FCPS is turning the new high school purchased to fix crowding into an Aviation magnet school instead of a high school??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good names:

1. Oak Hill HS

2. Discovery HS (though this name would break naming traditions)

Not good names:

1. McLearen HS= too close to McLean HS

2. West County HS= too close to Westfield, West Potomac, and West Springfield HS

3. Dulles HS= Two issues: 1. Dulles Airport is in Loudoun County, and 2. John Foster Dulles was a Christian Nationalist.

4. Sully HS= already a controversial name for the district. Don't add to the controversy.

5. Carson HS= FCPS middle schools are (usually, other than Herndon, Rocky Run, and maybe a few others?) named after authors. High schools are usually named after geographical areas or politicians (Lewis, Madison, Jefferson).

Don't really care much but isn't Oak Hill too close to Oakton?

Good point.

Discovery HS is a decent name, even if it breaks naming traditions.

Discovery is cumbersome. I don't like it. West County, Oak Hill, Floris are better. Too bad Sully is troublesome. I think it is short and sweet.

[Anonymous]

All the theme names like "Discovery," "Independence," "Freedom," and "Innovation" sound so cheesy to me. It's bad enough we have Liberty MS. They sound like something you'd come across in a MAGA suburb in the Deep South.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the theme names like "Discovery," "Independence," "Freedom," and "Innovation" sound so cheesy to me. It's bad enough we have Liberty MS. They sound like something you'd come across in a MAGA suburb in the Deep South.

No, Hon. What gives you that idea. . Those sound like names picked by Sandy Evans--remember "Justice?" Don't think she is MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the theme names like "Discovery," "Independence," "Freedom," and "Innovation" sound so cheesy to me. It's bad enough we have Liberty MS. They sound like something you'd come across in a MAGA suburb in the Deep South.

No, Hon. What gives you that idea. . Those sound like names picked by Sandy Evans--remember "Justice?" Don't think she is MAGA.

But, I agree, they are "cheesy."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the theme names like "Discovery," "Independence," "Freedom," and "Innovation" sound so cheesy to me. It's bad enough we have Liberty MS. They sound like something you'd come across in a MAGA suburb in the Deep South.

No, Hon. What gives you that idea. . Those sound like names picked by Sandy Evans--remember "Justice?" Don't think she is MAGA.

FWIW:
Atlanta suburban high schools
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/suburbs-with-the-best-public-schools/m/atlanta-metro-area/?msockid=0603ff2e02b366203331e9ad033667d8

Is suburban Birmingham MAGA enough for you?

https://high-schools.com/directory/al/cities/birmingham/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the theme names like "Discovery," "Independence," "Freedom," and "Innovation" sound so cheesy to me. It's bad enough we have Liberty MS. They sound like something you'd come across in a MAGA suburb in the Deep South.

No, Hon. What gives you that idea. . Those sound like names picked by Sandy Evans--remember "Justice?" Don't think she is MAGA.

FWIW:
Atlanta suburban high schools
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/suburbs-with-the-best-public-schools/m/atlanta-metro-area/?msockid=0603ff2e02b366203331e9ad033667d8

Is suburban Birmingham MAGA enough for you?

https://high-schools.com/directory/al/cities/birmingham/

The Niche crap isn't the name of schools, just suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good names:

1. Oak Hill HS

2. Discovery HS (though this name would break naming traditions)

Not good names:

1. McLearen HS= too close to McLean HS

2. West County HS= too close to Westfield, West Potomac, and West Springfield HS

3. Dulles HS= Two issues: 1. Dulles Airport is in Loudoun County, and 2. John Foster Dulles was a Christian Nationalist.

4. Sully HS= already a controversial name for the district. Don't add to the controversy.

5. Carson HS= FCPS middle schools are (usually, other than Herndon, Rocky Run, and maybe a few others?) named after authors. High schools are usually named after geographical areas or politicians (Lewis, Madison, Jefferson).

John Foster Dulles was a patriotic American under Eisenhower and leader against communism during the cold war.

