FCPS HS Boundary

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Anonymous wrote:Before any rezoning ovvurs, two critical things should occur:

#1. All students attending a school affected by rezoning should be required to supply a proff of residency in the form of a recent utility bill in one of their parent's name.

If they cannot produce a current utility bill proving they are attending the correct school for their address, then they need to be moved out of the school the following year, back to their zoned school, and removed from the capacity counts. I suspect that there are dozens or more families that fall into this category, falsely inflating the capacity numbers.

#2 All loopholes allowing students to transfer out of receiving schools, such as Lewis where over 12% of the students transfer away to other high schools.

Once the transfer out loopholes are closed, FCPS needs to wait 2 full academic years to see if this increases enrollment and test scores at the school, or if those roughly 200 students find a different way to avoid attending Lewis.

If Lewis attendance shows no notable increase in Lewis students attending their zoned high school, then FCPS needs to halt rezoning and look at other solutions for Lewis, that do no involve rezoning kids from WSHS to fill spots that Lewis zoned students refuse to fill.

Rezoning into any school that is pupil placing OUT hundreds of students is short sighted and a terrible waste of taxpayer money, not to mention a huge disruption to students lives, and an attack on families that purchased their home based on a specific high school zone.

Kids are not political pawns.

Enforce existing district residency rules.

Look at the student actually zoned for the schools who are not attending, and fix those deficiencies.

The solution is simple.

I'm not sure the residency problem is quite what you think - I don't think it will turn up dozens or hundreds of students that need to be returned to some other school. Maybe across the county you might find some, but nothing likely that will have a big impact on any one school.

As far as Lewis and transfers, cracking down on voluntary pupil placement could return some students, but it won't be all 200. I think at the high end it might be 75. I suppose that is a start. I think many of the rest are special education students, transfers for teachers' children (which you are not going to stop), behavioral (Bryant), and TJ. The biggest wildcard are the Edison transfers. That is the biggest number out of Lewis but it also has IB, so that is not the reason for the transfers. The guess is the STEM academy. Short of creating a similar program at Lewis I don't know that they can forbid students transferring to that program. Of course, this all argues for the first thing that should really be addressed - looking at standardizing the programs across the county high schools. First move should be to go back to all AP. That is the no brainer in all of this and the root of many of the problems (and started years ago). Standardizing language offerings would also help, but I don't see the county doing that.

So cracking down on pupil placements could help a little bit, but for Lewis and West Springfield, the projected gap (county projections) in enrollments in several years would still be in the 1400-1500 student range with West Springfield being over capacity. The county could still consider rezoning some West Springfield students to Lewis for capacity reasons. Not saying they will, just saying they could.

DP. I’ve looked at this at Herndon High, and, with a net outflow of nearly 300 students, it’s abundantly clear that curtailing the massive outflow would negate the need for any wholesale redistricting. That’s like 13% off the student body. Sure a couple dozen are TJ, but most are just parents trying to get their kids into the best educational situation for each. I’m not an advocate for moving these kids back, but I absolutely will advocate for it if they start messing with the boundaries, because they claim that process is about efficiency and using all the seats, and it’s hypocritical to move other districts in before dealing with the gigantic net outflows at these schools.

It looks like 150 Herndon zoned students are attending South Lakes. Another 20 Herndon zoned students are attending Langley. Curtailing the voluntary pupil placements might help at Herndon more so than Lewis. The county would be wise to consider standardizing on AP and standardizing languages in order to stop these transfers. Otherwise, they might have legal trouble on their hands. Not a lawyer, but I can see parents filing lawsuits over equal access to programs. Academies are also problematic in this way.

I’ll absolutely sue if my kids get denied access after redistricting. The good news is that the county will have lots of surplus money to defend the lawsuits based on the savings of one or two bus drivers.

Lawyers make $25/hour too, right?

In the current state of affairs there are already thousands of kids being denied access and yet no frivolous lawsuits exist.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. More of McLean could be moved to Langley without having to move anyone out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Before any rezoning ovvurs, two critical things should occur:

#1. All students attending a school affected by rezoning should be required to supply a proff of residency in the form of a recent utility bill in one of their parent's name.

If they cannot produce a current utility bill proving they are attending the correct school for their address, then they need to be moved out of the school the following year, back to their zoned school, and removed from the capacity counts. I suspect that there are dozens or more families that fall into this category, falsely inflating the capacity numbers.

