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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's true that they have not disclosed it but I never asked them directly either. I would imagine they are not authorized to say.

However, I have strong industry expertise in two of the pathways and I can tell you from my discussions with them; they are very working to make the pathways highly relevant and modern and are engaging with industry leaders to help ensure that. While I believe every school should do this, I am particularly impressed with their efforts. It's easier to make something new and modern when you are building it new verus inheriting it but regardless but I see positive developments.  The school is a bit of an unknown and surrounded in plenty of controversy and unusual decision making, but the admin team seems to have their heads on straight.[/quote]

Honestly, this reads like the type of spam you’d expect FCPS to disseminate once it became clear they weren’t going to hit their target for 1000 kids in the fall. They have not even committed to when they will be able to offer the pathways courses.  [/quote]

I'm the poster. Not spam, and they have the pathways 9th and 10th grade classes set and have discussed the 11th and 12th grade design. There are already widely available FCPS courses that feed into the pathways - AP CS, Stem Design, it's not that hard. What will be likely different is the progression of those electives into the 11th and 12th grade classes and they told the parents at the meeting what those would likely consist of.   I really don't understand why people have such negative attitudes. You don't have to go if you don't want to. I don't think they really care if they hit their 1000 target- they just want to get it rolling.I'd prefer they keep the school at the 1500 hundred kid range it was designed for so 400 kids or so a class would be fine.  No one expects to get a lot of 10th graders opting in- esp with no transport guarantees; they'd have to dislike their current school.  If they cared about 1000 kids, they would have zoned them in, they had the power to and choose not to.[/quote]

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