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Anonymous wrote:It’s obvious the most enthusiasm for Skyview comes from Westfield and South Lakes families, not Chantilly or Oakton families. If anyone is trashing those schools, it’s those families. They claim Westfield is too far away or overcrowded, or they don’t want IB at South Lakes.

And then they attack the Oakton and Chantilly families who actually like their schools and would prefer to stay at successful schools rather than be part of Reid’s schemes.

I can be happy to have my kid attend Skyview because we prefer AP to IB and not be trashing SLHS. SLHS has plenty of high achieving kids who love the school. We have friends very happy to have their kids at SLHS. They love the theatre, sports, and classes. Some complete to IB diploma. They are happy there. The Fox Mill families are split on wanting to move or not, but I don’t think that we are yelling at each other.

We don’t think IB is a good fit for our kid and are happy to move to AP. That is not a slam on SLHS, it is saying we don’t think the IB program is a great fit for out kid.

We see Skyview as having all sorts of unique opportunities for any student who attends. The kids get to start clubs and activities, it provides a unique opportunity for leaadership and growth. DS can influence the clubs that are at the school, which we think is cool.

I have no clue what Westfield students are thinking. I know our friends at Chantilly are less excited. They have the classes that they and are happy with the clubs and sports. The Crossfield families we know want to move to Skyview because it is closer to home.

The only posters I know “attacking” the Oakton families are other Oakton families. Their little Civil War is between them. It seems to me like there is one aggressively anti-Oakton poster and lots of response to that one poster.

I thought most top 10% at schools like Chantilly and Oakton take at least 1 AP in 9th grade, 2-3 in 10th and load up in 11th and 12th. Last FCPS faq saw said no AP planned for next year and then will slow roll in by topic —so won’t new school not be good fit for most families who want AP until 2-3 years from now, earliest?

From the FAQs:

Will AP courses be offered?
Yes. We will offer a full complement of Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment (DE) courses. While 9th and 10th graders generally have limited access to AP courses, students will remain competitive for advanced diplomas.

There may be options to take another course virtually or at another high school. Higher level AP courses and AP courses that are traditionally taken in 11th and 12th grades will probably not be offered initially but should be by 2027-28.

This would seem to imply the AP courses typically taken by 9th and 10th graders might be offered in 2026-27. Clarification would have been useful, and the lack of specificity likely reduced the willingness of some families to opt in.

If enough 8th graders going to Skyview selected AP courses, then they will offer those courses. That's how staffing works at high schools, friends.

9th graders don't take AP courses. Maybe a few take AP Computer science, but otherwise, none.

Anonymous wrote:This is really a top tier of admin. I have worked or had interactions with all of them but one over the years and they are very professional and outgoing administrators. Wasn’t planning on switching schools but if my school keeps going downhill I might

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Anonymous wrote:The first AP kids take at our HS is AP World or AP Human Geography in 10th. 9th grade is honors level classes. Maybe there are a few math geniuses, I don't know. No AP science except CS until 11th.

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Huh. At our school we have a fair amount of freshman that take AP Human Geography or AP Comp Sci Principles. For many sophomores, AP World is their 2nd or even 3rd AP.

Anonymous wrote:The first AP kids take at our HS is AP World or AP Human Geography in 10th. 9th grade is honors level classes. Maybe there are a few math geniuses, I don't know. No AP science except CS until 11th.

Anonymous wrote:This is really a top tier of admin. I have worked or had interactions with all of them but one over the years and they are very professional and outgoing administrators. Wasn’t planning on switching schools but if my school keeps going downhill I might

Anonymous wrote:The first AP kids take at our HS is AP World or AP Human Geography in 10th. 9th grade is honors level classes. Maybe there are a few math geniuses, I don't know. No AP science except CS until 11th.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s obvious the most enthusiasm for Skyview comes from Westfield and South Lakes families, not Chantilly or Oakton families. If anyone is trashing those schools, it’s those families. They claim Westfield is too far away or overcrowded, or they don’t want IB at South Lakes.

And then they attack the Oakton and Chantilly families who actually like their schools and would prefer to stay at successful schools rather than be part of Reid’s schemes.

I can be happy to have my kid attend Skyview because we prefer AP to IB and not be trashing SLHS. SLHS has plenty of high achieving kids who love the school. We have friends very happy to have their kids at SLHS. They love the theatre, sports, and classes. Some complete to IB diploma. They are happy there. The Fox Mill families are split on wanting to move or not, but I don’t think that we are yelling at each other.

