Culture and values at FCPS Middle Schools

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Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

We are looking to relocate to Fairfax County and would like ask about values of student body in middle schools there. We are muslim and socially conservative. That being said, we would like our daughter to attend a middle school where is there is less of boyfriend/girlfriend culture and more focus on academics. We respect everyones culture and choices, but our culture and religion requires that we refrain from sexuality before getting married. That being said, we would like to pick a middle school with less of that going on. We realize that all schools will have that to an extent, but we would like to choose a school with less of that. We also realized that we play important role in teaching our values to her. She is very good at math. Which one of the middle schools is a better fit for us? P.S. If you have different opinions about dating/sexuality before marriage we respect your choices and do no want to debate about that here.

How good? If she is really into math (does it for fun outside of school), Longfellow would be the best choice for the strongest peer group. They have always won the state math competitions every year, for decades. It's not even close, kind of ridiculous actually. They rival high schools on math contest results (outside of TJ).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

We are looking to relocate to Fairfax County and would like ask about values of student body in middle schools there. We are muslim and socially conservative. That being said, we would like our daughter to attend a middle school where is there is less of boyfriend/girlfriend culture and more focus on academics. We respect everyones culture and choices, but our culture and religion requires that we refrain from sexuality before getting married. That being said, we would like to pick a middle school with less of that going on. We realize that all schools will have that to an extent, but we would like to choose a school with less of that. We also realized that we play important role in teaching our values to her. She is very good at math. Which one of the middle schools is a better fit for us? P.S. If you have different opinions about dating/sexuality before marriage we respect your choices and do no want to debate about that here.

How good? If she is really into math (does it for fun outside of school), Longfellow would be the best choice for the strongest peer group. They have always won the state math competitions every year, for decades. It's not even close, kind of ridiculous actually. They rival high schools on math contest results (outside of TJ).

Longfellow is also diverse and welcoming; they have large groups of immigrants and foreign nationals, a very large LGTBQIA++ cohort, economic diversity / FARMS cohort, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

Our oldest went to one of the above mentioned center schools and our youngest two went to the base. The difference was night and day. Not just academics but behavior too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

We are looking to relocate to Fairfax County and would like ask about values of student body in middle schools there. We are muslim and socially conservative. That being said, we would like our daughter to attend a middle school where is there is less of boyfriend/girlfriend culture and more focus on academics. We respect everyones culture and choices, but our culture and religion requires that we refrain from sexuality before getting married. That being said, we would like to pick a middle school with less of that going on. We realize that all schools will have that to an extent, but we would like to choose a school with less of that. We also realized that we play important role in teaching our values to her. She is very good at math. Which one of the middle schools is a better fit for us? P.S. If you have different opinions about dating/sexuality before marriage we respect your choices and do no want to debate about that here.

How good? If she is really into math (does it for fun outside of school), Longfellow would be the best choice for the strongest peer group. They have always won the state math competitions every year, for decades. It's not even close, kind of ridiculous actually. They rival high schools on math contest results (outside of TJ).

Longfellow is also diverse and welcoming; they have large groups of immigrants and foreign nationals, a very large LGTBQIA++ cohort, economic diversity / FARMS cohort, etc.

Lol. Are you kidding? Muslims don’t want LGTBQIA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

Our oldest went to one of the above mentioned center schools and our youngest two went to the base. The difference was night and day. Not just academics but behavior too.

+1 people who deny this are the ones with their heads in the sand.

[Anonymous]

Don't know if this is a troll post or real and I did not see OP mention a religion. Catholic schools are notorious for girls and boys gone wild because they are strict. There is sexual experimentation going on in public and private from middle school on, though it depends on the crowd. There are plenty of Mormons at the public school. If the family is Muslim I don't know about the Muslim schools in the area, but I went to University with a lot of diversity and every friend or just acquaintance I had from a strict (anti-Jewish) Middle Eastern Country wanted to go wild and hook up (anywhere from makeout to have sex) as much as possible, especially with Jews-so many had a Jewish fetish because it was the forbidden fruit. So just know if you are too strict it may backfire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have taught at 3 FCPS middle schools in various parts of the county at economic extremes, and there are sexuality and dating in all of them.

There are also extremely conservative kids who remain very modest or espouse religious values publicly.

