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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really have a dog in this fight, but I think the main advantage of modified C was that it provided greater "housing type diversity" at Langley, while on the downside created a small sliver of split feeder at Spring Hill ES (50/50-ish splits are better than small splits), and an attendance island for McLean students that was even further geographically separated from their peers than the status quo.

B avoids both of those two downsides _and_ eliminates an entire split feeder at Colvin Run, so makes a lot more social-relationship and geographical sense. The downside is yet more high-SES SFHs zoned to Langley.

Counterpoint to that downside is that the condos and townhomes that were under consideration via modified C were likewise still relatively high-SES housing, so not really worth bending over backwards for a logistically-worse option that wouldn't really move the needle on diversifying Langley anyway.[/quote]

This is such bullshit.  There is nothing about what they are now about to do that couldn't have been done years ago to coincide with the completion of Langley's renovation in 2018.  They stalled because they said they needed to prioritize equity and act deliberately with an equity-based focus when it came to boundary adjustments.

The staff's recommendation reflected the staff's belief that the School Board meant what it said.  It moved some apartments in Tysons that cost about 1/2 the price of a single-family house zoned to Colvin Run or Spring Hill to Langley.  It also moved some rentals that people who can't afford a mortgage live in.

Apparently, the staff was stupid for taking the School Board at its word.  Instead, they'll go with a proposal that makes for a cleaner map, but keeps Langley entirely free of condos and apartments and reassigns areas where some of the most actively engaged students at Longfellow and McLean live to Cooper and Langley.

We are looking to leave the county soon.  We are fed up with FCPS and how it's overseen by people whose incompetence is only matched by their hypocrisy. [/quote]

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