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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it were redeveloped, there would be lots of mixed use.  Which means apartments where poor people might live.  And the poor people would send their kids to the local schools.  The rich wealthy people do not want this.[/quote]

Yup. [/quote]

The rich wealthy people do not send their kids to the local publics.  They send their kids to Potomac, Sidwell, St. Albans, Georgetown Prep, etc.

The UMC people in McLean know that all the multi-family housing units in Tysons already go to Marshall HS and McLean HS; that any further multi-family housing in central McLean would go to McLean HS; and that the current School Board member has made sure none of it goes to Langley HS.  And they also know that they current School Board isn't doing anything to expand McLean HS, which currently has 2361 kids in a building with fewer than 2000 permanent seats.

On the other hand, FCPS now has plans to expand Falls Church HS, which currently has an enrollment of under 2000 students, to 2500 seats.  So, if there were more apartments and condos in central McLean, what would likely happen is that kids in less expensive apartments off Lee Highway in Merrifield would get bumped from McLean HS to Falls Church HS, and McLean HS would pick up kids from the more expensive new condos and apartments instead (along with a small number of affordable housing unit set-asides).

So it would actually play out rather differently than you suggest. [/quote]

A cursory glance at the Langley High School parking lot would tell a different story.  But thanks for playing. [/quote]

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