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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Time to resurrect this thread.  Remind me again why Great Falls residents seem to think they are entitled to never experience a school boundary change?[/quote]

Because they are currently in a school with excess capacity?  And, the school to which you wish to move them is full?[/quote]

People are really angry at Langley and Great Falls for existing. [/quote]

Not all of them. But some of them are so freaking ugly.  Men yelling at School Board members to wrap up a discussion. And like when staff refers to growth in the county and some shrill from Great Falls yells out “that’s because you let in all the illegals.”

It seems like a toxic group of people, so I assume their kids have serious issues, too.[/quote]

Best keep them away from everyone else  then.[/quote]

Have you ever gone through a redistricting?  My neighborhood has.  When you have a kid in high school and another in middle school, it is quite upsetting.  And, FWIW, the SB members don't always level with you.  It is extremely disruptive for neighborhoods because you are being pulled out of your "community" because that is what a high school is.

Remember when Kathy Smith was running for Supervisor and was attacked by a constituent in her district?  The woman was still angry because of the boundary adjustment.  (Kathy Smith was the worst about being honest with people.)   And, for those of you who think this is about race and money--the mom was upset because her kids were moved from Chantilly to Oakton.  That neighborhood had been assigned to Chantilly since the houses were built.  And, it was only about two miles (at most) from Chantilly.  But, to justify the South Lakes redistricting, they had to move kids from Chantilly.  (Oakton was losing kids to South Lakes.) Of the Chantilly neighborhoods, it was the closest to Oakton--but still miles and miles away.  Kind of like Great Falls and Herndon, Langley.  Closer to one school but sent to another because it was the most logical one to go there because the school would be too small otherwise.[/quote]

I am merely agreeing that Langley parents are terrible people whose children are terrible as well, and drawing the logical conclusion that the terribleness needs to be confined within current boundaries .[/quote]  That person who yelled does not represent all of Langley.  I am a Langley parent and I am very conflicted over this issue.  On the one hand, I support increasing diversity in the schools; on the other, I am concerned about my property values.  Redistricting is probably not going to have the desired effect the school board wants.  In my hometown, most of the white families across the school district sent their kids to private to avoid integration and were no longer supportive of the schools.  Support for taxes decreased and eventually the entire school system was at risk.  It was pathetic.   I am white and was a minority in my schools growing up.  While I greatly value the social aspect of my schooling, the academics were abysmal and I was completely unprepared for college (I failed my first year).  I chose the Langley school pyramid specifically because I want my own kids to have a solid academic foundation going into college.  I don't know what the right answer is.  In an ideal world, there would be more neighborhood elementary schools with smaller classes with enough staff to give more individual attention to kids so that by the time our children get to high school (maybe have fewer, but larger high schools), it shouldn't matter where they go - they would excel regardless.[/quote]

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