Here is how to transfer to any high school in the area

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Anonymous wrote:The story is that he was fired from Freedom because he was using Freedom assets (field space when he is supposed to pay for permits, equipment) for his private AAU football business.

And FCPS hired him?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm here now, the "Hayfield" kids are twice the size of the Annandale players.

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Its a smaller HS and they have a smaller football program. They typically have a lot of sophomores on Varsity.

Annandale is NOT significantly smaller than Hayfield. It's the demographics. Hayfield, Mount Vernon and Edison are the three teams in recent years that have competed for the district championship. They had a 3 way tie last year: Hayfield beat MV; MV beat Edison; Edison beat Hayfield. They all beat all the other teams in the district.

MV is the smallest of the three but almost 40% of the school is either black or caucasian - the demographics that traditionally plays football. Hayfield is 60% combined; Edison is 46% combined. Below is the order that the schools finished in the district last year.

Hayfield - 2215 students. 12% Asian, 28% Black, 22% Hispanic, 31% Caucasian


Mount Vernon - 1878 students. 5% Asian, 21% Black, 54% Hispanic, 16% Caucasian

Edison - 2232 students. 12% Asian, 19% Black, 35% Hispanic, 27% Caucasian

Justice - 2340 students 10% Asian, 10% Black, 58% Hispanic, 19% Caucasian

Annandale - 2185 students. 17% Asian, 14% Black, 54% Hispanic, 13% Caucasian

Falls Church - 2143 students. 15% Asian, 5% Black, 61% Hispanic, 15% Caucasian

Lewis - 1670 students. 21% Asian, 11% Black, 54% Hispanic, 11% Caucasian

I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as a affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

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Anonymous wrote:If you were going to build a team of cheating superstars, why not go to the largest class of high school so you could possibly maybe get a few good games?

Class 6 schools in Virginia are the largest by population. Hayfield just happens to be assigned to the district (ie conference) with the weakest class 6 schools, the National District. The district is very weak due to demographics that pose challenges to strong sports programs. Hayfield is the outlier in its district since it serves a large military community and large middle class. Annandale, Lewis, Falls Church, Justice, and the others, are the weakest in Fairfax County. (I believe the just hired FCPS boundary consultant may try to create boundaries that bring a more wealthy demographic to these schools, rezoning neighborhoods away from Madison, Marshall, McLean, Woodson, etc. That process is underway.)

They often have good soccer teams.

They can’t force other people to send their kids to majority Hispanic schools. They’ll just leave or go private.

Top soccer players don’t play for their high schools

And thus why the Latino heavy schools usually have more success in soccer (because the rich white kids are playing for clubs instead of Langley or Oakton).

They don’t have more success than the rich white schools, however, the Latino heavy schools are more successful in soccer than football, basketball, or lacrosse.

The very elite club and college-recruited or pro-track players at the wealthy schools often opt to play for their high school varsity teams, for at least senior year. That said the teams are still nearly impossible to make because all the club players try out and there are never enough spots on jv or varsity.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

Not just white, asains are pushing behind the scene probably even more.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

I’m a white parent and I don’t. I’m pretty sure the friends I have don’t as well. AHS is a fantastic thriving school and a great community with a terrible football team. Because the earlier poster was right, football isn’t big in Latino communities so playing is an upsell and it’s often most kids first time trying it out out.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

I’m a white parent and I don’t. I’m pretty sure the friends I have don’t as well. AHS is a fantastic thriving school and a great community with a terrible football team. Because the earlier poster was right, football isn’t big in Latino communities so playing is an upsell and it’s often most kids first time trying it out out.

Yes. And some of the Annandale players themselves could be learning English concurrently. Were it not for the shenanigans at Hayfield (depending on your point of view), Annandale and the other National District schools might have had a fighting chance at competing for a district title. From now on, Hayfield has a guaranteed sweep of all the other district schools every year.