#2 All loopholes allowing students to transfer out of receiving schools, such as Lewis where over 12% of the students transfer away to other high schools.

Once the transfer out loopholes are closed, FCPS needs to wait 2 full academic years to see if this increases enrollment and test scores at the school, or if those roughly 200 students find a different way to avoid attending Lewis.

If Lewis attendance shows no notable increase in Lewis students attending their zoned high school, then FCPS needs to halt rezoning and look at other solutions for Lewis, that do no involve rezoning kids from WSHS to fill spots that Lewis zoned students refuse to fill.

Rezoning into any school that is pupil placing OUT hundreds of students is short sighted and a terrible waste of taxpayer money, not to mention a huge disruption to students lives, and an attack on families that purchased their home based on a specific high school zone.

Kids are not political pawns.

Enforce existing district residency rules.

Look at the student actually zoned for the schools who are not attending, and fix those deficiencies.

The solution is simple.

I'm not sure the residency problem is quite what you think - I don't think it will turn up dozens or hundreds of students that need to be returned to some other school. Maybe across the county you might find some, but nothing likely that will have a big impact on any one school.

As far as Lewis and transfers, cracking down on voluntary pupil placement could return some students, but it won't be all 200. I think at the high end it might be 75. I suppose that is a start. I think many of the rest are special education students, transfers for teachers' children (which you are not going to stop), behavioral (Bryant), and TJ. The biggest wildcard are the Edison transfers. That is the biggest number out of Lewis but it also has IB, so that is not the reason for the transfers. The guess is the STEM academy. Short of creating a similar program at Lewis I don't know that they can forbid students transferring to that program. Of course, this all argues for the first thing that should really be addressed - looking at standardizing the programs across the county high schools. First move should be to go back to all AP. That is the no brainer in all of this and the root of many of the problems (and started years ago). Standardizing language offerings would also help, but I don't see the county doing that.

So cracking down on pupil placements could help a little bit, but for Lewis and West Springfield, the projected gap (county projections) in enrollments in several years would still be in the 1400-1500 student range with West Springfield being over capacity. The county could still consider rezoning some West Springfield students to Lewis for capacity reasons. Not saying they will, just saying they could.

DP. I’ve looked at this at Herndon High, and, with a net outflow of nearly 300 students, it’s abundantly clear that curtailing the massive outflow would negate the need for any wholesale redistricting. That’s like 13% off the student body. Sure a couple dozen are TJ, but most are just parents trying to get their kids into the best educational situation for each. I’m not an advocate for moving these kids back, but I absolutely will advocate for it if they start messing with the boundaries, because they claim that process is about efficiency and using all the seats, and it’s hypocritical to move other districts in before dealing with the gigantic net outflows at these schools.

It looks like 150 Herndon zoned students are attending South Lakes. Another 20 Herndon zoned students are attending Langley. Curtailing the voluntary pupil placements might help at Herndon more so than Lewis. The county would be wise to consider standardizing on AP and standardizing languages in order to stop these transfers. Otherwise, they might have legal trouble on their hands. Not a lawyer, but I can see parents filing lawsuits over equal access to programs. Academies are also problematic in this way.

I’ll absolutely sue if my kids get denied access after redistricting. The good news is that the county will have lots of surplus money to defend the lawsuits based on the savings of one or two bus drivers.

Lawyers make $25/hour too, right?

In the current state of affairs there are already thousands of kids being denied access and yet no frivolous lawsuits exist.

Because except in a few rare cases, people knew what pyramids they were buying into. It’s the bait-and-switch that creates the legal peril.

*Only someone who does not value education would deem a deprivation of an education “frivolous”.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. Your self-interest and disregard for other kids is so so gross. All that is wrong in our county.

DP. Good grief, Langley parents acted like the McLean families rezoned there in 2021 (in some cases, against their wishes) should have kissed their feet for the opportunity to attend Langley. But if, for whatever reason, part of Langley gets moved to Herndon, it’s going to be a crime against humanity and “all that is wrong in our county”? No wonder the Herndon parents don’t want you at their school, if that’s your attitude.

Another DP. Langley parents were reacting to the bad behavior of some McLean parents, who acted like it was the end of the world that some McLean families would be rezoned to Langley. Very off-putting behavior.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

DP. Yes, Langley has some extra capacity right now, but it also has two large subdivisions being built within its boundary. No doubt that extra capacity will be used up very shortly.

