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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look on a map, this school is closest to Marshall.  Why wouldn't the obvious answer be to expand Marshall?  I don't understand why this is a hot button issue at all.[/quote]

Because Langley is below capacity, and has consistently been below capacity. Unless there is large-scale planned construction in Langley's boundaries, there should be an evaluation of how to get Langley to capacity before new housing automatically zones to schools at capacity.[/quote]

We are going in circles.  The FCPS projections show that Langley will be at 96% capacity by 2026-27.  By comparision, Marshall is projected to be at 92% (or 98% excluding the modular addition) and Madison is projected to be at 82%.  The capacity metric doesn't support the argument.[/quote]

We are going in circles, because you ignore the fact that FCPS's official projections don't take new housing into account until a developer has physically started construction, even if a development has been approved.  However, the data available to the county reflects a potential increase of 661 high school students within the Marshall pyramid and only 4 high school students within the Langley pyramid.

The data is available here:  https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/planning-future/development-review-and-proffer-processes ("Residential Development Applications Dashboard").

Further, the comparisons of capacity should be made without regard to modulars, as trailers and modulars are inferior space to permanent classroom seats.[/quote]

The issue isn't Marshall.  It's Madison, which has the most projected capacity (and I'm not aware of any such development planned in the Madison pyramid).  [/quote]

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