Herndon high - what’s going on?

[Anonymous]

I have friends whose kids go to Herndon and they say it’s bad. Before this year it wasn’t but the principal tried to make a name for herself and went to a whole new grading process. The teachers hated it and The students were all confused and were doing poorly. The parents spoke up and the principal got embarrassed that her big plan failed. She lied to the parents publicly and made the PTA all quit. Then decided in May to allow every student to take as many retakes as they want which is a nightmare for the teachers. So all in all it’s bad. Maybe the principal will be fired and the school can get a fresh start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s see.: Principal was kicked out of a Loudoun school because the parents hated her. Herndon hired her.

Current Assistant Principal was the one who got arrested for grand larceny after shoplifting at Target. Herndon hired her.

Standard based instruction this year brought down test scores in all but the failing kids. Principal lied and said FCPS made her do it. Parents are pissed off

The principal from Loudoun you’re referring to is the current principal of Herndon MS, not HS. She is terrible

Both then. Noto came from Potomac Falls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s see.: Principal was kicked out of a Loudoun school because the parents hated her. Herndon hired her.

Current Assistant Principal was the one who got arrested for grand larceny after shoplifting at Target. Herndon hired her

Standard based instruction this year brought down test scores in all but the failing kids. Principal lied and said FCPS made her do it. Parents are pissed off

Do tell!! Who is the AP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Nice - this is an improvement over Madison at least

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Will these loud parents be taking the retakes? I don’t get how the parents have anything to do with the grade.

Loud parents made this ridiculous development happen. That is how.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long overdue to redraw HHS boundary. Need to take in more Langley kids.

+10000

I know a family that lives in the shadow of Herndon High School and are zoned for Langley, 12 miles away. Ridiculous what these snobs get away with.

12 miles which is an hour commute down Georgetown Pike or Rt -7. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Will these loud parents be taking the retakes? I don’t get how the parents have anything to do with the grade.

Loud parents made this ridiculous development happen. That is how.

Good for them. SBG is a disgrace. The teachers should have rallied with the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Will these loud parents be taking the retakes? I don’t get how the parents have anything to do with the grade.

Loud parents made this ridiculous development happen. That is how.

Good for them. SBG is a disgrace. The teachers should have rallied with the parents.

10000000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Madison principal also implemented on her own - no one made her - Gatehouse did not make her do this. She deserves full credit for her mess.

Really???? Thought was a mandatory experiment from FCPS. If voluntary, surprised parents not even more vocal. For Herndon, guess the retakes could help juniors for college apps next year. If hard on teachers, result will be more good teachers leave.

[Anonymous]

Madison parent here - I thought moving to SBG was mandated by FCPS, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Will these loud parents be taking the retakes? I don’t get how the parents have anything to do with the grade.

Loud parents made this ridiculous development happen. That is how.

Sounds like a Herndon teacher has joined the thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Herndon, this year everyone with parents loud enough will get an A. Principal just announced last Monday (a week ago) that anyone can retake any standard without risk of lowering their grade. No deadlines but last day of school. As many retakes as they want. Teachers were notified over email the night before.

Will these loud parents be taking the retakes? I don’t get how the parents have anything to do with the grade.

Loud parents made this ridiculous development happen. That is how.

Good for them. SBG is a disgrace. The teachers should have rallied with the parents.

10000000

It is not SBG that is bad, it is how it had been implemented in FCPS schools. What had been done in Herndon is really bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Madison principal also implemented on her own - no one made her - Gatehouse did not make her do this. She deserves full credit for her mess.

Really???? Thought was a mandatory experiment from FCPS. If voluntary, surprised parents not even more vocal. For Herndon, guess the retakes could help juniors for college apps next year. If hard on teachers, result will be more good teachers leave.

I specifically asked Calvert if anyone was making Madison implement this or it was the decision of the Madison administration. She said it was Madison's decision. At the time, Reid was just coming in to FCPS and Madison admin thought she might shut it down, but Reid hasn't. Calvert has promoted SBG to other schools by inviting other administrations to a weekend program held at Madison that touted how great it is. I think Herndon sis the same thing this year.

She should be fired for taking a school that was pretty good and making it not so great.

[Anonymous]

My sister went there 14 years ago. She got a lot of opportunities while there, including getting an internship with John Kerry. She also got into an ivy league and so did her friend. She has a very successful career. 14 years ago the school was rated at 2/10. The average test scores were very low. However, that just made it easier for the good kids to stand out and get into great colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Long overdue to redraw HHS boundary. Need to take in more Langley kids.

+10000

I know a family that lives in the shadow of Herndon High School and are zoned for Langley, 12 miles away. Ridiculous what these snobs get away with.

12 miles which is an hour commute down Georgetown Pike or Rt -7. Ridiculous.

I do that Georgetown Pike commute frequently, and it’s never taken more than half an hour. You are just straight up lying here.

You ladies just try to hack every discussion thread with this redistricting nonsense. It’s so transparent and off-putting.