FCPS comprehensive boundary review

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

I hope the school board messes with your kids’ schools, even though I’m indifferent to it. If you don’t like it, go private. - mantra of a Herndon high parent.

I’m guessing you are just hoping for a home value jump that will never materialize. Mooches gonna mooch.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

She selfishly only thinks about her kids -doesn’t care about other communities or kids.

You better believe she’ll raise a huge stink when someone from Forestville takes her kids’ spot on a team or student club though. Lordy will she be incensed.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

She selfishly only thinks about her kids -doesn’t care about other communities or kids.

You better believe she’ll raise a huge stink when someone from Forestville takes her kids’ spot on a team or student club though. Lordy will she be incensed.

How could that happen when all those Forestville kids are going private or using a back door route to go to Langley anyway? Make up your mind how this is going to play out.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Sure, if Herndon gets overcrowded, that could be an option. I think fcps should adjust to changing demographics in the county. If you want a stable school community, then go private. Public schools have to prioritize the whole system. Sometimes the decisions will benefit you, and sometimes they won’t. It is a public system after all.

Our kids actually went to private school for some time. FCPS got our taxes then too, but we always voted for fcps improvements, even though there was a good chance they would attend private high school.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Didn’t they recently make some families send their younger kids to Langley even if they had older siblings at Mclean? I’m sure many bought expecting to send all their kids to Mclean.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Sure, if Herndon gets overcrowded, that could be an option. I think fcps should adjust to changing demographics in the county. If you want a stable school community, then go private. Public schools have to prioritize the whole system. Sometimes the decisions will benefit you, and sometimes they won’t. It is a public system after all.

Our kids actually went to private school for some time. FCPS got our taxes then too, but we always voted for fcps improvements, even though there was a good chance they would attend private high school.

Prioritizing the whole system? Do you have any idea what the fruitbasket turnover they are planning will do to communities all over Fairfax? The domino effect will be major. We are not just talking about Herndon, Lewis and Annandale. People are invested emotionally--and, when you count funds spent on PTA. spirit gear and time investment in volunteering, music bake sales, etc. etc--in their respective schools and they do not want to change.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS is in a death spiral, if the board goes through with boundary changes there will be no pulling out of it.

But I suspect they are too prideful and stupid to do the right thing.

While they haven't done a county-wide study in years, there have been multipe boundary changes since 2008. They apparently didn't affect you, so you didn't blather on about a "death spiral" at the time.

Time to put on the big boy pants.

Sorry you can’t see what is coming. Each superintendent is worse than the last. Test scores keep falling. No one wants to sacrifice their kid to make failing schools look better. This will lead to vouchers in VA and the collapse of FCPS.

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Totally agree with the point that people invest their time and energy in building a community in their school pyramid and rightfully don’t want the disruption educationally or developmentally for their children. It is not only a totally bs fruit basket idea to change up a whole bunch of school boundaries, but is downright destructive to the vast majority of students and school communities. But the SB doesn’t care and doesn’t seem to think they are accountable. They will do it to covertly boost test scores in some schools and do social engineering they they believe they are entitled to perform, regardless of the cost to students.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Sure, if Herndon gets overcrowded, that could be an option. I think fcps should adjust to changing demographics in the county. If you want a stable school community, then go private. Public schools have to prioritize the whole system. Sometimes the decisions will benefit you, and sometimes they won’t. It is a public system after all.

Our kids actually went to private school for some time. FCPS got our taxes then too, but we always voted for fcps improvements, even though there was a good chance they would attend private high school.

Prioritizing the whole system? Do you have any idea what the fruitbasket turnover they are planning will do to communities all over Fairfax? The domino effect will be major. We are not just talking about Herndon, Lewis and Annandale. People are invested emotionally--and, when you count funds spent on PTA. spirit gear and time investment in volunteering, music bake sales, etc. etc--in their respective schools and they do not want to change.

people do not care this much.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree with the point that people invest their time and energy in building a community in their school pyramid and rightfully don’t want the disruption educationally or developmentally for their children. It is not only a totally bs fruit basket idea to change up a whole bunch of school boundaries, but is downright destructive to the vast majority of students and school communities. But the SB doesn’t care and doesn’t seem to think they are accountable. They will do it to covertly boost test scores in some schools and do social engineering they they believe they are entitled to perform, regardless of the cost to students.

And there it is. You won’t find that in a FCPS press release. That is why they are proposing to move Waples to Fairfax high. The move goes against all of the “reasons” they state, and moves students in Oakton out of the Oakton community from an under capacity, newly renovated high school into an over-capacity high school in Fairfax. There is a lot of fighting on this board about Langley and Herndon, but these “little moves on the edges” are happening all over the map. The only link between these moves is the shadow social engineering bolded above. This is why the boundary change is being rushed through with little transparency.

Litigation and discovery open things up to the light of day very nicely. Keep pushing, FCPS. FAFO.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree with the point that people invest their time and energy in building a community in their school pyramid and rightfully don’t want the disruption educationally or developmentally for their children. It is not only a totally bs fruit basket idea to change up a whole bunch of school boundaries, but is downright destructive to the vast majority of students and school communities. But the SB doesn’t care and doesn’t seem to think they are accountable. They will do it to covertly boost test scores in some schools and do social engineering they they believe they are entitled to perform, regardless of the cost to students.

