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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think those far out Langley families would rather send their kids to privates, before sending them to “gasp” Herndon, if the boundaries are re-drawn?  They are already used to the long commute as it is. [/quote]

It wouldn’t be any different than the Madison families who got redistricted to South Lakes in 2008. Some complained bitterly; some moved; and some pupil placed or went private. But over time most adjusted because the kids also moved to Hughes and wanted to stay with their peers by the time they got to HS.

Anyway, you can’t just move kids from Langley to Herndon when Langley is still under capacity.  You’d have to move other kids to Langley first. [/quote]

How about moving some kids out of crowded Mclean to Langley?[/quote]

This. My view is three or so feeders need to move out of McLean and a feeder or two should be moved from Justice to Mclean. That would balance the over-crowding problems in that side of the county WITHOUT spending tons of money on expansions.

-A REAL republican who cares about spending resources efficiently and isn't a classist racist d-bag.[/quote]

I went to Stuart/Justice.  One side of the school is basically the expensive Lake Barcroft/Sleepy Hollow area.  The other side towards Route 7/Baileys includes Culmore, which is a large, almost entirely Hispanic run-down area.  More students come from the poor area than the wealthy area, so that's why the school has so many kids on assistance. Culmore may be run-down, but it's also within walking distance of the high school.  Tell those kids they have to take a bus to some other high school (McLean, Langley, Madison, whatever) and the already high dropout rate among the Hispanic kids will double or triple. [/quote]

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