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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean and Longfellow are overcrowded.[/quote]

Longfellow is not overcrowded.

Cooper is currently a construction zone and will remain near a major intersection even after the construction is finished. [/quote]

Cooper's construction is due to complete this year and won't be a consideration for you.

McLean is well over capacity (even with a modular) and growing. Langley will remain under capacity even with projected growth.

The obvious and cheapest option would have been for the current expansion of Cooper to have been a bigger project (~150-200 more seats) and then redistrict some of the remaining split feeders from LMS/MHS to CMS/LHS, leaving MHS closer to capacity (but probably still a bit over).

That ship has sailed. So the alternatives are:

I don’t understand how a renovation that happened after labgley renovation was completed did not add enough seats to support Langley expansion.
(1) to proceed with that above plan anyway, but basically install a modular or trailers at Cooper right on the heels of their renovation (likely won't happen, as this approach would shed too much light on the poor planning of FCPS)
(2) expand MHS with a significant project that ideally also addresses some of the other facility issues beyond just adding classrooms (but doesn't seem the board is supporting this, and the presumable new Dranesville Rep Robyn Lady hasn't provided any indication this is a priority for her, let alone that she's really even very aware of the issue)
(3) status quo at MHS with increasing overcrowding, while throwing a bit of lipstick on the bathrooms and various other minor maintenance projects to give the appearance of "doing something" TM while continuing to neglect the overall condition and capacity issues of the school (this seems the most likely outcome, sadly)[/quote][/quote]

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