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Langley can take some apartment complexes zoned to crowded McLean and Marshall that are a lot closer than 16 miles from the school. [/quote]

"[b]Whenever[/b][i]" is not happening.

[b]Virginia Law[/b] https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter7/section22.1-79/

[i]§ 22.1-79. Powers and duties.
A school board shall:
1. See that the school laws are properly explained, enforced and observed;
2. Secure, by visitation or otherwise, as full information as possible about the conduct of the public schools in the school division and take care that they are conducted according to law and with the utmost efficiency;
3. Care for, manage and control the property of the school division and provide for the erecting, furnishing, equipping, and noninstructional operating of necessary school buildings and appurtenances and the maintenance thereof by purchase, lease, or other contracts;
4. [b]Provide for the consolidation of schools or redistricting of school boundaries or adopt pupil assignment plans [b]whenever [/b]such procedure will contribute to the efficiency of the school division[/b];[/i]

F[b]CPS staff  Supt Brabrand, Chief Operating Officer Smith, Asst Supt for Facilities and Transportation Platenburg  are in a moratorium on boundary processes other than what was voted on -  p 46 of the CIP.   Years of negative impact on operating efficiency by this school board while it discusses /revises it's Regulation 8130 on boundaries, school and program assignment?
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Examples of operating inefficiency:  
Mount Vernon/West Potomac.
Sandburg 105%  [feeds West Potomac]/Whitman 85%[feeds Mount Vernon] is in the Sandburg attendance area
Langley/Marshall/Mclean.

https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BA3TCA51759A/$file/Attachment%20Item%20285.pdf

Is BM capacity[bricks and mortar] versus BM+M capacity [bricks and mortar plus modulars] equitable under OneFairfax?

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https://www.tysonsreporter.com/2019/01/29/school-board-kills-mclean-high-school-boundary-adjustments/
[i]The Fairfax County School Board approved the FY 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) on Jan. 24, and the much talked about boundary adjustment to relieve the overcrowded McLean High School didn’t make the cut.

The CIP shows that McLean High School is currently at 114 percent of its capacity, with projections showing the population increasing to 127 percent by 2022. Meanwhile, the nearby Langley High School sits at 82 percent capacity following an extensive renovation......

Other school board members said they were uncomfortable approving a spot-boundary change before the School Board conducts a broader boundary examination on Feb. 25.

“I do have concerns about doing a limited boundary change in one area without taking a more holistic analysis and approach,” said Tamara Derenak Kaufax, a representative from the Lee District, at a Jan. 14 work session. “We’re going to have to do what staff has been advocating, doing a holistic approach to [the] system and looking at the impacts.”....
“Sadly, no concrete proposals to address [McLean High School] crowding were added with the final revisions,” said Susan Garrahan, a parent to a McLean High School sophomore. “Some other Board members countered that the McLean-Langley boundary adjustment study should be rolled into a countywide boundary project set to start in late February, and that is what happened. Perhaps this will lead to a remedy for MHS on the same timetable as if it were just a McLean-Langley boundary adjustment project, but if it takes longer as part of a countywide project — and I think that is likely — it will be the students and staff who pay the price of overcrowding every additional day that it takes.”
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They could have addressed McLean's overcrowding. They are purposely keeping those kids in trailers. Why? for a "holistic approach to the system and looking at the impacts".  Why oh why does McLean have to wait for a countywide boundary project when there is a school with  capacity a mere 10-15 minutes away?[/quote]

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