LCPS (Aldie) vs. FCPS
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Anonymous
| We are planning to sign on a home in the Hartland Community in Aldie and wondering how LCPS compares to FCPS, for those who’ve experienced both? In terms of how well it’s run, curriculum, teachers, how much technology is used. We have an upper and lower ESer currently in FCPS. TIA! |
Anonymous
We found LCPS to be better run and we’ve like the teachers more with LCPS. All the other stuff is pretty much the same. |
Anonymous
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There is advanced math and AAP in elementary in Fairfax, with nothing like that in Loudoun except Futura.
By middle school this about evens out. |
Anonymous
| Are there a lot of classroom disruptions in LCPS, or not so much? |
Anonymous
In my experience, yes there can be, just depends on the classroom composition and dynamics any given year. |
Anonymous
What do you mean by classroom disruptions...and how do you know? Genuinely curious. I have a first-grader in one of the Aldie elementary schools, so it's our first fully in-person school year. Child's teacher has once or twice asked in weekly newsletter to remind kids about good classroom behavior, but other than that, I have no idea if they have a lot of classroom disruptions. |
Anonymous
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Op seriously- you are going to sign for a new build in a planned community in Loudoun.
You will be happy because the school will only pull from your community of peers. FCPS is diverse and you don’t even mention which school in it you have to compare with. ENjoy your new home! |
Anonymous
| Kids in Hartland will be going to brand new schools. The area is fairly diverse with a high Asian population. Aldie is a great area to live in overall. You are not to far from Ashburn, Leesburg, and South Riding. |
Anonymous
You must be one of those Dems who don't consider Asians to be "real" minorities. You can stay in FCPS, thanks. |
Anonymous
The school currently zoned for Hartland (yes, this will change when new schools open), Madison's Trust, is highly rated. However, as far as diversity goes, it's 45% Asian (the vast majority of that being South Asian, specifically Indian or Pakistani), 37% white, 7% Hispanic, 5% two or more races, 4% Black, 2% Native American...and 4% low-income. It's diverse in the sense that if you look at the kids waiting for the bus, they vary in skin tone. Does that count as "real" diversity? It's better than no diversity or very little, but if diversity is super important and a high priority for determining where you live, you might not be so thrilled. My kids are in another Aldie elementary school with nearly identical stats and they are neither South Asian nor white. I'm glad they aren't the "only" of any demographic even if they are a minority, but the lack of socioeconomic diversity is problematic. Nonetheless, it is part of the deal when you buy a now $1.5M new build in a planned community in Loudoun. |
Anonymous
So you'd consider it diverse if there were a bunch of poor white kids? Go away. |
Anonymous
| It's like Bernadine Dohrn chasing Cedric Jenning's mom around his freshman dorm at Brown. |
Anonymous
See you proved my point! OP didn’t give enough information about the choice that family is making You jumped right in with assumptions. Honestly when I read op’s post I figured it was someone connected to the Hartland trying to talk it up on this board. An ad basically because of the lack of info. |
Anonymous
There is no lack of interest in buying houses in Loudoun right now so I don't think that is it. |
Anonymous
Huh? |