Any updates on Mclean/Langley possible redistricting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind even if there were plans drawn up to extend McLean years ago, it is currently not in line AT ALL for a renovation and I believe I was told the line is at least 5 years long so first McLean needs to get in that line and then you have many years to wait.

Oh, bullshit. They slotted Justice, Madison, and West Potomac in for additions outside the normal renovation cycle in 2017, put them on the 2017 and 2019 bonds, ramped up the budgets for those additions in the CIP to be voted on this week, and will start construction in the not-too-distant future.

If FCPS doesn’t come back by next year with a specific line item, heads will start to roll.

The board is not worried.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The support among McLean families for any boundary change has largely cratered, after FCPS failed to provide any data in the community meetings last December and was completely silent on how it planned to deal with grandfathering and middle school assignments.

At this point, they should probably just relocate the modular over the summer and take another year to figure things out.

The no move noise is Colvin Run-Shouse Village. Spring Hill contingent is fairly quiet. FCPS created a monster with random additions where the school is not in a renovation process. It also adds $ and seats after the public approves a bond.

There a mix on bonds from renovating legacy [old school buildings] like Falls Church to sheer audacious pork like West Potomac addition. If Mclean gets an addition in 10 years or a mod over the summer a reasonable size for either is not going to solve the scope of the problem.

Move SH to Langley makes Shouse a more isolated island. Perhaps it could stuff the Madison addition. There is no figuring it out. Shouse doesn't want to go to Langley and regards nothing but Mclean as suitable. This is the area that got special treatment from FCPS decades ago and refused Marshall.

yes some people at Marshall found Shouse's insistence on Mclean offensive.

Apparently so - this was almost 40 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind even if there were plans drawn up to extend McLean years ago, it is currently not in line AT ALL for a renovation and I believe I was told the line is at least 5 years long so first McLean needs to get in that line and then you have many years to wait.

Oh, bullshit. They slotted Justice, Madison, and West Potomac in for additions outside the normal renovation cycle in 2017, put them on the 2017 and 2019 bonds, ramped up the budgets for those additions in the CIP to be voted on this week, and will start construction in the not-too-distant future.

If FCPS doesn’t come back by next year with a specific line item, heads will start to roll.

The board is not worried.

I have confidence in Elaine Tholen to work on this over the coming year. She is very good - certainly a big improvement over Janie Strauss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind even if there were plans drawn up to extend McLean years ago, it is currently not in line AT ALL for a renovation and I believe I was told the line is at least 5 years long so first McLean needs to get in that line and then you have many years to wait.

Oh, bullshit. They slotted Justice, Madison, and West Potomac in for additions outside the normal renovation cycle in 2017, put them on the 2017 and 2019 bonds, ramped up the budgets for those additions in the CIP to be voted on this week, and will start construction in the not-too-distant future.

If FCPS doesn’t come back by next year with a specific line item, heads will start to roll.

I was at a meeting with someone important from the county and he said something about how McLean is not even in the "queue" and therefore even getting in line it would be at least 5 years. At least that is what I think I heard. I was exhausted and getting sick so maybe I was not hearing properly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind even if there were plans drawn up to extend McLean years ago, it is currently not in line AT ALL for a renovation and I believe I was told the line is at least 5 years long so first McLean needs to get in that line and then you have many years to wait.

Oh, bullshit. They slotted Justice, Madison, and West Potomac in for additions outside the normal renovation cycle in 2017, put them on the 2017 and 2019 bonds, ramped up the budgets for those additions in the CIP to be voted on this week, and will start construction in the not-too-distant future.

If FCPS doesn’t come back by next year with a specific line item, heads will start to roll.

I was at a meeting with someone important from the county and he said something about how McLean is not even in the "queue" and therefore even getting in line it would be at least 5 years. At least that is what I think I heard. I was exhausted and getting sick so maybe I was not hearing properly.

There is more than one “important” person in the county. The community is tired of all the lies and excuses.

And, again, none of this “wait at least five years” nonsense applied when they decided to spend money at West Potomac to add over 700 seats. The double standards on display are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind even if there were plans drawn up to extend McLean years ago, it is currently not in line AT ALL for a renovation and I believe I was told the line is at least 5 years long so first McLean needs to get in that line and then you have many years to wait.

Oh, bullshit. They slotted Justice, Madison, and West Potomac in for additions outside the normal renovation cycle in 2017, put them on the 2017 and 2019 bonds, ramped up the budgets for those additions in the CIP to be voted on this week, and will start construction in the not-too-distant future.

If FCPS doesn’t come back by next year with a specific line item, heads will start to roll.

I was at a meeting with someone important from the county and he said something about how McLean is not even in the "queue" and therefore even getting in line it would be at least 5 years. At least that is what I think I heard. I was exhausted and getting sick so maybe I was not hearing properly.

