FCPS comprehensive boundary review

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

I was responding to PP's prior and unsupported claims that the School Board has an "equity agenda" to equalize the FARMS rates at every school. That's not going to happen, given the existing FARMS/wealth gaps that currently exist and no reason to believe the SB is going to implement the type of lottery system that would be necessary to do so.

As for the purported benefits of taking kids out of Langley, if the SB goes down that path, they'd likely claim it would enhance the "well being" of the rezoned kids - see "Benefits of Policy Updates" section of: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/maps/school-boundary-adjustments/boundary-policy-review-during-2024

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

Should we call this the "Skunk Strategy" or the "Porcupine Strategy," Langley poster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

1. It appears to me they will be creating a split feeder elementary school. (Forestville?)
2. Families get "invested" in a school in many ways. Years of going to games and events there. Siblings going there, etc.
3. Probably the kids play youth sports in Great Falls that feeds into Langley.
4. People are happy with the choice they made. Why move them? They have been at Langley for years and years.
5. Doubtful that that many kids live within three miles of Herndon who would be redistricted.
6. Langley is not overcrowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

1. It appears to me they will be creating a split feeder elementary school. (Forestville?)
2. Families get "invested" in a school in many ways. Years of going to games and events there. Siblings going there, etc.
3. Probably the kids play youth sports in Great Falls that feeds into Langley.
4. People are happy with the choice they made. Why move them? They have been at Langley for years and years.
5. Doubtful that that many kids live within three miles of Herndon who would be redistricted.
6. Langley is not overcrowded.

+1. Well really plus 6 to all these comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

I know a lot of Langley families, and I’ve never ever heard them speak the way that you do about Herndon families. Don’t be racist, ladies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

I know a lot of Langley families, and I’ve never ever heard them speak the way that you do about Herndon families. Don’t be racist, ladies.

This. Just because someone does not want to leave a school they like, does not make them racist.

Why are you so anxious to have them move? Are you not happy with your school? Do you think there are problems there that would be solved by adding Langley kids to the mix?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

1. It appears to me they will be creating a split feeder elementary school. (Forestville?)
2. Families get "invested" in a school in many ways. Years of going to games and events there. Siblings going there, etc.
3. Probably the kids play youth sports in Great Falls that feeds into Langley.
4. People are happy with the choice they made. Why move them? They have been at Langley for years and years.
5. Doubtful that that many kids live within three miles of Herndon who would be redistricted.
6. Langley is not overcrowded.

A few reactions:

1. I don't think they'd create a split feeder at Forestville. More likely they might move parts of Forestville to other ES in the Herndon pyramid (Dranesville, Armstrong and/Aldrin), and leave Langley with five ES feeders (Churchill Road, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Great Falls, and Forestville).

2. For sure. Typically, with boundary changes, families with older kids already at a school resist the boundary change. Younger families are more likely to go along with the change. This situation may be different to the extent that even younger families in the Langley pyramid worry about their real estate values if redistricted.

3. Speculative. Herndon has youth sports as well, and not everyone who participates in the Great Falls leagues goes to Langley pyramid schools.

4. Some of these areas were at Herndon for decades, and then at Langley for decades. Boundaries change. The issue is whether FCPS would conclude they need to address anticipated future overcrowding at McLean and Marshall due to Tysons growth by moving part of those schools to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon. If they do move any Langley kids to Herndon, they'll say those kids now have a shorter commute, can get more sleep, etc.

5. Some do live within three miles of Herndon, and others still live closer to Herndon than to Langley.

6. Not now, and it also has a buffer in that it gets about 100 pupil placements annually, so limiting pupil placements would open up additional seats at Langley for students living within the Langley boundaries. So potentially they can move McLean and/or Marshall kids to Langley and not move anyone out of Langley. It comes back to whether the SB thinks it's prudent to move kids from McLean and/or Marshall to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon, which was expanded. The estimates in the latest CIP show Herndon as have almost 800 extra seats by 2028-29.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

I know a lot of Langley families, and I’ve never ever heard them speak the way that you do about Herndon families. Don’t be racist, ladies.

