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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have kids currently in ES, MS and HS in the Herndon pyramid.  We love it and find the quality of instruction to be very high.  Teacher and admin engagement especially at the ES level is excellent. The MS principal is also excellent.  Herndon usually only gets a bad rap from the people who don't know what it's like to actually live in Herndon or attend our schools.  They see a high FARMS rate and assume that our schools are overrun by MS-13.  HHS is really not that different from any other FCPS high school.  There are challenges but not really any more than at any other school.  My high-school aged kids have been largely unaffected by any negative incidents or issues at HHS - they don't see it and I don't hear about it.

As far as St. Joes, there are a lot of kids who go through St. Joes and then end up at HHS. From my observation, many of these kids are smart, but they have not received as rigorous a curriculum as the public school kids and while they have the capacity to do well, usually aren't the most advanced kids in their class.  From hearing the parents talk about their experiences, I hear a lot about rigor meaning lots of homework and doing a lot of work outside of school, but not about a lot of advanced thinking.

We also know several non-religious parents who send their kids to St Joes because [b]there are more conservative-leaning families there and they feel more comfortable with like-minded people whereas the general area in Herndon trends more blue.[/b][/quote]

This is really important to consider. I'm the PP whose child went to a different Diocesan parochial school around here. The families were by and large very conserative; some openly MAGA. Part of why we left was that I felt like we were never going to fit in. I'm more middle of the road but felt super liberal compared to many of the families there. Lots of families with a ton of kids and trad wives. [/quote]

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