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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Langley parents are now arguing on the FairFACTS page that they can’t be moved to Herndon because Herndon is in the “off track” category.

In fact, the opposite will happen because redistricting some Langley kids there will push Herndon into the “on track” category (above 80).

When that happens they can think Youngkin for further incentivizing the School Board to game the numbers with these new ratings. [/quote]

Those Langley parents are elitists and no better than the MAGA they complain about when it comes to schools. Their kids are no different than the UMC and MC kids at Herndon except the Langley kids aren’t allowed out of their bubbles.[/quote]

DP.  Good grief, you sound charming.  Why should kids be moved from an excellent to an underperforming school?  [/quote]

What difference does it make what other kids who attend the school's average test scores are? Because that's the only thing deciding those labels. As long as a school has a large enough cohort of peers (as both Langley and Herndon do) to offer 99% the same Honors/AP classes, the outcomes for a given student are going to be remarkably similar no matter which school they attend or what the kids are doing in the other classrooms. Like, if I'm taking AP US History, it doesn't matter if I'm in the only AP US History class at my school or if there are 3 other AP US History classes being taught concurrently at my school... nor how many of the other classrooms at my school are filled with kids struggling to meet grade level. Can 99.9% of kids reach their full academic potential at Herndon just as well as at Langley? Sure, and the "underperforming" label doesn't speak to that question... because it's not about the overall quality of school / instruction.[/quote]

It matters because if AP US History is scheduled at the time of an elective or other core class that a student wants to take there is no alternate time slot to make the schedule work. Schools with multiple sections of a class offer more scheduling options for students but that is only possible if the number of kids taking a class is large enough to offer multiple sections. I suspect that HHS has enough kids taking AP classes that there ar multiple sessions of the more popular classes but maybe only one of things like Calc BC and Physics C where the number of kids taking them is likely to be smaller, even at schools like Langley and McLean.

The reason I dislike IB is that it limits the class options for the kids at the school and prevents them from having access to a wider array of electives that can be taken at a higher level. I don’t dislike the program, per se, but I think it should be optional and that kids wanting to take AP can without having to leave their base school. The IB programs do not have enough interest to sustain the program and the idea that they can be taken ala cart defeats the purpose of the program, which is earning the IB diploma. [/quote]

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