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

I think so too. Those advocating to move OTHER people's kids around are bound to be in store for some unpleasant surprises of their own.

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

DP. McLean still has two attendance islands. One is in Tysons, and feeds to Spring Hill, which is a split feeder to Langley and McLean. The other is in Falls Church, and feeds to Timber Lane, which is a split feeder to McLean and Falls Church.

It would be easier, if they want to reduce the overcrowding at McLean and remain unwilling to invest in the school, to move the Timber Lane island to Falls Church. However, that would pull diversity out of McLean, so the SB may be more inclined to move the Spring Hill island to Langley. If they do that, it stands to push Langley (and even more so Cooper) over capacity, so they may team it with moving part of Langley to Herndon. Or maybe they won’t, in which case Cooper and Langley can enjoy some of the overcrowding that McLean has put up with for the past decade.

Some McLean families may relish any scenario that moves them to wealthier, renovated Langley. Many of us would prefer FCPS to leave the boundaries alone and expand McLean like they’ve expanded West Potomac, Madison and Justice (outside the queue), but the powers that be refuse to spend money at our school. So, now, with our School Board member and others touting upcoming boundary changes, we’re just trying to figure out what it may mean for our pyramid. If our speculation bothers you so much, maybe you should have supported a MHS addition previously (rather than accused us of trying to jump the queue) or voted for different School Board candidates.

A couple things:

I fully support a McLean renovation - PP seeks to throw GF neighbors under the bus to save her own kids, which is what I find repugnant.

Re: McLean islands, I’ve run the numbers, and I think the board will consider moving more than just the Spring Hill island. That move only still has McLean projected at over 110%, so they may have to move the other island to Falls church high school if they truly want to relieve overcrowding, or, less likely, move some of McLean near-ish Langley to Langley.

Maybe PP is smack dab in the heart of McLean and has kids that will not be directly affected by this, but moving 20% of a school’s population to other schools is never going to be a seamless process, so expect massive disruption when this actually gets enacted. I’m just saying to the PP that she should be careful what she wishes for.

Btw, the current board doesn’t care about McLean or Langley (Robyn Lady only cares about one school in her district). So, I’m just saying you might want to rethink the let’s sacrifice Forestville to relieve McLean overcrowding strategy, as it could completely backfire on you.

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DP

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

PS, just to add to this, if they are looking to level out numbers, Chantilly and Centreville probably can only be absorbed via Herndon, not Falls Church, so I could see a scenario where they move 20% off the McLean kids to the recently renovated falls church high. Admittedly, reducing overcrowding seems more like the pretext for redistricting, but it’s certainly more than a remote possibility.

Nice try, Great Falls mom. Look at a map.

DP. It's funny - you criticize Langley families for not wanting to move to Herndon, but you'd be just as upset were your kids rezoned to Falls Church.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. More of McLean could be moved to Langley without having to move anyone out.

You are silly if you think this School Board is going to move more McLean kids to Langley without also moving Langley kids to Herndon. They just finished a big addition to Herndon, yet they are now projecting it will be 29% under capacity in five years. And the main thing Robyn Lady is touting is how a redistricting could shorten kids’ commutes.

Tread very carefully here.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. Your self-interest and disregard for other kids is so so gross. All that is wrong in our county.

DP. Good grief, Langley parents acted like the McLean families rezoned there in 2021 (in some cases, against their wishes) should have kissed their feet for the opportunity to attend Langley. But if, for whatever reason, part of Langley gets moved to Herndon, it’s going to be a crime against humanity and “all that is wrong in our county”? No wonder the Herndon parents don’t want you at their school, if that’s your attitude.

Another DP. Langley parents were reacting to the bad behavior of some McLean parents, who acted like it was the end of the world that some McLean families would be rezoned to Langley. Very off-putting behavior.

With every redistricting, some parents are fine with it and others opposed. But let’s not kid ourselves, you’d fully support the Langley parents who’d act 10X more aggrieved if they were reassigned to Herndon.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

PS, just to add to this, if they are looking to level out numbers, Chantilly and Centreville probably can only be absorbed via Herndon, not Falls Church, so I could see a scenario where they move 20% off the McLean kids to the recently renovated falls church high. Admittedly, reducing overcrowding seems more like the pretext for redistricting, but it’s certainly more than a remote possibility.

Nice try, Great Falls mom. Look at a map.

