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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The school reflects the population that attends the school when the boundaries are drawn and then adjusted over the years to[b] ensure [/b]a particular demographic.[/quote]

Or, when the boundary is logical due to geography and enrollment.
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Hmm.  That might be Chantilly.  Certainly not Langley. [/quote]

If you have a proposal for a better boundary that keeps Langley at a reasonable enrollment and materially increases diversity (or whatever other metric may be important), please share.  But please also account for the other school boundary changes that would be needed to make that work too.  If you look at where Langley is located -- and where the other high schools around Langley (i.e. McLean and Marshall) are located -- it is hard to see a reasonable way to fill Langley (it isn't even close to full now) without a large boundary and bussing someone a long distance.[/quote]

I'm sure the boundaries could have been drawn to include some kids now at McLean, Marshall and/or South Lakes closer to Langley than the kids currently attending Langley from western Great Falls and selective single-family neighborhoods in Reston and Herndon also scoped into Langley's boundaries.  And that it could be done in a way that would both add more diversity to Langley and reduce the county's current transportation expenses.  But, of course, FCPS doesn't look at those scenarios, because the marching orders from Tholen were that no one currently at Langley should be moved to another pyramid, and that McLean was the only pyramid that should be considered for moving kids to Langley.  And of course, even then, she waited until the last minute and moved more kids from single-family homes to Langley, and none of the Spring Hill kids in condos/apartments, even though they live closer to Langley than the kids she decided to move.  [/quote]

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