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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

Disagree. I think it is how Herndon posters view Langley parents. They are offended because Langley parents want their kids to stay at Langley. Funny how that works. They like where they are, so they must be racist.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

Disagree. I think it is how Herndon posters view Langley parents. They are offended because Langley parents want their kids to stay at Langley. Funny how that works. They like where they are, so they must be racist.

I listened to the sessions that FairFACTS Matters and then the Great Falls Citizens Association had with Robyn Lady earlier this year. The references to Herndon from Langley-zoned parents were quite disparaging.

Quote their exact words - with citations. Otherwise, you're a liar.
DP

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

Disagree. I think it is how Herndon posters view Langley parents. They are offended because Langley parents want their kids to stay at Langley. Funny how that works. They like where they are, so they must be racist.

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Anonymous wrote:A PUBLIC school system should have equal access to programming, academics, clubs, languages, etc.
Because....it's public. And they can make decisions to steer all schools in the same direction.
If you want something different, go private.

WSHS has a military ambassadors club that has well over a hundred kids.

Should Langley or Herndon also be required to have a military ambassadors club even though they have very tiny military populations? Or should the WSHS military embassadors club be required to fold because other schools don't have the population or interest to field a military ambassadors club? By your logic, the public high schools need to have identical club offerings.

Kind of blows my mind that people try to debate that the schools should generally have the same.programming and access to things. So no, if there is a NICHE community or interest ...then sure. I'm not an all or nothing person, not do i think it ever makes sense in life to be 100% like that. But it should be baselined as much as possible for a PUBLIC school system.

So high schoolers should be moved around so every school should have the same activities?

While I completely agree that all the school should get rid of IB in favor of AP, I wholeheartedly disagree that all schools should be required to have the same activities.

Using the Lewis baseball example, tgere are plenty of Lewis zoned kids who played baseball. It is unfortunate that those kids decided to play travel instead of playing on their high school team, but FCPS should not rezone other kids over baseball, who by the way might also have chosen to play travel instead of their high school team. Lewis might be without a varsity baseball team after rezoning. You can't force kids to do the high school sports and clubs that you on the the outside think should occur, nor can you fix the lack of interest by rezoning it away.

Private high schools in the area are much smaller than Lewis and manage to field a varsity baseball team. It is not a numbers problem, it is an interest problem.

DP. I think there is a greater concern with comparable academic opportunities than ensuring every school has the same clubs or fields the same teams. Some schools certainly offer more electives than others.

Yessssss. +1. Yes, clubs and things are nice and hopefully can have a good variety at all schools, but even academics/electives/etc aren't the same.

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Anonymous wrote:A PUBLIC school system should have equal access to programming, academics, clubs, languages, etc.
Because....it's public. And they can make decisions to steer all schools in the same direction.
If you want something different, go private.

WSHS has a military ambassadors club that has well over a hundred kids.

Should Langley or Herndon also be required to have a military ambassadors club even though they have very tiny military populations? Or should the WSHS military embassadors club be required to fold because other schools don't have the population or interest to field a military ambassadors club? By your logic, the public high schools need to have identical club offerings.

Kind of blows my mind that people try to debate that the schools should generally have the same.programming and access to things. So no, if there is a NICHE community or interest ...then sure. I'm not an all or nothing person, not do i think it ever makes sense in life to be 100% like that. But it should be baselined as much as possible for a PUBLIC school system.

So high schoolers should be moved around so every school should have the same activities?

While I completely agree that all the school should get rid of IB in favor of AP, I wholeheartedly disagree that all schools should be required to have the same activities.

Using the Lewis baseball example, tgere are plenty of Lewis zoned kids who played baseball. It is unfortunate that those kids decided to play travel instead of playing on their high school team, but FCPS should not rezone other kids over baseball, who by the way might also have chosen to play travel instead of their high school team. Lewis might be without a varsity baseball team after rezoning. You can't force kids to do the high school sports and clubs that you on the the outside think should occur, nor can you fix the lack of interest by rezoning it away.

Private high schools in the area are much smaller than Lewis and manage to field a varsity baseball team. It is not a numbers problem, it is an interest problem.

I would argue that your post is an example of exactly why things should be baselined. I'd be willing to bet there is a reason thr kids are choosing travel vice their own HS team, and if the team was supported and funded the same as other schools you wouldn't be in this situation.

They are choosing the travel team over the school team because A) They want to play baseball in college and travel is the best way to get scouted, or B) They want to play on a team with better players from all over the area, or C) They came through the local little league and Babe Ruth leagues, and want to stay with the coaches and teammates they grew up with.

Rezoning will fix none of these things.

All of the coaches get paid on the same pay scale in FCPS, so that is a non argument.

However, FCPS needs to fix Lewis' sports fields to make them a similar quality to all the other high schools in FCPS.

This keeps getting brought up, but FCPS needs to update the renivation queue before rezoning anyone.

Top players from Madison, McLean, and Lake Braddock (traditionally strong FCPS baseball programs) play for their HS teams and still get recruited.

Those are already strong teams though.

