McLean Ear: Police Disperse Langley, McLean Students; High Honor for McLean Resident

No Girls Fight. Fairfax County police were called to the McDonald's restaurant in downtown after Friday's Langley-McLean basketball game to disperse about a hundred students who had gathered there.

Rumors are rampant among students that there was a fight between two girls. Fairfax County police said there were no fights while they were there and none were reported to police after they arrived.

The Langley Saxons won 58-32. This cross town rivalry engenders high feelings on both sides.

At a McLean-Langley basketball game last year Langley students vandalised the McLean gym and insulted the step team. Since then administrators and school leaders at both schools have worked to tone down the rivalry.

Thefts at Langley?  Neighbors tell us there's a poster-sized sticker on the wall next to the entrance of the Langley gym. It says they have been having a rash of thefts and lists a bunch of precautionary measures -- keep lockers locked, keep gym bags in sight, report suspicious activity, etc..

High Praise for McLean Resident. Kevin Fay, McLean's representative to the Fairfax County Park Authority Board will receive  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's first Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mr. Fay, a long time advocate for increased funding for leukemia research and 15-year Leukemia Ball Executive Committee member. He has helped raise more than $3 million dollars through private donations and attendance at the annual balls.

Fay will be formally receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Leukemia Ball, March 31, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Longfellow Math Team Wins Again. The Longfellow Middle MATHCOUNTS team won first place for the third consecutive year in a MATHCOUNTS-style competition sponsored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, the National Defense Education Program, and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International earlier this month.  Longfellow’s A team—made up of Allen Cheng, Ross Dempsey, Sam Kim, and Tianrui Ren—won the competition.