The “queue” refers to full-blown school renovations. The current queue dates back to 2008.

They have also budgeted money for additions at overcrowded schools on an ad hoc basis without regard to the queue multiple times over the past decade.

[Anonymous]

ES parent... I just noticed McLean’s bell schedule has 4 lunch periods, starting as early as 11:08 and as late as 12:48... is this typical for a FCPS HS? That seems excessively early/late... would redistricting help get this down to 3 lunch periods at least? Is this just a cafeteria capacity issue? I always only had 1 full-school lunch period growing up (3 different HS)... is splitting it up lunch periods typical for this area? What’s the logic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ES parent... I just noticed McLean’s bell schedule has 4 lunch periods, starting as early as 11:08 and as late as 12:48... is this typical for a FCPS HS? That seems excessively early/late... would redistricting help get this down to 3 lunch periods at least? Is this just a cafeteria capacity issue? I always only had 1 full-school lunch period growing up (3 different HS)... is splitting it up lunch periods typical for this area? What’s the logic?

Yes, it is typical. Langley, Marshall and Madison also have four lunch periods (A-D).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The support among McLean families for any boundary change has largely cratered, after FCPS failed to provide any data in the community meetings last December and was completely silent on how it planned to deal with grandfathering and middle school assignments.

At this point, they should probably just relocate the modular over the summer and take another year to figure things out.

The no move noise is Colvin Run-Shouse Village. Spring Hill contingent is fairly quiet. FCPS created a monster with random additions where the school is not in a renovation process. It also adds $ and seats after the public approves a bond.

There a mix on bonds from renovating legacy [old school buildings] like Falls Church to sheer audacious pork like West Potomac addition. If Mclean gets an addition in 10 years or a mod over the summer a reasonable size for either is not going to solve the scope of the problem.

Move SH to Langley makes Shouse a more isolated island. Perhaps it could stuff the Madison addition. There is no figuring it out. Shouse doesn't want to go to Langley and regards nothing but Mclean as suitable. This is the area that got special treatment from FCPS decades ago and refused Marshall.

yes some people at Marshall found Shouse's insistence on Mclean offensive.

Apparently so - this was almost 40 years ago.

Shouse resident here. Only speaking for myself and the people I know - but our issue is Longfellow/Cooper, not McLean/Langley. We don’t want our kids to be shifted around like that. I don’t think most of us would have an issue with Langley if Cooper was a guarantee. Actually I think most people would prefer that to the current split feeder situation!

[Anonymous]

Cooper isn’t a guarantee at all. They need to build an addition at McLean ASAP so it can handle the kids coming from Longfellow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cooper isn’t a guarantee at all. They need to build an addition at McLean ASAP so it can handle the kids coming from Longfellow.

Np here. I think the easiest solution would be to add some seats at cooper now. They are renovating now! Then they could eliminate the potential Longfellow/Langley that families don’t want.

It seems like an obvious solution. Is this even being considered?

I guess the first few families are the ones potentially screwed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cooper isn’t a guarantee at all. They need to build an addition at McLean ASAP so it can handle the kids coming from Longfellow.

McLean doesn’t seem like it is even in line for an addition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cooper isn’t a guarantee at all. They need to build an addition at McLean ASAP so it can handle the kids coming from Longfellow.

Np here. I think the easiest solution would be to add some seats at cooper now. They are renovating now! Then they could eliminate the potential Longfellow/Langley that families don’t want.

It seems like an obvious solution. Is this even being considered?

I guess the first few families are the ones potentially screwed.

They already renovated Longfellow to handle the size of the freshmen classes at McLean. They just need to add seats at McLean, like they are doing at Justice, Madison and West Potomac outside the normal renovation cycle.

And they need to figure out why the enrollments at Cooper and Langley are so low when the catchment area is already so big. Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

[Anonymous]

I know people who are clamoring for an addition don't want their kids to go to Langley bit redistricting is the quickest solution and makes the most sense since Langley is UNDER ENROLLED! A modular won't even put a small dent in the overcrowding issue at McLean. They need to move kids to Langley and add a modular and eventually get an addition. Not one or the other....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know people who are clamoring for an addition don't want their kids to go to Langley bit redistricting is the quickest solution and makes the most sense since Langley is UNDER ENROLLED! A modular won't even put a small dent in the overcrowding issue at McLean. They need to move kids to Langley and add a modular and eventually get an addition. Not one or the other....

No neighborhood should be moved unless they can guarantee grandfathering of all current McLean students, reassignment to Cooper as well, and planning for an addition. FCPS planning has been absolutely atrocious and we have no intention of just going along with whatever nonsense Facilities decides is easiest for them.