considered further out, definitely. But hardly a "backwater."
DP

Those were my colleague's terms. She and her family moved there in the late 70s, so about 45 years ago. My cousin said about the same. Both had fairly prominent, white collar jobs.