Are the FCPS schools vastly superior than LCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, your realtor is just trying to make more money off of you by making you bid up the price of that one house in Franklin Farm. LCPS is just fine, go that route if you don't have a commute.

And you’ll probably save 100-200K.

Lots of kids and nice families on and near that street in Franklin Farm, including some that work at Navy, if that matters to OP.

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Moved to Fairfax County about 20 years ago, primarily for the schools. Had 2 children go through K-12 in Region 3. Like all schools systems kids had some great teachers and some bad teachers. Older child's experience was better, simply because the downward slide had already begun, but hadn't yet picked up to the level of today. Again, poor decisions out of Gatehouse, moving one new teaching fad to the next, the uncanny ability to replace good principals with bad ones, a rubber stamp school board. I can go on and on, but will give one example. When my son started high school its motto was "World's Greatest High School" by the time my daughter arrived it was "To the Stars through Struggles".

So no FCPS is not better than LCPS. Will make whatever sacrifice is necessary to ensure any future grandchildren need not attend public schools anywhere in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Top 10 high schools in the state - 8 from FCPS and none from LCPS:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

One of the criteria is serving low socio-economic populations which is so much higher in FCPS.

That must be why TJ, Langley, McLean, and Marshall are the top four in the state.

LCPS students attend TJ.

LCPS also has the academies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

The teachers are better. Special ed, even though it isn't perfect, is much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moved to Fairfax County about 20 years ago, primarily for the schools. Had 2 children go through K-12 in Region 3. Like all schools systems kids had some great teachers and some bad teachers. Older child's experience was better, simply because the downward slide had already begun, but hadn't yet picked up to the level of today. Again, poor decisions out of Gatehouse, moving one new teaching fad to the next, the uncanny ability to replace good principals with bad ones, a rubber stamp school board. I can go on and on, but will give one example. When my son started high school its motto was "World's Greatest High School" by the time my daughter arrived it was "To the Stars through Struggles".

So no FCPS is not better than LCPS. Will make whatever sacrifice is necessary to ensure any future grandchildren need not attend public schools anywhere in the DMV.

We have seen something similar at our school. I really wonder what everyone, the school board, the administration at Gatehouse, the school administrators, are thinking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

One of the previous superintendents was shocked by the lack of relevant experience people had in the administration. They do not have more resources and better amenities. You are full of it. They do not have better outcomes. All the high schools tend to have lower sat/act scores without Farms families.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:False. FCPS is not better than LCPS or really any other local county. They love to hype themselves, but in our experience FCPS is just not great at all.

DP, I sub in both districts. I’d take a day with LCPS any day over FCPS.

Because you can do what you want and have no supervisions. The horror stories I can tell about subs in LCPS...

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Anonymous wrote:Realtors aren’t allowed to make those comments, so I’d take whatever she said with a grain of salt.

If you are looking for gifted programming, FCPS is much more robust in elementary.

If you’re looking at high school, it’s the same.

Allowed? Who enforces this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

The top schools in FCPS leave LCPS in the dust.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

One of the previous superintendents was shocked by the lack of relevant experience people had in the administration. They do not have more resources and better amenities. You are full of it. They do not have better outcomes. All the high schools tend to have lower sat/act scores without Farms families.

Plenty of farms families in Loudoun, particularly western Loudoun. It’s literally all farms except a few towns.

Oh, wait, did you mean to say FCPS has better outcomes once you don’t count the poors and browns? (Fixed stare, anticipating your reply…)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

The top schools in FCPS leave LCPS in the dust.

It’s better to have sustainably good schools across an entire school district.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Realtors aren’t allowed to make those comments, so I’d take whatever she said with a grain of salt.

If you are looking for gifted programming, FCPS is much more robust in elementary.

If you’re looking at high school, it’s the same.

Allowed? Who enforces this?

In Virginia, the Fair Housing Office. But also HUD and the Real Estate Board in Virginia. The agent’s broker would probably fire the agent if they knew what was said because of the legal hellscape they just exposed the broker to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:False. FCPS is not better than LCPS or really any other local county. They love to hype themselves, but in our experience FCPS is just not great at all.

DP, I sub in both districts. I’d take a day with LCPS any day over FCPS.

Because you can do what you want and have no supervisions. The horror stories I can tell about subs in LCPS...

It’s because the kids are better behaved by far. There is little supervision in either district. Sign-in go to the room, sub, and sign out. What type of supervision do you think occurs?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was told by a realtor that the quality of education at FCPS is so much better than at LCPS. How true is that if you are not in the AAP program? Seeking feedback for elementary schools especially.

I am actually shocked an agent would say something like that as it exposes them to legal liability.

And it’s generally not true, anyway. On the whole, LCPS is a better system. More resources, better amenities, better outcomes. It has some wildly insane parents who are doing their damnest to wreck it, but so far the schools are just fine.

The top schools in FCPS leave LCPS in the dust.

It’s better to have sustainably good schools across an entire school district.

As parts of Loudoun age, it will have more poorer schools. But maybe the best argument for LCPS is that its decline won't be noticeable because it was never that good to begin with.