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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has decided to move more McLean kids to Langley (Spring Hill ES) starting this fall, in addition to those moved (Colvin Run ES) a few years ago.

[u]Questions for Langley Families[/u]:

1.  Are you excited about Langley being able to offer more courses and electives with additional kids and/or having even stronger athletics and extra-curricular programs?  [b]I am agnostic.  Maybe the increased enrollment will lead to new electives?  I have no idea.  Langley has pretty decent electives now.  My bigger concern is that my rising junior will likely not be able to get a parking pass because there will be more seniors at a Langley to take up the spots.[/b]

2.  Are you worried that the additional kids increase the likelihood of some Langley neighborhoods getting moved to other schools (e.g., Madison, South Lakes, Herndon) in a few years?  [b]This does not concern me right now (we love closer in).  That said, we are looking for a larger house further west in Great falls (we love in a small rancher closer in) that could potentially be subjected to a boundary change in the future, but this still does not concern us as we feel the types of properties we are looking at (not mansions, but homes on 1-5 acre lots) will not drastically decrease in price if the boundary changed.  Maybe if we were buying a mansion, we would be concerned about property values; however, I know that there are plenty of homes in Herndon that are bigger and more expensive than our existing home.[/b]

[u]Questions for McLean Families[/u]:

1.  Are you pleased that the school will be less crowded and that it will be easier for kids to make athletic teams or participate in extra-curricular activities?

2.  Are you worried that the declining enrollment will lead to a significant loss of teachers and electives over the coming years?

Question for Both Langley/McLean Families:

1.  Did you feel like the relevant School Board members (especially Robyn Lady, Karl Frisch, and Melanie Meren) engaged in sufficient outreach with your communities before changing the boundaries again?  [b]Yes.[/b]

2.  If not, what would you have liked for them to have done instead?

Please keep the comments respectful of both schools.  [/quote][/quote][/quote]

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