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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are currently looking in Great Falls and I just made note of the lack of appreciation...glad I did a search before I started a new thread! Has the rezoning issue been decided yet?[/quote]

School board officially votes on it Feb 22nd.  The recommendation they are voting on does not include any change to Forestville homes.  So appears the neighborhood somewhat safe, but keep in mind in the new policy mandates a county wide review every five years.  [/quote]

This vote already took place on January 22nd.  Nothing was moved out of Great Falls but about 1/3 of Tysons that had been zoned to McLean got moved to Langley.  That will create enrollment pressure on Langley in the future that could result in moving part of Great Falls and the small pockets of Herndon and Reston zoned to Langley to Herndon at some point.  Herndon got a big expansion a few years ago but around the time it was finished started to lose kids. [/quote]

This.

The growth in Tysons has been substantial.  Forestville is going to be zoned to Herndon the next go around.  [/quote]

I wouldn't be so certain about that.  Rezoning to Herndon is a risk factor if you buy in western Great Falls or the parts of Herndon and Reston zoned to Langley.  It was also a risk factor when the School Board started the last boundary review, since kids in that area travel such a long distance to Langley (and are so close to Herndon) and the School Board's policy says they should limit transportation times. How many kids got moved out of Langley?  Zero.

Next time around Langley may be overcrowded due to Tysons growth, but by then they'll have cut back on pupil placements for AP and foreign language and there may be fewer school-age kids living in the other Langley-zoned neighborhoods.  There will be a new School Board by 2030, and they might persuade the next School Board to abandon five-year boundary reviews or to add a modular to Langley. The School Board has shown it's no match for parents who organize, and no other community mobilizes so effectively to protect their own interests.  [/quote]

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