Enough with the "christian nationallist" accusation nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Given that Carson is next door, is there a way to turn it into a "Secondary School" or does that mean that it has to be all under one building? Not sure how Robinson, Hayfield, etc. are structured.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good names:

1. Oak Hill HS

2. Discovery HS (though this name would break naming traditions)

Not good names:

1. McLearen HS= too close to McLean HS

2. West County HS= too close to Westfield, West Potomac, and West Springfield HS

3. Dulles HS= Two issues: 1. Dulles Airport is in Loudoun County, and 2. John Foster Dulles was a Christian Nationalist.

4. Sully HS= already a controversial name for the district. Don't add to the controversy.

5. Carson HS= FCPS middle schools are (usually, other than Herndon, Rocky Run, and maybe a few others?) named after authors. High schools are usually named after geographical areas or politicians (Lewis, Madison, Jefferson).

Don't really care much but isn't Oak Hill too close to Oakton?

Good point.

Discovery HS is a decent name, even if it breaks naming traditions.

Saves them from renaming later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given that Carson is next door, is there a way to turn it into a "Secondary School" or does that mean that it has to be all under one building? Not sure how Robinson, Hayfield, etc. are structured.

Carson high school would be ok.

Isn’t it south county middle and south county high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good names:

1. Oak Hill HS

2. Discovery HS (though this name would break naming traditions)

Not good names:

1. McLearen HS= too close to McLean HS

2. West County HS= too close to Westfield, West Potomac, and West Springfield HS

3. Dulles HS= Two issues: 1. Dulles Airport is in Loudoun County, and 2. John Foster Dulles was a Christian Nationalist.

4. Sully HS= already a controversial name for the district. Don't add to the controversy.

5. Carson HS= FCPS middle schools are (usually, other than Herndon, Rocky Run, and maybe a few others?) named after authors. High schools are usually named after geographical areas or politicians (Lewis, Madison, Jefferson).

Don't really care much but isn't Oak Hill too close to Oakton?

Good point.

Discovery HS is a decent name, even if it breaks naming traditions.

Saves them from renaming later.

I like Discovery. It plays into how it’s right down the street from the air and space museum. Although the space shuttle is moving to Texas. Discovery Square is full of good astronaut names, but I agree that it shouldn’t be named after a person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given that Carson is next door, is there a way to turn it into a "Secondary School" or does that mean that it has to be all under one building? Not sure how Robinson, Hayfield, etc. are structured.

And a permanent reminder that Carson MS was designed to be expanded into a Secondary (-;

[Anonymous]

I would vote for Floris High School.

Why?

Because that name is not onlu geographical but also HISTORICAL.

There used to be a vocational (agricultral) high school in Frying Pan Farm, named Floris Vocational High School.

motto of Floris Vocational High School's graduating class of 1925 was "On Life's Highway." Their class colors were white and green and, suitably, their class flower was the white rose.

All of this information is documented on a commencement invitation that is part of the Fairfax County Park Authority's Museum Collection.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/artifacts/floris-vocational-commencement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would vote for Floris High School.

Why?

Because that name is not onlu geographical but also HISTORICAL.

There used to be a vocational (agricultral) high school in Frying Pan Farm, named Floris Vocational High School.

motto of Floris Vocational High School's graduating class of 1925 was "On Life's Highway." Their class colors were white and green and, suitably, their class flower was the white rose.

All of this information is documented on a commencement invitation that is part of the Fairfax County Park Authority's Museum Collection.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/artifacts/floris-vocational-commencement

Good suggestion. Better than Discovery.

"Floris Falcons" nod to Airport and Air and Space Museum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would vote for Floris High School.

Why?

Because that name is not onlu geographical but also HISTORICAL.

There used to be a vocational (agricultral) high school in Frying Pan Farm, named Floris Vocational High School.

motto of Floris Vocational High School's graduating class of 1925 was "On Life's Highway." Their class colors were white and green and, suitably, their class flower was the white rose.

All of this information is documented on a commencement invitation that is part of the Fairfax County Park Authority's Museum Collection.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/artifacts/floris-vocational-commencement

I like the "Back to the Future" part of "Floris HS."

Sometimes the geographic names can be controversial. The original working name for what's now Lewis HS was "Franconia HS" but that name was jettisoned because people from Springfield felt demeaned. The School Board decided that naming high schools after esteemed individuals would avoid such conflicts and that approach lasted for a few years (examples: Lee, Stuart, Madison, Woodson, Marshall, Edison, Jefferson). Little did they know they were creating even bigger problems later...