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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like there are three options for moving part of McLean to Langley:

[b]1.  Move the Franklin Sherman neighborhoods zoned for McLean to Langley.  The advantage is those are the closest McLean neighborhoods to Langley.  The disadvantage is that it further concentrates the county's wealthiest at Langley.[/b]

2.  Move the McLean attendance islands along Route 7 in Vienna from McLean to Langley.  The advantage is that it eliminates the islands (and could eliminate a split feeder, at least at Colvin Run).  The disadvantage is that Langley is further from those neighborhoods than McLean.

3.  Move the Spring Hill and Westgate apartments in Tysons from McLean to Langley.  The advantage is that it adds some diversity to Langley.  The disadvantage is that those neighborhoods are closer to McLean than Langley.

I'd thought Marshall might be part of the discussion, but the latest CIP indicates that Marshall's program capacity has been increased from 2043 to 2300 kids.  With the principal closing the school to new pupil placements, GCM may not be part of any redistricting. [/quote]

Option #1 is acceptable to Langley residents.  However, as parents of Franklin Sherman students, I am against it.  I want my kids to be exposed to diversity at Mclean HS, have and have not.  No diversity in Langley, unless you include Asians

Option #2 and #3 will not sit well with Langley residents.  They don't want "poor" students at their beautiful Langley HS[/quote]

I've heard different things from Langley parents, at least publicly.  Some have said they'd welcome more students and greater diversity.  Others have claimed Langley is overcrowded now, despite what FCPS reports in the CIPs.

Option #3 is the only option that would really introduce any meaningful diversity to Langley.  Option #2 would mostly involve moving some Vienna neighborhoods to Langley that are similar to neighborhoods in Vienna and Great Falls that already go there.

I would love it if FCPS committed to building an addition at McLean, and do so sooner rather than later.  But they shouldn't leave Langley renovated and under-enrolled, and they ought to be transparent as to their intentions.  Apart from relocating some modulars and additional trailers to McLean, the current building isn't equipped to handle more kids, and they expect about 75 more students next year than this year.  [/quote]

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