10 Great Things About Various FCPS High Schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep, our principal told us all schools were all being asked to make these lists for that reason.

I have trouble believing that. FCPS seems to put out a positive press push whenever there's negative press. They've gotten a ton of negative press lately. Time to make the principals do more work to get them good news!

I don't know why they think it works or that anyone cares. It started during the pandemic-related closures, around early 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep. And note - two of the schools most posters don't want to be rezoned to have nothing listed to brag about. Very telling.

Yeah but either does WSHS - which is one school many are scared of being transferred from.
Read into everything if you must....

WSHS just wants to be left alone, so they can keep being s neighbohood centered school where former WSHS students come bsck in droves specifically to teach at their community school, former students send their own kids, and empty nesters still engage in their neighbohood school because their kids went there and their grandkids will (hopefully) attend in a few years.

[Anonymous]

"As a school with 24% of our students categorized as multilingual learners, we are proud of our students & staff who reached a 76% pass rate for the state of Virginia reading exams, advancing above the state average for this assessment."

That's just sad and the two adding up to 100% is probably an inference they don't intend or want

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Reading what schools with capacity are proud of is not going to make parents enthusiastic to enroll their kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep. And note - two of the schools most posters don't want to be rezoned to have nothing listed to brag about. Very telling.

Confirmation bias much? Some schools didn't post because they aren't good. Others didn't post because they just want to be left alone. Sure.

Yeah but either does WSHS - which is one school many are scared of being transferred from.
Read into everything if you must....

WSHS just wants to be left alone, so they can keep being s neighbohood centered school where former WSHS students come bsck in droves specifically to teach at their community school, former students send their own kids, and empty nesters still engage in their neighbohood school because their kids went there and their grandkids will (hopefully) attend in a few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep. And note - two of the schools most posters don't want to be rezoned to have nothing listed to brag about. Very telling.

Yeah but either does WSHS - which is one school many are scared of being transferred from.
Read into everything if you must....

WSHS just wants to be left alone, so they can keep being s neighbohood centered school where former WSHS students come bsck in droves specifically to teach at their community school, former students send their own kids, and empty nesters still engage in their neighbohood school because their kids went there and their grandkids will (hopefully) attend in a few years.

Didn't hurt having the school facilities lead being in your neighborhood to change the boundary to be intact either did it? He was a selfish person who only cared about this neighborhood and decimated others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep, our principal told us all schools were all being asked to make these lists for that reason.

I have trouble believing that. FCPS seems to put out a positive press push whenever there's negative press. They've gotten a ton of negative press lately. Time to make the principals do more work to get them good news!

I don't know why they think it works or that anyone cares. It started during the pandemic-related closures, around early 2022.

I don’t think the “top 10” lists started to be added to the top of schools’ individual web pages until a few weeks ago. It seems very coordinated, as if there was a definite push from Gatehouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep, our principal told us all schools were all being asked to make these lists for that reason.

I have trouble believing that. FCPS seems to put out a positive press push whenever there's negative press. They've gotten a ton of negative press lately. Time to make the principals do more work to get them good news!

I don't know why they think it works or that anyone cares. It started during the pandemic-related closures, around early 2022.

I don’t think the “top 10” lists started to be added to the top of schools’ individual web pages until a few weeks ago. It seems very coordinated, as if there was a definite push from Gatehouse.

Sure, there was a push from Gatehouse. I just think it was about generating positive press in response to the negative press about Hayfield and the boundaries. It isn't designed to convince people that all FCPS high schools are equally amazing or anything. They just want good press release fodder to try and get WTOP to put out some good stories. They keep thinking they can paper over the extistence of discontent in the district by asking the principals to come up with things like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep, our principal told us all schools were all being asked to make these lists for that reason.

I have trouble believing that. FCPS seems to put out a positive press push whenever there's negative press. They've gotten a ton of negative press lately. Time to make the principals do more work to get them good news!

I don't know why they think it works or that anyone cares. It started during the pandemic-related closures, around early 2022.

