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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at this issue from the perspective of the rest of the SB, they view Dranesville, and McLean, as one area.  The SB probably looked to the Dranesville rep to prioritize and put forth the school that was most in need of a renovation.  Elaine's predecessor put forth Langley.  LHS got a $78 million renovation.  Done.  The School Board took care of this area, and moved on to their own districts.

If true, this means that McLean parents got out maneuvered so many times its funny.  Great Falls won, and now Elaine is powerless to ask for more.

This is all compounded by the fact that Elaine is too weak, feckless, and dishonest to actually fight for McLean.

She is "monitoring" the situation.  Sure she'll keep making moves to try and demonstrate she is trying, especially before the election.

She needs to know that we've "monitored" her for over two years, and we want our money back.    [/quote]

McLean and other schools built in the 1950s were renovated in the early 00s.

Langley and other schools built in the 1960s were renovated more recently.  That happened in schedule; it wasn’t due to some special maneuvering or prioritization by Janie Strauss.

FCPS’s attitude toward renovations has evolved over. They now spend far more to renovate and expand schools than they used to. So they ended up spending over twice as much renovating Langley as they did renovating McLean years earlier.  And they expanded the school much more as well.

When two of the other schools renovated around the same time as McLean later ended up overcrowded - Justice and Madison - they went ahead and authorized additions.  They aren’t forcing Justice to wait until Falls Church - also in the Mason District - is renovated to get an addition.  There is no reason that they haven’t slotted McLean for an addition but for the animus of some School Board members towards the McLean/Great Falls area and the lack of effort and courage of Elaine Tholen.

Tholen is useless.  She only cares about TJ, Great Falls, and about being a loyal Democrat who doesn’t ruffle any feathers, but that leaves her exposed because Great Falls is mostly Republican and not ruffling any feathers means accepting that it’s OK to treat McLean less favorably than Justice and Madison, which are both getting additions although they were built after McLean, last renovated around the same time, and less overcrowded.

Basically, no one respects her at this point. Her own Great Falls neighbors were the main force behind the recall petition, and McLean parents will oppose her in droves if she tries to run again.

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