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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is at Langley in Honors and AP classes.  It truly is not that great.  He has not read any books for his 10th grade English Honors class and has a 100%.  Last year was pretty similar.  The principal seems fine to me, but I know there are many parents that are concerned that she wants to reduce the number of APs, amount of homework when the classes are already so low-stress.

The great college placement stats at Langley are due to the demographics, not the superior teaching and classes.  Your child could get as good or even possibly better education at Herndon and you would have more money to spend on tutoring, summer programs and a college counselor.  He also would stand out.  If I could do it over again, we would have not of paid the higher home price to be in Langley. [/quote]

Hmm.  I also have a child at Langley, but in 11th grade.  We haven’t experienced any of what you mention.  My child is also in AP and honors classes and always has a book assignment - as he did last year in Honors 10 English.  Could you please post a link to your claim about the principal wanting to “reduce” AP classes and homework?  I haven’t heard anything of the kind and I’m one of the class parents.

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DP.  For sake of clarity, I doubt the Langley principal is trying the "reduce the number of APs" (AP courses offered) at Langley.  She and others at Langley (and at other FCPS high schools) may caution parents and students to think about how many AP courses a student can handle before signing up for virtually all AP courses junior or senior.

Sometimes this can be a bit exaggerated.  If kids taking multiple AP courses is a problem, then maybe no kids should be allowed to pursue IB diplomas at IB schools, since IB is reportedly rigorous as well. But at the end of the day, they won't keep kids from taking multiple AP courses. They simply ask families to think about whether a student can handle the workload, particularly if the student has extra-curricular interests. [/quote]

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