McLean to Explore Separating from FC & FCPS

[Anonymous]

I would 100% move to McLean if this happened. Screw “equity.”

[Anonymous]

Irony is McLean voted in the same people who have been screwing them over for years. When they found out “equity” in FC/FCPS means sit down, shut up, and keep writing those checks, they decided it wasn’t so great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

What does the comment have to do with the previous one?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

What does the comment have to do with the previous one?

If size is the problem, if Fairfax is too big, then smaller counties must be great. Right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

Arlington County has nothing to do with this. This would be more like Falls Church City.

[Anonymous]

It they do this, they need to do whatever it takes to keep the "affordable housing" lobbyists and nonprofit groups out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

Arlington County has nothing to do with this. This would be more like Falls Church City.

McLean has a population of 47,000. Arlington has a population of 240,000. Comparing a potential City of McLean to Arlington County doesn't make sense.

Falls Church has a population of 14,000. I would argue that McLean is a perfect size to be its own city. 47,000 is plenty big to have economies of scale, without becoming too larger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

What does the comment have to do with the previous one?

If size is the problem, if Fairfax is too big, then smaller counties must be great. Right?

size isn't the problem, the poors are. McClean city would have a much better rich to poor ratio (maybe they could find a way to draw lines to have no poors).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It they do this, they need to do whatever it takes to keep the "affordable housing" lobbyists and nonprofit groups out.

the whole reason to do this is to avoid subsidizing affordable areas. There is no chance they would welcome affordable housing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

What does the comment have to do with the previous one?

If size is the problem, if Fairfax is too big, then smaller counties must be great. Right?

size isn't the problem, the poors are. McClean city would have a much better rich to poor ratio (maybe they could find a way to draw lines to have no poors).

Troll fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone saying they move move to McLean when they could actually move to FCCPS today and get this? If you think because McLean is cheaper, it won't be once that actually happens...

Because right now my commute is perfect but if telework becomes the norm, McLean wont be a big deal, would be closer commute for spouse and a concentrated resources in the schools would be worth it. Cost isn't an issue

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Anonymous wrote:If this gets traction,, it will get interesting very fast. So many questions - would Great Falls be included? - what other neighborhoods would be included? I imagine a lot would want to be.

Clearly, its not happening for at least 4 years. But it would take 4 years to really plan that out anyway.

FC is really too large. It would be good to start carving it up to make it more manageable.

I know, right? Arlington is so much better!!! Well managed county, excellent school district with no major impending disaster...

What does the comment have to do with the previous one?

If size is the problem, if Fairfax is too big, then smaller counties must be great. Right?

size isn't the problem, the poors are. McClean city would have a much better rich to poor ratio (maybe they could find a way to draw lines to have no poors).

Troll fail.

if you don't think the real reason for separation is to stop subsidizing the poorer parts of the county you're delusional. What do you think keeping tax dollars local means?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It they do this, they need to do whatever it takes to keep the "affordable housing" lobbyists and nonprofit groups out.

the whole reason to do this is to avoid subsidizing affordable areas. There is no chance they would welcome affordable housing

Not so. You can still subsidize affordable areas if you still get reasonable services yourself. McLean doesn’t - just look at recent FCPS priorities:

* keeping Cooper/Longfellow kids out of TJ with no acknowledgement of enrollment impacts on Langley and McLean

* building new additions at less overcrowded schools like Justice and Madison while sticking McLean kids in trailers and a second-hand modular

* developing a new Academy program at Lewis HS next summer on top of AP/IB while Langley and McLean have no special programs and some of the largest class sizes in the county

It’s time to set up a new jurisdiction that has more control over its resources.

[Anonymous]

moving forward with this would create a school that could rival TJ. Given the changes going on there, this would be welcomed