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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you familiar with the way Loudoun is structuring their Academy of Sciences/Engineering vs. the TJ model?  AOS will host kids who qualify every other day -- so every kid who goes there will still take classes (like history and english) at his/her base HS. Then they go to AOS on certain days for their science/tech/math classes.  They will be able to serve 2500 kids... and those kids still get to have their neighborhood connections and local high school experience.

As I was reading the other thread about Sci Olym., and the discussion of TJ and who gets into what college.. etc.   I just wondered if there was some sense in the way Loudoun is planning to schedule their academy.  If TJ is really all  about excellence in Sci/Tech/Math, then there really isn't a need for kids to take up space taking engl/hist/band/orch/etc. there.

With block scheduling, it makes a lot of sense to me -- that the academy focuses on sci/math instruction.  https://www.lcps.org/domain/4823

What do you think?

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The primary reason that AOS is part-time is because there isn't the current infrastructure to support a full-time program.  It is a very small "sub-school" working out of Dominion HS.  There are limited classrooms dedicated to AOS within Dominion.  That is why Loudoun is creating the new Academies of Loudoun (AET/AOS/Monroe) school.[/quote]

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