Current Herndon HS parents

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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).

Bumping this to the top since it actually is on point for the thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your biggest grievances with the school?

HHS is great. As an upthread PP said, the community is pretty tight knit. Everyone comes the same MS except those who went to the AAP Center.

97%of the problems I have with schools stem from gate house, the school board and to a certain extent the county government. There are also plenty of haters in this board who are annoying, so if you send your kids there, you need to have a thick skin. They will be the people outside the pyramid you won’t expect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are your biggest grievances with the school?

HHS is great. As an upthread PP said, the community is pretty tight knit. Everyone comes the same MS except those who went to the AAP Center.

97%of the problems I have with schools stem from gate house, the school board and to a certain extent the county government. There are also plenty of haters in this board who are annoying, so if you send your kids there, you need to have a thick skin. They will be the people outside the pyramid you won’t expect.

Amen to the bolded! (Parent with children in another pyramid)

[Anonymous]

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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

Uh that very much is the reality at all schools. Lol.

[Anonymous]

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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).

So she had a good experience because she took honors and AP mostly. That’s exactly what I said earlier.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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).

So she had a good experience because she took honors and AP mostly. That’s exactly what I said earlier.

That proves nothing. Plenty of us have or had kids in non-honors classes at HHS and are doing great too.

Enough with your fear mongering and crusade to denigrate a school you have no personal interactions with. If you have issues with the school take it up with the school board and other officials to improve the situation. Chances are your issues are the result of broader FCPS issues. You cannot bubble wrap your kids forever.

[Anonymous]

HHS parent with a kid in gen ed classes. We’re happy with the school.

[Anonymous]

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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%+

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to compare Herndon with other FCPS that have the same demographics? I think the poster meant other FCPS excluding Mclean and Langley b/c let's be real Langley and Mclean are in their own little world.

Interesting that the white students at Herndon have a 10/10 for college readiness which is the same for the white students at Langley.

[Anonymous]

Picking up my scholar now from HHS now. A few rain clouds but otherwise another fine day here. Heading to take him to his after school volunteer program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are your biggest grievances with the school?

HHS is great. As an upthread PP said, the community is pretty tight knit. Everyone comes the same MS except those who went to the AAP Center.

97%of the problems I have with schools stem from gate house, the school board and to a certain extent the county government. There are also plenty of haters in this board who are annoying, so if you send your kids there, you need to have a thick skin. They will be the people outside the pyramid you won’t expect.

Amen to the bolded! (Parent with children in another pyramid)

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Picking up my scholar now from HHS now. A few rain clouds but otherwise another fine day here. Heading to take him to his after school volunteer program.

Scholar as in honors and/or AP classes?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's great if Herndon parents are happy because at times it's certainly seemed like some were complaining or pushing for boundary changes.

That only happens in response to parents in our district think they’re so above changes that might put them into HHS. The elitism from some of the parents in those districts is utterly distasteful. Rebalancing absolutely should happen where it makes sense and socioeconomics between neighborhoods should not be a factor.

I am not in your region. I am in region 4 the West Springfield/Lake Braddock/South County/Robinson and I believe Centreville area. I agree with what you said in bold but apparently I am a communist for thinking that way. Are you also the parent of the young scholar? Just a guess based on your writing style.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's great if Herndon parents are happy because at times it's certainly seemed like some were complaining or pushing for boundary changes.

That only happens in response to parents in our district think they’re so above changes that might put them into HHS. The elitism from some of the parents in those districts is utterly distasteful. Rebalancing absolutely should happen where it makes sense and socioeconomics between neighborhoods should not be a factor.

I am not in your region. I am in region 4 the West Springfield/Lake Braddock/South County/Robinson and I believe Centreville area. I agree with what you said in bold but apparently I am a communist for thinking that way. Are you also the parent of the young scholar? Just a guess based on your writing style.

It’s all good so long as you don’t mention one school that begins with “L” (and it’s not Lake Braddock).

- Marshall parent (somehow we’re in Region 5 now).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's great if Herndon parents are happy because at times it's certainly seemed like some were complaining or pushing for boundary changes.

That only happens in response to parents in our district think they’re so above changes that might put them into HHS. The elitism from some of the parents in those districts is utterly distasteful. Rebalancing absolutely should happen where it makes sense and socioeconomics between neighborhoods should not be a factor.

I am not in your region. I am in region 4 the West Springfield/Lake Braddock/South County/Robinson and I believe Centreville area. I agree with what you said in bold but apparently I am a communist for thinking that way. Are you also the parent of the young scholar? Just a guess based on your writing style.

It’s all good so long as you don’t mention one school that begins with “L” (and it’s not Lake Braddock).

- Marshall parent (somehow we’re in Region 5 now).

Yeah I caught onto that on the other thread. Glad to hear Marshall parent!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Picking up my scholar now from HHS now. A few rain clouds but otherwise another fine day here. Heading to take him to his after school volunteer program.

Scholar as in honors and/or AP classes?!

🤷‍♀️ what do you call a kid who in both for core subjects?