Mclean boundary changes - can someone please update?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

[Anonymous]

I like where they landed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

At some point some of the Langley neighborhoods built in the 70s and 80s will turn over to younger families and they'll need the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

At some point some of the Langley neighborhoods built in the 70s and 80s will turn over to younger families and they'll need the space.

the houses built in the 70s and 80’s in my neighborhood have already turned over. The early ones are turning over a second time now. It is the mid-90’s-2000s that are also rolling over now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

At some point some of the Langley neighborhoods built in the 70s and 80s will turn over to younger families and they'll need the space.

the houses built in the 70s and 80’s in my neighborhood have already turned over. The early ones are turning over a second time now. It is the mid-90’s-2000s that are also rolling over now.

Does it make sense to hold hundreds of empty seats for potential neighborhood turnover?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

At some point some of the Langley neighborhoods built in the 70s and 80s will turn over to younger families and they'll need the space.

the houses built in the 70s and 80’s in my neighborhood have already turned over. The early ones are turning over a second time now. It is the mid-90’s-2000s that are also rolling over now.

Does it make sense to hold hundreds of empty seats for potential neighborhood turnover?

It’s not just turnover. The new Arden development in Great Falls has over 100 new homes already zoned to Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

+1
Split feeders are ridiculous. They should have all of Colvin Run and all of Spring Hill going to one middle/high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

Not dumb if you think it would have been a bad idea to just move more SFHs into Langley. And the Colvin Run area is still closer to McLean than to Langley.

? No it’s not. My kids went to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley. McLean/Longfellow would have been farther away for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not send all of Spring Hill to Langley?

Looking at a map, Colvin Run seems to be the more obvious school to send to Langley.

They look at the map and other factors.

I believe that staff concluded that moving all of Spring Hill would move too many kids, and possibly force McLean to shed too many teachers and electives.

On the other hand, moving Colvin Run would only move SFHs to Langley, which is not consistent with their commitment to considering equity in their decisions.

Each of the original options and the final recommendation has pros and cons, but I think the final recommendation is better than the original options. It doesn't move too many kids right away, and by moving part of Tysons to Langley it means that Langley will also pick up some kids from future development in the area between International Drive and Leesburg Pike.

Pp here. We moved to the Langley pyramid last year. I totally welcome the apartments and diversity at Langley. I just read the presentation and it looks like Langley/Cooper could handle more kids from McLean. Would think it is better to do a bigger adjustment than just a tiny tweak.

At some point some of the Langley neighborhoods built in the 70s and 80s will turn over to younger families and they'll need the space.

DP. I live in a 70s home in Great Falls, in the Langley pyramid. Many families, including us, plan on spending our retirement years here. Are you the same poster who keeps insisting people like us will sell and neighborhoods will “turn over”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

Not dumb if you think it would have been a bad idea to just move more SFHs into Langley. And the Colvin Run area is still closer to McLean than to Langley.

? No it’s not. My kids went to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley. McLean/Longfellow would have been farther away for us.

Colvin Run looks closer to Langley. Does it really matter if more SFHs go to Langley. Langley already has mostly all SFHs. What’s a few more?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

+1
Split feeders are ridiculous. They should have all of Colvin Run and all of Spring Hill going to one middle/high school.

They’d have to do comprehensive boundary changes across the entire county to eliminate all the split feeders. Not going to happen any time soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

Not dumb if you think it would have been a bad idea to just move more SFHs into Langley. And the Colvin Run area is still closer to McLean than to Langley.

? No it’s not. My kids went to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley. McLean/Longfellow would have been farther away for us.

Was referring to the areas near Colvin Run ES in Vienna that currently go to McLean rather than Langley. They are closer to McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb not to move the Colvin Run kids and get rid of it as a split feeder

Not dumb if you think it would have been a bad idea to just move more SFHs into Langley. And the Colvin Run area is still closer to McLean than to Langley.

? No it’s not. My kids went to Colvin Run/Cooper/Langley. McLean/Longfellow would have been farther away for us.

Colvin Run looks closer to Langley. Does it really matter if more SFHs go to Langley. Langley already has mostly all SFHs. What’s a few more?

PP here and I agree with you. This picking between SFHs, townhouses, and apartments, all in some misguided effort to make each school “equal,” is asinine.

[Anonymous]

Getting triggered by a plan to move a handful of apartments in Tysons to Langley that are closer to Langley than other areas already zoned to LHS is asinine. It will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting triggered by a plan to move a handful of apartments in Tysons to Langley that are closer to Langley than other areas already zoned to LHS is asinine. It will be fine.

It’s not the apartments themselves that pose any problem. It’s the scrutinizing of the map to make sure school A gets exactly the same amount that school B does. Just draw a boundary that actually makes geographic sense and doesn’t create any “islands” or split feeders. It really can’t be that hard.