Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the school board is making decisions based on long term goals and not the result of a single sports game. Sounds like both sets of students have made some poor decisions in the past. Can we move on?

Maybe moving some Marshall students into those schools will help their behavior a bit and solve some other problems.

Some Marshall kids actually managed to get into a fight with TJ kids after a football game several years ago. Do you know how hard that is to pull off?

But, yeah, time to move on.

Anonymous wrote:I hope the school board is making decisions based on long term goals and not the result of a single sports game. Sounds like both sets of students have made some poor decisions in the past. Can we move on?

Maybe moving some Marshall students into those schools will help their behavior a bit and solve some other problems.

I hope the school board is making decisions based on long term goals and not the result of a single sports game. Sounds like both sets of students have made some poor decisions in the past. Can we move on?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the dynamics between the two schools, McLean will always take more joy from beating Langley than Langley will feel relief at not losing to McLean.

I think the Langley poster needs to unclench and congratulate McLean for having a good night. There have been plenty of other times Langley won.

Again, I'm the poster I believe you're talking about and I don't have kids at Langley. We were simply watching the game with friends and as such, were neutral observers of both sides. It didn't matter to us which school won, though it clearly does to you. What stuck with us was how rude the McLean kids were.

You can stop clutching your imaginary pearls now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the dynamics between the two schools, McLean will always take more joy from beating Langley than Langley will feel relief at not losing to McLean.

I think the Langley poster needs to unclench and congratulate McLean for having a good night. There have been plenty of other times Langley won.

Again, I'm the poster I believe you're talking about and I don't have kids at Langley. We were simply watching the game with friends and as such, were neutral observers of both sides. It didn't matter to us which school won, though it clearly does to you. What stuck with us was how rude the McLean kids were.

And how polite the Langley kids were?

When Langley experienced a tragedy a few years ago, the McLean kids painted the McLean spirit rock Langley's colors and wrote "Saxon Strong" and "Two Schools, One Town" on the side of the rock. It didn't sit well for McLean kids to come to school Friday morning and be greeted with "F*CK* MCLEAN" painted on the rock, courtesy of some Langley students.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday. You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273

We were at both those games with friends and what your clip doesn't show is how rude McLean was to the Langley visitors. All sorts of profane chants directed at them. Not welcoming in the least, and if that's their version of "school spirit," count us out.

I think you're just upset you lost both games. I've been to a lot of contests at different schools, and there's no group of kids that knows how to dish out trash talk to other schools more so than "Otto's Army" from Langley. The profanity, while regrettable, was in response to the Langley students who showed up at McLean early in the morning of the day of the game and defaced the rock in front of the school building with "FU*K MCLEAN"

https://twitter.com/edthe_iii/status/1083725279653183489

The girls game was not much of a contest, but the Langley boys played tough against a more experienced McLean squad. It was disappointing to see the Langley students walk out towards the end, rather than see the game to its conclusion and give their classmates a well-deserved round of applause.

A. I don't have kids at Langley, so have no dog in this fight. I've attended McLean games before with our friends who live near the school, and this is the treatment McLean usually gives visiting teams. I realized there is a big rivalry between McLean and Langley, but the reception they gave Langley was over-the-top and unnecessary.

B. I have no idea what "Otto's Army" is.

C. It was clear from where we were sitting that the Langley students left before the game ended because of the verbal abuse McLean was heaping onto them. Can't say I blame them.

You don't sound very knowledgeable about either these events or high school kids.

A. When McLean students arrived at school on the morning of Friday's game, they found Langley students had shown up and painted the spirit rock in front of McLean HS in Langley's colors, with "F*CK MCLEAN" on the rock. The rock was painted over later in the day, but it created some hard feelings and a level of verbal insults from both directions that was greater than usual. The Langley students certainly gave as good as they got.

B. Otto's Army is the unofficial name of Langley's student cheering section. There's also Otto's Army merchandise for sale on the Langley boosters page.

C. The Langley students left before the game ended because McLean was up by nine with about a minute left, and they knew their team was going to lose. Had the score been closer, and many Langley-McLean games have come down to the wire, no amount of "verbal abuse" from the other side would have pried them from their seats. By walking out in that manner, they failed to applaud their own team's efforts, which was kind of sad to watch.

Anonymous wrote:Given the dynamics between the two schools, McLean will always take more joy from beating Langley than Langley will feel relief at not losing to McLean.

