Torn between Westgate EES LLIV and Lemon Road AAP Center

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, neighbor!

We faced the same decision when our kid placed into AAP level 4. DC had friends at Westgate, and we were comfortable there. But we switched the kid to Lemon Road thinking that having more kids on the same level would be helpful.

I can honestly say it's been a mixed bag. DC is in an all-AAP 4 classroom all day, yes, but they do miss their Westgate friends, and, as you point out, it's hard to do after-school activities there. The curriculum seems slightly more advanced at Lemon Road, but that's balanced by the teachers (at least DC's teachers) being somewhat *less* skilled with AAP teaching, something that has really surprised us.

I think your child will no doubt flourish in either place. Good luck with the decision!

This may be a factor in that lemon road hasn't been an AAP center until recently. This kind of stuff is not seen in McLean, Vienna or Great Falls AAP centers. Another thing to consider when using the public schools, not all AAP centers are the same. I notice that lemon rd has a lower great schools rating (7) for an AAP center when compared to McLean, Vienna and Great Falls, so there may be some correlation there.

Probably so, but OP is deciding between Westgate and Lemon Road, so above is N/A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, neighbor!

We faced the same decision when our kid placed into AAP level 4. DC had friends at Westgate, and we were comfortable there. But we switched the kid to Lemon Road thinking that having more kids on the same level would be helpful.

I can honestly say it's been a mixed bag. DC is in an all-AAP 4 classroom all day, yes, but they do miss their Westgate friends, and, as you point out, it's hard to do after-school activities there. The curriculum seems slightly more advanced at Lemon Road, but that's balanced by the teachers (at least DC's teachers) being somewhat *less* skilled with AAP teaching, something that has really surprised us.

I think your child will no doubt flourish in either place. Good luck with the decision!

This may be a factor in that lemon road hasn't been an AAP center until recently. This kind of stuff is not seen in McLean, Vienna or Great Falls AAP centers. Another thing to consider when using the public schools, not all AAP centers are the same. I notice that lemon rd has a lower great schools rating (7) for an AAP center when compared to McLean, Vienna and Great Falls, so there may be some correlation there.

Probably so, but OP is deciding between Westgate and Lemon Road, so above is N/A.

It is applicable because other areas have had AAP centers for a decade or so where as Lemon Road is new. What this means is that as Lemon Road matures, so does the curriculum and teachers. The low score shows that it is not performing at a typical AAP center therefore it has room to improve and should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, neighbor!

We faced the same decision when our kid placed into AAP level 4. DC had friends at Westgate, and we were comfortable there. But we switched the kid to Lemon Road thinking that having more kids on the same level would be helpful.

I can honestly say it's been a mixed bag. DC is in an all-AAP 4 classroom all day, yes, but they do miss their Westgate friends, and, as you point out, it's hard to do after-school activities there. The curriculum seems slightly more advanced at Lemon Road, but that's balanced by the teachers (at least DC's teachers) being somewhat *less* skilled with AAP teaching, something that has really surprised us.

I think your child will no doubt flourish in either place. Good luck with the decision!

This may be a factor in that lemon road hasn't been an AAP center until recently. This kind of stuff is not seen in McLean, Vienna or Great Falls AAP centers. Another thing to consider when using the public schools, not all AAP centers are the same. I notice that lemon rd has a lower great schools rating (7) for an AAP center when compared to McLean, Vienna and Great Falls, so there may be some correlation there.

Probably so, but OP is deciding between Westgate and Lemon Road, so above is N/A.

It is applicable because other areas have had AAP centers for a decade or so where as Lemon Road is new. What this means is that as Lemon Road matures, so does the curriculum and teachers. The low score shows that it is not performing at a typical AAP center therefore it has room to improve and should.

The low score shows it has poor kids who are performing worse than middleclass kids. Since McLean, Vienna and Great Falls schools have fewer of these, they don't have anything dragging down the rating. The GS rating is for the school in general, not AAP population so it doesn't really say anything about Lemon Road's performance as an AAP center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, neighbor!

We faced the same decision when our kid placed into AAP level 4. DC had friends at Westgate, and we were comfortable there. But we switched the kid to Lemon Road thinking that having more kids on the same level would be helpful.

I can honestly say it's been a mixed bag. DC is in an all-AAP 4 classroom all day, yes, but they do miss their Westgate friends, and, as you point out, it's hard to do after-school activities there. The curriculum seems slightly more advanced at Lemon Road, but that's balanced by the teachers (at least DC's teachers) being somewhat *less* skilled with AAP teaching, something that has really surprised us.

