Robinson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the pregnant girls get sent to Robinson. They have a daycare there too.

?? There's no special program for pregnant teens at Robinson.
There at least used to be a small head start daycare there and kids interested in early childhood education, social work etc. could take classes connected to it but the students in the daycare are from the broader community. Not sure if it's even still running though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the pregnant girls get sent to Robinson. They have a daycare there too.

?? There's no special program for pregnant teens at Robinson.
There at least used to be a small head start daycare there and kids interested in early childhood education, social work etc. could take classes connected to it but the students in the daycare are from the broader community. Not sure if it's even still running though.

Actually, there is. Although it's not specifically for pregnant students, students with babies or who are pregnant are welcome there and have been there in the past. I'm referring to the Interagency Alternative School program placed at Robinson - the Transition Support Resource Center. It's a relatively small program for kids who need alternative environments akin to Bryant.They can be pupil placed there and attend content classes through TSRC and general electives with the rest of Robinson proper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the pregnant girls get sent to Robinson. They have a daycare there too.

?? There's no special program for pregnant teens at Robinson.
There at least used to be a small head start daycare there and kids interested in early childhood education, social work etc. could take classes connected to it but the students in the daycare are from the broader community. Not sure if it's even still running though.

Actually, there is. Although it's not specifically for pregnant students, students with babies or who are pregnant are welcome there and have been there in the past. I'm referring to the Interagency Alternative School program placed at Robinson - the Transition Support Resource Center. It's a relatively small program for kids who need alternative environments akin to Bryant.They can be pupil placed there and attend content classes through TSRC and general electives with the rest of Robinson proper.

Also -- as someone who completed high school this way, got an LPN, earned an RN, BSN and eventually become an NP, you are complete, utter trash to say someone shouldn't be able to access education "with your children" because they are teen parents. It was a shit show, I had horrible messages and support but dear God, education was the absolute, complete saving grace to my sanity and ticket out of extreme, endless poverty.

You are a garbage person if you are implying a school is less than for educating children and providing support for teen parents.

[Anonymous]

Wow projecting much? I was surprised that FCPS actually had supports for young mothers at a local HS. I think it is good they actually care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the pregnant girls get sent to Robinson. They have a daycare there too.

?? There's no special program for pregnant teens at Robinson.
There at least used to be a small head start daycare there and kids interested in early childhood education, social work etc. could take classes connected to it but the students in the daycare are from the broader community. Not sure if it's even still running though.

Actually, there is. Although it's not specifically for pregnant students, students with babies or who are pregnant are welcome there and have been there in the past. I'm referring to the Interagency Alternative School program placed at Robinson - the Transition Support Resource Center. It's a relatively small program for kids who need alternative environments akin to Bryant.They can be pupil placed there and attend content classes through TSRC and general electives with the rest of Robinson proper.

Also -- as someone who completed high school this way, got an LPN, earned an RN, BSN and eventually become an NP, you are complete, utter trash to say someone shouldn't be able to access education "with your children" because they are teen parents. It was a shit show, I had horrible messages and support but dear God, education was the absolute, complete saving grace to my sanity and ticket out of extreme, endless poverty.

You are a garbage person if you are implying a school is less than for educating children and providing support for teen parents.

I was the immediate PP who said there wasn't a program specific for pregnant teens at Robinson and I'm not sure you're misinterpreting what I wrote or if you're responding to the PP before me, but I wanted to clarify that I'm 100% in favor of providing supports to pregnant teens, parents, anyone who needs help/flexibility to make it through their education. I would think a school is stronger for having the program, not lesser. My mother got pregnant in HS and was supported through it, so I'm not all looking down my nose at this. I am glad you also got supported through your education when you were pregnant.