And there it is. You won’t find that in a FCPS press release. That is why they are proposing to move Waples to Fairfax high. The move goes against all of the “reasons” they state, and moves students in Oakton out of the Oakton community from an under capacity, newly renovated high school into an over-capacity high school in Fairfax. There is a lot of fighting on this board about Langley and Herndon, but these “little moves on the edges” are happening all over the map. The only link between these moves is the shadow social engineering bolded above. This is why the boundary change is being rushed through with little transparency.

Litigation and discovery open things up to the light of day very nicely. Keep pushing, FCPS. FAFO.

The major problem is that most parents and communities are not aware of this. The posters on here are mostly the Langley/Herndon; West Springfield/Lewis; and some scattered here and there about Oakton/Fairfax and others.
This is how they do things.
When they did the South Lakes Boundary Study it shocked most of those affected. They were blindsided. Sure, it was discussed at work sessions, but the community was not paying attention.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Sure, if Herndon gets overcrowded, that could be an option. I think fcps should adjust to changing demographics in the county. If you want a stable school community, then go private. Public schools have to prioritize the whole system. Sometimes the decisions will benefit you, and sometimes they won’t. It is a public system after all.

Our kids actually went to private school for some time. FCPS got our taxes then too, but we always voted for fcps improvements, even though there was a good chance they would attend private high school.

Prioritizing the whole system? Do you have any idea what the fruitbasket turnover they are planning will do to communities all over Fairfax? The domino effect will be major. We are not just talking about Herndon, Lewis and Annandale. People are invested emotionally--and, when you count funds spent on PTA. spirit gear and time investment in volunteering, music bake sales, etc. etc--in their respective schools and they do not want to change.

people do not care this much.

This is the disconnect. The proponents of boundary changes do not appear to have deep roots within their communities, and can’t seem to fathom that schools are not fungible.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people who appear to be for new boundaries are the people who hate Langley and want to see families who go there now suffer. I can’t for the life of me understand how so many people whose kids don’t go to Forestville could possibly care where Forestville students go to high school. Some people are super passionate about this particular boundary change possibility.

Don’t expect a bunch of students from Forestville to show up at Herndon High School if boundaries change. A majority of the families will send their kids to private after elementary school or use the transfer process to attend Langley.

**My kids do not attend Forestville, but are in the Langley district. Great Falls is united as a community. We want our kids to stay together. These kids are all friends and have been playing sports together in Great Falls for years. We don’t want to see our community torn apart. ESPECIALLY considering Langley is not at capacity (and the even has availability to admit a ton of transfer kids).

You think the county-wide boundary study is prompted by “hate” for Langley?

I think they just realized they’d built out schools like Herndon to have hundreds of empty seats while other schools are overcrowded, and it was time to look at boundaries holistically with an eye towards consolidating attendance areas rather than continue to make odd, one-off adjustments.

Can’t really see the logic for continuing to bus kids over 10 miles to Langley if there is now space available closer at Herndon. Great Falls is unincorporated Fairfax just like other areas where kids are assigned to multiple schools. And your apparent readiness to send your kids off to different privates suggests you’re more intent on avoiding Herndon than keeping kids together anyway.

It’s your call sign on this board to repeat the same discredited talking point about distance. You put no substance behind it other than crying about ten miles.

A real analysis would include how much time and or money would be saved, and we know why you don’t ever bring either up, because you’ve got nothing to back up your rather vapid complaints.

You seem to be forgetting that years ago when both Herndon and Langley had capacity, western Great Falls went to Herndon. They only started schlepping kids to Langley when Herndon got overcrowded. Now it has extra capacity again.

I think it makes sense for some Great Falls / Herndon neighborhoods to be moved to Herndon High School because of it’s location.

As a Herndon High parent, it really wouldn’t make a difference in my kids’ education. Herndon is a great school with supportive teachers. It’s central location means my kids friends are all a close distance. A big plus is all the extra parking.

If you get moved to Herndon, and you are too afraid to send your kids there, please go to private. I don’t want my DC to have to share a class with a disgruntled former Langley bound student.

What a mooch. Move your kids even though it won’t make a difference in my kids education. Go private so I can mooch off your tax dollars. You aren’t a serious person.

All I am saying is that if you kid gets moved to Herndon, that would be just fine. My own kids would continue getting a good education. If, however they have been told they will have to slum it at Herndon, and will be disgruntled, then please, send them to private. We don’t need negative energy.

DP. You said it makes sense. It makes sense to divide kids from their elementary school friends and send them to a different high school than their older siblings? But, in a few years, when Herndon gets overcrowded you can send them back to Langley?

Didn’t they recently make some families send their younger kids to Langley even if they had older siblings at Mclean? I’m sure many bought expecting to send all their kids to Mclean.

We are zoned to Langley. I don’t want to switch pyramids but if we had to for a valid reason i would have a much easier time being switched to a comparable school. Langley to McLean for example. When you’re going from a #148 nationally ranked school to #4176 that’s where a lot of parents are having a hard time. You can say you’re not guaranteed a school when you buy a house all you want but anyone with kids is picking a home based on schools.

The problem with herndons capacity issue is they expanded the school way larger than the middle school capacity. If you move forestville to Herndon MS it will put that school over capacity. Capacity issues is one of things the school board is apparently trying to fix with this study. And unless you tie another middle school to Herndon hs or create an academy within the school there is going to be a large excess in seats. Current commute from my home to cooper when middle schoolers are being picked up is 17 minutes and to Herndon MS is 14. People keep saying 10 miles from Langley. But time wise they aren’t far off. 3 minutes isn’t going to save millions on transportation.