DP. It's funny - you criticize Langley families for not wanting to move to Herndon, but you'd be just as upset were your kids rezoned to Falls Church.

DP. Stop projecting your own feelings onto others, Langley Mom.

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

PS, just to add to this, if they are looking to level out numbers, Chantilly and Centreville probably can only be absorbed via Herndon, not Falls Church, so I could see a scenario where they move 20% off the McLean kids to the recently renovated falls church high. Admittedly, reducing overcrowding seems more like the pretext for redistricting, but it’s certainly more than a remote possibility.

Nice try, Great Falls mom. Look at a map.

DP. It's funny - you criticize Langley families for not wanting to move to Herndon, but you'd be just as upset were your kids rezoned to Falls Church.

DP. Stop projecting your own feelings onto others, Langley Mom.

DP. She’s quite right though. And I actually like when you call us Langley moms. Makes me excited to have my kids go there!

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. Your self-interest and disregard for other kids is so so gross. All that is wrong in our county.

DP. Good grief, Langley parents acted like the McLean families rezoned there in 2021 (in some cases, against their wishes) should have kissed their feet for the opportunity to attend Langley. But if, for whatever reason, part of Langley gets moved to Herndon, it’s going to be a crime against humanity and “all that is wrong in our county”? No wonder the Herndon parents don’t want you at their school, if that’s your attitude.

Another DP. Langley parents were reacting to the bad behavior of some McLean parents, who acted like it was the end of the world that some McLean families would be rezoned to Langley. Very off-putting behavior.

With every redistricting, some parents are fine with it and others opposed. But let’s not kid ourselves, you’d fully support the Langley parents who’d act 10X more aggrieved if they were reassigned to Herndon.

Yes, I would. Would you want your kids moving to Herndon?

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

With its new renovation, Falls Church HS can pick up some of the McLean crowding on the other side of the McLean district. Frankly, with the growth of Tyson’s, I think both will have to happen as well as expanding McLean.

Falls Church HS is much farther away from MHS zone than HHS is from LHS. Not to mention, LHS has excess capacity.

Nice try. There are parts of McLean that are super close to falls church high. Be careful advocating too hard for a county-wide redistricting, McLean families, or you could end up with some very unintended consequences.

PS, just to add to this, if they are looking to level out numbers, Chantilly and Centreville probably can only be absorbed via Herndon, not Falls Church, so I could see a scenario where they move 20% off the McLean kids to the recently renovated falls church high. Admittedly, reducing overcrowding seems more like the pretext for redistricting, but it’s certainly more than a remote possibility.

Nice try, Great Falls mom. Look at a map.

DP. It's funny - you criticize Langley families for not wanting to move to Herndon, but you'd be just as upset were your kids rezoned to Falls Church.

DP. Stop projecting your own feelings onto others, Langley Mom.

I see you're completely unable to refute the above fact. Thought so, McLean Mom.

[Anonymous]

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Then why do you care about Forestville kids going to Herndon (or not)? Your kids don’t go to either Langley or Herndon, so why are you opining about other people’s children?

McLean mom wants Forestville moved out of Langley so her kids can get moved to Langley and avoid the drop in quality at McLean once all the new low-income housing is built in Tysons.

Nope, I want McLean to be less crowded for all go there by making the obvious choice to shift some of MHS to LHS and some of LHS to HHS. LHS has capacity and some parts of its zone are so much closer to HHS (the bus ride from those neighborhoods to LHS to s ridiculous).

DP. Your self-interest and disregard for other kids is so so gross. All that is wrong in our county.

DP. Good grief, Langley parents acted like the McLean families rezoned there in 2021 (in some cases, against their wishes) should have kissed their feet for the opportunity to attend Langley. But if, for whatever reason, part of Langley gets moved to Herndon, it’s going to be a crime against humanity and “all that is wrong in our county”? No wonder the Herndon parents don’t want you at their school, if that’s your attitude.

Another DP. Langley parents were reacting to the bad behavior of some McLean parents, who acted like it was the end of the world that some McLean families would be rezoned to Langley. Very off-putting behavior.

With every redistricting, some parents are fine with it and others opposed. But let’s not kid ourselves, you’d fully support the Langley parents who’d act 10X more aggrieved if they were reassigned to Herndon.

Yes, I would. Would you want your kids moving to Herndon?

DP. I think everyone is in agreement against the ill-advised county redistricting here. I think you both are advocating against it.