Anonymous
09/10/2021 08:48
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Wow. This is a long thread! But this comment intrigued me - which FCPS HS is less diverse than Langley? And please don't say TJ, as the School Board has taken steps to address that.
Question: Which is more important? Instruction or diversity in a school?
Every school needs a minimum percentage of white and asian students if it's going to be any good. Teachers can only do so much.
Anonymous
09/10/2021 08:47
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
Worth noting that Langley is not the least-diverse (sorry, most segregated!) FCPS high school.
Wow. This is a long thread! But this comment intrigued me - which FCPS HS is less diverse than Langley? And please don't say TJ, as the School Board has taken steps to address that.
Every high school is diverse.
Madison--62.71 White non hispanic, hispanic 12.6, Black 1.86, Asian 14,73, other 8.11
Langley--59.57 White non hispanic, hispanic 6.18, Black 1.66, Asian 25.21, other 7.38
When people say "not diverse enough", they don't mean that there aren't people of all major recognized racial groups. It is simply code for "too many white people".
So, Madison is whiter than Langley and therefore a problem too.
Anonymous
09/10/2021 08:46
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Wow. This is a long thread! But this comment intrigued me - which FCPS HS is less diverse than Langley? And please don't say TJ, as the School Board has taken steps to address that.
Question: Which is more important? Instruction or diversity in a school?
Anonymous
09/10/2021 08:01
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
Worth noting that Langley is not the least-diverse (sorry, most segregated!) FCPS high school.
Wow. This is a long thread! But this comment intrigued me - which FCPS HS is less diverse than Langley? And please don't say TJ, as the School Board has taken steps to address that.
Anonymous
09/10/2021 07:55
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Telling how some people would treat a much needed new school as “fetch.”
The “fetch” comment had nothing to do with a new school and everything to do with the usual posters who insist on speculating about Langley’s boundaries. Why aren’t parents from the schools involved in the future school boundaries commenting?
We have been, and obviously you are.
Anonymous
09/10/2021 00:52
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Telling how some people would treat a much needed new school as “fetch.”
The “fetch” comment had nothing to do with a new school and everything to do with the usual posters who insist on speculating about Langley’s boundaries. Why aren’t parents from the schools involved in the future school boundaries commenting?
Anonymous
09/09/2021 23:00
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Telling how some people would treat a much needed new school as “fetch.”
Anonymous
09/09/2021 22:45
Subject: Future Western High School
Good luck to those of you trying so desperately to make fetch happen. I hope it's worth all the energy you're expending.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 21:01
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't want to debate merit of this comment, but from a practical standpoint there really isn't a good way to meaningfully increase Black/Hispanic diversity at Langley. The surrounding boundaries (McLean/Marshall) aren't that much more diverse.
The area from McLean that FCPS staff proposed moving to Langley had housing that cost 50% as much on average as the area that Tholen moved instead, and had twice the number of Black and Hispanic kids. It was also closer to Langley. Even when there's a specific proposal on the table that would add some diversity to Langley, not a lot, the School Board member from Dranesville makes sure it doesn't happen.
Also, Langley's boundaries don't just border McLean and Marshall, they also border South Lakes and Herndon.
Moving South Lakes or (more) Herndon kids to Langley would blow the minds of the “Great Falls is too far from Langley” crowd. Totally for it.
You didn’t get the memo?
When it’s Great Falls kids traveling to Langley, it’s because there’s no alternative (and, anyway, the long bus ride is a chance to catch up with friends or take a nap).
If it were South Lakes or Herndon kids, it would be a recipe for truancy and a crippling bus ride that would keep kids from playing sports or taking care of their siblings after school.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 18:07
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't want to debate merit of this comment, but from a practical standpoint there really isn't a good way to meaningfully increase Black/Hispanic diversity at Langley. The surrounding boundaries (McLean/Marshall) aren't that much more diverse.
The area from McLean that FCPS staff proposed moving to Langley had housing that cost 50% as much on average as the area that Tholen moved instead, and had twice the number of Black and Hispanic kids. It was also closer to Langley. Even when there's a specific proposal on the table that would add some diversity to Langley, not a lot, the School Board member from Dranesville makes sure it doesn't happen.
Also, Langley's boundaries don't just border McLean and Marshall, they also border South Lakes and Herndon.
Moving South Lakes or (more) Herndon kids to Langley would blow the minds of the “Great Falls is too far from Langley” crowd. Totally for it.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 16:35
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
We care that it was named 100 years or so before the Civil War because?
We don't. PP is a troll.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 16:33
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
Oh my. You truly have issues. Work on them.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 16:04
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:
I don't want to debate merit of this comment, but from a practical standpoint there really isn't a good way to meaningfully increase Black/Hispanic diversity at Langley. The surrounding boundaries (McLean/Marshall) aren't that much more diverse.
The area from McLean that FCPS staff proposed moving to Langley had housing that cost 50% as much on average as the area that Tholen moved instead, and had twice the number of Black and Hispanic kids. It was also closer to Langley. Even when there's a specific proposal on the table that would add some diversity to Langley, not a lot, the School Board member from Dranesville makes sure it doesn't happen.
Also, Langley's boundaries don't just border McLean and Marshall, they also border South Lakes and Herndon.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 11:32
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
Worth noting that Langley is not the least-diverse (sorry, most segregated!) FCPS high school.
Also worth noting it has the fewest Black and Hispanic students and is the most economically segregated.
More Black and Hispanic students should have the opportunity to be around a larger number of White and Asian children.
It's not fair.
I don't want to debate merit of this comment, but from a practical standpoint there really isn't a good way to meaningfully increase Black/Hispanic diversity at Langley. The surrounding boundaries (McLean/Marshall) aren't that much more diverse.
Anonymous
09/09/2021 10:02
Subject: Re:Future Western High School
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.
Worth noting that Langley is not the least-diverse (sorry, most segregated!) FCPS high school.
Also worth noting it has the fewest Black and Hispanic students and is the most economically segregated.
Is economic segregation against the law?
nope, but onefairfax is explicitly going to be part of the review. Nothing will actually happen, but there will be grandstanding.