I think your child will no doubt flourish in either place. Good luck with the decision!

This may be a factor in that lemon road hasn't been an AAP center until recently. This kind of stuff is not seen in McLean, Vienna or Great Falls AAP centers. Another thing to consider when using the public schools, not all AAP centers are the same. I notice that lemon rd has a lower great schools rating (7) for an AAP center when compared to McLean, Vienna and Great Falls, so there may be some correlation there.

Probably so, but OP is deciding between Westgate and Lemon Road, so above is N/A.

It is applicable because other areas have had AAP centers for a decade or so where as Lemon Road is new. What this means is that as Lemon Road matures, so does the curriculum and teachers. The low score shows that it is not performing at a typical AAP center therefore it has room to improve and should.

The low score shows it has poor kids who are performing worse than middleclass kids. Since McLean, Vienna and Great Falls schools have fewer of these, they don't have anything dragging down the rating. The GS rating is for the school in general, not AAP population so it doesn't really say anything about Lemon Road's performance as an AAP center.

Call bs. Lemon toad is not as good as mclean centers like Haycock

[Anonymous]

One of my kids decided to leave a LLVI to go to Lemon Road and it was the best decision he could have made. While he did miss some of his friends at his LLVI he quickly made friends and already had some friends at Lemon Road. Lemon Road was much strong academically than the LLVI and really challenged my child, so much so that he commented on how he should have made the move earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello, neighbor!

We faced the same decision when our kid placed into AAP level 4. DC had friends at Westgate, and we were comfortable there. But we switched the kid to Lemon Road thinking that having more kids on the same level would be helpful.

I can honestly say it's been a mixed bag. DC is in an all-AAP 4 classroom all day, yes, but they do miss their Westgate friends, and, as you point out, it's hard to do after-school activities there. The curriculum seems slightly more advanced at Lemon Road, but that's balanced by the teachers (at least DC's teachers) being somewhat *less* skilled with AAP teaching, something that has really surprised us.

I think your child will no doubt flourish in either place. Good luck with the decision!

This may be a factor in that lemon road hasn't been an AAP center until recently. This kind of stuff is not seen in McLean, Vienna or Great Falls AAP centers. Another thing to consider when using the public schools, not all AAP centers are the same. I notice that lemon rd has a lower great schools rating (7) for an AAP center when compared to McLean, Vienna and Great Falls, so there may be some correlation there.

Probably so, but OP is deciding between Westgate and Lemon Road, so above is N/A.

It is applicable because other areas have had AAP centers for a decade or so where as Lemon Road is new. What this means is that as Lemon Road matures, so does the curriculum and teachers. The low score shows that it is not performing at a typical AAP center therefore it has room to improve and should.

The low score shows it has poor kids who are performing worse than middleclass kids. Since McLean, Vienna and Great Falls schools have fewer of these, they don't have anything dragging down the rating. The GS rating is for the school in general, not AAP population so it doesn't really say anything about Lemon Road's performance as an AAP center.

Call bs. Lemon toad is not as good as mclean centers like Haycock

No one said it is. The fact is GS ratings are given to schools in toto, not AAP centers within these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my kids decided to leave a LLVI to go to Lemon Road and it was the best decision he could have made. While he did miss some of his friends at his LLVI he quickly made friends and already had some friends at Lemon Road. Lemon Road was much strong academically than the LLVI and really challenged my child, so much so that he commented on how he should have made the move earlier.

Wow, you're kid is smart to go to level 6

[Anonymous]

I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

What about Shrevewood? I believe that is the only other school that feeds into the Lemon Road center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my kids decided to leave a LLVI to go to Lemon Road and it was the best decision he could have made. While he did miss some of his friends at his LLVI he quickly made friends and already had some friends at Lemon Road. Lemon Road was much strong academically than the LLVI and really challenged my child, so much so that he commented on how he should have made the move earlier.

Was the move from Westgate or Shrevewood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

What about Shrevewood? I believe that is the only other school that feeds into the Lemon Road center.

Shrevewood is making progress, but Lemon Road is stronger, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

Can you say why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

Can you say why?

Core philosophical focus on student learning vs test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

Can you say why?

Core philosophical focus on student learning vs test scores.

What does that mean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for FCPS and get to see “behind the scenes” of many schools. I would 100% send my kid to Lemon Road over Westgate.

What job has someone familiar with behind the scenes at many schools? Just curious. Sounds interesting.