I don’t think the “top 10” lists started to be added to the top of schools’ individual web pages until a few weeks ago. It seems very coordinated, as if there was a definite push from Gatehouse.

Sure, there was a push from Gatehouse. I just think it was about generating positive press in response to the negative press about Hayfield and the boundaries. It isn't designed to convince people that all FCPS high schools are equally amazing or anything. They just want good press release fodder to try and get WTOP to put out some good stories. They keep thinking they can paper over the extistence of discontent in the district by asking the principals to come up with things like this.

Oddly enough, Hayfield hasn't posted. I guess listing their athletic accomplishment wouldn't look great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Omg stop. You guys suck the joy out of everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep, our principal told us all schools were all being asked to make these lists for that reason.

I have trouble believing that. FCPS seems to put out a positive press push whenever there's negative press. They've gotten a ton of negative press lately. Time to make the principals do more work to get them good news!

I don't know why they think it works or that anyone cares. It started during the pandemic-related closures, around early 2022.

I don’t think the “top 10” lists started to be added to the top of schools’ individual web pages until a few weeks ago. It seems very coordinated, as if there was a definite push from Gatehouse.

Sure, there was a push from Gatehouse. I just think it was about generating positive press in response to the negative press about Hayfield and the boundaries. It isn't designed to convince people that all FCPS high schools are equally amazing or anything. They just want good press release fodder to try and get WTOP to put out some good stories. They keep thinking they can paper over the extistence of discontent in the district by asking the principals to come up with things like this.

I have a hard time agreeing because these lists aren’t going to generate positive press. There’s nothing in them that the press would consider newsworthy and a lot of it is derived from earlier FCPS press releases. But the lists can be foisted on parents when they start to roll out the proposed boundary changes as part of an effort to claim all schools are great and people should find something to like at their new schools. This seems like advance legwork to socialize that idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Omg stop. You guys suck the joy out of everything.

Omg, stfu. You can still admire the positives in the lists and ask why they are being rolled out now.

It’s weird because they look almost like recruiting materials but of course FCPS’s basic approach is there are no guarantees when it comes to schools and you can take what we’re offering you or leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Omg stop. You guys suck the joy out of everything.

+1. This site is so full of hate and negativity. Eveythingggggg is a conspiracy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Omg stop. You guys suck the joy out of everything.

Omg, stfu. You can still admire the positives in the lists and ask why they are being rolled out now.

It’s weird because they look almost like recruiting materials but of course FCPS’s basic approach is there are no guarantees when it comes to schools and you can take what we’re offering you or leave.

And yet there doesn't need to be a nefarious conspiracy for why they exist either. And all the comments blah blah doesn't have one. Maybe it isn't posted yet. Relax, calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On reflection, I think these new “top 10” lists are intended to prime families for boundary changes (“see the great things about your new school”). Don’t want the thread to get deleted as redundant of the longer thread but does seem like the most likely impetus.

Yep. And note - two of the schools most posters don't want to be rezoned to have nothing listed to brag about. Very telling.

Yeah but either does WSHS - which is one school many are scared of being transferred from.
Read into everything if you must....

WSHS just wants to be left alone, so they can keep being s neighbohood centered school where former WSHS students come bsck in droves specifically to teach at their community school, former students send their own kids, and empty nesters still engage in their neighbohood school because their kids went there and their grandkids will (hopefully) attend in a few years.

Didn't hurt having the school facilities lead being in your neighborhood to change the boundary to be intact either did it? He was a selfish person who only cared about this neighborhood and decimated others.

Every high school should be represented by one school board rep who is responsible for advocating specifically for the needs of the 3 or 4 high schools solely under her control.

We should never have a situation like we have now, where high schools have split representation between 3 or 4 different school board reps pulling in 3 or 4 different directions, just because Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Jeff McKay wanted to (unsuccessfully) gerrymander Supervisor Pat Herrity out of office.

School board district reps should represent the entire high school. For example, one rep for Woodson, who will also be the single rep for 2 neighboring high schools.

The at large reps exist to represent big picture causes. The school board reps should exist to advocate for and give a voice to specific schools and their needs.