New VDOE Rankings of High and Secondary Schools
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Anonymous
No. They have tons woke. It's also progressives that deny school choice, which results in education redlining. |
Anonymous
Ha! It actually doesn’t. I don’t want Langley kids at HHS. We opted not to live in that bubble, so thanks, we are good. Your kids might be special to you, but in the scheme of things, they aren’t as special as you think they are. |
Anonymous
It matters because if AP US History is scheduled at the time of an elective or other core class that a student wants to take there is no alternate time slot to make the schedule work. Schools with multiple sections of a class offer more scheduling options for students but that is only possible if the number of kids taking a class is large enough to offer multiple sections. I suspect that HHS has enough kids taking AP classes that there ar multiple sessions of the more popular classes but maybe only one of things like Calc BC and Physics C where the number of kids taking them is likely to be smaller, even at schools like Langley and McLean. The reason I dislike IB is that it limits the class options for the kids at the school and prevents them from having access to a wider array of electives that can be taken at a higher level. I don’t dislike the program, per se, but I think it should be optional and that kids wanting to take AP can without having to leave their base school. The IB programs do not have enough interest to sustain the program and the idea that they can be taken ala cart defeats the purpose of the program, which is earning the IB diploma. |
Anonymous
I am pointing out the hypocrisy of the SB. McLean residents pay more in property taxes and get crummy buildings, while Falls Church residents pay much less in property taxes, and receive a newer Justice school. |
Anonymous
Agree re: IB. I don't think the objection people have to a school they label as "underperforming" is that they're concerned there won't be a sufficient number of sections offered of a particular class to enable their student to optimize their schedule. Even if that's a valid concern, it's not what people using that label perceive or are fixated on about those schools. |
Anonymous
Do tell, since you apparently think you have unique insight. |
Anonymous
I agree and disagree. The people posting about MS13 and Gangs and Drugs and all of that are not worried about the lack of additional AP sections for kids. They think that the HS is unsafe and have an exaggerated fear of poor schools. It is true that there are more behavior issues at the schools with a higher percentage of poor kids but not all of that is gun fights and gang attacks and seriously dangerous behavior. But, in all honesty, I would prefer my child attend a school with fewer fights and fewer reported issues. That said, I suspect that better off schools are less likely to report incidents of shoving and general fighting than poor schools and that the difference, while there, is less wide then most people think. There are people who are legitimately worried that moving from a wealthier school to a poor school will harm class choices for their kids. The Oakton to SLHS move caused issues, and still causes issues, for kids in the IB program. There are fewer sections of the advanced classes because fewer kids take those classes. It makes scheduling harder. I would bet that the vast majority of pupil placement out of SLHS is from the Fox Mill and Floris kids to Oakton and Langley to take AP/Japanese (Oakton) or Russian (Langley). Parents want more options for their kids and parents with the time to do research and drive their kids to a different school will take advantage of those options. I can easily see parents at a wealthier school not wanting to move their kids to Lewis or Herndon or SL or Justice because there will be fewer class options at those schools. We are at SLHS. One neighbor complained about some of the kids at SLHS because of an issue with their child. Everyone else we know of who attended or attends SLHS enjoys the school. There are very few complaints about rigor and I have not heard any concerns from my neighbors about violence or behavior at the school. The kids are active in different sports and clubs. And there are plenty of people who will openly say that they wish that we were still at Oakton. I know others who moved to attend Chantilly or Oakton. There is a strong preference for AP and for those school communities. So I understand the WSHS and the McLean families not wanting to move. I don’t think they are bad people and I don’t think they are inherently racist. They want what is best for their kids and the schools that they are at are arguably better schools then the ones they might be moved to. |
Anonymous
| If FCPS decides tomorrow that anyone living in Fairfax County can attend Langley, McLean, or Oakton HS but no transportation will be provided, I wonder how many families who are currently living outside the Langley, McLean, or Oakton pyramid would be willing to send their kids to these schools? |
Anonymous
I'd venture to say not that many. The realities of commuting around here and middle class America working 9-5s likely wouldn't make it that easy...unless you just happen to work at CIA or some other corporate office in tysons. |
Anonymous
McLean families aren’t worried about getting moved. They know they’ll stay zoned for Langley or McLean or, in the case of Tysons/McLean, Marshall. It’s some families in Great Falls who are worried. |
Anonymous
that would destroy property values for mclean and langley |
Anonymous
Disagree. Herndon and SL HS families would probably jump at the opportunity. If it was open to all you would see car pools form to spread out the driving. There are a good number of kids who place out of both schools already. |
Anonymous
OMG. Compare the outcomes of Herndon UMC and MC to Langley. The governor has an agenda and the FCPS school board has an agenda. People need to look at a bigger picture. It would not surprise me at all if the same were true if you sliced the data at other schools DCUM puts down. Whatever. It all comes down to real estate values around here, not education. I could care less if the boundaries stay as is. The SB with its policies regarding grading and discipline are just as bad. |
Anonymous
I say many would, especially Asian/Hispanic parents who live in seven corners with kids in Justice HS, would definitely get large vans to transport multiple kids who live there to Langley/McLean HS if given that choice. It is less than a twenty-minute drive from seven corners to McLean HS, and probably twenty-five minutes to Langley HS. |
Anonymous
Are you driving at 3am? |