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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello Everyone:

I will be holding a "Meet & Greet" next Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Dolley Madison Library. Please come, say hello, get to know my stances on various issues, ask questions, challenge me on my responses and help me understand where you are coming from. Let's have an open dialogue. Please let your neighbors and friends, in particular, the ones in McLean who have children in school know about it. I have a link to the event on my facebook page and NextDoor below. Please feel free to forward.

Best;

Ardavan Mobasheri

Candidate for the Fairfax County School Board-Dranesville District

https://www.facebook.com/events/1412507432232946/

https://nextdoor.com/events/3281381/
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I cannot attend this event, but thanks for the invitation.

I have been present at other events where you distributed materials that included statements I found problematic:

For Herndon, [b]"Significant expansion and investment in * * * ESL programs"[/b]:  OK, but would that come at the expense of other academic programs, analogous to the wide range of World Languages at Langley, for Herndon students who do not require ESOL services?

For Langley, [b]"Permanently keeping all communities presently mapped into Langley High School in the pyramid."[/b]   Why should Langley enjoy such protection when you haven't made a similar commitment to Herndon or McLean families?   If a new high school is built in western Fairfax, as now planned around 2030, why shouldn't all the school boundaries in that part of the county be reviewed for potential adjustment?  Langley was excluded from the scope of the 2008 boundary study that led to adjustments to the boundaries of Chantilly, Madison, Oakton, South Lakes, and Westfield HS, and the decision to exempt Langley from that study had ripple effects on other schools that did not receive similar protection.

For McLean, [b]"Late PM - Early Evening Courses" and "More online and summer class offerings"[/b]:  Why should McLean students be expected to attend classes in split shifts or take classes online when students at other schools continue to enjoy a traditional learning environment?

For McLean, [b]"Architecturally transforming Mclean High School to be the semi urban institution that it has turned into"[/b]:  In what sense is McLean a "semi urban institution"?  It sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood of single-family homes, just as Langley does (although Langley is located off a busier road with more traffic).

For Tysons, [b]"The development of an all urban middle and high school for the Tysons area."[/b]  Where do you see the funding of this secondary school coming from, and what leads you to believe that concentrating those who live in multi-family housing in Tysons in a single secondary school that invariably would have a higher concentration of FARMS students than the other schools in the area is preferable to spreading those students among Langley, McLean and Marshall.

The bottom line is that your proposals appear to stem from a series of stereotypes about current and future schools in Dranesville:  Herndon is for ESOL students; McLean is a "semi urban" school; students in Tysons should be segregated in their own "urban" school: and Langley should be protected as the school for the landed gentry.  Maybe that's how people in Great Falls think about the rest of the county, but I'm not sure why anyone zoned for Herndon, McLean and Marshall should embrace this "Langley First" agenda. [/quote]

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