Anonymous
04/01/2021 10:59
Subject: General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There's Langley and then everything else....
Is that satire?
One reason we didn't buy in the Langley district was because most of the people we knew who live there send their kids to privates. Even people living in a neighborhood like Langley Oaks, which isn't all that expensive and is within walking distance of Langley HS.
This really isn’t true. Most families in this district send their kids to Langley. Do many go to privates? Sure. But not “most”.
The PP said most of the people *they* know send their kids to privates. Not that most people in the zone do.
Anonymous
04/01/2021 08:20
Subject: General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:LOL... Great Schools ratings are vanity metrics. Look at the data. Part of the reason that McLean has a lower aggregate rating is because of their 4/10 on "Equity"... which Langley doesn't even have enough data (read: lower SES) kids to generate a score for this metric.
You can pick and choose whatever you want. Langley students only test at 80% proficiency (compared to 90% for McLean and 86% state average). Does that mean Langley provides a below-average math education? Come on.
This sounds like a bunch of bs. A 7 is still a 7. If McLean High School was very high quality it would compensate in other areas to have a higher score but it does not. A 7 is meh but a 9 or a 10 is great. That’s reality.
I got no fight in this because my kids are slated for Marshall (which is awful per DCUM non-Marshall parents)-but I don't think you understand how GS works. Schools get dinged if there is any SES diversity, which Langley has none. It's not that complicated to understand really.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 17:44
Subject: General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There's Langley and then everything else....
Is that satire?
One reason we didn't buy in the Langley district was because most of the people we knew who live there send their kids to privates. Even people living in a neighborhood like Langley Oaks, which isn't all that expensive and is within walking distance of Langley HS.
This really isn’t true. Most families in this district send their kids to Langley. Do many go to privates? Sure. But not “most”.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 17:41
Subject: Re:General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reading the thread I'd have a strong preference for McLean. The Langley parents are in a class by themselves, and not in a good way.
I think a lot of the “Langley” posters on here are actually trolls. Don’t go by what you see on here to judge. They really are both good schools and both have good communities.
+1
There are definitely trolls who get triggered whenever they see “Langley” (or McLean) in threads. The OP asked a question of parents at both of these schools. Most of the responses were from trolls who have kids at neither school, but who feel the compulsion to trash both. Thankfully, many of those useless posts were deleted.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 17:36
Subject: Re:General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Reading the thread I'd have a strong preference for McLean. The Langley parents are in a class by themselves, and not in a good way.
That’s how I feel about the McLean parents on this thread.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 12:42
Subject: General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:There's Langley and then everything else....
Is that satire?
One reason we didn't buy in the Langley district was because most of the people we knew who live there send their kids to privates. Even people living in a neighborhood like Langley Oaks, which isn't all that expensive and is within walking distance of Langley HS.
Anonymous
03/31/2021 11:42
Subject: General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
There's Langley and then everything else....
Anonymous
03/31/2021 11:40
Subject: Re:General college placement: Langley vs McLean High
Anonymous wrote:Reading the thread I'd have a strong preference for McLean. The Langley parents are in a class by themselves, and not in a good way.
I think a lot of the “Langley” posters on here are actually trolls. Don’t go by what you see on here to judge. They really are both good schools and both have good communities.