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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean ratings have fallen to a 7 but langley is still rated high. Obvious mismanagement of funds for McLean as their buildings are rotting and falling apart and over crowded where cooper and Langley have gotten recent renovations and expansions.[/quote]

There are two main facilities issues in the McLean pyramid - overcrowding at Kent Gardens ES and overcrowding and maintenance at McLean HS.  Some of the other schools in the pyramid, including Longfellow and Haycock (as well as some of the ES in the Marshall pyramid that are split feeders to Marshall and McLean) have been renovated relatively recently.

The lower GS ratings are a function of McLean’s greater diversity relative to Langley.  For similar reasons, GS dings other schools with similar demographics to McLean like Madison and Oakton.  By other metrics, McLean does as well as (actually better than) Langley academically.  For example, McLean had 23 National Merit Semifinalists in the Class of 2023; Langley had 15.

Again, these are both great pyramids, and some will continue to prefer Longfellow/McLean over Cooper/Langley (and vice versa).  Facilities seen irrelevant but neither are they the only consideration. [/quote]

Langley is weighed more harshly with regard to college admissions. [/quote]

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