Anonymous wrote:They are giving away who they expect to benefit by putting a camp for Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow kids at Carson. Pretty obvious they aren't trying to make it convenient for Cooper or Longfellow kids. Hughes would be more centrally located.

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Anonymous wrote:They are giving away who they expect to benefit by putting a camp for Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow kids at Carson. Pretty obvious they aren't trying to make it convenient for Cooper or Longfellow kids. Hughes would be more centrally located.

Give it a rest. The kids who sign up for this camp are not the ones you seem to think will attend - when my DD attended, it was all her friends and they had no complaints (they go to Carson).

I can’t believe some people think this is some kind of conspiracy. It’s for the whole county! They do it at 5 different middle schools! And I can tell you right now the super wild kids with iffy home lives and uninvolved parents are absolutely NOT at county-run summer camps. Even if they probably should be.

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Anonymous wrote:They are giving away who they expect to benefit by putting a camp for Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow kids at Carson. Pretty obvious they aren't trying to make it convenient for Cooper or Longfellow kids. Hughes would be more centrally located.

Give it a rest. The kids who sign up for this camp are not the ones you seem to think will attend - when my DD attended, it was all her friends and they had no complaints (they go to Carson).

Anonymous wrote:They are giving away who they expect to benefit by putting a camp for Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow kids at Carson. Pretty obvious they aren't trying to make it convenient for Cooper or Longfellow kids. Hughes would be more centrally located.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it for kids with behavioral problems or struggling kids?

No, it's just a regular camp for middle schoolers since they have aged out of so many of the county camps.

This is the case for middle schoolers across Fairfax county (and the broader dmv) but most aren’t offered a heavily tax payer subsidized camp option without some additional reason.

It’s the same reason middle school after school programs have been subsidized historically: middle schoolers are the number one demographic to find trouble if left to their own devices. They are too young to work, too old for a babysitter, and their brains are too immature to make good choices. A subsidized camp saves the county money in the long run when they don’t have to deal with so many issues.

Yes. “VIP” stands for “Value in Prevention.”

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/value-in-prevention-camp

Any camp with the word “prevention” in it is not one we are interested in.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the only camp my kids ever went to with multiple cop cars sitting outside every day, from the start of the day. The camp itself is pretty cool, and the kids have a lot of freedom to choose what they want to do, but there are kids who need the extra guidance.

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You know Carson has 1 cop car outside every school day ..

Yes there were three there.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it for kids with behavioral problems or struggling kids?

No, it's just a regular camp for middle schoolers since they have aged out of so many of the county camps.

This is the case for middle schoolers across Fairfax county (and the broader dmv) but most aren’t offered a heavily tax payer subsidized camp option without some additional reason.

It’s the same reason middle school after school programs have been subsidized historically: middle schoolers are the number one demographic to find trouble if left to their own devices. They are too young to work, too old for a babysitter, and their brains are too immature to make good choices. A subsidized camp saves the county money in the long run when they don’t have to deal with so many issues.

Yes. “VIP” stands for “Value in Prevention.”

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/value-in-prevention-camp

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Anonymous wrote:Is it for kids with behavioral problems or struggling kids?

No, it's just a regular camp for middle schoolers since they have aged out of so many of the county camps.

This is the case for middle schoolers across Fairfax county (and the broader dmv) but most aren’t offered a heavily tax payer subsidized camp option without some additional reason.

It’s the same reason middle school after school programs have been subsidized historically: middle schoolers are the number one demographic to find trouble if left to their own devices. They are too young to work, too old for a babysitter, and their brains are too immature to make good choices. A subsidized camp saves the county money in the long run when they don’t have to deal with so many issues.

Yes. “VIP” stands for “Value in Prevention.”

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Anonymous wrote:It's the only camp my kids ever went to with multiple cop cars sitting outside every day, from the start of the day. The camp itself is pretty cool, and the kids have a lot of freedom to choose what they want to do, but there are kids who need the extra guidance.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it for kids with behavioral problems or struggling kids?

No, it's just a regular camp for middle schoolers since they have aged out of so many of the county camps.

This is the case for middle schoolers across Fairfax county (and the broader dmv) but most aren’t offered a heavily tax payer subsidized camp option without some additional reason.

It’s the same reason middle school after school programs have been subsidized historically: middle schoolers are the number one demographic to find trouble if left to their own devices. They are too young to work, too old for a babysitter, and their brains are too immature to make good choices. A subsidized camp saves the county money in the long run when they don’t have to deal with so many issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Herndon and Hughes feed into the VIP camp. That is telling.

There's nothing telling about it. They break the county up and all the nearby middle schools feed in.

Where: Held at five convenient FCPS Middle School sites. These are the sites for July 2026.
Eastern VIP Camp at Whitman MS
This camp welcomes students from the Hayfield, Key, Sandburg, Twain and Whitman middle school neighborhoods.
Central VIP Camp at Glasgow
This camp welcomes students from the Glasgow, Holmes, Jackson, Kilmer, Poe, and Thoreau middle school neighborhoods.
North VIP Camp at Carson MS
This camp welcomes students from the Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow middle school neighborhoods.
Southern VIP Camp at South County MS
This camp welcomes students from the Frost, Lake Braddock, Irving, Robinson, and South County middle school neighborhoods.
Western VIP Camp at Liberty MS
This camp welcomes students from the Franklin, Johnson, Liberty, Rocky Run, and Stone middle school neighborhoods.

Yes it is. A camp with kids from Hughes or Herndon is possibly going to have more behavioral issues.

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? You go on and on about Hughes and Herndon and their feeder schools (I am confident you are the person who is so deeply offended that kids from Coates and McNair go to Carson and will go to Skyview). Just stop it. You are racist and classist and it's really sick.

The OP asked for opinions on the camp. If you can’t handle a differing opinion, leave. I personally wouldn’t choose a camp of kids from Hughes and Herndon went there.

I am not the same poster talking about Coates and McNair and Skyview, but I agree, those are problem schools as well and that’s why some folks don’t want to go to Skyview.

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Anonymous wrote:Herndon and Hughes feed into the VIP camp. That is telling.

There's nothing telling about it. They break the county up and all the nearby middle schools feed in.

Where: Held at five convenient FCPS Middle School sites. These are the sites for July 2026.
Eastern VIP Camp at Whitman MS
This camp welcomes students from the Hayfield, Key, Sandburg, Twain and Whitman middle school neighborhoods.
Central VIP Camp at Glasgow
This camp welcomes students from the Glasgow, Holmes, Jackson, Kilmer, Poe, and Thoreau middle school neighborhoods.
North VIP Camp at Carson MS
This camp welcomes students from the Carson, Cooper, Herndon, Hughes, and Longfellow middle school neighborhoods.
Southern VIP Camp at South County MS
This camp welcomes students from the Frost, Lake Braddock, Irving, Robinson, and South County middle school neighborhoods.
Western VIP Camp at Liberty MS
This camp welcomes students from the Franklin, Johnson, Liberty, Rocky Run, and Stone middle school neighborhoods.

Yes it is. A camp with kids from Hughes or Herndon is possibly going to have more behavioral issues.

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? You go on and on about Hughes and Herndon and their feeder schools (I am confident you are the person who is so deeply offended that kids from Coates and McNair go to Carson and will go to Skyview). Just stop it. You are racist and classist and it's really sick.