BTSN: I fricking LOVE Langley

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Langley has a lot to be proud of: third best high school in FCPS per US News; fourth best public high school in Virginia per Niche; tied for fourth-most National Merit Semifinalists in FCPS this fall; excellent golf team.

I say show your Saxon Pride!

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I think bussing may be the right thing to do here. The wealthier schools in the county need to share the immigration burden. You know, like the Texas program that is sending immigrants to NY, Chicago, and DC. You see how it has gotten their attention. Same thing needs to happen in FCPS. Otherwise people will continue to vote blue no matter who. They need to be impacted by the burden.

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Anonymous wrote:So impressed with all of the teachers.

There have been a few duds over the years but having sent several children, I have been overall VERY happy.

Above and beyond the teachers, the clubs and activities, and sports have made high school fun and productive.

Hail Saxons!

It didn’t impress me much.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. The diversity I really care about is economic diversity. Of which I'm quite certain Langley has about zero, thanks in part to creatively drawn school boundaries. I think it's disgusting that our public schools are so completely separated into "rich schools" and "poor schools". It starts with housing policies and zoning laws, but then the school boundaries reinforce and exaggerate the divide.

what would be a better method to ensure all schools have equal rich kids and. poor kids?

Can't wait to hear the busing proposal.

PP here. No, bussing sucks and doesn't really work. Like I said, it starts with housing policies and zoning laws. Introduce more affordable housing into the "good" neighborhoods. Economically integrated neighborhoods will eventually lead to economically integrated schools. It will take a while, and the richy-riches will scream and yell about traffic and crime and property values and whatnot. But if we actually care about equity, that's the p

ath forward.

Too funny! The zoning for Great Falls was done in the early 70s. It is now mostly built out. How would you propose changing zoning and how would it work??

Easy, PP! They would simply demand that homeowners relinquish large portions of their property so that low-income housing could be built there. As is their right!

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Anonymous wrote:I think bussing may be the right thing to do here. The wealthier schools in the county need to share the immigration burden. You know, like the Texas program that is sending immigrants to NY, Chicago, and DC. You see how it has gotten their attention. Same thing needs to happen in FCPS. Otherwise people will continue to vote blue no matter who. They need to be impacted by the burden.

Pretty sure that Herndon embraced the "sanctuary" policy many, many years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I think bussing may be the right thing to do here. The wealthier schools in the county need to share the immigration burden. You know, like the Texas program that is sending immigrants to NY, Chicago, and DC. You see how it has gotten their attention. Same thing needs to happen in FCPS. Otherwise people will continue to vote blue no matter who. They need to be impacted by the burden.

Langley has plenty of immigrants already. Indian, Asian, middle eastern immigrant families….

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And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I think bussing may be the right thing to do here. The wealthier schools in the county need to share the immigration burden. You know, like the Texas program that is sending immigrants to NY, Chicago, and DC. You see how it has gotten their attention. Same thing needs to happen in FCPS. Otherwise people will continue to vote blue no matter who. They need to be impacted by the burden.

Langley has plenty of immigrants already. Indian, Asian, middle eastern immigrant families….

It is the 'poor' part of the equation you are missing. But you know that.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

There is space there. Let them Pupil place. No one is stopping that.

And, no, all of them are not truants. However, the stats show that the percentage is extremely high. I guarantee you that if you start busing cross county that the truancy will go up. I know this from experience. Years ago, I taught in a bused school. Miss the bus? You don't get to school that day.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

There is space there. Let them Pupil place. No one is stopping that.

And, no, all of them are not truants. However, the stats show that the percentage is extremely high. I guarantee you that if you start busing cross county that the truancy will go up. I know this from experience. Years ago, I taught in a bused school. Miss the bus? You don't get to school that day.

DP. You do know that, at the poorer schools, most of the poor kids are still taking busses, right? For example, Culmore may be within walking distance to Justice, but the low-income kids on the north side of Route 236 gets bussed to Falls Church. Same with many kids off Route 1 getting bussed to West Potomac.

Some areas with more low-income housing absolutely could be assigned to Langley, starting with the new Dominion Square West complex in Tysons.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

There is space there. Let them Pupil place. No one is stopping that.

And, no, all of them are not truants. However, the stats show that the percentage is extremely high. I guarantee you that if you start busing cross county that the truancy will go up. I know this from experience. Years ago, I taught in a bused school. Miss the bus? You don't get to school that day.

You know pupil placement is not easy for poor immigrants. That is what the busses are for.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

There is space there. Let them Pupil place. No one is stopping that.

And, no, all of them are not truants. However, the stats show that the percentage is extremely high. I guarantee you that if you start busing cross county that the truancy will go up. I know this from experience. Years ago, I taught in a bused school. Miss the bus? You don't get to school that day.

DP. You do know that, at the poorer schools, most of the poor kids are still taking busses, right? For example, Culmore may be within walking distance to Justice, but the low-income kids on the north side of Route 236 gets bussed to Falls Church. Same with many kids off Route 1 getting bussed to West Potomac.

Some areas with more low-income housing absolutely could be assigned to Langley, starting with the new Dominion Square West complex in Tysons.

I am not familiar with those areas or the Tyson's area--except for the mall. I am in favor of community schools--especially for poor kids. It helps to keep families involved. I posted earlier that i taught in a bused school. It's very hard to get poor parents into schools under any circumstance--but when transportation is an issue, it is really, really difficult.

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Anonymous wrote:And Fairfax County hasn't? Except in the case of Fairfax they want to isolate the poor immigrants in particular schools.

So, you would put them on buses where their truancy (already an issue) would necessarily rise? Where it would remove any chance of parental support because of transportation issues? Where any after school activities would be nul? Where it would put additional hardship on their families? All so you can say "equity?"

Stop with the argument that all these kids are truants. Second, there are some poor kids at Justice, Falls Church, and Marshall that would probably be happy to go to Langley, "the best high school in Fairfax". Not that far really. And any low income housing built in Tysons should be zoned for Langley. Langley parents can't help but find reasons to keep the poor kids out.

There is space there. Let them Pupil place. No one is stopping that.

And, no, all of them are not truants. However, the stats show that the percentage is extremely high. I guarantee you that if you start busing cross county that the truancy will go up. I know this from experience. Years ago, I taught in a bused school. Miss the bus? You don't get to school that day.

You know pupil placement is not easy for poor immigrants. That is what the busses are for.

Okay. Then, let SB provide transportation for those who choose. First come, first serve. But, blanket bussing will result in higher truancy. That is a fact.