FCPS School Board candidates in Dranesville
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Anonymous
| That is the first thing that I think of when someone talks about equity across a school system: disparity in programming. Unfortunately the SB doesn’t seem to define equity in this way. I am not sure how they define it and I don’t think they’re sure either. |
Anonymous
I don't think there are any IB schools in Dranesville, though part of Dranesville (Pimmit Hills) is zoned for Marshall. |
Anonymous
Not a Herndon parent, but I would also like to know if Herndon is able to run the same AP classes as the nearby high schools. What does the PTA have to say about issues like this? |
Anonymous
FCAG has some good information about AP and IB participation at high schools in FCPS. For example, you can see that, in 2017, Herndon students took 1622 AP exams in 26 subjects, with an average score of 3.06 and limited participation in three subjects, whereas (1) Langley students took 2485 AP exams in 32 subjects, with an average score of 3.84 and limited participation in six subjects and (2) McLean students took 2334 AP exams in 32 subjects, with an average score of 3.74 and limited participation in six subjects. http://www.fcag.org/apib.shtml |
Anonymous
| This is another interesting chart compiled by FCAG: http://www.fcag.org/documents/Fairfax+County+AP+IB+Challenge+Index+2017+2018.pdf |
Anonymous
Interesting information. But, a lot of this is reflected by the type of population--not necessarily the instruction My main concern, as a parent, would be the offerings. Obviously, the more kids you have taking AP classes, the more classes/subjects will be offered. It's up to my kid, then, to make a good score with the help of the teacher. The scores are likely to reflect the quality of the students, but for equity, you need the offerings. It appears that there are six more offerings in AP at Langley and McLean, but that does not seem significant to me. It depends on what they are. Twenty-six AP subjects seems like a respectable number. |
Anonymous
| Keep in mind students can take AP exams without actually taking the class, so the difference in the number of classes offered may have been less than six. |
Anonymous
The information for Herndon on this chart for 2018 is fairly similar to that for West Springfield, which has substantially less poverty than Herndon. |
Anonymous
| Looks to me like Herndon's offerings are quite respectable. There is plenty there for an advanced student. |
Anonymous
Definitely decent. |
Anonymous
The only way to survive Herndon is to go AP. Otherwise you don’t get educated |
Anonymous
Class sizes are important. Every school board member should be concerned with class size. If he's a one issue candidate I doubt he'll get far. |
Anonymous
| Are the Dranesville candidates holding any meet and greets this fall? |
Anonymous
Equal access by each building to the same demographic mix of students? |
Anonymous
There's an at-large forum: At-Large School Board FCPS School Board and Chair of the Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum Monday, September 23, 2019 7:00 PM 9:30 PM Fairfax County Government Center 12000 Government Center ParkwayFairfax, VA, 22035United States (map) |