any info on REston and Herndon schools...ES and MS....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20170 has some nice communities. some of which are in the langley school district and reasonably priced homes. check it out.

Don't count on those areas staying in the Langley district forever. They are almost in Loudoun County and should be assigned to Herndon HS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20170 has some nice communities. some of which are in the langley school district and reasonably priced homes. check it out.

Don't count on those areas staying in the Langley district forever. They are almost in Loudoun County and should be assigned to Herndon HS!

Being ALMOST in Loudoun county doesnt matter....it is in fairfax county and will always be in fairfax county. that side of 20170 is right on the border of reston and great falls which is why it is the langley school district.....with that said...yes you are right anything can change at anytime...but the same can be said about all areas.

[Anonymous]

You could not pay me to live in Oak Hill and commute to Arlington or DC.



I live in Oak Hill and commute to Arlington. It's bearable if you can work an earlier schedule-- i'm out the door around 6:30 am. There are also options like Park and Ride and an express bus to the metro.

You can def. find homes in Oak Hill for around $600K. Franklin Farm, Chantilly Highlands, and several neighborhoods by Frying Pan Farm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just have stopped paying attention to NCLB ratings. They are complete BS and people don't really understand how it works. A school can be considered failing if 95% of the student body is not present on testing day, even if the kids all score highly on the test. I'd really go more by parent feedback and NOT NCLB Pass/Fail.

I won't argue that NCLB has lots of issues, but there are actually attendance thresholds that schools have to meet. I believe you can get some sort of waiver for a percent or two, but I believe 95% of the kids have to take the assessment (but maybe not on the same day if they're out and need to do make-ups).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just have stopped paying attention to NCLB ratings. They are complete BS and people don't really understand how it works. A school can be considered failing if 95% of the student body is not present on testing day, even if the kids all score highly on the test. I'd really go more by parent feedback and NOT NCLB Pass/Fail.

I won't argue that NCLB has lots of issues, but there are actually attendance thresholds that schools have to meet. I believe you can get some sort of waiver for a percent or two, but I believe 95% of the kids have to take the assessment (but maybe not on the same day if they're out and need to do make-ups).

they may have made some adjustments for the attendance stuff. I hope they have.

I was tasked with looking this information up for schools in rural areas at a previous job (left 3 years ago), and found that there were lots of schools that hit all their targets except for this one. Failing because one kid didn't show up on test day vs. almost none of your kids being proficient in any subjects = BIG difference, but the way they were doing it, they EACH were labeled failing. No asterisks. Stupidity.