Anonymous
03/26/2026 13:14
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:At the same time as they are loading Marshall up with affordable housing on the Vienna side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, the county just approved a proposal to build 14 new single family homes zoned for Langley on the McLean side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, rather than the denser townhouses originally proposed at that site.
The rich and their schools get richer and everyone else gets poorer.
Simmer down. These are all government schools.
The actual rich kids are mostly in private.
Since they are all just government schools I guess Forestville parents will be fine when some get moved to Herndon in a few years.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 13:04
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:At the same time as they are loading Marshall up with affordable housing on the Vienna side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, the county just approved a proposal to build 14 new single family homes zoned for Langley on the McLean side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, rather than the denser townhouses originally proposed at that site.
The rich and their schools get richer and everyone else gets poorer.
Simmer down. These are all government schools.
The actual rich kids are mostly in private.
Anonymous
03/26/2026 10:02
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
At the same time as they are loading Marshall up with affordable housing on the Vienna side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, the county just approved a proposal to build 14 new single family homes zoned for Langley on the McLean side of Spring Hill Road in Tysons, rather than the denser townhouses originally proposed at that site.
The rich and their schools get richer and everyone else gets poorer.
The rich and their schools get richer and everyone else gets poorer.
Anonymous
03/15/2026 21:41
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
With the new boundary changes, Langley will be just over capacity in 2026-2027, McLean will be at capacity, and Marshall with be under capacity.
Anonymous
03/15/2026 21:17
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
People don't want property values to go down.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 10:54
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every single all-affordable housing complex planned or going up in Tysons is zoned to Marshall.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/housing/somos-at-mclean-metro
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/tysons-community-center
https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/03/12/vacant-site-near-tysons-water-tower-acquired-for-affordable-housing/
Meanwhile FCPS just reassigned wealthy single-family neighborhoods in Vienna from Marshall to Madison: https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org/
How is it consistent with "One Fairfax" to put every all-affordable housing complex in Tysons at Marshall, and none at Langley or McLean, while moving Marshall's wealthiest neighborhoods to Madison? Seems like this county talks equity and practices segregation.
It'll be ok, you'll get used to people bashing your school endlessly as ghetto due to a fear of poorer people and lower property values. Meanwhile your kid has a better chance at acceptance to a top VA school because they aren't competing with as many people.
-a South Lakes family.
"You'll realize these poor folks and their underachieving kids make your slightly-above-average child look great by comparison, so they are actually good for something!"
-a South Lakes family
PP. You are 100% right. I'm dead serious. Big fish, small pond. It wasn't our strategy, I didn't know any better when my DC applied to colleges, but it's a strategy people in this area definitely consider and take advantage of. There is a cap of how many kids taken from each NOVA high school at places like UVA and VT. One has to deal with the issue that at the higher achieving schools, that cap is met pretty quickly due to many higher stats kids. If your kid is going to achieve highly at either school, which school offers the better odds for acceptance at the top schools?
There may be a cap but a lot of schools in FCPS no longer hit it. Things are not going to improve at Marshall if they load it up with kids from low-income housing projects and keep incentivizing other families to move. They just reassigned some of the wealthiest neighborhoods to Madison and in a few years the people in that weird attendance island they created will lobby to move to Langley or Madison.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 10:46
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every single all-affordable housing complex planned or going up in Tysons is zoned to Marshall.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/housing/somos-at-mclean-metro
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/tysons-community-center
https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/03/12/vacant-site-near-tysons-water-tower-acquired-for-affordable-housing/
Meanwhile FCPS just reassigned wealthy single-family neighborhoods in Vienna from Marshall to Madison: https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org/
How is it consistent with "One Fairfax" to put every all-affordable housing complex in Tysons at Marshall, and none at Langley or McLean, while moving Marshall's wealthiest neighborhoods to Madison? Seems like this county talks equity and practices segregation.
It'll be ok, you'll get used to people bashing your school endlessly as ghetto due to a fear of poorer people and lower property values. Meanwhile your kid has a better chance at acceptance to a top VA school because they aren't competing with as many people.
-a South Lakes family.
"You'll realize these poor folks and their underachieving kids make your slightly-above-average child look great by comparison, so they are actually good for something!"
-a South Lakes family
PP. You are 100% right. I'm dead serious. Big fish, small pond. It wasn't our strategy, I didn't know any better when my DC applied to colleges, but it's a strategy people in this area definitely consider and take advantage of. There is a cap of how many kids taken from each NOVA high school at places like UVA and VT. One has to deal with the issue that at the higher achieving schools, that cap is met pretty quickly due to many higher stats kids. If your kid is going to achieve highly at either school, which school offers the better odds for acceptance at the top schools?
