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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has now posted the amended CIP, which specifically incorporates the Langley/McLean boundary study as a priority recommended boundary adjustment, to be decided in the spring of 2020 and take effect in the 2020-21 school year.

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities-planning-future/capital-improvement-program

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/amended-FY2020-24-CIP.pdf[/quote]

McLean and Langley now have their definite "maybe"

"Note: Recommended boundary adjustment options and program changes are included in the CIP for future consideration only"--p. 46

Watch this comment on what it means to be on the CIP, and note the number of objections/corrections to this statement you (do not) hear:
https://youtu.be/v4pXN-z3mRo?t=7214
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I'm OK with that.

For most of the period that the two schools co-existed, Langley had more kids than McLean.  It's only relatively recently that McLean has had more students than Langley.

I can understand wanting to confirm this was going to the case for an extended period and not wanting to move kids to Langley while it was being renovated.  I also appreciate the sensitivities around providing relief to McLean while other schools like Chantilly aren't getting relief - although the obvious - and important - difference is that Langley provides an obvious solution to the overcrowding at McLean, whereas there's no easy fix to the overcrowding at a Chantilly.

Had the Board been able to quickly decide upon an updated boundary policy, it would have been fine to wait until that was in place and then apply its principles to a Langley/McLean study.  But that proved to be a challenge, and the Board - rightly, in my view - decided to go ahead and add McLean/Langley to the current CIP, which as a practical matter means they may be able to implement a boundary change by the fall of 2020.  And longer term they need to plan for an addition at McLean, because there may be continued growth around Tysons and West Falls Church.

So given where we are now, the question remains who is the better choice for the Dranesville seat.  It's abundantly clear that Mobasheri and Karloutsos entered the contest because they wanted to prevent any Langley students from ever getting redistricted out of Langley. They may have come up with more detailed positions on other issues in order to be presentable candidates, but fundamentally they are in it to serve the interests of the Langley pyramid, even though Dranesville also includes Herndon, McLean, and a piece of Marshall (plus one precinct that feeds to Westfield).  While Tholen also lives in the Langley district, she seems to have the interests of the entire district in mind (while acknowledging that, with Langley under-enrolled, there's no compelling need to move anyone out of Langley any time soon).

It's a relatively easy decision, all things considered. [/quote]

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