This. Just because someone does not want to leave a school they like, does not make them racist.

Why are you so anxious to have them move? Are you not happy with your school? Do you think there are problems there that would be solved by adding Langley kids to the mix?

You can oppose or feel sad about a potential boundary change without insulting the viability of another school. Or maybe you can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

1. It appears to me they will be creating a split feeder elementary school. (Forestville?)
2. Families get "invested" in a school in many ways. Years of going to games and events there. Siblings going there, etc.
3. Probably the kids play youth sports in Great Falls that feeds into Langley.
4. People are happy with the choice they made. Why move them? They have been at Langley for years and years.
5. Doubtful that that many kids live within three miles of Herndon who would be redistricted.
6. Langley is not overcrowded.

A few reactions:

1. I don't think they'd create a split feeder at Forestville. More likely they might move parts of Forestville to other ES in the Herndon pyramid (Dranesville, Armstrong and/Aldrin), and leave Langley with five ES feeders (Churchill Road, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Great Falls, and Forestville).

2. For sure. Typically, with boundary changes, families with older kids already at a school resist the boundary change. Younger families are more likely to go along with the change. This situation may be different to the extent that even younger families in the Langley pyramid worry about their real estate values if redistricted.

3. Speculative. Herndon has youth sports as well, and not everyone who participates in the Great Falls leagues goes to Langley pyramid schools.

4. Some of these areas were at Herndon for decades, and then at Langley for decades. Boundaries change. The issue is whether FCPS would conclude they need to address anticipated future overcrowding at McLean and Marshall due to Tysons growth by moving part of those schools to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon. If they do move any Langley kids to Herndon, they'll say those kids now have a shorter commute, can get more sleep, etc.

5. Some do live within three miles of Herndon, and others still live closer to Herndon than to Langley.

6. Not now, and it also has a buffer in that it gets about 100 pupil placements annually, so limiting pupil placements would open up additional seats at Langley for students living within the Langley boundaries. So potentially they can move McLean and/or Marshall kids to Langley and not move anyone out of Langley. It comes back to whether the SB thinks it's prudent to move kids from McLean and/or Marshall to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon, which was expanded. The estimates in the latest CIP show Herndon as have almost 800 extra seats by 2028-29.

Once more for the people in the back. The CIP assumes zero additional students from residential development. They really need to talk to the town of Herndon, who are projecting 942 for TRG alone.

And the study that they point to, that they shared with BRAC to justify a shorter commute, shows no correlation to sleep or academics for commutes less than an hour. The study also found that super long commutes were safer than medium length commutes. So go figure, apparently UAE college students’ commutes aren’t a great benchmark comparison to Fairfax students.🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

I know a lot of Langley families, and I’ve never ever heard them speak the way that you do about Herndon families. Don’t be racist, ladies.

This. Just because someone does not want to leave a school they like, does not make them racist.

Why are you so anxious to have them move? Are you not happy with your school? Do you think there are problems there that would be solved by adding Langley kids to the mix?

You can oppose or feel sad about a potential boundary change without insulting the viability of another school. Or maybe you can't.

You can argue for boundary changes without calling the Herndon kids racial slurs. Jesus, it’s not that hard. I’ve never seen a Langley poster say that once, but I’ve read dozens of posts where the boundary change advocates call those Herndon kids all sorts of names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

1. It appears to me they will be creating a split feeder elementary school. (Forestville?)
2. Families get "invested" in a school in many ways. Years of going to games and events there. Siblings going there, etc.
3. Probably the kids play youth sports in Great Falls that feeds into Langley.
4. People are happy with the choice they made. Why move them? They have been at Langley for years and years.
5. Doubtful that that many kids live within three miles of Herndon who would be redistricted.
6. Langley is not overcrowded.

