Current Herndon HS parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids across the board are counseled not to take all honors/AP they also say don’t take AP class unless you truly live the subject. That is from parent and student meetings. This is not the message from MS which tells kids to continue with honors if that’s what you’ve taken.
— parent w/ 2 currently at HHS

Yes which is ludicrous. To get away from the problem kids you have to take those classes, regardless of your “passion.” And HHS has a huge amount of problem kids. I don’t want my kids around them.

Fairfax County Privilege Translator On:
“ To get away from the HISPANIC kids you have to take those classes, regardless of your “passion.” And HHS has a huge amount of HISPANIC kids.

It’s whoever is causing the problems. Problem kids don’t take honors. Problem solved

Everyone knows who the problem kids are and they are all in gen Ed.

Get real. -HHS parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But seriously people - get off your high horse about Herndon. It's really not that different from most other schools in the county.

Herndon: 2 out of 10 - https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/herndon/508-Herndon-High-School/
Langley: 8 out of 10 - https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/mclean/529-Langley-High-School/

Hit to your property value if your Langley-zoned home is moved to Herndon: 25%+

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids across the board are counseled not to take all honors/AP they also say don’t take AP class unless you truly live the subject. That is from parent and student meetings. This is not the message from MS which tells kids to continue with honors if that’s what you’ve taken.
— parent w/ 2 currently at HHS

Yes which is ludicrous. To get away from the problem kids you have to take those classes, regardless of your “passion.” And HHS has a huge amount of problem kids. I don’t want my kids around them.

Fairfax County Privilege Translator On:
“ To get away from the HISPANIC kids you have to take those classes, regardless of your “passion.” And HHS has a huge amount of HISPANIC kids.

It’s whoever is causing the problems. Problem kids don’t take honors. Problem solved

Everyone knows who the problem kids are and they are all in gen Ed.

Get real. -HHS parent

I am. It’s like that at every school. Kids with major academic and behavior problems don’t take honors classes generally. They are in PE and electives though which sucks for the normal kids.

[Anonymous]

Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Great! So we can all agree you don’t want Forestville families messing with that dynamic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Great! So we can all agree you don’t want Forestville families messing with that dynamic.

Yes, keep your kids’ longer commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Lol. Not if you don’t take honors or AP classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Lol. Not if you don’t take honors or AP classes.

Clearly you lack first hand knowledge of the school.

[Anonymous]

Can we stick to the topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Lol. Not if you don’t take honors or AP classes.

Clearly you lack first hand knowledge of the school.

Nope. This is straight from my friend whose kids go there. She said it’s like a school within a school. Those who take honors and those who don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Lol. Not if you don’t take honors or AP classes.

Clearly you lack first hand knowledge of the school.

Nope. This is straight from my friend whose kids go there. She said it’s like a school within a school. Those who take honors and those who don’t.

So, not first hand knowledge.

OP, your kid will be fine in gen-ed classes at HHS. People express similar fears about non-AAP kids at the ES and MS levels. There is always something people want to fret about.

[Anonymous]

Our experience is that honors is barely grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our experience is that honors is barely grade level.

This is not unique to HHS. FCPS has issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Herndon is a good school. Full stop.

Lol. Not if you don’t take honors or AP classes.

Clearly you lack first hand knowledge of the school.

Nope. This is straight from my friend whose kids go there. She said it’s like a school within a school. Those who take honors and those who don’t.

So, not first hand knowledge.

OP, your kid will be fine in gen-ed classes at HHS. People express similar fears about non-AAP kids at the ES and MS levels. There is always something people want to fret about.

My daughter graduated from HHS last year, my son graduated few years back. I agree, most AP classes are of very high quality, honors prepare kids for AP classes well, regular core classes are very low level. Most kids who are in honors in middle school would stay in honors for grades 9-10 for most subjects, then the strongest kids start taking mix of AP and Honors. And those who want easier schedule would take 2-3 of AP and Honors and fill the rest of schedule with non-AP electives like art, music, theater (those programs are pretty good), entrepreneurship, sports marketing, anatomy, regular prob/stat, leadership, even yoga. There is a lot to chose from. My daughter’s friends interned for senators and house representatives as part of their regular Political Science class (I am guessing this is not unique to our school but to me this sounded like an amazing opportunity).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s long past overdue for the boundary lines to be changed between Langley and Herndon. The current boundaries are laughable. Many kids are slated to go to Langley that live 10+ miles closer to Herndon.
The school board is supposed to care about equity right? The FARM numbers between these schools (1.7% vs 52%) do not look equitable to me.

Ha, you just can’t help yourself. You post this relentlessly even on random topic threads. A one woman crusade that is really getting quite desperate/pathetic.

Not PP, and think the whole Langley/Herndon boundary thing ought to be tabled until there's some reason - which there isn't yet - to think it's of any interest to the new School Board, but it really is funny how you constantly come on here and claim every poster with whom you disagree is the same person.

Also, funny how that person (probably you again) brings up relentlessly paternalistic arguments to have Langley be the savior of Herndon, like it would somehow magically work.

There are thousands of Forestville families that would absolutely fight this tooth and nail. It’s a handful of social justice warriors versus parents with their kids’ educations on the line and a lot of well-resourced homeowners with their property values on the line.

Just because some posters come on here and focus on “equity” and the difference in FARMS rates between Langley and Herndon doesn’t mean that FCPS would have to point to anything other than location and logistics to move Forestville back to Herndon, should it ever choose to do so. In that case, the “well-resourced” Forestville homeowners would not have a leg to stand on if they tried to challenge the decision. It would be a slam dunk for FCPS.

Perhaps, if you are talking about a court challenge, but as this has been covered to no end on the other thread, I’ll reiterate what a DP said- it’d be career suicide for the entire board.

Anyway, why don’t you just go back to your communist manifesto reading and leave the social-engineering-our-schools-into-the-toilet for another day. It’s been shown on the other threads time and time again that your path leads to very suboptimal outcomes, even for the poor Herndon kids.