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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I hear enrollment at Great Falls elementary is up due to so many people with young children moving in the past year, and anecdotally several houses have gone from being owned and occupied by retirees to being bought by families with school- aged children.  Maybe the next CIP will show growth, we'll see.[/quote]

Enrollment numbers are all up in the air right now due to the pandemic, but FCPS has been under-forecasting enrollment at Langley and its feeders for a decade now (meaning, they consistently predict that there will be fewer students than there actually are.)  Not sure of the motive for this.[/quote]

Maybe they just have an inadequate forecasting model, not a “motive.”  Some of the Great Falls residents, on the other hand, do seem to have a motive when they claim that Langley taking on a growing part of Tysons would overcrowd the school (see GFCA statements) yet confidently assert there’d be no possible scenario where it would make sense to move Langley kids to Herndon when a new school opens because Langley will still be below capacity. [/quote]

I'm the PP who wrote earlier about this thread going around in circles.  Good to see that nothing has changed.  Also don't see why people are so obsessed with this.  No one is saying that there is no possible scenario.  Quite a few people are (correctly) saying that it's very unlikely that kids would be moved out of an under-capacity school.  They are also (correctly) saying that the schools most in need of capacity relief are on the other side of the county from Langley.  That's not going to change if/when a new HS is built, irrespective of whether it opens up capacity at Herndon.

Also, let's be honest: If you redistrict some of Great Falls to Herndon, many of those kids are going to private school.  Interpret that however you would like.  But that's what would happen.[/quote]

You gave away your obvious biases with your last paragraph. No wonder you mischaracterize both what prior posters have observed or which views are “correct.” [/quote]

No bias.  And no mischaracterization.  Just pointing out what I see as facts.  If you see it differently, that's fine.  No need for personal attacks.[/quote]

DP. Whether families walk away due to redistricting anywhere should not be a factor in the FCPS decision making. [/quote]

It only matters if they care about the impact to the budget.  If I recall correctly they get funds per student. More parents opting out = less money.

It matters if they care about rankings.  Some of the highest performing children (on tests) come from the wealthiest families.  More parents opting out = test scores decreasing.

New boundaries would affect many schools and Langley pyramid families aren't the only people in the county that can send their children to private schools.[/quote]

Still don’t care. Let them leave.[/quote]

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