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Anonymous
Langley has a lot of wealthy Asian and Middle Eastern families (and a very small number of wealthy Black families) who are just as prejudiced towards kids from less affluent families, especially Hispanic kids, as their wealthy white neighbors. The fact that they regularly make the same types of arguments as white segregationists made in the past doesn’t make them white (although notions of “whiteness” have certainly evolved over time) but it also doesn’t mean they aren’t segregationists. |
Anonymous
They’re not real. Just some dcum poster making stuff up. Nothing has been proposed yet. You need to wait for facts and not believe the crazy stories on an anonymous website. |
Anonymous
FCPS doesn't have segregated schools. |
Anonymous
DP but you *never* have a brief chat with other grocery store customers? That makes you odd in general . |
Anonymous
Sure they get over it? In 2015 a parent was alleged to have attacked Kathy Smith (former SB member) who was running for Supervisor. 7 years after the SL boundary study. And, to those screaming "racist," please note that this community was sent to a more affluent high school. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/hard-feelings-over-school-boundaries-prompts-alleged-assault-in-virginia/2015/07/11/a52863be-2801-11e5-b77f-eb13a215f593_story.html I spoke with a friend from Floris neighborhood the other day--sent from Westfield to South Lakes with 2008 study. They begged for AP instead of IB, but were met with deaf ears from Stu Gibson. (then the Hunter Mill SB member). I cannot speak for Floris, but this family still has trouble with the decision. I suspect that many do, as well. Neighborhoods competed with other neighborhoods to stay put. It caused hard feelings among many. This is not good for Fairfax County. And, I still cannot get over the hypocrisy of the member of the committee who is one of the SB's favorite defenders who constantly screams for "equity." She wants her neighborhood to stay at Woodson when she lives just as close to two other high schools (who happen to have MUCH higher FARMS and URM. Neighborhoods change, but we cannot move our kids like pawns on a chessboard just because. |
Anonymous
This. I live in western great falls. I literally NEVER shop or do anything in Herndon. All our sports are in great falls. Church McLean. We don’t know a single person in the Herndon pyramid. In fact i had no clue where HMS even was. Just googled mapped it and it’s 17 to HMS and 19 to copper. How is 2 minutes different worth uprooting kids just to cover up test scores. We all know it has nothing to do with proximity. If Herndon was as high performing as Langley the county/school board/everyone on this thread wouldn’t be trying to move GF into it. And i agree with another previous poster. Yes there were previous boundary changes but with lengthy grandfathering. With this one you could have kids 2 years apart in different schools getting a wildly different education |
Anonymous
I knew a family in one of the Floris neighborhoods with three kids. Not very close together--but not extreme ages. Their kids went to three different high schools: Oakton, Westfield, and South Lakes. They were not happy. I think one was at Oakton and one at Westfield at the same time. She talked about the expense and scheduling issues. It is clear that the School Board has only one issue in mind and it is not the students and their families. |
Anonymous
I’m pleasant to the cashiers, but I’ve got a strong enough social network in the non-errands areas of my life that it’s not really something that I consider one way or another. Not sure that I’m as much of an outlier as you think I am, but if I am, I guess I’ll muddle through somehow without that witty grocery banter. Or maybe I’ll become a grocery store conversationalist in my twilight years. |
Anonymous
You do realize the reason why Langley perfoms much better than Herndon, on average, is because of demographics. Your high performing student will find their high performing peer group at any school, and will take the higher lever classes. Instead of having 100 sections of Multivariable Calculus, they might have one, but it is still offered. Herndon may not send many kids to Ivies, but if your kid has Ivy stats, then they would have a better chance of getting an offer if they graduate from Herndon. We are zoned for Herndon, and among our friend group we know UMC kids that have gone onto: GT, UGA, Florida, UVA, VT, Princeton, Georgtown, CMU. Some in Langley might say these schools are not cream of the crop, but I wouldn’t say they are terrible outcomes either. Add to this, there are far fewer Ivy+ grads in the Herndon district, so there is no leg up with legacy admissions either. Oh, and from what I hear, these Herndon grads are doing well at their respective universities. Graduating from the “lower performing” high school was not detrimental to their college success. |
Anonymous
Relax! So you don’t anybody from the Herndon pyramid, therefore you have not heard any first hand experiences from Herndon families. If this is how you feel, please send your kids to private school if you get zoned for Herndon. You have too many pre-conceived ideas about Herndon, and most likely your kids do as well. |
Anonymous
Not a valid argument. |
Anonymous
Walk zone kids. |
Anonymous
Great. So happy to hear you like your school pyramid. Now imagine they took your kids away from that great situation so that they could make a number in one school closer to a number at another. Pretty ridiculous, right? |
Anonymous
Why do you feel entitled to that poster’s tax revenue and expect her to send her kids to private school? If anyone has “too many preconceived ideas” about a school pyramid, let’s talk about the poster calling the Langley school segregationist and racist… |
Anonymous
Except they are not doing this. Especially in cases like WSHS to Lewis. Hunt Valley: closest to WSHS, followed by LB and SoCo. Lewis is a distant 4th, almost the same distance as HV to Robinson and not much closer than WS to Hayfield. Keene Mill: closest to WSHS, then Lewis, which is only slightly closer than Lake Braddock. The Keene Mill attendance island all the way at the edge of the pyramid down past Orange Hunt and Hunt Valley is closest to LB and should be zoned for White Oaks and LB, NOT Keene Mill, Irving and WSHS. FCPS should fix that island instead of rezoning other neighborhoods. West Springfield Elementary: closest to WSHS (walk zone for some neighborhoods) except for the Daventry neighborhood. The bulk of WS elementary is closest to WSHS and LBSS. Only the Daventry neighborhood is closer to Lewis than LBSS. Orange Hunt: closest to WSHS, followed by SoCo and LBSS, then Robinson. Lewis is the 5th closest school to OH. Cardinal Forest: across the street from WSHS, followed by LB, Robinson and possibly SoCo or Lewis. It is probably a coin toss between closeness to Lewis or SoCo, depending on traffic. Rolling Valley: (split feeder with a couple of streets going to Lewis) closest to WSHS (walk zone for some neighborhoods), then SoCo and LB. Lewis is 4th. The entire Rolling Valley neighborhood zone should attend WSHS, not Lewis. Sangster Island: closest to WSHS, followed by LBSS, SoCo and Robinson. Lewis is a distant 5th. None, zero, zip, nada of the WSHS zoned neighborhoods are closer to Lewis than WSHS. Lewis isn't even 2nd closest, except for Daventry and the Keene Mill zoned neighbohoods off Tiverton, Harwood Place and Glenister, which are equally close to Lewis than WSHS by maybe a street or two in either direction. Rezoning any WSHS neighborhood to Lewis does not shorten a single commute, and does not bring a single student closer to their high school, or their 2nd or 3rd closest high schools, and certainly not for the school being pushed by Saratoga mom, Hunt Valley. |