What are not very expensive neighborhoods zoned for Langley - Herndon? Reston?

[Anonymous]

Kings manor is probably your best bet. You can get a townhouse for right under $1m.

Tear downs go for more than $1m in Langley.

As others suggested, there are other schools that are more affordable.

[Anonymous]

There is exactly one home available in Langley high pyramid and it is the townhouse in kings manor.

[Anonymous]

Meant to say one house under $1m.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with all the prior posters that there are many good schools with less expensive housing.

If your child is a great student, there are many schools where they will flourish. If you child is average student, a school like Langley might actually offer fewer advantages and a risk of being lost in the shuffle.

Which got me thinking - do families regret being so focused on a single pyramid/school at the cost of $/housing/commute/logistics?

FWIW, we did the opposite - stayed at the less prestigious/lower scores/lower SES school. It worked out great in the end - kept our money and our kids thrived, but there were definitely some times I worried that we were not "sacrificing" enough for the "best" education.

OP. We are looking for a HS school with good test scores that we can work to afford. If Kids work hard to be average that is okay. If they work hard to go to any local state school like GMU or if they some courses from NOVA and have no pressure of student loans is okay. Hard work habits and study any major is okay.

So we are looking for public HS with good test scores to require hard work habits for kids from HS.

OP. Thank you for helpful suggestions for HS schools and neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

I believe any homes zoned for Russian language immersion in elementary/middle school. I know two kids that live in modest townhouses in Falls Church (one across the street from Longfellow MS, and another one in Montevideo Sq) that attend Langley HS due to Russian immersion.

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Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

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Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

It isn’t segregation. If you look at a map and where Langley High is located, there really aren’t any poor areas to pull from. It is in a very expensive location. Across the river is MD and to the east is DC. West is Great Falls and then you start going into McLean High areas.

There have been a few boundary studies in recent years about moving some families to Langley from McLean High.

Another boundary study was done recently for Kent Gardens but they didn’t touch the high school zoning, only moved elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

Are you aware of the implications of geography? What's your suggestion?

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Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

You know the answer to that. Hypocrites like Elaine Tholen get elected and make sure Langley has no economic diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

You know the answer to that. Hypocrites like Elaine Tholen get elected and make sure Langley has no economic diversity.

I love how everyone poo-poos Langley because of the long bus rides to school, yet it would be OK to bus in folks from even a farther away to make it more diverse.

It really is a matter of geography. I suppose they could move the school farther west and pull in Herndon, but I don’t think FCPS would fund that (especially since LHS was recently renovated and McLean desperately needs renovation/expansion). Obviously they could take some of McLean’s students to give McLean some relief, but that won’t solve any diversity problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

It isn’t segregation. If you look at a map and where Langley High is located, there really aren’t any poor areas to pull from. It is in a very expensive location. Across the river is MD and to the east is DC. West is Great Falls and then you start going into McLean High areas.

There have been a few boundary studies in recent years about moving some families to Langley from McLean High.

Another boundary study was done recently for Kent Gardens but they didn’t touch the high school zoning, only moved elementary schools.

Langley's map looks like one of the manhandled political districts. Like he'll Langley's geography couldn't possibly incorporate one condo or apartment building. Plenty in Tysons to pick from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

It isn’t segregation. If you look at a map and where Langley High is located, there really aren’t any poor areas to pull from. It is in a very expensive location. Across the river is MD and to the east is DC. West is Great Falls and then you start going into McLean High areas.

There have been a few boundary studies in recent years about moving some families to Langley from McLean High.

Another boundary study was done recently for Kent Gardens but they didn’t touch the high school zoning, only moved elementary schools.

Langley's map looks like one of the manhandled political districts. Like he'll Langley's geography couldn't possibly incorporate one condo or apartment building. Plenty in Tysons to pick from.

But also, the while point of desegregation bussing was to move kids from one area of the district to the other to force desegregation. Geography can't be used as an excuse to not integrate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

It isn’t segregation. If you look at a map and where Langley High is located, there really aren’t any poor areas to pull from. It is in a very expensive location. Across the river is MD and to the east is DC. West is Great Falls and then you start going into McLean High areas.

There have been a few boundary studies in recent years about moving some families to Langley from McLean High.

Another boundary study was done recently for Kent Gardens but they didn’t touch the high school zoning, only moved elementary schools.

Langley's map looks like one of the manhandled political districts. Like he'll Langley's geography couldn't possibly incorporate one condo or apartment building. Plenty in Tysons to pick from.

Many/most of those apartments are expensive — especially if you include the condo fees! I live in a modest home in Great Falls, and the mortgage on those apartments is more than my own!

[Anonymous]

Wah!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say one house under $1m.

How TF does Fairfax County get away with modern school segregation?

It isn’t segregation. If you look at a map and where Langley High is located, there really aren’t any poor areas to pull from. It is in a very expensive location. Across the river is MD and to the east is DC. West is Great Falls and then you start going into McLean High areas.

There have been a few boundary studies in recent years about moving some families to Langley from McLean High.

Another boundary study was done recently for Kent Gardens but they didn’t touch the high school zoning, only moved elementary schools.

Langley's map looks like one of the manhandled political districts. Like he'll Langley's geography couldn't possibly incorporate one condo or apartment building. Plenty in Tysons to pick from.

But also, the while point of desegregation bussing was to move kids from one area of the district to the other to force desegregation. Geography can't be used as an excuse to not integrate.

Intentional integration with boundary moves is no longer the modus operandi. The areas with clustered diversity want to stick together and not be bussed or split among different schools, and wealthier neighborhoods also want to stick together, but don’t necessarily mind being bussed to schools further away—the Langley boundaries for example. Equity is the new goal for communities and schools. Lewis is bringing back AP for example as part of the equity initiatives. The only ways boundaries move these days are as a result of extreme overcrowding or building new schools. Other neighboring school districts have in fact removed diversity as a criterion, and demographic data for neighborhoods are no longer used to help with boundary moves. It’s a national trend really.