Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.

The School Board has directed Reid to open a traditional high school, and you can’t have a traditional high school without traditional boundaries. I think you’re indulging in a fantasy about Western’s future that aligns with your vision for where you think nerdy kids will thrive. But it’s not going to be TJ West.

I think there will be a lot of interest in pupil placing and people will use the pathways as their justification. Herndon sends around 200 kids to SLHS for IB or Japanese, I can easily see families who want to leave Herndon will turn to Western for the AP and pathways instead of IB at SLHS. The number of transfers to SLHS are not reflected in the number of people who complete the IB Diploma, you only need to take a certain number of IB classes and there are anecdotal stories that some kids transfer and don't take any IB classes but it is not an issue because there is room at the school. I can fully see kids from SLHS pupil placing into Western for the pathways. It is an AP school that is close by and will have better test scores then Herndon. It is not the drive to Langley and Oakton, that a good number of SLHS students already make.

The question is more if Western will allow pupil placement and then how will that change the FARMs rate. I don't think they are going to have a problem getting 1,000 students for next year and I expect a decent percentage are going to be from schools that are not potentially going to attend Western. And I think that demand is going to stay.

There is enough interest that they could have created a magnet school but a traditional school is needed. It should be a traditional school because that is needed in the area. But I am going to guess that there will be a high demand for pupil placing.

Anonymous wrote:The only students eligible for opt in for pathway are: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, or Westfield

Not Herndon. Not overcrowded.

Anonymous wrote:The only students eligible for opt in for pathway are: Centreville, Chantilly, Oakton, South Lakes, or Westfield

Not Herndon. Not overcrowded.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.

The School Board has directed Reid to open a traditional high school, and you can’t have a traditional high school without traditional boundaries. I think you’re indulging in a fantasy about Western’s future that aligns with your vision for where you think nerdy kids will thrive. But it’s not going to be TJ West.

I think there will be a lot of interest in pupil placing and people will use the pathways as their justification. Herndon sends around 200 kids to SLHS for IB or Japanese, I can easily see families who want to leave Herndon will turn to Western for the AP and pathways instead of IB at SLHS. The number of transfers to SLHS are not reflected in the number of people who complete the IB Diploma, you only need to take a certain number of IB classes and there are anecdotal stories that some kids transfer and don't take any IB classes but it is not an issue because there is room at the school. I can fully see kids from SLHS pupil placing into Western for the pathways. It is an AP school that is close by and will have better test scores then Herndon. It is not the drive to Langley and Oakton, that a good number of SLHS students already make.

The question is more if Western will allow pupil placement and then how will that change the FARMs rate. I don't think they are going to have a problem getting 1,000 students for next year and I expect a decent percentage are going to be from schools that are not potentially going to attend Western. And I think that demand is going to stay.

There is enough interest that they could have created a magnet school but a traditional school is needed. It should be a traditional school because that is needed in the area. But I am going to guess that there will be a high demand for pupil placing.

Herndon and Western will both be AP. It’s unclear that the student transfer regulation would allow a transfer for the yet-to-be-defined “pathways” programs, and depending on how expensive the boundaries are Western might not have room for transfers anyway. You’re forgetting how many existing, sought-after schools are closed to transfers.

I could see a lot of kids at IB South Lakes transferring into AP Western if there is space, but again that’s speculative at this point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.

The School Board has directed Reid to open a traditional high school, and you can’t have a traditional high school without traditional boundaries. I think you’re indulging in a fantasy about Western’s future that aligns with your vision for where you think nerdy kids will thrive. But it’s not going to be TJ West.

I think there will be a lot of interest in pupil placing and people will use the pathways as their justification. Herndon sends around 200 kids to SLHS for IB or Japanese, I can easily see families who want to leave Herndon will turn to Western for the AP and pathways instead of IB at SLHS. The number of transfers to SLHS are not reflected in the number of people who complete the IB Diploma, you only need to take a certain number of IB classes and there are anecdotal stories that some kids transfer and don't take any IB classes but it is not an issue because there is room at the school. I can fully see kids from SLHS pupil placing into Western for the pathways. It is an AP school that is close by and will have better test scores then Herndon. It is not the drive to Langley and Oakton, that a good number of SLHS students already make.

The question is more if Western will allow pupil placement and then how will that change the FARMs rate. I don't think they are going to have a problem getting 1,000 students for next year and I expect a decent percentage are going to be from schools that are not potentially going to attend Western. And I think that demand is going to stay.

There is enough interest that they could have created a magnet school but a traditional school is needed. It should be a traditional school because that is needed in the area. But I am going to guess that there will be a high demand for pupil placing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.

The School Board has directed Reid to open a traditional high school, and you can’t have a traditional high school without traditional boundaries. I think you’re indulging in a fantasy about Western’s future that aligns with your vision for where you think nerdy kids will thrive. But it’s not going to be TJ West.

Anonymous wrote:Ah, the “vote”. Remind me again how many “traditional” high schools opened with an extended boundary opt in with real boundary to be decided later? Let me sound it out for you, teeeee…. Those of us with “nerdy” kids taking Algebra 2 honors in 8th grade could not be more delighted but you go ahead and cling to the idea that we are making a mini FCPS high school with all the low income kids you think your kid is better than. We welcome the challenge to be honest. +1! or make it +3.14159265. Ask your kids boss in 10 years to explain that to you. We welcome kids of every income level and means with a drive to succeed, to embrace their full potential.

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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield won't be at Western. The PTO and admin have been having meetings at Gatehouse. The P and AP are also involved.

Are you serious?

They are beyond lacking common sense.

Crossfield is closer to it than Oakton.

Anonymous wrote:Ah, the “vote”. Remind me again how many “traditional” high schools opened with an extended boundary opt in with real boundary to be decided later? Let me sound it out for you, teeeee…. Those of us with “nerdy” kids taking Algebra 2 honors in 8th grade could not be more delighted but you go ahead and cling to the idea that we are making a mini FCPS high school with all the low income kids you think your kid is better than. We welcome the challenge to be honest. +1! or make it +3.14159265. Ask your kids boss in 10 years to explain that to you. We welcome kids of every income level and means with a drive to succeed, to embrace their full potential.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.

The School Board has directed Reid to open a traditional high school, and you can’t have a traditional high school without traditional boundaries. I think you’re indulging in a fantasy about Western’s future that aligns with your vision for where you think nerdy kids will thrive. But it’s not going to be TJ West.

Anonymous wrote:“Pathways”. My point is that there will likely never be a traditional boundary. They will get 500 this year and once people see that this group survived and thrived, next year’s waiting list will be 750. And year 3 they will be asking for scores. It’s so blatantly obvious this is happening. The new school has almost as many robotic and science labs as classrooms and no one is dismantling it them. Meaning Oakton moms are wringing their hands that they might be compelled to go the engineering school instead of the mid tier basketball one should rest easy. I think it will work out for everyone.