How can FCPS still be rated one of the “best” in the country?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

No, I think the pp is right. Liberals destroy stuff to make it equal. Blue areas/states have bad schools too. Blue areas also have the highest crime rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Exactly, I wish they would move to those red states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Exactly, I wish they would move to those red states.

And we wish you all would stay in your highly taxed, poorly run blue states instead of moving to red states, flipping them blue, and then ruining them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Exactly, I wish they would move to those red states.

And we wish you all would stay in your highly taxed, poorly run blue states instead of moving to red states, flipping them blue, and then ruining them.

x 1,000,000

[Anonymous]

I think schools are focused on social services for the disadvantaged and and mindfulness is why they are going downhill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is the best large school system. And that is from demographics.

In other parts of the country, school districts are much smaller (e.g., NY, NJ, MA). So, you could have a district that would effectively be just Madison & Oakton pyramids. Or Mclean. etc.

Schools that have that (e.g., Scarsdale NY) are much better numbers overall.

But in Fairfax County, we also have places like Annandale, Hybla Valley, Falls Church, etc that pull us down. The fact though, is you can get the similar quality of educations at any county school speaks to the advantage of the larger district.

Having watched my DD go through 13 years for FCPS (K-12), graduating in 2020, I have zero complaints.

FCPS was never the best large school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s “best” because it’s still better than everywhere else. It’s not a special snowflake. Every district is dealing with the same things. Less money, fewer teachers, larger classes. More demands on teachers, less teachers stick around, hire less experienced teachers.

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And it's not a county wide best and it never was bc that's not how schools are ranked as most of the north east is not on the county system. It's school by school. And FCPS gets the accolades bc so many of their schools rank high

Besides TJ, name another FCPS school that has ranked in the top 100 in any national ranking?

[Anonymous]

Top 50 is not bad
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/counties-with-the-best-public-schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people who don't 'get it' did not understand what FCPS used to be like. I went to school here and once I saw what my children were experiencing, I could not believe how bad the school system had deteriorated. It's unbelievable.

The good news is Covid has exposed FCPS for the incredible disaster that it is. Hopefully, competent people can be elected and start to turn things around - not guaranteed though.

+100
Absolutely this. The people who say FCPS is good in comparison to other school districts clearly didn’t attend FCPS themselves. While the high schools are still very good/excellent, the elementary and middle school education is a joke. I place the blame squarely on the SB, which over the past decades has become ever more focused on social issues and less interested in simply providing the best education possible, for ALL students. And that includes spelling and grammar instruction and textbooks for all subjects. Somewhere along the way, the SB has seriously lost its way. Too bad more residents didn’t listen before the last election, but hopefully they won’t repeat their mistake next time around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 50 is not bad
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/counties-with-the-best-public-schools/

Just goes to show how awful US public schools are, TBH.

MoCo is #22 and it’s an absolute shitshow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people who don't 'get it' did not understand what FCPS used to be like. I went to school here and once I saw what my children were experiencing, I could not believe how bad the school system had deteriorated. It's unbelievable.

The good news is Covid has exposed FCPS for the incredible disaster that it is. Hopefully, competent people can be elected and start to turn things around - not guaranteed though.

+100
Absolutely this. The people who say FCPS is good in comparison to other school districts clearly didn’t attend FCPS themselves. While the high schools are still very good/excellent, the elementary and middle school education is a joke. I place the blame squarely on the SB, which over the past decades has become ever more focused on social issues and less interested in simply providing the best education possible, for ALL students. And that includes spelling and grammar instruction and textbooks for all subjects. Somewhere along the way, the SB has seriously lost its way. Too bad more residents didn’t listen before the last election, but hopefully they won’t repeat their mistake next time around.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Actually, take a look at just how many red states have top ranked schools in the nation. You were saying?
DP
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Exactly, I wish they would move to those red states.

And we wish you all would stay in your highly taxed, poorly run blue states instead of moving to red states, flipping them blue, and then ruining them.

x 1,000,000

x infinity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was great when the county was Republican. Liberals took over and now they are only focused on changing school names while no one gets an actual education.

Yes because we all know that Red states have highly rated schools. Nice try troll.

Actually, take a look at just how many red states have top ranked schools in the nation. You were saying?
DP
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings

Try again, buttercup. This time, let’s look beyond just high schools.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education