The Nova Sports Podcast posted a good interview with the former head coach, Dick Adams, a local legend. Now retired, he stepped down from coaching at Annandale last year. He spoke about the demographic challenges for football at the school (and the other National District schools) today. Back in the 90s he coached Annandale to two state titles.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

If an area is "largely" a certain group, is it really "diverse?"

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Anonymous wrote:

I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

If an area is "largely" a certain group, is it really "diverse?"

That’s more of a local definition. The schools that are majority Hispanic are seen as the most diverse schools in Northern Va.

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I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

I’m a white parent and I don’t. I’m pretty sure the friends I have don’t as well. AHS is a fantastic thriving school and a great community with a terrible football team. Because the earlier poster was right, football isn’t big in Latino communities so playing is an upsell and it’s often most kids first time trying it out out.

It’s not just the terrible football team. Most of the sports teams are bad now, and the other activities don’t have high level of participation. Annandale does have a very energetic principal but I absolutely know AHS parents who behind the scenes want FCPS to shake up the demographics - which in AHS’s case probably means moving part of Woodson or Lake Braddock to AHS.

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Anonymous wrote:

I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

If an area is "largely" a certain group, is it really "diverse?"

That’s more of a local definition. The schools that are majority Hispanic are seen as the most diverse schools in Northern Va.

And note that Hispanic can be a person of any race (asian, white, black, etc, as defined by the U.S. Census).

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Anonymous wrote:

I know this is a very diverse area, but mostly hispanic in Fall church and Annandale? Please give me a break, these people are cheating too.
But that cheating is for acceptance in college as an affirmative action. Do someone is investigating this too?

The neighborhoods immediately around Annandale HS are largely Hispanic. Have you ever been to the apartment's off of Heritage? Or the condos by 495? Have you seen the Bolivian dance troupes practicing in the church and school parking lots? Noticed the street vendors with the Central American fare at Ossian Hall or in the H Mart and VRE parking lots? Seen the men with the rolling freezer carts selling Central American treats all throughout Annandale? Have you done a volunteer shift at ACCA? The Hispanic community isn’t hiding. They’re a vibrant part of the community. Even the wealthier elementary schools in the pyramid have a significant Hispanic population. None of them are majority white. It’s an amazing, awesome, diverse community. I love it.

There isn’t a single one of those majority Hispanic schools where there aren’t white parents advocating behind the scenes for redistricting to reduce the percentage of Hispanic kids.

I’m a white parent and I don’t. I’m pretty sure the friends I have don’t as well. AHS is a fantastic thriving school and a great community with a terrible football team. Because the earlier poster was right, football isn’t big in Latino communities so playing is an upsell and it’s often most kids first time trying it out out.

It’s not just the terrible football team. Most of the sports teams are bad now, and the other activities don’t have high level of participation. Annandale does have a very energetic principal but I absolutely know AHS parents who behind the scenes want FCPS to shake up the demographics - which in AHS’s case probably means moving part of Woodson or Lake Braddock to AHS.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the just hired FCPS consultants recommend rezoning those outside-the-Beltway neighborhoods back to Annandale. They should have never been rezoned in the first place, and the former principal (during the rezoning controversy 15 years ago) spoke about the impact on extracurriculars and sports. He was shouted down.

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The Hayfield coach posted that Annandale should be congratulated for not giving up during the 65-0 rout but included a highlight reel of Hayfield scoring again and again and Annandale getting pummeled. The guy pretends to be classy but he’s rubbing his program in everyone’s faces. It’s just a matter of time before he’s chased out just like he was from Prince William.

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Anonymous wrote:The Hayfield coach posted that Annandale should be congratulated for not giving up during the 65-0 rout but included a highlight reel of Hayfield scoring again and again and Annandale getting pummeled. The guy pretends to be classy but he’s rubbing his program in everyone’s faces. It’s just a matter of time before he’s chased out just like he was from Prince William.

To Overton’s credit, he did not run up the score nearly as much as Marshall did in week one. That was horrifying.