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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are we talking about Langley and McLean in this thread?[/quote]

Langley and Herndon share a long boundary. [/quote]

So Herndon declined because they share a boundary with Langley.[/quote]

It certainly didn't help Herndon's reputation when hundreds of Langley parents filled Forestville ES in June 2019 and told Janie Strauss their lives would be ruined if their kids had to attend Herndon.

[i]"[O]ne audience member began to argue with the representative that the county’s “One Fairfax” policy might harm communities like Great Falls, if the mission was to “simply diversify,” and attempt to “fix failures in other school pyramids at our expense.”

One Fairfax was adopted jointly by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the FCPS Board in 2017, committing both boards to consider equity in decision-making and in the development and delivery of future policies, programs and services.

'You’re retiring,' shouted out one individual. 'How can we even believe you? You have nothing to lose.'

Some parents expressed concern that Langley students might be forced to move to other schools like Herndon High School. Strauss reiterated her statement that 'no one is being asked to move from Langley, busing is not a consideration. Breaking up the school or busing students doesn’t make any sense'.”[/i][/quote]

So, some posters on DCUM think that students currently going to Langley--and whose families want them to go to Langley--should be removed from a school that is NOT overcrowded and sent to a school that would be overcrowded if they were sent there.
Please tell me how that makes sense.[/quote]

Wow. You are completely bout of touch with the dynamics. Herndon parents could give a flying f* about where Langley / McLean / GF kids go. They do resent swipes that suggest the snowflakes in those communities would be irreparably damaged by being sent to Herndon. It is classist and insulting. Herndon HS is a good school. [/quote]

Nailed it. [/quote]

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