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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly the ramp should not be closed and the solution is to move students in Great Falls to closer schools in Herndon or Reston. Langley is under-enrolled and FCPS can redistrict multi-family housing in Tysons there to fill empty seats.  [/quote]

Langley is most definitely NOT under enrolled.

Since the majority of commuters are from MD, it makes sense that MD should have a wider bridge. MD offers zero incentives for business on their side of the river, obviously. Why aren't Marylanders working on that?  VA doesn't care what MD wants, obviously. [/quote]

It most definitely IS under-enrolled: 1923 kids this fall at a school with a 2100-student capacity.  The Langley enrollment is down over 170 kids from a decade ago. In comparison, Marshall’s enrollment over the same period has increased by over 800 students and McLean’s by almost 500.

Since Langley has space, and almost no low-income students, the obvious solution is to move multi-family housing in Tysons - closer to Langley than the Great Falls neighborhoods where parents are complaining about the traffic on Georgetown Pike - to Langley and move the GF neighborhoods to Herndon or South Lakes as soon as those schools can accommodate them. FCPS projects Herndon at 95% of capacity and South Lakes at 90% in 2022, so it seems quite doable.[/quote]

+1000. That might also help Langley parents understand others face challenges more significant than sitting in traffic in their Range Rovers.[/quote]

Huh.  I drive a ten yr. old minivan... does that mean I'm not qualified to be a Langley parent?  And what about all those other parents like me?  But sure, continue focusing your rage on the stereotypical wealth that you think all Langley families have.   :roll: [/quote]

We just moved to the Langley pyramid and surprised how modest many of the families are. There are townhouses and older smaller homes in McLean. Some families sacrifice to pay for more expensive housing. Not everyone is loaded like it is often implied on these boards.[/quote]

Very few townhouses and no apartments are zoned to Langley, and there is nothing modest about trying to offload the traffic in your area onto other neighborhoods. It’s the height of arrogance.[/quote]

DP.  There is actually a large townhouse community that is zoned for Langley.  But you don't have to live in a townhouse or apartment to live in a small, modest home - which are plentiful throughout the area.  It's pretty obvious you're only going to see what you want to see and that you don't actually live in McLean or Great Falls or you'd know exactly what the PP describes.  [/quote]

Stop digging. You are just embarrassing yourself now.[/quote]

I would say exactly that to you.  Your hate and rage for anything related to Langley completely colors anything else you have to say.  You can't even make rational arguments.  Since you obviously don't live in this area, stop embarrassing yourself by making false proclamations about what kinds of housing are zoned to Langley.  You have no clue.[/quote]

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