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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We would want AP but would not want to end up at Herndon HS at all.[/quote]

Why? —HHS parent[/quote]

You can’t seriously be asking this question.[/quote]

I am absolutely serious. [/quote]

OP here and even I know about Herndon High School's reputation.[/quote]

Herndon's AP scores were better than Oakton, West Springfield, and Lake Braddock. If anything, West Springfield and Lake Braddock have inflated reputations given that they have high White/Asian demographics yet perform below HHS's weight class. I'm honestly very surprised about Oakton though.

Herndon is behind McLean, Langley, Woodson, Chantilly, and Madison, but that's obviously expected given the demographics at those leading schools. [/quote]

It doesn’t matter about AP scores. What matters is the general population of the school who isn’t taking AP. They are very rough. More rough at Herndon and SL than other schools. That’s the point.
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The point is that your perception of the schools is wrong. The kids who are attending Herndon High and South Lakes have not discussed fights and issues at the school. We live in Herndon. We know kids at the both schools. But you keep telling me that what I am hearing from the kids attending these schools is wrong regardless of what I am hearing and seeing.

South Lakes had the highest pass rate on IB tests, Herndon High falls into the middle of FCPS for AP test scores. But you blow that off. You don't want to see that the kids in the Honors and IB/AP programs are having a good experience, doing well academically, and going to good colleges. It is almost like you have to find a way to justify paying hundreds of thousands of dollars more for the house you bought to attend Chantilly or Oakton High School.

But you don't know these schools. You are fixated on a articular narrative and don't want to hear what other people are telling you.

[b]Truthfully, I would not want my kid taking Gen Ed classes at South Lakes[/b]. I have friends whose kids were worried about Honors classes in HS and started with the Gen Ed classes. They all moved into Honors classes by the end of the first quarter. The kids were telling their parents that the classes were too easy, there were issues with kids being disrespectful or tardiness or a series of issues that prevented learning. The kids all seem to be happy in the Honors classes. They feel challenged and the behavior in the classroom is better.

None of the kids have mentioned fighting or other issues at the school. And the issues in the Gen Ed classes might very well be the same issues that exist at any high school in a Gen Ed classroom. But the Honors and AP/IB classes are challenging for kids and the kids are not discussing problems in their classroom. [/quote]

That’s exactly my point. You’ve essentially said what I said. There are more rough kids overall at SL and HHS. I want a school with a better gen Ed population.[/quote]

Gotta love the coded language.[/quote]

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