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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]South Lakes is a solid FCPS high school, with a good reputation. The AP school is likely Herndon. The Reston area has some nice mid century modern homes and it’s nice being convenient to the Town Center. So if you like the house, go for it. Mantua and Burke also have a fair number of mid century modern homes (zoned to Woodson and Lake Braddock respectively). [/quote]

It offers the same classes and curriculum as all FCPS schools. The same opportunities exist there as any FCPS HS. They even hire from the same pool of teachers. The same kid will do as well there as they would at any FCPS school.[/quote]

Some of the families who were moved to SL years ago after having been falsely promised SL would add more AP courses may beg to differ with you. It definitely does not offer the same classes and curriculum as most of the top schools in the county, including Oakton and Chantilly.[/quote]

That was 15 or 16 years ago. Those parents no longer have kids at SLHS. I can understand that parents back then were concerned, they knew one system and were being forced to learn another at a school that had lower test scores. Parents today seem to have a different perspective.

We live in one of those neighborhoods. Not one of my neighbors has bemoaned the lack of AP classes at SLHS. A few did mention that parents had to work to improve the math offerings once they moved to SLHS because there were more kids who had completed Algebra and Geometry in MS. It took a bit but there are now additional classes that the kids can take. I don't know every parent in my neighborhood but I have not heard anyone who is salty over being at SLHS. Walking around the neighborhood around graduation time shows a few Herndon High School signs, kids who transferred for AP, a few for TJ, and a few for private schools. The majority of the signs are SLHS.

The only people I hear bemoaning IB are people on this site.

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It’s not the same classes and curriculum whether you think it’s OK or not.

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