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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid registered for a honors level class and I want to drop her down to regular. I emailed earlier in July but counselor was not in for the year yet. Will that be a problem?[/quote]

If you are at Westfield good luck. We just received an email today that my DS who is a senior will be getting a new guidance counselor(senior year!) He is on counselor number three at Westfield and all three years there have been issues with scheduling. The excuse is always the school is too big....my two older sons did not experience the lack of care we now see when they were at Westfield- seems to be an admin issue. Stay on top of them.[/quote]

Westfield parent too, who has other children since graduate. Also on counselor #3.

The old admin and Director of Student Services were so much better and responsive.

We had to change a class last year. Westfield process to change was ridiculous. Teachers needed to sign off on form (which is not required as part of FCPS regulations) and “committee” only met 1x week to discuss the transfer, but oh - they weren’t meeting that week because too busy with tracking down immunization records. Meanwhile child still flailing in old class and grade was transferring with her. It was a nightmare. Having been at other FCPS HS, I can tell you the process is not as hard elsewhere.

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Scheduling is a mess at Westfield and no one seems to be there for the kids.[/quote]

This is what happens when schools get to mega-size unless you have either a great administration and or a very involved parent group or both if you're lucky. Westfield's administration is so so and a sizable portion of the parents are checked out. The focus is on crowd control and dealing with a small number of students who cause a lot of problems. There are some very good teachers and programs there and some high performing students though. PVI moving right up the street caused a lot of UMC families to flee.[/quote]

The Westfield principal is bad at his job. [/quote]

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