But I still don't think it's accurate to say there's a specific program where pregnant girls get sent to at Robinson. There are multiple TSRC sites throughout the county and they are short-term placements for support for a few students with issues such as mental health, behavior or abuse concerns. Pregnancy/parenting isn't even on the TSRC list on the FCPS county website about the program though I don't doubt that occasionally a pregnant student will need that kind of support. But these days I think most people who get pregnant in high school (or who are student parents) are supported by counselors and staff at their local high school--who even do things like home and remote instruction-which makes sense because most teens aren't going to want to be bussed to a different high school when they are already trying to complete their education under challenging circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow projecting much? I was surprised that FCPS actually had supports for young mothers at a local HS. I think it is good they actually care.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Robinson ranks pretty well in the USNWR:
13th in VA
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/fairfax-county-public-schools/robinson-secondary-school-20455

[Anonymous]

The TSRC program is for kids at risk of not meeting graduation requirements and needing to “catch up” for a myriad of reasons. I’ve had students go because they moved from out of state and were missing several required classes, because they had major health issues and needed to make up a lost year, because they had failed multiple classes, etc. They work self paced through lessons and can cover a year’s material in months with an adult guiding/supervising vs the chaos of thousands of students, large classes, and social distractions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The TSRC program is for kids at risk of not meeting graduation requirements and needing to “catch up” for a myriad of reasons. I’ve had students go because they moved from out of state and were missing several required classes, because they had major health issues and needed to make up a lost year, because they had failed multiple classes, etc. They work self paced through lessons and can cover a year’s material in months with an adult guiding/supervising vs the chaos of thousands of students, large classes, and social distractions.

I'm so impressed by all these solutions that schools come up with to help the range of experiences of students. I don't know if it's particular to FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in the foreign service, and my kids have done the IB curriculum in overseas schools. I really appreciate the interdisciplinary approach, and that it teaches kids how to think and write well. There's less reliance on worksheets and quizzes, and is more inquiry-based depending on the interests of the learner. I'm actually thinking of moving into the Robinson school district for the IB program, specifically.

+1 I'm a Robinson parent who purposefully chose it (even though we had the option to go to LBSS because our kids were in AAP). I prefer IB over AP. All the AP parents think there's nothing you can't get in AP that you get in IB, but it's just not accurate in my opinion. The AP courses don't seem as writing intensive, inquiry or lab-based as the IB courses.

The latest Robinson SAT scores (Class of 2023) were actually below the county average and 26 points lower than at Lake Braddock.

Seems like the IB parents think there’s nothing you can get at an AP high school that you can’t get at an IB high school, but that’s just not accurate, apparently. The IB courses just don’t seem to teach as much.

The SATs cover lower-level material learned before AP and IB courses begin (geometry, algebra I and II, some early pre-calc/stats, and basic English). IB and AP courses have nothing to do with SATs.

You’re not going to impress anyone because you took an IB course if you’ve never mastered or can’t even retain the lower-level material. And the current trend is for top schools to reverse the “test optional” approach of the Covid years and require SAT or ACT scores.

FCPS has been dropping the ball in many areas and Robinson kids pay the price.

Robinson is the only high school that does not have an AAP feeder school. That is the explanation for SAT scores. Which have historically been roughly the same as LBSS (some years Robinson is higher, some years LBSS is higher) which DOES have an AAP feeder school and is AP. That this one year there's a difference (I haven't even looked) doesn't tell you much.

Not true. Annandale doesn’t have an AAP feeder school.

Ok, Robinson is one of the very few high schools that doesn't have an AAP feeder and it has consistently been strong/equivalent with schools that do in terms of SAT scores.

It has lower SAT scores than you’d expect.

Not really--its average over time is around 1200--just a touch below Lake Braddock which houses the AAP program. It doesn't have a high FRL, but it's not a "rich" school like some of the other higher performing schools in the district. There isn't a culture of SAT test prep etc.

I think the last part is a big driver of it. We’re in Robinson and my impression is it’s mostly a MC / UMC pyramid but parents are just a lot more lax re: advancement and prepping.

Also my guess. Big focus on extracurriculars (sports, music, theater), but I'm not aware of anyone in our circles who's done test prep/Kumon/RSM/whatever. If they do, they keep it to themselves.

+1 That's my experience too, with kids now that have spanned 10 years at Robinson. My kids have been in the upper academic level at Robinson (all honors, IB diploma, a couple of AP courses) and still there's not much talk of academic enrichment. More emphasis on extracurriculars like sports, band, theater, visual art than maximizing scores or academic acceleration.

Agreed. Robo is the best!

[Anonymous]

TSRC is not for pregnant or parenting teens. The 2 alternative HS in the county- Mt. View in Centreville and Bryant in Alexandria do have programs for such.