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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What they need to do is stop splitting Spring Hill and send all those kids to Cooper/Langley. Cooper at that point would be over-enrolled though, so that causes a whole other issue. [/quote]

That was what they were planning to do last year and they changed the plan at the last minute.

I believe it was because Cooper could not accommodate the middle school students but I never read the official reason. It was just speculation. Some also thought it was because Langley didn’t want any apartments but I am pretty sure that is false.[/quote]

It’s not like Langley speaks with a single voice, but it’s a matter of record that the Great Falls Citizens Association opposed moving any apartments to Cooper/Langley.  The rationale wasn’t that they didn’t want less wealthy kids at their schools but that the areas with the apartments were growing and might eventually overcrowd Cooper/Langley.  Tholen sided with her Great Falls neighbors and made sure the initial staff recommendation was rejected in favor of an option that only moved a fixed number of existing single-family houses from wealthier neighborhoods to Langley.  But Langley continues to have excess capacity that would allow the school to accommodate the kids from the new Dominion Square West apartments in the Marshall pyramid.

If equity in FCPS means anything they will rezone this area to Langley now and not wait until Marshall gets as overcrowded as McLean was before they lift a finger.[/quote]

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