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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McSpaces is kaput. I think the leader got a lot of grief for not just sticking to the position that McLean deserved an addition.

He went along with Tholen saying there had to be a boundary change first. Then she made the boundary change and Tholen threw them under the bus and didn’t do anything to get them lined up an addition.

Agree she is unelectable now. [/quote]

I just checked mcspaces website and it has not been updated in a long time, so you must be right - they are kaput.   Elaine made a fool of the mcspaces mouthpiece VG, and he played the part well, pushing for a boundary change when he should have pushed for real change.  I blame him and all those mcspaces members who did not use critical thinking to ask themselves why everyone was working so hard, for and against a boundary change, when we all should have been working together for a reno.  VG messed up  -  he earned what he got for both himself and MHS - a big fat nothing.

Question is whether all the mcspaces people will hold this against Elaine in 2023, or will they have short memories.  
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Some of the McSpaces people just wanted to reduce the enrollment at MHS so kids weren't leaving the main building for classes in trailers.  My impression was the main guy had an extreme concern about the safety implications of kids leaving the main building during school hours.

Over time, more of those involved said the priority ought to be an addition, so that MHS had comparable facilities to other schools and didn't end up losing teachers and electives if the enrollment was gutted.

At every point Tholen said nothing could happen without a boundary change first.  Blame that not on McSpaces, or on Tholen, but on Jeff Platenberg, who built out Langley to 2370 seats during its renovation despite Langley's flat/declining enrollment.  Once that happened, it was clear that FCPS's goal was going to be back-filling Langley with more kids so Platenberg looked less like an idiot.

Where Tholen screwed them was making a boundary change that was decidedly in Langley's favor, and then doing nothing to get McLean slated for an addition.  Undoubtedly she heard the same stuff from other Board members as a PP asserted earlier - it wouldn't be fair for McLean to "jump the line."  That is total bullshit.  FCPS had revised its capital spending plans earlier and funded additions (not renovations) at Justice, Madison, and West Potomac, even though none of those schools was in the 2008 queue for a renovation.  They can and should have done the same thing for McLean, but Tholen is too passive to fight for McLean and doesn't really care about the school anyway.

Some people give up, and others lose interest when their own kids graduate.  But there are others who still have kids in the pyramid or have long memories, and Tholen would be hounded relentlessly for her ineffectiveness and not living up to her campaign pledges if she ran again.  Many have said she has no interest in doing so, and that is probably best for all. [/quote]

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