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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know as much about the history of the Langley/McLean issues than anyone posting on this thread.

We’re all in violent agreement that the School Board and Brabrand should have coordinated a boundary study so that some McLean kids could move to Langley as soon as the Langley renovations were substantially complete.  To suggest that One Fairfax is the only or even the primary reason that didn’t happen, however, is BS.  It just introduced one more element of delay into the process this year.[/quote]

So, what was another reason? I haven't seen any other reason.  It defies reason that it was not done.[/quote]

* FCPS hasn't had enormous confidence in its enrollment forecasts so had held off on any Langley/McLean study

* People like MHS, so Strauss knew that any change would be controversial; she thought she could let her successor deal with it

* When MHS grew more than expected in 2018-19, Strauss and FCPS Facilities Staff thought Board members would quickly go along with Strauss' proposal early this year for a boundary study, but were proven wrong:

- some Board members were afraid a Langley/McLean study would leapfrog other boundary studies involving schools in their districts

- some Board members were concerned that Strauss wanted to move areas in their districts to Langley, but had not consulted them in advance

- some Board members wanted any boundary change postponed until the Board had revised the boundary policy and/or conducted a broader county-wide review of boundaries.

Only the last factor is tied to One Fairfax; the other factors are not.

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