Edison high school STEM vs some other good high schools

[Anonymous]

Hello all, I have a son at 8th grade, received a invitation letter from Edison high school for GLOBAL STEM PROGRAM.. Edison is our assigned high school. But school's ranking, ratings and reviews doesn't look good really.. But I wonder if this STEM program is totally something separate from the school's regular..me and my husband were planning to move somewhere for a better high school.. like McLean, George Mason, Madison or so..
Does anyone has any idea /insight/advice/experience in this case what would be better to do?
Would be very happy hear anything from you all!
Thanks !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello all, I have a son at 8th grade, received a invitation letter from Edison high school for GLOBAL STEM PROGRAM.. Edison is our assigned high school. But school's ranking, ratings and reviews doesn't look good really.. But I wonder if this STEM program is totally something separate from the school's regular..me and my husband were planning to move somewhere for a better high school.. like McLean, George Mason, Madison or so..
Does anyone has any idea /insight/advice/experience in this case what would be better to do?
Would be very happy hear anything from you all!
Thanks !

[Anonymous]

FCPS has added STEM programs to several IB schools to try to compensate for the fact that local parents prefer AP to IB. If you really want a strong STEM school, you enroll your kid in a school with a strong AP program and peer group.

[Anonymous]

What, your kid wasn't smart enough to get into TJ but Edison isn't good enough? Please move. Those of us in the Edison pyramid prefer people who rely on 'school ranking, ratings and reviews' to determine the 'quality' of a school to send their kids elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, your kid wasn't smart enough to get into TJ but Edison isn't good enough? Please move. Those of us in the Edison pyramid prefer people who rely on 'school ranking, ratings and reviews' to determine the 'quality' of a school to send their kids elsewhere.

You do know that you're cutting your nose to spite your face here, right? Edison needs more families who care about the quality of education there, not less. Better to share positive experiences than to go after OP for her stated concerns.

[Anonymous]

I have no experience personally with Edison high school however this is the high school in our pyramid. My children are only in elementary school at this point. That being said, we live on a street with many students that go to Edison. They are in the stem program or are on the IB track. From the neighbors that we have seen through the years we’ve been on the street all the kids have gone on to UVA, Penn, William and Mary, Virginia Tech and other great schools in Virginia. Both babysitters we use just got into UVA-parents are happy. Say what you want about the great schools and ratings online but we’ve seen success after success story on our block- if your kid gets onto the right track, they will be fine.

[Anonymous]

www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/695040.page#14019639

Here's a link to a previous discussion on the AAP forum. Take it for what it's worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no experience personally with Edison high school however this is the high school in our pyramid. My children are only in elementary school at this point. That being said, we live on a street with many students that go to Edison. They are in the stem program or are on the IB track. From the neighbors that we have seen through the years we’ve been on the street all the kids have gone on to UVA, Penn, William and Mary, Virginia Tech and other great schools in Virginia. Both babysitters we use just got into UVA-parents are happy. Say what you want about the great schools and ratings online but we’ve seen success after success story on our block- if your kid gets onto the right track, they will be fine.

Are you in one of the nicer townhouse clusters in Kingstowne?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no experience personally with Edison high school however this is the high school in our pyramid. My children are only in elementary school at this point. That being said, we live on a street with many students that go to Edison. They are in the stem program or are on the IB track. From the neighbors that we have seen through the years we’ve been on the street all the kids have gone on to UVA, Penn, William and Mary, Virginia Tech and other great schools in Virginia. Both babysitters we use just got into UVA-parents are happy. Say what you want about the great schools and ratings online but we’ve seen success after success story on our block- if your kid gets onto the right track, they will be fine.

Are you in one of the nicer townhouse clusters in Kingstowne?

No, the Wilton Woods neighborhood between Kingstowne and Franconia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has added STEM programs to several IB schools to try to compensate for the fact that local parents prefer AP to IB. If you really want a strong STEM school, you enroll your kid in a school with a strong AP program and peer group.

Thank you so much !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, your kid wasn't smart enough to get into TJ but Edison isn't good enough? Please move. Those of us in the Edison pyramid prefer people who rely on 'school ranking, ratings and reviews' to determine the 'quality' of a school to send their kids elsewhere.

With %10 of acceptance rate of TJ, you consider then most students are not smart! you speak ridiculous!
Edison has %4.9 college readiness while others I spoke more than %70. Yeah I will move! Those rankings, ratings, reviews are for a reason.. I wonder if it means anything to you ! Those are statistical truth coming from test scores and so..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/695040.page#14019639

Here's a link to a previous discussion on the AAP forum. Take it for what it's worth.

Thanks a lot for the link

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, your kid wasn't smart enough to get into TJ but Edison isn't good enough? Please move. Those of us in the Edison pyramid prefer people who rely on 'school ranking, ratings and reviews' to determine the 'quality' of a school to send their kids elsewhere.

With %10 of acceptance rate of TJ, you consider then most students are not smart! you speak ridiculous!
Edison has %4.9 college readiness while others I spoke more than %70. Yeah I will move! Those rankings, ratings, reviews are for a reason.. I wonder if it means anything to you ! Those are statistical truth coming from test scores and so..

I'm not necessarily an Edison cheerleader, but you seem awfully sure without having an understanding of the facts. The 4.9% "college readiness" score (from GS rankings) is based on how many kids take ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) classes. Guess what? Very few kids at IB schools take AP exams. Since Great Schools doesn't account for IB exams, its rankings of "college readiness" at IB schools are completely flawed. So, if that is your reason for not liking Edison, you need to reconsider. If you have other concerns, fine. B

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no experience personally with Edison high school however this is the high school in our pyramid. My children are only in elementary school at this point. That being said, we live on a street with many students that go to Edison. They are in the stem program or are on the IB track. From the neighbors that we have seen through the years we’ve been on the street all the kids have gone on to UVA, Penn, William and Mary, Virginia Tech and other great schools in Virginia. Both babysitters we use just got into UVA-parents are happy. Say what you want about the great schools and ratings online but we’ve seen success after success story on our block- if your kid gets onto the right track, they will be fine.

Are you in one of the nicer townhouse clusters in Kingstowne?

K8ngstowne goes to Hayfield.

[Anonymous]

We're also in the Edison pyramid and while my kid is still in elementary school, I imagine we are going to have to move at some point because Edison seems pretty subpar compared to the other pyramids when you consider test scores. It's too bad because we like our neighborhood. Unlike OP, however, we have some time to wait for Edison to get better.