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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok people.  Terraset/Hughes/SLHS parent here.  I have a very low drama opinion here.  My HS DC is doing fine.  Even better than fine I'd say.  Hitting a groove after exiting the pandemic and back to having a normal HS experience.  Takes some Gen Ed, some Honors classes.  Will do the same with the IB courses.

I think it's all gonna turn out ok.  All of these statistics and rankings etc. mean nothing when it comes down to the individual level.  Your kid will either make good choices, so-so choices, or bad choices.  And their biggest influence is you and the parenting you've done for the past 14 years.

Some other things I like about SLHS:

-The adjoining campuses of all three schools.  It gives a small town atmosphere in a high population suburban area.  Also, it means that MS kids can take HS courses by walking next door.
-The diversity.  It's important for me that my kids get exposed to people from all walks of life and and see the pros/cons of of different situations.
-The building itself is relatively newer and is in good condition, I didn't feel depressed after entering.

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Fox Mill/Carson/Slakes parent here and I agree with your post.

When Fox Mill was redistricted from Oakton to South Lakes 20ish years ago, the outcry was loud. There was a lot of thinly veiled racism towards the brownness of SLHS.

My four kids have gone through or are currently going through South Lakes and we are really pleased. We’ve had experiences in sped, gened, honors, and IB and some have been not-so-great, but overall it’s been great. My kids have attended a big in-state public, a SLAC, and one heading to a public Ivy. It’s been what they’ve made of it. But overall, it is the racial diversity of the school as well as the wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds is what we like best about the school. That type of exposure is important and we are intentional about ensuring our kids understand the privilege they’ve grown up with.

My two major  complaints— first that the Japanese Immersion students from Fox Mill become discouraged and quit in droves after experiencing the Japanese teachers at South Lakes. My second complaint is that such a tiny portion of Carson attends South Lakes (Fox Mill Estates and a little of Floris ES neighborhoods). 🤷🏼‍♀️[/quote]

It’s easy to allege racism rather than acknowledge people didn’t want to be rezoned to an IB school against their will.  The fact that FCPS made promises it didn’t keep to add AP courses didn’t help matters.

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I attended the local sessions and know what was said. Were you there?[/quote]

Obviously.  So stop making things up. [/quote]

My neighborhood was in a domino school.  We did not end up at South Lakes, but I watched every single meeting and attended some.  Parents being redistricted into South Lakes begged for AP.  Repeatedly.  It was implied that they would add some AP.  
If you want to see SB being rude to speakers, go find the videos of South Lakes redistricting. (2008?)

To the mom complaining about the Japanese instruction at South Lakes, this seems to be true for language teachers in my kids' school.  Mine were lucky and picked a language with a good teacher.  DS was going to pick another language, but his sister told him that more people complain about the teachers of that language than any other teacher at their high school.  But, that can change from one year to the next.  [/quote]

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