....exactllyyyyyyyy.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

Disagree. I think it is how Herndon posters view Langley parents. They are offended because Langley parents want their kids to stay at Langley. Funny how that works. They like where they are, so they must be racist.

I listened to the sessions that FairFACTS Matters and then the Great Falls Citizens Association had with Robyn Lady earlier this year. The references to Herndon from Langley-zoned parents were quite disparaging.

Quote their exact words - with citations. Otherwise, you're a liar.
DP

Not my job to find out if either session is archived. Feel free to go check on your own. I stand by my observation.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

Disagree. I think it is how Herndon posters view Langley parents. They are offended because Langley parents want their kids to stay at Langley. Funny how that works. They like where they are, so they must be racist.

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Anonymous wrote:A PUBLIC school system should have equal access to programming, academics, clubs, languages, etc.
Because....it's public. And they can make decisions to steer all schools in the same direction.
If you want something different, go private.

WSHS has a military ambassadors club that has well over a hundred kids.

Should Langley or Herndon also be required to have a military ambassadors club even though they have very tiny military populations? Or should the WSHS military embassadors club be required to fold because other schools don't have the population or interest to field a military ambassadors club? By your logic, the public high schools need to have identical club offerings.

Kind of blows my mind that people try to debate that the schools should generally have the same.programming and access to things. So no, if there is a NICHE community or interest ...then sure. I'm not an all or nothing person, not do i think it ever makes sense in life to be 100% like that. But it should be baselined as much as possible for a PUBLIC school system.

So high schoolers should be moved around so every school should have the same activities?

While I completely agree that all the school should get rid of IB in favor of AP, I wholeheartedly disagree that all schools should be required to have the same activities.

Using the Lewis baseball example, tgere are plenty of Lewis zoned kids who played baseball. It is unfortunate that those kids decided to play travel instead of playing on their high school team, but FCPS should not rezone other kids over baseball, who by the way might also have chosen to play travel instead of their high school team. Lewis might be without a varsity baseball team after rezoning. You can't force kids to do the high school sports and clubs that you on the the outside think should occur, nor can you fix the lack of interest by rezoning it away.

Private high schools in the area are much smaller than Lewis and manage to field a varsity baseball team. It is not a numbers problem, it is an interest problem.

I would argue that your post is an example of exactly why things should be baselined. I'd be willing to bet there is a reason thr kids are choosing travel vice their own HS team, and if the team was supported and funded the same as other schools you wouldn't be in this situation.

They are choosing the travel team over the school team because A) They want to play baseball in college and travel is the best way to get scouted, or B) They want to play on a team with better players from all over the area, or C) They came through the local little league and Babe Ruth leagues, and want to stay with the coaches and teammates they grew up with.

Rezoning will fix none of these things.

All of the coaches get paid on the same pay scale in FCPS, so that is a non argument.

However, FCPS needs to fix Lewis' sports fields to make them a similar quality to all the other high schools in FCPS.

This keeps getting brought up, but FCPS needs to update the renivation queue before rezoning anyone.

Top players from Madison, McLean, and Lake Braddock (traditionally strong FCPS baseball programs) play for their HS teams and still get recruited.

Those are already strong teams though.

....exactllyyyyyyyy.

You cannot rezone interest in baseball to a school.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

Boundary change proponents stated this:

“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.”

How do I bold the last part of that sentence to emphasize the blatant racism openly stated by the boundary change proponents?

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

Boundary change proponents stated this:

“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.”

How do I bold the last part of that sentence to emphasize the blatant racism openly stated by the boundary change proponents?

You need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

Boundary change proponents stated this:

“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.”

How do I bold the last part of that sentence to emphasize the blatant racism openly stated by the boundary change proponents?

You need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

My sincerest apologies, I thought you or one of your comrades wrote “poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids” I must have read that verbatim, exact quote from an equity pusher incorrectly.

Wait, that’s a verbatim quote. What am I missing?

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

Boundary change proponents stated this:

“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.”

How do I bold the last part of that sentence to emphasize the blatant racism openly stated by the boundary change proponents?

You need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

My sincerest apologies, I thought you or one of your comrades wrote “poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids” I must have read that verbatim, exact quote from an equity pusher incorrectly.

Wait, that’s a verbatim quote. What am I missing?

Aww you think you have a genius yangly kid. What am I missing?

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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.

Is this verbatim quote you or your comrade?

“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.”

Not my post but that poster is capturing how Langley posters appear to view Herndon kids.

DP. Again, sounds like a you problem. The PP is correct. It's only people *other* than Langley posters who speak in such a vile way. It's like the posters who refer to low-income people as "the poors." No one else talks about them like that.

Langley posters were clearly casting aspersions just tonight on the statement that Herndon is a “very viable” school.

Boundary change proponents stated this:

“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.”

How do I bold the last part of that sentence to emphasize the blatant racism openly stated by the boundary change proponents?

You need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills.

My sincerest apologies, I thought you or one of your comrades wrote “poor, brown, unruly Herndon kids” I must have read that verbatim, exact quote from an equity pusher incorrectly.

Wait, that’s a verbatim quote. What am I missing?

Let’s just put it this way: you’re the Scarecrow of the thread.