Why is Langley Enrollment Going Down?
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Anonymous
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The latest draft CIP for FCPS projects continued enrollment declines at Langley. Why is this happening at the richest public high in the DC area? Langley has a huge boundary that stretches across the northern part of the county.
My theories are that (1) fewer people want to live in Great Falls, but the prices are still too high; and (2) the rich people are pulling their kids out of FCPS because of the big class sizes. Any other ideas? I know some people talk trash about Langley on this forum but it doesn't seem like there is something fundamentally wrong with the school itself that would lead to fewer and fewer students. |
Anonymous
| Is the neighborhood getting older? By that, I mean are the kids just aging out and there are fewer families with school aged kids? |
Anonymous
| Or they have fewer children. |
Anonymous
| Seems like the solution is to redistrict every new rental apartment complex built in Tysons to Langley. More kids, more diversity, problem solved. |
Anonymous
We've been a Langley family for over ten years and this does seem to be the trend - the kids are simply growing up. Great Falls/McLean aren't high turnover areas, so families stay here for a long time, even after the kids have moved on. |
Anonymous
Agree. Part of Tysons should go to Langley instead of Marshall. It would bring more kids and more diversity and they would be close to the school. |
Anonymous
| Yes it's just an aging issue. |
Anonymous
| Langley with apartment kids???? Say it ain't so. Langley snowflakes should never have to be exposed to poors! That's why you buy in Langley-- so your child can exist in a bubble. |
Anonymous
It's one area of the county where FCPS ought to create attendance islands. You could have apartments now in the Marshall and McLean districts rezoned for Langley and they'd still be closer to Langley than many homes now zoned for Langley are. |
Anonymous
| No need for an island. The area can just connect to the Langley boundary. |
Anonymous
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1. if you have a giant mansion in great falls you send your kid to private school.
2. Langley area isn't that great. Lots of newer neighborhoods with cool houses in other areas |
Anonymous
| The appeal if living far away on large plots of land ended. |
Anonymous
But you're not bitter, right? 
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Anonymous
Sorry, don't think so. |
Anonymous
| Way more grandparents than parents in the Langley district. |