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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  So if the option has been removed yet the child still wants to take the language course and the course isn't available via FCPS Online or Virtual VA, what are the options for the child?  My child is interested in Russian and we are in the Mclean HS district so we weren't thinking of doing this solely to get to Langley (because there's no difference in my mind between the two, except for capacity issues which I don't consider excessive) but my kid really wants to add Russian as a language when he gets to high school.  What are the options on this?  [/quote]

My daughter went to Chantilly. They allowed her to take Russian at Nova via dual enrollment.  They don't really tell you that this option is available but if you push for it your high school will let you do it.  Some kids at Chantilly also take languages remotely at other schools (such as Chinese at Fairfax High School). This may be an option now as well - look into it. [/quote]

OP again.  Thank you for this info.  [u]The Longfellow counselors didn't mention this to me as a choice.[/u]  What sucks even more than the abrupt change is that many FCPS schools don't even operate on the same rules.  I have an older child at Mclean and I'm being told that my child cannot take Virtual Virginia classes at Mclean because Mclean doesn't "support it".  And, then I hear that the same classes are being taken via VVa at other FCPS high schools.  It's such a disjointed system.  I've read on this board that FCPS should really be split up and I'm starting to agree more and more that it may indeed be warranted.  It's a mess.  [/quote]

If she is at Lingfellow, then she is not a sophomore but an 8th grader picking freshman classes?

Then your solution is very easy.

She simply starts a new language at her zoned high school, McLean,  when she begins high school in 9th grade.

She will end up with 4 years of one language for her college applications.

This is completely a non issue if she is currently an 8th grader at Longfellow.[/quote]

OP here. I have two kids. One is at McLean and is being denied online course options that other FCPS schools (like the Chantilly mom was noting above) are allowing. The rules are clearly not being applied consistently.  My son (the one at Longfellow) wants to take Russian for specific academic and career reasons. He’s already taking Spanish and will be fluent by graduation, so he’s intentionally doubling up. Telling a student to abandon a carefully planned future because of arbitrary FCPS barriers is not something any parent should accept.  I’m willing to enroll him in an accredited online program, but McLean counselors are making it extremely difficult to get online credits approved. Most districts accept outside credit when they can’t provide the course themselves. FCPS, apparently, does not want to promote an equitable arrangement across all schools.[/quote]

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