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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I love how posters scream and yell about long commutes and traffic, but have zero issue with the current Langley boundaries where in some cases houses are over 10 miles from Langley and less than 3 miles from Herndon. The current boundaries make no sense.
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Sadly, the location of Langley requires that kids come from long distances.  That's just the way it is.

Are you aware of the neighborhoods that were redistricted from Chantilly to Oakton against their will?  This happened during the South Lakes redistricting.  They lived less than 3 miles from Chantilly and their commute was more than doubled in length and, at least, tripled in time over winding backroads or requiring the use of I-66.  The families wanted to stay at Chantilly--and, guess what?  The demographics at Chantilly are nowhere near as affluent as those of Oakton.  (One of the parents later "attacked" Kathy Smith when she was canvassing for Supervisor.  it was in the paper.)

Making people move is not as easy as you think.  [/quote]

Wasn't it Phil Niedzielski-Eichner who insisted that the Chantilly neighborhood move to Oakton when the Oakton neighborhood moved to South Lakes?  My recollection is that it was, and that he was worried about Oakton's athletic teams suffering without the kids from Navy or Crossfield, whichever it was, moving to Oakton.  But I remember people were mostly angry at Smith, since she went along with it and then later changed some of the elementary school boundaries to her advantage as well. [/quote]

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