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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With only around 700 students (some of whom won't take any languages at all), there is no way they can fully staff four languages.[/quote]

They are 9th and 10th graders, the vast majority of them will take a language. Most colleges require 2-4 years of a foreign langauge and they prefer language taken in HS then MS. I would guess that the vast majority of the kids opting in to Skyview are planning on attending college.

There are going to be plenty of kids taking a language in 9th and 10th grade. [/quote]

Sure, but not all of them. A language is an elective, not a requirement. IF they have 700 students, 600 might be taking a language. Almost all of those will be Spanish or French. I doubt they will have 130+ wanting the less popular language, so they won't be able to staff a full teacher for those.  [/quote]

3 credits of world language is required for an advanced diploma.

https://www.fcps.edu/graduation-requirements-and-course-planning/first-time-ninth-2018-19[/quote]

Its an elective. You don't have to get an advanced diploma.[/quote]

Have you checked the numbers to see how many kids get an advanced diploma in FCPS? Hint: its the overwhelming majority of students.
In other words its the norm. Those that don't get them trend towards english language learners, special ed, and certain other demographics.

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2023-11/fairfax-graduation-detailed-outcomes-class-of-2023.pdf

Now if skyview's demographics coupled with course selections tend to result in kids not getting advanced diplomas, then all the skeptics who don't want to got there were right.

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The kids opting in are all the smart kids who want advanced courses.[/quote]

That’s one year.  And kids opting in could just want to attend a closer school.

You so very desperately want Skyview to be TJ West but it’s going to more like TJ in reverse where a school with higher scores reverts to being a typical neighborhood school. [/quote]

Not going to be TJ West.  Going to be a neighborhood high school--with some kids who excel at academics and some who like to excel at sports, and some who like to excel at both.  There will also be some who just want to fly under the radar.  Like any other high school.[/quote]

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