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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes my snowflake will be fine with non AAP kids - my point was that Skyview is attracting magnet school type kids and that will elevate the entire school.  And the kids are excited. So yes it is likely to be a very strong 9th grade because of the profile of those who would opt in to this school- risk taking, tech forward kids.

What I really like is my kid keeps his middle school group (Carson) which is from multiple ES- but also branch to multiple HS. They are all going together and they are a great group of kids.[/quote]

FCPS only has one magnet - TJ - and Reid has been given a specific order to operate Skyview as a community school.  Just because some kids don't care about the sports Skyview can't offer at first doesn't make them "magnet school type kids." [/quote]

No but the programs being discussed are more STEM type programs, at least the AI and Robotics paths. My husband looked at the Aviation path and it looked more like how to run an airport than how to fly. He was disappointed because he thought aeronautical engineering type concepts would be cool for a kid to learn.

The kids who are at Skyview next year are kids who want to be there or whose parents want them to be there. That will create a slightly different type of class then the traditional school. The teachers want to be at the school. The administrators want to be at the school. Most of the people opting in are doing so because they want to be there. It is a fun energy, at least it was at the Open House I attended and the first meeting.

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