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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you just go ahead and balance the enrollments at Langley and McLean?  It’s not rocket science, and all the talk about “pushback” doesn’t seem relevant when we’re talking about getting kids out of trailers.  Thanks! 
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Honestly, I think that is a fine idea but it is not getting traction because on the other side of the county, Herndon is overcrowded and needs relief. Oakton is not great either, fwiw. And we just finished Justice's expansion but looking at the elementary data, it will be incredibly overcrowded. Falls Church is coming up on a reno but I can guarantee that there is going to be a capacity expansion baked into the project.

Truthfully, I wish the people we work for would listen to us and accept that we need that Western High School and a pretty large boundary change across a big part of the county. I know it is upsetting, I know your home values reflect your assigned school, but I wish the system would actually focus on running it efficiently and effectively and less on upsetting people.

I do have to say it was really hard to get South County off the ground. It took years of pointing out population trends, overcrowded, etc. But when we got the school and did the redistricting schools like Robinson, Lake Braddock and Hayfield are now not bursting at the seams (even though they are by design large secondary schools). It was a difficult effort, leaders were willing to take the heat, and there were many "deals" to satisfy groups that were angry and making a lot of noise. I imagine the Western High School effort will follow a similar tack.[/quote]

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