How to decide where to enroll?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, the best public are Langley, Madison, then Marshall, Oakton in FCPS. So you could start there.

Woodson and McLean pyramids are both more highly regarded than Marshall.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings?int=c0b4c1

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/local/

There's a lot more to being the "best" than rankings. It's a subjective term.
Only an idiot would base their school choice on test scores alone.

Nice try, but only an idiot would stick Marshall in with Langley, Madison and Oakton, all of which have high test scores by the way, as the four best HS in FCPS. If you look at real estate listings, the number emphasizing that homes are zoned for McLean or Woodson far outstrips the number mentioning that a house is zoned for Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, the best public are Langley, Madison, then Marshall, Oakton in FCPS. So you could start there.

Woodson and McLean pyramids are both more highly regarded than Marshall.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings?int=c0b4c1

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/local/

There's a lot more to being the "best" than rankings. It's a subjective term.
Only an idiot would base their school choice on test scores alone.

Nice try, but only an idiot would stick Marshall in with Langley, Madison and Oakton, all of which have high test scores by the way, as the four best HS in FCPS. If you look at real estate listings, the number emphasizing that homes are zoned for McLean or Woodson far outstrips the number mentioning that a house is zoned for Marshall.

Glad to see you found your way over to the AAP board, Marshall basher

[Anonymous]

Avoid Woodson. It has a difficult recent history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, the best public are Langley, Madison, then Marshall, Oakton in FCPS. So you could start there.

Woodson and McLean pyramids are both more highly regarded than Marshall.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings?int=c0b4c1

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/local/

There's a lot more to being the "best" than rankings. It's a subjective term.
Only an idiot would base their school choice on test scores alone.

Nice try, but only an idiot would stick Marshall in with Langley, Madison and Oakton, all of which have high test scores by the way, as the four best HS in FCPS. If you look at real estate listings, the number emphasizing that homes are zoned for McLean or Woodson far outstrips the number mentioning that a house is zoned for Marshall.

Glad to see you found your way over to the AAP board, Marshall basher

How is it bashing Marshall to point out that neither leading publications nor most posters on this forum view that school as one of the four "best" publics in FCPS, or that Marshall is not yet among the schools that realtors are most likely to highlight in their listings (compared to Langley, McLean, Madison or Woodson)? Marshall is fine, but no more deserving of being singled out than other strong schools like West Springfield, Robinson, Lake Braddock and Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Woodson. It has a difficult recent history.

What does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, the best public are Langley, Madison, then Marshall, Oakton in FCPS. So you could start there.

Woodson and McLean pyramids are both more highly regarded than Marshall.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings?int=c0b4c1

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/local/

There's a lot more to being the "best" than rankings. It's a subjective term.
Only an idiot would base their school choice on test scores alone.

Nice try, but only an idiot would stick Marshall in with Langley, Madison and Oakton, all of which have high test scores by the way, as the four best HS in FCPS. If you look at real estate listings, the number emphasizing that homes are zoned for McLean or Woodson far outstrips the number mentioning that a house is zoned for Marshall.

oops, left those out. So OP has more choices.

[Anonymous]

Was trying to avoid "Marshall Lady"

[Anonymous]

OP, I would look at one of the schools in the Langley, McLean or Madison pyramids that has a strong "Local Level IV" program but gives qualified students the option of attending an AAP center. Examples are Spring Hill, Chesterbrook, Franklin Sherman and Wolftrap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Woodson. It has a difficult recent history.

What does that mean?

People on this board will tell you that...

Woodson kids are the most likely to commit suicide
McLean kids are the most likely to start porn sites
Langley kids are the most likely to belittle your child for not wearing Vineyard Vines
Madison kids are the most likely to join gangs
Marshall kids are the most likely to suck at sports
Oakton kids are most likely to be Asian

They're all good schools, but this board is nowhere to get accurate information about the schools. The parents here all have bizarre hidden agendas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Woodson. It has a difficult recent history.

What does that mean?

People on this board will tell you that...

Woodson kids are the most likely to commit suicide
McLean kids are the most likely to start porn sites
Langley kids are the most likely to belittle your child for not wearing Vineyard Vines
Madison kids are the most likely to join gangs
Marshall kids are the most likely to suck at sports
Oakton kids are most likely to be Asian

They're all good schools, but this board is nowhere to get accurate information about the schools. The parents here all have bizarre hidden agendas.

If you want to trade in stereotypes, I think you mean:

Madison kids are most likely to bully your kid if he's not a jock; and
Oakton kids are most likely to live in BFE and get redistricted tomorrow.

No one claims Madison kids join gangs in large numbers, and you can never have too many Asian kids unless your name is TJHSST.

[Anonymous]

Why do people care about Oakton? There is absolutely nothing remarkable about Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people care about Oakton? There is absolutely nothing remarkable about Oakton.

Nothing bad about it, either.
(I am not an Oakton parent)

[Anonymous]

+1 on Chesterbrook. Great Level IV program, but not as "tiger mom" as Haycock. If your kid doesn't qualify for AAP, they still can take up to three AAP classes if they test into it each quarter (well, testing and space availability). Great community and fun school. Also, easy commute to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 on Chesterbrook. Great Level IV program, but not as "tiger mom" as Haycock. If your kid doesn't qualify for AAP, they still can take up to three AAP classes if they test into it each quarter (well, testing and space availability). Great community and fun school. Also, easy commute to DC.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Woodson. It has a difficult recent history.

+1