Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)
Reply to "Let’s Talk APS High Schools: 4th one or no?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't see the need to spend tens of millions of dollars to build a 4th comprehensive high school. Yes we need seats, but no - we don't need an entire campus. People who say "just turn Kenmore into a high school," but ok - where do all those middle school seats go? 6th-8th graders need a dedicated building and curriculum, whereas you can be a bit more flexible with high school students. I like the idea of expanding on the current course: [b]smaller programs spread out in various centers around the County[/b]. It's more nimble, and those seats can alleviate overcrowding just as well as ball fields and tennis courts. [/quote] Smaller programs are not going to be enough and will take too much build up time to actually relieve capacity at the big HS's. You need to figure out what programs would be appealing, try to get enough kids to take a shot at be in a pilot class, work on building good word of mouth, etc. Then need a minimum of 4 years to you can demonstrate that those kids who took a chance on the program get into sufficiently competitive colleges. Look at Arlington Tech and the crap people here say about it. Most Arlington parents are extremely risk averse when it comes to their HS kids. They want a clear path that looks just like what they expect HS to look like. And, even if you can get enough kids to sign up for these smaller programs, you still have issues of overcrowding at the main schools for sports/extracurriculars since kids in "programs" have to be allowed to go there to participate. Take that option away and you make it even harder for anyone to opt for a small program. I fully support building a 4th HS -- should have been at Kenmore but Career Center is fine if that's where there is the will to do it. It would also be good for Arlington Tech to be a magnet program within the bigger HS because then those students would have full sports/extracurriculars right there instead of adding to demand at the other 3 schools. Move Montessori somewhere else - it's a lot easier to find space for an ES building. My main concern with everything going on at the CC is that they may end up limiting access to the CC programs for kids outside of Arlington Tech while all this is being figured out. My DD (now in 7th grade) has been wanting to do the animal science program at the CC since she took their enrichment classes in ES. But, she also wants to do marching band so that rules out going to AT to guarantee access to animal science. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics