FCCPS: why does no one post about it here?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

what do you mean the fancy new buildings are a death trap???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

you think this is just FCCPS? It happens in APS too...

It's not good at all but it's not a deathtrap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

They let the students on the elevator? My APS school doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

They let the students on the elevator? My APS school doesn’t.

No. They don’t. That PP has no idea what they’re talking about.

They moved the school year to start earlier to align with Fairfax and get more instruction in before end of year exams that are universal around the country and world (it’s an IB school). The students do not have those so called woke holidays like Yom Kippur and Diwali off anymore. That was only for a year or maybe two. A lot of nonsense on this thread.

Schools aren’t perfect but we have been happy. Make sure you are bought in on the IB stuff before you come here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

They let the students on the elevator? My APS school doesn’t.

No. They don’t. That PP has no idea what they’re talking about.

They moved the school year to start earlier to align with Fairfax and get more instruction in before end of year exams that are universal around the country and world (it’s an IB school). The students do not have those so called woke holidays like Yom Kippur and Diwali off anymore. That was only for a year or maybe two. A lot of nonsense on this thread.

Schools aren’t perfect but we have been happy. Make sure you are bought in on the IB stuff before you come here.

They 100% let students on the elevator. They give out fobs to certain students- no idea the criteria- then 10 of their buddies pile in and horse around and the elevator breaks.

The stuff apologists will lie about cracks me up. It’s a middling school system, no more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

They let the students on the elevator? My APS school doesn’t.

No. They don’t. That PP has no idea what they’re talking about.

They moved the school year to start earlier to align with Fairfax and get more instruction in before end of year exams that are universal around the country and world (it’s an IB school). The students do not have those so called woke holidays like Yom Kippur and Diwali off anymore. That was only for a year or maybe two. A lot of nonsense on this thread.

Schools aren’t perfect but we have been happy. Make sure you are bought in on the IB stuff before you come here.

They 100% let students on the elevator. They give out fobs to certain students- no idea the criteria- then 10 of their buddies pile in and horse around and the elevator breaks.

The stuff apologists will lie about cracks me up. It’s a middling school system, no more.

I wrote about the elevators. They will give one to anyone with a medical need and as others pointed out, they don’t question accommodations in FCCPS so lots of students have elevator passes. At one point they were giving them to students who had classes far apart since the building is 7 floors. One kid has a pass and brings all of their friends along.

[Anonymous]

A 7-floor high school doesn’t sound like a great idea for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

Zero poor, few ESL, no boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

PP what did you mean about bring "bought in" on IB before getting there? What's there to know? Thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP what did you mean about bring "bought in" on IB before getting there? What's there to know? Thanks

Not the PP, but it’s a small high school and almost entirely IB curriculum in upper grades, so you have to be ok with that. It’s not like the larger public schools that have both IB and AP options and more courses generally. We did not fully understand the ramifications of this until our kids got older and likely would not have moved into the district had we known. It can be limiting for some kids or not to their liking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s no reason to post here unless you just want to complain. SB, superintendent and other leadership is very accessible. If there’s an issue I want addressed, I go to someone who can help - not an anonymous forum.

lol. They demoted the HS principal, the secondary Ed director just quit, they have inmense turnover in the high school, the technology never works, the fancy new buildings are a death trap and mentioning anything less than 100% shiny happy gets you labeled as a random crank.

As has been said before, kids there succeed because of their socioeconomic status not the quality of education.

Death trap? I haven’t heard of any deaths…do tell!

DP. I have not heard of any deaths but go up to any group of high schoolers and ask how many of them have been trapped or had maintenance issues while they were on the elevator. Report back.

They let the students on the elevator? My APS school doesn’t.

No. They don’t. That PP has no idea what they’re talking about.

They moved the school year to start earlier to align with Fairfax and get more instruction in before end of year exams that are universal around the country and world (it’s an IB school). The students do not have those so called woke holidays like Yom Kippur and Diwali off anymore. That was only for a year or maybe two. A lot of nonsense on this thread.

Schools aren’t perfect but we have been happy. Make sure you are bought in on the IB stuff before you come here.

They 100% let students on the elevator. They give out fobs to certain students- no idea the criteria- then 10 of their buddies pile in and horse around and the elevator breaks.

The stuff apologists will lie about cracks me up. It’s a middling school system, no more.

I wrote about the elevators. They will give one to anyone with a medical need and as others pointed out, they don’t question accommodations in FCCPS so lots of students have elevator passes. At one point they were giving them to students who had classes far apart since the building is 7 floors. One kid has a pass and brings all of their friends along.

7 floors????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP what did you mean about bring "bought in" on IB before getting there? What's there to know? Thanks

Not the PP, but it’s a small high school and almost entirely IB curriculum in upper grades, so you have to be ok with that. It’s not like the larger public schools that have both IB and AP options and more courses generally. We did not fully understand the ramifications of this until our kids got older and likely would not have moved into the district had we known. It can be limiting for some kids or not to their liking.

Most schools don't have IB AND AP. In FCPS, you do have a choice. If you're zoned to an IB school, you can go to a nearby AP school that has space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 7-floor high school doesn’t sound like a great idea for so many reasons.

My kids have done summer camp there, I really don't think it's 7 floors. I think maybe some of the floors have steps up so it's really 3 floors but there are like 6 steps up to the next level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP what did you mean about bring "bought in" on IB before getting there? What's there to know? Thanks

Not the PP, but it’s a small high school and almost entirely IB curriculum in upper grades, so you have to be ok with that. It’s not like the larger public schools that have both IB and AP options and more courses generally. We did not fully understand the ramifications of this until our kids got older and likely would not have moved into the district had we known. It can be limiting for some kids or not to their liking.

Most schools don't have IB AND AP. In FCPS, you do have a choice. If you're zoned to an IB school, you can go to a nearby AP school that has space.

Washington & Liberty in Arlington has both. So does BCC in Montgomery County. And larger schools just generally have more courses and more sections of each course, so it’s easier to get the courses you want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 7-floor high school doesn’t sound like a great idea for so many reasons.

My kids have done summer camp there, I really don't think it's 7 floors. I think maybe some of the floors have steps up so it's really 3 floors but there are like 6 steps up to the next level.

You are wrong. It’s 7 full floors with full flights of stairs. This might not be completely accurate but it’s close.

Lowest floor: theater and music
Ground: gym and locker rooms
1. Main office, cafeteria, auditorium
2. Library
3-5. Academic floors