How is Franklin Sherman school?
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Anonymous
| How is this school academically? Would you call it a rigorous school, progressive, laid back, competitive, nurturing? How is the environment, extracurricullars? If your child is at least one grade ahead, will it be a good fit and will it challenge kids who are used to rigorous academic program elsewhere? What about overall environment and parents? |
Anonymous
| Mediocre but solid. |
Anonymous
| Small and perfectly fine. We have three kids who have either gone there or are still there and we have no complaints. We love that it is small. |
Anonymous
| We moved to the area near FS when our youngest was starting Longfellow, but we have neighbors who are perfectly happy with Franklin Sherman. There are still a lot of kids who move over to Haycock starting in 3rd grade. |
Anonymous
100%. Be prepared for a mass exodus in 3rd grade. |
Anonymous
Who is left after 3rd grade? Is it very weak academically after 3rd grade and unsuitable for kids who are advanced and have attended a rather rigorous school elsewhere? |
Anonymous
| Hmm, my kid attended Kent Gardens and there was no "mass exodus" after 3rd grade. Don't all the schools have Level IV/AAP now? |
Anonymous
| Huge difference in size between KG and FS. |
Anonymous
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loved the school for my kids k-2.
they moved on in 3rd grade to haycock which was better academically for them. |
Anonymous
In McLean - yes. But FS is small compared to other schools so parents who want their kids in classes with only other LLIV-eligible kids are more likely to move them to the AAP center (Haycock in FS's case). The AAP center for KG (Churchill Road) is also in a different pyramid so parents may be less inclined to switch them to an elementary school where most kids go to Cooper/Langley rather than Longfellow/McLean. |
Anonymous
If you move to the area zoned for FS and your kids are older and you want the AAP program then how do you go about it? Do you first enroll to your zoned school-FS and then the teachers assess the child to see if they are eligible or do you take some tests beforehand and apply to Haycock directly? We are likely to move in the summer |
Anonymous
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You can apply for placement as a new resident:
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/academic-overview/advanced-academic-programs |
Anonymous
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We stayed in FS for AP program because we love that it is small. It has proven to be the right decision especially during covid: my third grader's class has only 6 kids in person compared to 20+ in AP class in Haycock. So now my third grader gets to go in person 4 days/week while the same is not guaranteed for the overly crowded Haycock AP.
Academically it is solid because the teacher to student ratio is lower, and sometimes close to private. |
Anonymous
Hmm.. FS has AAP too? Can you get in there right from the start? I tend to believe that small class size is amazing and a huge advantage in and of itself, more individual attention. Does AAP start at grade 3 in FS? |
Anonymous
Yes but AP kids blend with Other kids in all classes apart from math. They go to a different class for advanced math. |