Oakton HS v/ Woodson HS / Chantilly HS

[Anonymous]

Moving to NOVA this fall and looking for insight into these 3 HS. The suicide rates of Woodson, and the Oakton culture - looking for feedback on the same since read a lot of negative reviews on the same.

[Anonymous]

what negatives have u read about oakton? i am looking as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what negatives have u read about oakton? i am looking as well

Oakton has a very affluent crowd and a culture that would make a normal middle class student feel out of place

[Anonymous]

We moved here to be in the Woodson pyramid. I now regret it. If your child is a minority or special ed, you can forget being cared about. Only the creme de la creme are important at Woodson. It is also a very intense, high pressure school. If I could do it over, I would pick Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Oakton HS is a snobby bullying crowd. Based on PP's- I'd opt for Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

Winners aren't losers... Go private.

[Anonymous]

I would avoid nova like the plague. It's a crap place to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oakton HS is a snobby bullying crowd. Based on PP's- I'd opt for Chantilly.

Could you please elaborate this? We are considering a home in Oakton HS area and are an Asian family. Our DD is a soft spoken child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved here to be in the Woodson pyramid. I now regret it. If your child is a minority or special ed, you can forget being cared about. Only the creme de la creme are important at Woodson. It is also a very intense, high pressure school. If I could do it over, I would pick Chantilly.

Can you please tell us about Woodson. Our son starts HS next year and we bought into this area this Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would avoid nova like the plague. It's a crap place to live.

Go away, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would avoid nova like the plague. It's a crap place to live.

FU misses you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what negatives have u read about oakton? i am looking as well

Oakton has a very affluent crowd and a culture that would make a normal middle class student feel out of place

This is what I heard too recently from a parent.

[Anonymous]

They're all fine. They reflect the area. If you are happy-enough living in Nova, any of them are fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved here to be in the Woodson pyramid. I now regret it. If your child is a minority or special ed, you can forget being cared about. Only the creme de la creme are important at Woodson. It is also a very intense, high pressure school. If I could do it over, I would pick Chantilly.

Can you please tell us about Woodson. Our son starts HS next year and we bought into this area this Spring. [/quote

Different PP, but I completely utterly agree. DD spent a year at Woodson before we were able to pupil place her to Robinson. It's like night and day. These schools are VERY different. I can't express how much more accessible admin has been in helping DD and I am so, so thankful. Woodson's admin has a very aggressive self-advocacy approach and they use (IMO) shame to discourage students from getting supports. We moved her right before 7th and were clueless, but I tell people all the time that Woodson has issues. Oddly, Frost is fantastic for SPED and we thought high school would be the same. It's not.

The big con for Robinson is that it's huge. But I feel like that worked for us because there's no dominant culture and there is a sense from admin and teachers that they want to do what's right for the kid and be compliant versus fostering a culture of "Excellence" --something I heard during an IEP meeting at Woodson.

My younger DD doesn't have special needs, but we will pupil place her as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved here to be in the Woodson pyramid. I now regret it. If your child is a minority or special ed, you can forget being cared about. Only the creme de la creme are important at Woodson. It is also a very intense, high pressure school. If I could do it over, I would pick Chantilly.

Can you please tell us about Woodson. Our son starts HS next year and we bought into this area this Spring. [/quote

Different PP, but I completely utterly agree. DD spent a year at Woodson before we were able to pupil place her to Robinson. It's like night and day. These schools are VERY different. I can't express how much more accessible admin has been in helping DD and I am so, so thankful. Woodson's admin has a very aggressive self-advocacy approach and they use (IMO) shame to discourage students from getting supports. We moved her right before 7th and were clueless, but I tell people all the time that Woodson has issues. Oddly, Frost is fantastic for SPED and we thought high school would be the same. It's not.

The big con for Robinson is that it's huge. But I feel like that worked for us because there's no dominant culture and there is a sense from admin and teachers that they want to do what's right for the kid and be compliant versus fostering a culture of "Excellence" --something I heard during an IEP meeting at Woodson.

My younger DD doesn't have special needs, but we will pupil place her as well.

We moved here, I mean. Apologies for the typo. Iphone typing.