Churchill road vs haycocks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not in the market for a new home. My current situation allows me the option of either Churchill Road or Haycock as center options.

Is that option legally existing?

In some circumstances, yes.

What are those circumstances?

Let's stick to the thread topic.

Are you the thread police? Threads go off on tangents all the time. Just answer the question. The only "circumstance" I know is expired or soon to be.

[Anonymous]

I would pick Churchill road. I have been around the sacc kids at both schools and at haycock I was somewhat frightened. The older kids are very mean and aggressive.

[Anonymous]

PP's post seems irrelevant to the thread. A small sample of SACC kids on any given day has no correlation to what AAP classes are like. And it provides no information about whether Churchill SACC or AAP kids would be better or worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

[Anonymous]

Yes, eventually Cooper AAP Center would work. I think it would take 3-5 years, though, to get to a similar level. And they will probably need some different teachers ... not sure that any at Cooper are the caliber of established AAP teachers at currently-operating centers.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how good Cooper AAP will turn out to be. Kilmer AAP used to be up and coming but the number of admits to TJ has really been declining ever since AAP was added to Jackson. Kilmer really did not fare well this Spring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

Longfellow was top this year again in Science Olympiad. Lemon Road did not compete in the Division B competition.

http://www.virginiaso.com/pdf/results/2014StateBRev.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

Longfellow was top this year again in Science Olympiad. Lemon Road did not compete in the Division B competition.

http://www.virginiaso.com/pdf/results/2014StateBRev.pdf

I'm talking about Division A.

[Anonymous]

The question is irrelevant. There is no home that offers a choice between Churchill and Haycock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

Longfellow was top this year again in Science Olympiad. Lemon Road did not compete in the Division B competition.

http://www.virginiaso.com/pdf/results/2014StateBRev.pdf

I'm talking about Division A.

The top Haycock and Churchill Road SO students participate in the Division B competition, which is largely against middle schools. Saying Lemon Road "crushed" Haycock in Division A, when Lemon Road does not even participate in the more competitive Division B, is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The question is irrelevant. There is no home that offers a choice between Churchill and Haycock.

Some students have two primary residences. Some students have child care or a working parent closer to another school than their base school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

Longfellow was top this year again in Science Olympiad. Lemon Road did not compete in the Division B competition.

http://www.virginiaso.com/pdf/results/2014StateBRev.pdf

I'm talking about Division A.

The top Haycock and Churchill Road SO students participate in the Division B competition, which is largely against middle schools. Saying Lemon Road "crushed" Haycock in Division A, when Lemon Road does not even participate in the more competitive Division B, is silly.

Of course Lemon Road didn't participate in Division B. They do not have AAP 6th graders, which is when Division B starts. (yes, Gen Ed kids could do Science Olympiad but our Division B center team did not have any Gen Ed kids on it and I've not really heard that many participate). I'll bet Lemon Road does well in Division B within the next couple of years (no, my child does not got to Lemon Road, but I think if they could do that well their first year, the future looks good for them).

[Anonymous]

Why is someone trying to turn this thread into a discussion of Lemon Road AAP? Wasn't there just a recent thread about it (reviews sounded mixed)?

Please limit your comments here to Churchill Road and Haycock!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good prior post. Also, Churchill will eventually have to feed to Cooper for AAP, not Longfellow. Whether this happens in 1 or 5 years is unknown. Longfellow has a great AAP program with some great teachers. Cooper is an unknown as of yet.

Once it becomes a center it will have enough critical mass to be as good if not better than Longfellow. Look at what happened at Lemon Road: it crushed Haycock at Science Olympiad this year. It's not the school itself that's really high performing. It's the concentration of high-performing students that establishes its reputation.

Longfellow was top this year again in Science Olympiad. Lemon Road did not compete in the Division B competition.

http://www.virginiaso.com/pdf/results/2014StateBRev.pdf

I'm talking about Division A.

The top Haycock and Churchill Road SO students participate in the Division B competition, which is largely against middle schools. Saying Lemon Road "crushed" Haycock in Division A, when Lemon Road does not even participate in the more competitive Division B, is silly.

Of course Lemon Road didn't participate in Division B. They do not have AAP 6th graders, which is when Division B starts. (yes, Gen Ed kids could do Science Olympiad but our Division B center team did not have any Gen Ed kids on it and I've not really heard that many participate). I'll bet Lemon Road does well in Division B within the next couple of years (no, my child does not got to Lemon Road, but I think if they could do that well their first year, the future looks good for them).

Lemon Road started off SO with a bang! They did a great job....so proud of what they accomplished. The present fifth graders will move up to division B next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is someone trying to turn this thread into a discussion of Lemon Road AAP? Wasn't there just a recent thread about it (reviews sounded mixed)?

Please limit your comments here to Churchill Road and Haycock!

I think the point is that the Lemon road parents were not happy when they heard they were moving schools, like the parents who are moving to Cooper may not be happy....BUT, it is what you make it. LRES did great in SO because they had a great attitude and made it happen....

You cannot win the battle against FCPS. Make the best of the decisions....