What’s so special about McLean schools

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Anonymous wrote:It lacks special Ed kids, minorities, and ESOL kids so the scores are really high. Sort or like TJ, but you don't need to apply.

Sorry, what? There are plenty of special Ed kids (multiple buses at our high school for them), minorities (Asian, Middle Eastern), and ESOL kids. ESOL can be kids from anywhere who are new to the U.S.

Lol @ "plenty." Hey pal, come take a look at my local FFX school and I'll show you "plenty." Hence your school is a 9 and mine is a 3.

McLean HS is not a special education center, but there are still over 10% of the population who receive special education services. I could not find a stat that showed what the overall FCPS HS population currently receives special education. Only a gross % that includes those student who received special education in all grades and those that receive series in preschool and after a normal 12th grade. If you have a link to that stat, we could see how close MHS is to the norm.

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Anonymous wrote:MHS parent here. As I've posted elsewhere, I don't think McLean schools are as special as they think they are. Their scores - and reputation - are boosted by a student body that self-selects for academic success. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but I do feel MHS' administration is a bit complacent as a result.

I'm sure you are right that they are complacent although I bet Mclean parents keep them on their toes. Other schools have different problems and admin may also be tone deaf to issues of UMC kids as well.

Overall, I didn’t find the administrators at Longfellow and McLean “complacent.” The administration at Longfellow veered a bit towards the self-congratulatory, and the McLean administration put up with a few bad teachers who didn’t belong in classrooms, but overall they work hard to address the needs of kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MHS parent here. As I've posted elsewhere, I don't think McLean schools are as special as they think they are. Their scores - and reputation - are boosted by a student body that self-selects for academic success. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but I do feel MHS' administration is a bit complacent as a result.

I'm sure you are right that they are complacent although I bet Mclean parents keep them on their toes. Other schools have different problems and admin may also be tone deaf to issues of UMC kids as well.

Overall, I didn’t find the administrators at Longfellow and McLean “complacent.” The administration at Longfellow veered a bit towards the self-congratulatory, and the McLean administration put up with a few bad teachers who didn’t belong in classrooms, but overall they work hard to address the needs of kids.

PP here. This is primarily what I was referring to. I can think of at least 4 separate teachers my kids had at MHS who essentially didn't actually teach. Our attempts to raise concerns were uniformly brushed off.