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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another difference between Herndon and Langley.  Seniors at Langley have the option to do Langley Leap during their senior year.

an exclusive set of top students will be selected for internship programs.

Selection of Students: A senior is eligible for the Langley Leap Senior Internships if she/he meets ALL of the following criteria. A maximum of 100 students will be selected in the year.  They will be not be in school and excused from all school work.

The rest of the bottom feeders will not participate and will remain in class while your star student will get to work at your neighbor's daddy's firm for 10 days.  The bottom feeders will be reminded everyday why they are bottom feeders and destined to their natural place in society.

I don't think Herndon provides the opportunity to display and share the over achievements of your child like Langley does.

Brought to you by a proud Langley parent.
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I don't think having [b]a minimum 2.75 cum. GPA [/b]is really asking too much in the way of eligibility, do you?  If your child's GPA is less than that, don't you think they should be in class, taking the finals, and trying to improve their grades?

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After reading about this program at Langley vs Herndon.   This is interesting about Langley.

I don't know of any other  high school that does this.   Can others point to other high schools that do this?  Herndon does not do this.   Langley has about 550 seniors, and they have a program in which 100 to 200 of the seniors are selected and pulled out of class to do an internship program.  What happens to the other 300 seniors?  How do they view it?  And other parents post, no that is fine, that is the way it should be.

Seems Langley is unique and special.  It makes you wonder what other exclusive programs they do to support the special 100 to 200 students at the expense of the other 300 students.
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I'm wondering where you're getting "100 to 200 students at the expense of the other 300 students"?  Where does it say there is a maximum amount of kids they'll accept for this program?  Any student who meets the minimum 2.75 GPA is eligible -- and it's already been pointed out that this isn't a very high threshold to reach.  Further, how does this program occur "at the expense" of other students?  Please, enlighten us as to how it could possibly be unfair to require a student to have a 2.75 GPA in order to participate, and how their participation impacts the other students who need to be in class improving their grades?[/quote]

It looks like there was a max of 100 students two years ago when the program was piloted.  It may have expanded since then.

In practical terms, you could end up with a senior with a 2.5 average (B/C, no honor or AP classes to bump up GPA) who will surely graduate on time and is not as risk, but who is ineligible to participate in the program.  He or she will be expected to sit through classes for two weeks in the late Spring, during which next to nothing is happening, and take final exams, while other classmates can boast about their "internships" that got them out of such tedium.  You could also make an argument that the student with the 2.5 GPA is more likely to end up in the workplace sooner than the student with the 4.1 GPA headed off to Duke or W&M in the fall, and therefore might benefit more from an internship than the students allowed to do Langley Leap.  So I can see an argument that this is "one more way" that Langley lets the average kids know that the administrators look down on them, although students at Langley who want practical experience can sign up 
for Academy classes at other schools and Langley Leap takes place so late in the school year that, realistically, most seniors just want to graduate and not reflect on where they stood in the school's pecking order.[/quote]

I've been following this thread with interest as my own senior DS will be participating in the Langley Leap.  I asked him this afternoon about the kinds of kids who typically do it, etc.  And, full disclosure, he doesn't have a high GPA - only 3.2 - so he's certainly not one of the over-achievers some PPs are trying to paint them as.  He said that there are plenty of 4.0+ kids who aren't even interested in doing the L.L. and who stay at school to take finals, etc.  So it's not as if all students above the 2.75 min. are fleeing school in a mass exodus, leaving behind those who "didn't make the cut".  Many kids with high GPAs don't even want to participate.  Some aren't interested in doing an internship and are fine with staying at school.  So it's quite misleading to say that those participating in Langley Leap and those who don't are a reflection of the "pecking order".  [/quote]

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