Anonymous wrote:Typical Marshall hatred on this forum. Marshall is only getting better while all those schools are getting worse or stagnant.

Are you 12?

Typical Marshall hatred on this forum. Marshall is only getting better while all those schools are getting worse or stagnant.

^^there's a new principal

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Anonymous wrote:Compared to the other schools they are seeing a spike in the FARMS/ESOL enrollment due to the unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, so I'm not surprised they have a lower graduation rate. It's still a good school, particularly if you want IB, even if it is not as "sought after" as the others like Langley, Woodson, etc.

Woodson is a train wreck.

Care to elaborate? No dog in this fight, but my parents old house was in the pyramid, so many many years ago I went there, so I'm curious.

Beyond the suicides

http://wjla.com/news/health/feds-fairfax-county-look-into-northern-virginia-suicides-following-3-deaths-since-september-109169

the parental pressure (in particular) is huge at Woodson. The CDC efforts focused on the parents and community awareness.

Go to the Woodson website and read the results of the surveys (underneath The Current Reality at W.T. Woodson High School). One thing they do have going for them is there a new principal. The previous principal was ineffective (in my opinion).

http://www.fcps.edu/woodsonhs/

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Anonymous wrote:Compared to the other schools they are seeing a spike in the FARMS/ESOL enrollment due to the unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, so I'm not surprised they have a lower graduation rate. It's still a good school, particularly if you want IB, even if it is not as "sought after" as the others like Langley, Woodson, etc.

Woodson is a train wreck.

Care to elaborate? No dog in this fight, but my parents old house was in the pyramid, so many many years ago I went there, so I'm curious.

Anonymous wrote:Compared to the other schools they are seeing a spike in the FARMS/ESOL enrollment due to the unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, so I'm not surprised they have a lower graduation rate. It's still a good school, particularly if you want IB, even if it is not as "sought after" as the others like Langley, Woodson, etc.

Woodson is a train wreck.

Compared to the other schools they are seeing a spike in the FARMS/ESOL enrollment due to the unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, so I'm not surprised they have a lower graduation rate. It's still a good school, particularly if you want IB, even if it is not as "sought after" as the others like Langley, Woodson, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Latest Virginia Department of Education report cards indicate Marshall's graduation rate continues to lag behind TJ, Langley, Madison, McLean, Woodson, and Oakton.

Is that what all the focus on SOLs there is about?

Not a Marshall parent-- but seriously, Marshall is doing fine. Is a s/o really necessary?

I get that. It doesn't make this thread any less b**chy. And I don't have a dog in this fight My poor DCs will have to make do with (gasp) Chantilly or South Lakes IB (if they PP).

Anonymous wrote:Hello pp! You must be one of the obnoxious posters on the other thread intent on tearing down any positive sign about other schools. As we house hunt in VA, I wish I knew if this type of snotty mentality was the norm at any of the more highly touted schools mentioned by OP. That is certainly not something I would want my kids picking up.

You must be kidding. Marshall posters are often very snotty about other schools.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

^ Meant OP, not pp.

Hello pp! You must be one of the obnoxious posters on the other thread intent on tearing down any positive sign about other schools. As we house hunt in VA, I wish I knew if this type of snotty mentality was the norm at any of the more highly touted schools mentioned by OP. That is certainly not something I would want my kids picking up.

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Anonymous wrote:Latest Virginia Department of Education report cards indicate Marshall's graduation rate continues to lag behind TJ, Langley, Madison, McLean, Woodson, and Oakton.

Is that what all the focus on SOLs there is about?

Not a Marshall parent-- but seriously, Marshall is doing fine. Is a s/o really necessary?

It is response to the Marshall post about SOL scores and the other High Schools mentioned.

This is not a big surprise.

Anonymous wrote:Latest Virginia Department of Education report cards indicate Marshall's graduation rate continues to lag behind TJ, Langley, Madison, McLean, Woodson, and Oakton.

Is that what all the focus on SOLs there is about?

Not a Marshall parent-- but seriously, Marshall is doing fine. Is a s/o really necessary?

Latest Virginia Department of Education report cards indicate Marshall's graduation rate continues to lag behind TJ, Langley, Madison, McLean, Woodson, and Oakton.

Is that what all the focus on SOLs there is about?