Anonymous
03/13/2026 22:39
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The non-adjusted Marshall boundary was the perfect mix. Those Wolftrap ES parents that pushed to be rezoned were very ignorant on what they had. Sadly loud voices pushing for rezoning to Madison were heard over those advocating keep these neighborhoods zoned to Marshall. Not sure what, if any, impact today's news has on capacity but at least for the next five years there were no signs of capacity issues at Marshall so this was simply a move to please certain groups and Melanie Meren followed along. Ultimately hopefully no further actions are taken to destroy the Marshall community (Tysons Green move out) but with the fake equity warriors - Superintendent Reid and Board Member Meren who knows.
Please no more rezoning of single-family home neighborhoods out of Marshall. The Tysons Green move out does not make any logical sense. It has been in the Marshall community for decades. Marshall is not over-capacity.
Please up loudly against it. It doesn't matter whether you live in Tysons Green or not. If you attend or will attend Marshall let your voice be heard!
Anonymous
03/13/2026 22:27
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:The non-adjusted Marshall boundary was the perfect mix. Those Wolftrap ES parents that pushed to be rezoned were very ignorant on what they had. Sadly loud voices pushing for rezoning to Madison were heard over those advocating keep these neighborhoods zoned to Marshall. Not sure what, if any, impact today's news has on capacity but at least for the next five years there were no signs of capacity issues at Marshall so this was simply a move to please certain groups and Melanie Meren followed along. Ultimately hopefully no further actions are taken to destroy the Marshall community (Tysons Green move out) but with the fake equity warriors - Superintendent Reid and Board Member Meren who knows.
Please no more rezoning of single-family home neighborhoods out of Marshall. The Tysons Green move out does not make any logical sense. It has been in the Marshall community for decades. Marshall is not over-capacity.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 20:40
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every single all-affordable housing complex planned or going up in Tysons is zoned to Marshall.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/housing/somos-at-mclean-metro
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/tysons-community-center
https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/03/12/vacant-site-near-tysons-water-tower-acquired-for-affordable-housing/
Meanwhile FCPS just reassigned wealthy single-family neighborhoods in Vienna from Marshall to Madison: https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org/
How is it consistent with "One Fairfax" to put every all-affordable housing complex in Tysons at Marshall, and none at Langley or McLean, while moving Marshall's wealthiest neighborhoods to Madison? Seems like this county talks equity and practices segregation.
It'll be ok, you'll get used to people bashing your school endlessly as ghetto due to a fear of poorer people and lower property values. Meanwhile your kid has a better chance at acceptance to a top VA school because they aren't competing with as many people.
-a South Lakes family.
"You'll realize these poor folks and their underachieving kids make your slightly-above-average child look great by comparison, so they are actually good for something!"
-a South Lakes family
Anonymous
03/13/2026 19:04
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is actually affordable housing. It might be affordable for McLean but still super pricey.
You could do some research next time before just volunteering what you “think.”
No, they are basically correct. The “affordable” housing at 60% of Area Income has a max income of nearly $70k for a single person. A family of 4 can have a max income of $98k.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/income-guidelines
This isn’t exactly importing poverty
That’s a ceiling, not a floor. The county describes the prospective residents as low and moderate-income. Also, they are justifying spending $45 million on a new community center by saying the residents might otherwise be isolated from the rest of the community due to their economic status.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 18:51
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is actually affordable housing. It might be affordable for McLean but still super pricey.
You could do some research next time before just volunteering what you “think.”
No, they are basically correct. The “affordable” housing at 60% of Area Income has a max income of nearly $70k for a single person. A family of 4 can have a max income of $98k.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/income-guidelines
This isn’t exactly importing poverty
Anonymous
03/13/2026 18:06
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:Why do you all hate poor people so much?
No one here has said anything hateful.
No one wants to deal with the quality of life issues associated with lower income households, and anyone claiming otherwise is either naive or lying.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 17:14
Subject: Re:More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
The largest 100% affordable housing complex being built in the county right now is The Exchange at Spring Hill Station (Westbriar/Kilmer/Marshall), followed by the Indigo at McLean Station (Westgate/Kilmer/Marshall).
The county is budgeting over $45 million to build a new Tysons Community Center that will be situated at the Exchange low-income project. For that amount of money they could have easily expanded Kilmer MS, and not cannibalized the Marshall pyramid.
The county is budgeting over $45 million to build a new Tysons Community Center that will be situated at the Exchange low-income project. For that amount of money they could have easily expanded Kilmer MS, and not cannibalized the Marshall pyramid.
Anonymous
03/13/2026 15:44
Subject: More All-Affordable Housing for Marshall.
Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is actually affordable housing. It might be affordable for McLean but still super pricey.
You could do some research next time before just volunteering what you “think.”