We don’t think IB is a good fit for our kid and are happy to move to AP. That is not a slam on SLHS, it is saying we don’t think the IB program is a great fit for out kid.

We see Skyview as having all sorts of unique opportunities for any student who attends. The kids get to start clubs and activities, it provides a unique opportunity for leaadership and growth. DS can influence the clubs that are at the school, which we think is cool.

I have no clue what Westfield students are thinking. I know our friends at Chantilly are less excited. They have the classes that they and are happy with the clubs and sports. The Crossfield families we know want to move to Skyview because it is closer to home.

The only posters I know “attacking” the Oakton families are other Oakton families. Their little Civil War is between them. It seems to me like there is one aggressively anti-Oakton poster and lots of response to that one poster.

I thought most top 10% at schools like Chantilly and Oakton take at least 1 AP in 9th grade, 2-3 in 10th and load up in 11th and 12th. Last FCPS faq saw said no AP planned for next year and then will slow roll in by topic —so won’t new school not be good fit for most families who want AP until 2-3 years from now, earliest?

From the FAQs:

Will AP courses be offered?
Yes. We will offer a full complement of Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment (DE) courses. While 9th and 10th graders generally have limited access to AP courses, students will remain competitive for advanced diplomas.

There may be options to take another course virtually or at another high school. Higher level AP courses and AP courses that are traditionally taken in 11th and 12th grades will probably not be offered initially but should be by 2027-28.

This would seem to imply the AP courses typically taken by 9th and 10th graders might be offered in 2026-27. Clarification would have been useful, and the lack of specificity likely reduced the willingness of some families to opt in.

If enough 8th graders going to Skyview selected AP courses, then they will offer those courses. That's how staffing works at high schools, friends.

9th graders don't take AP courses. Maybe a few take AP Computer science, but otherwise, none.

Tell me you don’t have a HS DC without telling me.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s obvious the most enthusiasm for Skyview comes from Westfield and South Lakes families, not Chantilly or Oakton families. If anyone is trashing those schools, it’s those families. They claim Westfield is too far away or overcrowded, or they don’t want IB at South Lakes.

And then they attack the Oakton and Chantilly families who actually like their schools and would prefer to stay at successful schools rather than be part of Reid’s schemes.

I can be happy to have my kid attend Skyview because we prefer AP to IB and not be trashing SLHS. SLHS has plenty of high achieving kids who love the school. We have friends very happy to have their kids at SLHS. They love the theatre, sports, and classes. Some complete to IB diploma. They are happy there. The Fox Mill families are split on wanting to move or not, but I don’t think that we are yelling at each other.

We don’t think IB is a good fit for our kid and are happy to move to AP. That is not a slam on SLHS, it is saying we don’t think the IB program is a great fit for out kid.

We see Skyview as having all sorts of unique opportunities for any student who attends. The kids get to start clubs and activities, it provides a unique opportunity for leaadership and growth. DS can influence the clubs that are at the school, which we think is cool.

I have no clue what Westfield students are thinking. I know our friends at Chantilly are less excited. They have the classes that they and are happy with the clubs and sports. The Crossfield families we know want to move to Skyview because it is closer to home.

The only posters I know “attacking” the Oakton families are other Oakton families. Their little Civil War is between them. It seems to me like there is one aggressively anti-Oakton poster and lots of response to that one poster.

I thought most top 10% at schools like Chantilly and Oakton take at least 1 AP in 9th grade, 2-3 in 10th and load up in 11th and 12th. Last FCPS faq saw said no AP planned for next year and then will slow roll in by topic —so won’t new school not be good fit for most families who want AP until 2-3 years from now, earliest?

From the FAQs:

Will AP courses be offered?
Yes. We will offer a full complement of Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment (DE) courses. While 9th and 10th graders generally have limited access to AP courses, students will remain competitive for advanced diplomas.

There may be options to take another course virtually or at another high school. Higher level AP courses and AP courses that are traditionally taken in 11th and 12th grades will probably not be offered initially but should be by 2027-28.

This would seem to imply the AP courses typically taken by 9th and 10th graders might be offered in 2026-27. Clarification would have been useful, and the lack of specificity likely reduced the willingness of some families to opt in.

If enough 8th graders going to Skyview selected AP courses, then they will offer those courses. That's how staffing works at high schools, friends.

9th graders don't take AP courses. Maybe a few take AP Computer science, but otherwise, none.

Tell me you don’t have a HS DC without telling me.