How does HS of choice work?
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Anonymous
| I heard that kids can choose a different high school from the one assigned, if that high school offers certain courses. Could someone please share their experiences on how it works and if the kids completely move to the new school or partially just for specific courses? I believe Chantilly and Langley are 2 I heard of. TIA. |
Anonymous
Even if ask to parent place because Larla must have this or that class, can still say no if no capacity. Better off moving. |
Anonymous
| Language is one. Langley is the only FCPS high school (other than TJ) that offers Russian. |
Anonymous
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IB is another.
We live one block from McLean, but a neighbors daughter opted for IB at Madison. |
Anonymous
Madison isn’t an IB school. Did you mean Marshall? Most kids I know who want a language not offered at their base school do it through an Academy class because that’s a lot easier than trying to switch schools (pupil placing requires you to provide your own transportation and there is no guarantee it will be granted each year). I know one student who was pupil placed for MS because her parents disagreed with a curriculum decision at the base school. They openly admitted to friends that they fibbed a bit on the application to make it look like there was an approved reason for the request, since “we don’t like school X” doesn’t count. |
Anonymous
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If you are placed for IB or language or AP classes then you have to take IB/AP or that language. If the student does not take the classes that they transferred for then they are returned to their base school.
So if you say you want to attend Langley for Russian you have to take Russian. Drop Russian and you return to your base school. |
Anonymous
And you have to take at least 3 IB/AP classes by the end of your junior year, or they boot you out as a senior. |
Anonymous
what? |