Robyn Lady Wants to Eliminate AP in FCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There must be a mistake. During her campaign for School Board, less than two years ago, Lady promised to:
“Support and encourage students to take advanced coursework (AP, DE, Honors) and ensure high expectations for all students.”

https://www.robynlady.com/issues

She mentioned some visits to vendors at a convention, I think. Who knows what that involves.

[Anonymous]

I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

[Anonymous]

I would gladly donate to a nonprofit that paid for low income high achieving students to be able to take their AP exams so they can save money on credits in college. I am not a fan of getting rid of AP and if it should be an equity issue for them to even consider this. Alternatively, how about the school system just paying for AP tests for those who are from families below a certain income level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

+1

DE really is a solid but overlooked option.

[Anonymous]

Glad to see her asking tough questions. AP has not served FCPS students and its time to look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Robyn Lady said at the work session on KAA yesterday that she wants to eliminate AP in FCPS because it's too expensive.

What exactly does she want to replace AP with - clearly she doesn't want to replace it with IB, which she knows is even more expensive - and how would this serve FCPS students?

How does her comment come up? They were talking about want to ace $ and she says we could have drop AP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

That’s not what Lady proposed.

But while we’re at it, let’s just offer online courses for kids at AP schools and waste even more money on IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Robyn Lady said at the work session on KAA yesterday that she wants to eliminate AP in FCPS because it's too expensive.

What exactly does she want to replace AP with - clearly she doesn't want to replace it with IB, which she knows is even more expensive - and how would this serve FCPS students?

How does her comment come up? They were talking about want to ace $ and she says we could have drop AP?

It came up because they haven’t decided what type of school the new western HS will be. She said it can’t be an IB school because South Lakes is nearby and has IB, and then went on to make the gratuitous comment they should get rid of AP at all the AP high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

+1

DE really is a solid but overlooked option.

GMU and NOVA DE classes aren’t rigorous. AP classes are more challenging and interesting.

[Anonymous]

Lady rarely has anything useful to say at board meetings or work sessions and usually ends up contradicting herself several times within a single meeting. She should just say nothing like Ryan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

+1

DE really is a solid but overlooked option.

GMU and NOVA DE classes aren’t rigorous. AP classes are more challenging and interesting.

You have no basis to make this claim, and “interesting” or “challenging” don’t make a justification for AP or DE. The entire point of AP is college credit. Dual enrollment accomplishes that without relying on an expensive corporate testing scheme.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

+1

DE really is a solid but overlooked option.

GMU and NOVA DE classes aren’t rigorous. AP classes are more challenging and interesting.

You do realize that the teachers teaching AP classes have less credentials than those teaching DE classes? Thats the challenge with DE: getting qualified teachers.

But, sure, AP has done a better job branding itself as the go to thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would fully support eliminating AP and instead increasing DE classes.

+1

DE really is a solid but overlooked option.

GMU and NOVA DE classes aren’t rigorous. AP classes are more challenging and interesting.

You have no basis to make this claim, and “interesting” or “challenging” don’t make a justification for AP or DE. The entire point of AP is college credit. Dual enrollment accomplishes that without relying on an expensive corporate testing scheme.

Disagree completely with the assertion that the only point of AP is college credit.

That’s like saying the entire point of IB is an IB diploma (which very few FCPS students receive, by the way).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad to see her asking tough questions. AP has not served FCPS students and its time to look elsewhere.

AP has served FCPS kids extremely well and certainly far better than IB.

Lady may need to be replaced, but not AP.

[Anonymous]

According to Lady’s platform when running for a School Board seat:
…”In addition to her work in Fairfax County Public Schools, Robyn owns a small business that helps students and their families navigate the complicated and highly competitive college admissions process”…

https://www.robynlady.com/issues

Therefore, she knows better than most that AP classes are a path for college admissions. So, why would she advise against them? Apparently, Lady is either proposing removal of AP classes in FCPS, which will be a disservice to high achieving students, or she may intend to do so in order to lower the curve to benefit her lower achieving clients. Whatever be the case, let’s hope her real motive does not represent a conflict of interest between her business and her position with the school board.