Any updates on Mclean/Langley possible redistricting?

[Anonymous]

Good points.

Facilities has also been underestimating Langley's enrollment for awhile and apparently has not included the new housing going up on 7 (zoned for Langley) in the current projections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Franklin Sherman is 1.4 miles from Langley high school. That is hardly traveling.

I know this will be an unpopular but I think they should move the closest areas to Langley. Spring Hill sounds like they want to go to Langley since most of the school already feeds into Langley.

I don’t really care one way or another about great falls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good points.

Facilities has also been underestimating Langley's enrollment for awhile and apparently has not included the new housing going up on 7 (zoned for Langley) in the current projections.

With the addition of McLean students to Langley, and the new housing development you mention, Langley will be at capacity before we know it. It’s not *that* under enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Franklin Sherman is 1.4 miles from Langley high school. That is hardly traveling.

I know this will be an unpopular but I think they should move the closest areas to Langley. Spring Hill sounds like they want to go to Langley since most of the school already feeds into Langley.

I don’t really care one way or another about great falls.

Franklin Sherman is closer to McLean than to Langley, as are most neighborhoods zoned for FS. McLean is very convenient, whereas you have to cross two major roads (Dolley Madison and Georgetown Pike) to get to Langley.

We don’t want to get moved to Langley just because some planning people in FCPS overlooked the need for more seats at a growing school and added capacity at another school that didn’t need it. That’s on them, and they need to fix it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

Cycles.

30 years ago it was Langley overcrowded and McLean with space.

Great Falls is poised for more kids as more of our boomers start selling to families with school aged children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good points.

Facilities has also been underestimating Langley's enrollment for awhile and apparently has not included the new housing going up on 7 (zoned for Langley) in the current projections.

With the addition of McLean students to Langley, and the new housing development you mention, Langley will be at capacity before we know it. It’s not *that* under enrolled.

Then they can start adding trailers just like the rest of the HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

It is still a factor. People are having fewer children is another factor. Langley may have an older population. But, its population density is still on the of big factors in the size of its cachement area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

It is still a factor. People are having fewer children is another factor. Langley may have an older population. But, its population density is still on the of big factors in the size of its cachement area.

We live in Langley pyramid. Many of our neighbors send their kids to private school.

I think it has a lot to do with density. The McLean high neighborhoods have more housing closer together that attracts families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

Not the PP but it’s been pointed out again and again that many families in the Langley pyramid stay put, even after their kids have graduated. Why? Because it’s a great area. There may be fewer kids than there were in the 80’s but that’s simply because so many of the families are staying there rather than moving. There’s not some insidious, underlying reason that enrollment has declined somewhat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in Langley pyramid. Many of our neighbors send their kids to private school.

I think it has a lot to do with density. The McLean high neighborhoods have more housing closer together that attracts families.

+1 I also live in Langley neighborhood and just about everyone in my block send their kids to private schools. I have 3 kids and 2 boys at STA and 1 girl at NCS.

Problem with Mclean HS is too many apartments in the area. Quite a few families with kids at Haden towers and Haden flat go to Mclean HS and more apartments will be going up in that area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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. [b] Forcing more kids to travel to Langley, which is not in a convenient location, is not a good long-term solution.

Housing density is a big one.

Langley used to have more kids when there were even fewer houses in its large attendance area.

Try again.

Not the PP but it’s been pointed out again and again that many families in the Langley pyramid stay put, even after their kids have graduated. Why? Because it’s a great area. There may be fewer kids than there were in the 80’s but that’s simply because so many of the families are staying there rather than moving. There’s not some insidious, underlying reason that enrollment has declined somewhat.

+1 We still have quite a few retired couples in my GF neighborhood. That said, we have seen an increase in young families in the last 3 years as more and more retirees are starting to move out of the area. My next door neighbor sold last year - and he was in his 90s!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Langley pyramid. Many of our neighbors send their kids to private school.

I think it has a lot to do with density. The McLean high neighborhoods have more housing closer together that attracts families.

+1 I also live in Langley neighborhood and just about everyone in my block send their kids to private schools. I have 3 kids and 2 boys at STA and 1 girl at NCS.

Problem with Mclean HS is too many apartments in the area. Quite a few families with kids at Haden towers and Haden flat go to Mclean HS and more apartments will be going up in that area.

Most of the growth in the McLean pyramid is coming from the Chesterbrook, Haycock and Kent Gardens areas that are overwhelmingly neighborhoods of single-family homes where younger families live who prefer public schools and proximity to Metro/DC.

Not sure that any more kids are coming from the Haden building than from the Commons of McLean units that were there previously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Langley pyramid. Many of our neighbors send their kids to private school.

I think it has a lot to do with density. The McLean high neighborhoods have more housing closer together that attracts families.

+1 I also live in Langley neighborhood and just about everyone in my block send their kids to private schools. I have 3 kids and 2 boys at STA and 1 girl at NCS.

Problem with Mclean HS is too many apartments in the area. Quite a few families with kids at Haden towers and Haden flat go to Mclean HS and more apartments will be going up in that area.

Most of the growth in the McLean pyramid is coming from the Chesterbrook, Haycock and Kent Gardens areas that are overwhelmingly neighborhoods of single-family homes where younger families live who prefer public schools and proximity to Metro/DC.

Not sure that any more kids are coming from the Haden building than from the Commons of McLean units that were there previously.

I know at least 10 families staying at Haden towers and Haden flat for the purpose of having their kids attend McLean HS. Very nice and expensive apartments