I think the Langley poster needs to unclench and congratulate McLean for having a good night. There have been plenty of other times Langley won.

Again, I'm the poster I believe you're talking about and I don't have kids at Langley. We were simply watching the game with friends and as such, were neutral observers of both sides. It didn't matter to us which school won, though it clearly does to you. What stuck with us was how rude the McLean kids were.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday. You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273

We were at both those games with friends and what your clip doesn't show is how rude McLean was to the Langley visitors. All sorts of profane chants directed at them. Not welcoming in the least, and if that's their version of "school spirit," count us out.

I think you're just upset you lost both games. I've been to a lot of contests at different schools, and there's no group of kids that knows how to dish out trash talk to other schools more so than "Otto's Army" from Langley. The profanity, while regrettable, was in response to the Langley students who showed up at McLean early in the morning of the day of the game and defaced the rock in front of the school building with "FU*K MCLEAN"

https://twitter.com/edthe_iii/status/1083725279653183489

The girls game was not much of a contest, but the Langley boys played tough against a more experienced McLean squad. It was disappointing to see the Langley students walk out towards the end, rather than see the game to its conclusion and give their classmates a well-deserved round of applause.

A. I don't have kids at Langley, so have no dog in this fight. I've attended McLean games before with our friends who live near the school, and this is the treatment McLean usually gives visiting teams. I realized there is a big rivalry between McLean and Langley, but the reception they gave Langley was over-the-top and unnecessary.

B. I have no idea what "Otto's Army" is.

C. It was clear from where we were sitting that the Langley students left before the game ended because of the verbal abuse McLean was heaping onto them. Can't say I blame them.

Given the dynamics between the two schools, McLean will always take more joy from beating Langley than Langley will feel relief at not losing to McLean.

I think the Langley poster needs to unclench and congratulate McLean for having a good night. There have been plenty of other times Langley won.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday. You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273

We were at both those games with friends and what your clip doesn't show is how rude McLean was to the Langley visitors. All sorts of profane chants directed at them. Not welcoming in the least, and if that's their version of "school spirit," count us out.

I think you're just upset you lost both games. I've been to a lot of contests at different schools, and there's no group of kids that knows how to dish out trash talk to other schools more so than "Otto's Army" from Langley. The profanity, while regrettable, was in response to the Langley students who showed up at McLean early in the morning of the day of the game and defaced the rock in front of the school building with "FU*K MCLEAN"

https://twitter.com/edthe_iii/status/1083725279653183489

The girls game was not much of a contest, but the Langley boys played tough against a more experienced McLean squad. It was disappointing to see the Langley students walk out towards the end, rather than see the game to its conclusion and give their classmates a well-deserved round of applause.

Anonymous wrote:McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday. You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273

We were at both those games with friends and what your clip doesn't show is how rude McLean was to the Langley visitors. All sorts of profane chants directed at them. Not welcoming in the least, and if that's their version of "school spirit," count us out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Potomac Hills which is currently Chesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean and are hearing rumors we may be moved to the Langley pyramid. I was wondering when this would all happen and if kids were already at Longfellow or McLean if they would finish there or have to switch schools between grades?

It makes more sense for more of Franklin Sherman to go to Langley. They are closer and it is already a split school.

Better to move most of Tysons to Langley and create some diversity there. McLean would still have all the garden apartments off Lee Highway near Timber Lane.

Anonymous wrote:We are in Potomac Hills which is currently Chesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean and are hearing rumors we may be moved to the Langley pyramid. I was wondering when this would all happen and if kids were already at Longfellow or McLean if they would finish there or have to switch schools between grades?

It makes more sense for more of Franklin Sherman to go to Langley. They are closer and it is already a split school.

McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday. You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Potomac Hills which is currently Chesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean and are hearing rumors we may be moved to the Langley pyramid. I was wondering when this would all happen and if kids were already at Longfellow or McLean if they would finish there or have to switch schools between grades?

PH used to be Langley. I think they changed in the 70's?

Yes (late 70s), and other parts of Langley moved to McLean in the mid-80s. But there were also parts of Great Falls that moved to Langley from Herndon.

The latter part is absolutely ridiculous. Obviously, someone got paid for that. Makes zero sense. But then again, Virginia.

There was less traffic on Georgetown Pike and Leesburg Pike back then. Oakton’s boundaries also stretched to the county line at one point.