Haycock class changes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you know they do not cost more? Are you one of those teachers?

In order for a teacher to specialize in a subject, he/she needs additional training and education, specialization. These usually come in the form of Master's Degrees, and they do cost money. After a teacher achieves this specialization, s/he demands a higher salary, and rightfully so, because now s/he is more specialized, and can demand higher pay.

Nothing is for free, and don't try to pretend that Haycock is some utopia, where teachers do things only out of their good heart. If so, they'd work for free.

This is a pretty big assumption. It may be the case, but it also may be that out of the 8 6th grade teachers, two are better or have more of a passion about math, two are better or have more of a passion about science, etc. The one who really likes math may hate grammar. It's just playing on their talents and interests, and I don't think there's a requirement for a masters or formal specialization.

It also could be as you say, but then if you have your two math teaches, and one of the science ones leaves, now you have to replace her with another science teacher, and not any other teacher, thus reducing equal employment opportunities, with inconsistent practices throughout the county.

Then Haycock becomes like a monopoly.

Ugh. You don’t know what you are talking about so just stop. When my daughter was in 4 th grade at Haycock, she had one teacher that specialized in social studies. That same teacher, three years later, is my son’s Math teacher. She agreed with the 4th grade team at the beginning of the year how they were going to split teaching duties.

[Anonymous]

All the fourth grade teachers teach math, as was required by admin

[Anonymous]

bump

[Anonymous]

Do people feel this thread served any purpose (speaking mainly to the Haycock parents)?

[Anonymous]

Rumor is the principal is leaving, so yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rumor is the principal is leaving, so yes

How true is this? What's your source?

[Anonymous]

bump...anyone else here this or is this a case of someone just making stuff up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people feel this thread served any purpose (speaking mainly to the Haycock parents)?

I’m sure it will help a lot of people decide they don’t want their kids in a school with so many crazies.

[Anonymous]

Yeah definitely makes sense - to judge one of the top elementary schools in VA based on anonymous postings on DC urban moms - makes a lot of sense. Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do people feel this thread served any purpose (speaking mainly to the Haycock parents)?

I’m sure it will help a lot of people decide they don’t want their kids in a school with so many crazies.

The location and strength of the entire ES/MS/HS pyramid trump the occasional DCUM outburst (and this last incident actually shows that the parents are organized enough to put a halt to a proposed curricular change than many teachers opposed). I’m not sure why that would turn anyone against the school, although I can see how people who weren’t as successful getting FCPS to reconsider a decision with which they disagreed might be chagrined.

[Anonymous]

I said it 10 pages ago, and I'll say it again. Haycock = ratings. The Q score of this school is off the charts in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I said it 10 pages ago, and I'll say it again. Haycock = ratings. The Q score of this school is off the charts in this area.

New here and moving to VA soon. Just curious, what makes this school special/different from the other McLean schools in the area, or some of the Vienna schools? I heard the real estate prices are also significantly higher just because of this school. Is this really true? If so, why would that be and how is it different than any of the other well rated elementary schools in the immediate area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it 10 pages ago, and I'll say it again. Haycock = ratings. The Q score of this school is off the charts in this area.

New here and moving to VA soon. Just curious, what makes this school special/different from the other McLean schools in the area, or some of the Vienna schools? I heard the real estate prices are also significantly higher just because of this school. Is this really true? If so, why would that be and how is it different than any of the other well rated elementary schools in the immediate area?

Real Estate prices are also influenced by nearby metro station and some near the Falls Church City line have walkability to Falls Church proper.

I am partial to Chesterbrook. Haycock and Kent Gardens are too big IMO. It is the Center school for AAP, so some students from the other McLean pyramid ES attend (except for Kent Gardens which gores to Churchill Road AAP Center), but all have a local Level IV AAP. Most of the LLIV AAP students at Chesterbrook stay at Chesterbrook. I also like the exposure to Chinese at Chesterbrook. Kent Gardens has the French Immersion program and only recently has become a LLIV school, but their current Principal was AP at Haycock, so she came with experience. Franklin Sherman also recently added LLIV and is smaller, many like it too- much of its district is waling distance to McLean Center. It is a split feeder (students on the northern side of 123 go to Cooper Langley).

You really can't go wrong with any of the schools- all have strong parent PTAs (some are probably too strong) that raise gobs and gobs of money. All are having trouble retaining teachers do to commute and salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it 10 pages ago, and I'll say it again. Haycock = ratings. The Q score of this school is off the charts in this area.

New here and moving to VA soon. Just curious, what makes this school special/different from the other McLean schools in the area, or some of the Vienna schools? I heard the real estate prices are also significantly higher just because of this school. Is this really true? If so, why would that be and how is it different than any of the other well rated elementary schools in the immediate area?

Real Estate prices are also influenced by nearby metro station and some near the Falls Church City line have walkability to Falls Church proper.

I am partial to Chesterbrook. Haycock and Kent Gardens are too big IMO. It is the Center school for AAP, so some students from the other McLean pyramid ES attend (except for Kent Gardens which gores to Churchill Road AAP Center), but all have a local Level IV AAP. Most of the LLIV AAP students at Chesterbrook stay at Chesterbrook. I also like the exposure to Chinese at Chesterbrook. Kent Gardens has the French Immersion program and only recently has become a LLIV school, but their current Principal was AP at Haycock, so she came with experience. Franklin Sherman also recently added LLIV and is smaller, many like it too- much of its district is waling distance to McLean Center. It is a split feeder (students on the northern side of 123 go to Cooper Langley).

You really can't go wrong with any of the schools- all have strong parent PTAs (some are probably too strong) that raise gobs and gobs of money. All are having trouble retaining teachers due to commute and salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said it 10 pages ago, and I'll say it again. Haycock = ratings. The Q score of this school is off the charts in this area.

New here and moving to VA soon. Just curious, what makes this school special/different from the other McLean schools in the area, or some of the Vienna schools? I heard the real estate prices are also significantly higher just because of this school. Is this really true? If so, why would that be and how is it different than any of the other well rated elementary schools in the immediate area?

Probably similar to the other schools, they're all great in the area. But I heard rumors that the math is really strong at Haycock. Not sure how true this is though, or if it can even be meaningfully measured in elementary school.