A few reactions:

1. I don't think they'd create a split feeder at Forestville. More likely they might move parts of Forestville to other ES in the Herndon pyramid (Dranesville, Armstrong and/Aldrin), and leave Langley with five ES feeders (Churchill Road, Spring Hill, Colvin Run, Great Falls, and Forestville).

2. For sure. Typically, with boundary changes, families with older kids already at a school resist the boundary change. Younger families are more likely to go along with the change. This situation may be different to the extent that even younger families in the Langley pyramid worry about their real estate values if redistricted.

3. Speculative. Herndon has youth sports as well, and not everyone who participates in the Great Falls leagues goes to Langley pyramid schools.

4. Some of these areas were at Herndon for decades, and then at Langley for decades. Boundaries change. The issue is whether FCPS would conclude they need to address anticipated future overcrowding at McLean and Marshall due to Tysons growth by moving part of those schools to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon. If they do move any Langley kids to Herndon, they'll say those kids now have a shorter commute, can get more sleep, etc.

5. Some do live within three miles of Herndon, and others still live closer to Herndon than to Langley.

6. Not now, and it also has a buffer in that it gets about 100 pupil placements annually, so limiting pupil placements would open up additional seats at Langley for students living within the Langley boundaries. So potentially they can move McLean and/or Marshall kids to Langley and not move anyone out of Langley. It comes back to whether the SB thinks it's prudent to move kids from McLean and/or Marshall to Langley, and then move part of Langley to Herndon, which was expanded. The estimates in the latest CIP show Herndon as have almost 800 extra seats by 2028-29.

Once more for the people in the back. The CIP assumes zero additional students from residential development. They really need to talk to the town of Herndon, who are projecting 942 for TRG alone.

And the study that they point to, that they shared with BRAC to justify a shorter commute, shows no correlation to sleep or academics for commutes less than an hour. The study also found that super long commutes were safer than medium length commutes. So go figure, apparently UAE college students’ commutes aren’t a great benchmark comparison to Fairfax students.🤷‍♀️

Get them to update the forecasts in the next CIP, then. They can factor in all the additional potential growth in Tysons, too, and perhaps still end up concluding they need to move some kids to Langley and others to Herndon.

The UAE study may not really be on point, but they can redistrict kids to schools closer to their homes with or without a study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obviously, the level of wealth in the Langley pyramid is off the charts compared to every other pyramid, and some apparently are terrified by the prospect FCPS might reduce the gap even a little (although it's not clear anyone from FCPS has even said that's a goal).

I live in a pyramid that is middle of the road on your list. Please explain what it is going to help by taking kids out of Langley? Who is it going to help?

I can tell you--as from a neighborhood zoned to way down the chart from Langley--that most people want to stay in their current school. I learned this a long time ago at a ms boundary meeting--no matter what school a family is in, they want to stay there--even if the school is not highly rated. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why is it so hard to understand that if you are being bussed 12 miles to a school when another very viable school is 3 miles away that should be addressed.

“Very viable” is doing some pretty heavy lifting in that statement. 🤣🤣🤣

. Dear Lord, one would think Langley is full of perfectly behaved genius kids who would just suffer tremendously if they had to share a space with those poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids.

I know a lot of Langley families, and I’ve never ever heard them speak the way that you do about Herndon families. Don’t be racist, ladies.

This. Just because someone does not want to leave a school they like, does not make them racist.

Why are you so anxious to have them move? Are you not happy with your school? Do you think there are problems there that would be solved by adding Langley kids to the mix?

You can oppose or feel sad about a potential boundary change without insulting the viability of another school. Or maybe you can't.

You can argue for boundary changes without calling the Herndon kids racial slurs. Jesus, it’s not that hard. I’ve never seen a Langley poster say that once, but I’ve read dozens of posts where the boundary change advocates call those Herndon kids all sorts of names.

It was a boundary change opponent who just implied earlier tonight Herndon isn’t a viable school. Nice try to flip the script, though.