Your daughter will find likeminded peers at all of them but will also see the opposite end of the spectrum everywhere. You either need to trust you have raised her to make choices you deem appropriate, or put her in a private religious school where staff will monitor and uphold your values.

Finally a voice of reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

Our oldest went to one of the above mentioned center schools and our youngest two went to the base. The difference was night and day. Not just academics but behavior too.

+1 people who deny this are the ones with their heads in the sand.

My kid is at a center. If centers are bastions of good behavior, then I missed the memo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't know if this is a troll post or real and I did not see OP mention a religion. Catholic schools are notorious for girls and boys gone wild because they are strict. There is sexual experimentation going on in public and private from middle school on, though it depends on the crowd. There are plenty of Mormons at the public school. If the family is Muslim I don't know about the Muslim schools in the area, but I went to University with a lot of diversity and every friend or just acquaintance I had from a strict (anti-Jewish) Middle Eastern Country wanted to go wild and hook up (anywhere from makeout to have sex) as much as possible, especially with Jews-so many had a Jewish fetish because it was the forbidden fruit. So just know if you are too strict it may backfire.

The second line of the original post says that the family is Muslim but they didn't capitalize the M in Muslim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello,

We are looking to relocate to Fairfax County and would like ask about values of student body in middle schools there. We are muslim and socially conservative. That being said, we would like our daughter to attend a middle school where is there is less of boyfriend/girlfriend culture and more focus on academics. We respect everyones culture and choices, but our culture and religion requires that we refrain from sexuality before getting married. That being said, we would like to pick a middle school with less of that going on. We realize that all schools will have that to an extent, but we would like to choose a school with less of that. We also realized that we play important role in teaching our values to her. She is very good at math. Which one of the middle schools is a better fit for us? P.S. If you have different opinions about dating/sexuality before marriage we respect your choices and do no want to debate about that here.

How good? If she is really into math (does it for fun outside of school), Longfellow would be the best choice for the strongest peer group. They have always won the state math competitions every year, for decades. It's not even close, kind of ridiculous actually. They rival high schools on math contest results (outside of TJ).

Longfellow is also diverse and welcoming; they have large groups of immigrants and foreign nationals, a very large LGTBQIA++ cohort, economic diversity / FARMS cohort, etc.

Just what a conservative Muslim parent wants to hear lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

Our oldest went to one of the above mentioned center schools and our youngest two went to the base. The difference was night and day. Not just academics but behavior too.

+1 people who deny this are the ones with their heads in the sand.

My kid is at a center. If centers are bastions of good behavior, then I missed the memo.

Seriously!!
DP

[Anonymous]

We’re conservative and my husband is Muslim. Hopefully your daughter qualifies for AAP classes and makes friends with good kids. I don’t know if any one specific middle school is all that great.

We’re homeschooling our kids up until high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re conservative and my husband is Muslim. Hopefully your daughter qualifies for AAP classes and makes friends with good kids. I don’t know if any one specific middle school is all that great.

We’re homeschooling our kids up until high school.

+1 yes, this is key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't Muslim or very socially conservative but DC went through the AAP Program at Rocky Run and that would probably fit the bill. There were a lot of very studious kids whose families did not allow dating and had very high expectations for behavior and academics.

+1 I agree with this and would also add Carson to the list. Basically one of the AAP center schools.

Are you people really this naive?? Seriously? AAP centers are no different than base schools. "AAP" doesn't really mean much, and it certainly doesn't mean "studious and chaste."

+1

Rocky Run and Carson, as well as all the other AAP center schools, are no different than a base school. You people who think they are different seriously have your heads in the sand.

Our oldest went to one of the above mentioned center schools and our youngest two went to the base. The difference was night and day. Not just academics but behavior too.

+1 people who deny this are the ones with their heads in the sand.

I've taught at four FCPS middle schools, two AAP centers and two not centers.

Ranking overall behavior, from disruptive behavior to disrespectful behavior, dangerous behavior to annoying behavior, #1 being the best and #4 being the worst, I'd rank them like this:

#1-- not a center
#2-- center
#3-- not a center
#4-- center

In my experience, the behavior is similar in severity regardless of AAP center status. Based on my experience, the responses that say there is no difference are the accurate ones.