Anonymous wrote:I'm a Carson parent but my kids have teammates at Hughes and a parent today said Hughes' Assistant Principal is currently suspended for hitting a student. Has that been made public? Where do you even find out these things, officially?

It’s just gossip.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Carson parent but my kids have teammates at Hughes and a parent today said Hughes' Assistant Principal is currently suspended for hitting a student. Has that been made public? Where do you even find out these things, officially?

Yikes

WTH? Is there a link?

Is there a link or citation?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Carson parent but my kids have teammates at Hughes and a parent today said Hughes' Assistant Principal is currently suspended for hitting a student. Has that been made public? Where do you even find out these things, officially?

Yikes

I'm a Carson parent but my kids have teammates at Hughes and a parent today said Hughes' Assistant Principal is currently suspended for hitting a student. Has that been made public? Where do you even find out these things, officially?

Anonymous wrote:My son went to Hughes prior to the new principal. The mix of cultures can lead to in-fighting within the same culture. He is at South Lakes now and the same drama with the same grouping of kids exist. You just add in the more well off Carson kids, who come with their own set of problems, and mix that with a new principal who isn't good, you have more issues with double the amount of students.

Besides spelling errors that someone above mentioned, how is principal not good? What is happening or not happening to say that?

My son went to Hughes prior to the new principal. The mix of cultures can lead to in-fighting within the same culture. He is at South Lakes now and the same drama with the same grouping of kids exist. You just add in the more well off Carson kids, who come with their own set of problems, and mix that with a new principal who isn't good, you have more issues with double the amount of students.

Anonymous wrote:To the OP, I"d try to move into the area in/near Reston that may go to the new western HS. You can then avoid SLHS and IB, plus if you're savvy go to Carson or Robinson for MS? I'm not clear on the MSs and how best to be in Reston (if that's where you need to move for work) but avoid Hughes. My neighbor taught there until last year and said she definitely would not want her own kids to go there, FWIW.

Robinson?? What are you talking about?

To the OP, I"d try to move into the area in/near Reston that may go to the new western HS. You can then avoid SLHS and IB, plus if you're savvy go to Carson or Robinson for MS? I'm not clear on the MSs and how best to be in Reston (if that's where you need to move for work) but avoid Hughes. My neighbor taught there until last year and said she definitely would not want her own kids to go there, FWIW.

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Anonymous wrote:Had daughter and son go through Hughes, didn’t have any issues, both took AA classes and both did band. All of their teachers were incredible, especially the band director, she is amazing. As well as orchestra and choir, I have good nothing but great things. The AA/Honors classes seem to have kids who actually want to learn and not cause trouble.

That is the key. If your kid is in AAP classes, they will be ok. But if your kid is in regular, it’ll be a sh@t show.

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Can any kid sign up for AP classes or do they need to be in AAP from elementary?

Hughes is a MS that has AAP classes for kids who were committee selected for the AAP program.

AP is open to anyone at the HS that have AP classes.

Hughes is a MS, advanced courses in MS is called Honor class.

Advanced Placement (AP) is not available in South Lake HS, where most Hughes student go. SLHS is an IB program school.

Hughes is an AAP Center that has AAP classes, which are similar to honors but only kids placed in AAP can take.

And yes, SLHS has IB classes. I am guessing that the original question confused AAP, a grade 3-8 program, with APA, the HS program.

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Anonymous wrote:Had daughter and son go through Hughes, didn’t have any issues, both took AA classes and both did band. All of their teachers were incredible, especially the band director, she is amazing. As well as orchestra and choir, I have good nothing but great things. The AA/Honors classes seem to have kids who actually want to learn and not cause trouble.

That is the key. If your kid is in AAP classes, they will be ok. But if your kid is in regular, it’ll be a sh@t show.

+1

Can any kid sign up for AP classes or do they need to be in AAP from elementary?

Hughes is a MS that has AAP classes for kids who were committee selected for the AAP program.

AP is open to anyone at the HS that have AP classes.

Hughes is a MS, advanced courses in MS is called Honor class.

Advanced Placement (AP) is not available in South Lake HS, where most Hughes student go. SLHS is an IB program school.

Your kids should be fine in Hughes MS and South Lake HS.

That being said, the schools have middling rankings in Fairfax County public schools, mainly because the attendance zone includes some diverse income neighborhood, like those in apartments. It's the Reson's urban design philosophy that it is built for diverse population.

So compare to neighboring schools fed by more concentrated single family homes (and higher household income), it's not top tier. But the school can absolutely meet your child's needs since they'll find challenging curriculums as it is planned and funded county-wide.

And they are not the worst (or ghetto) schools in the county either.

Hughes has a long serving after school specialist that the kids seem to love. If your kids are planning on staying after, that's another positive aspect of the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Had daughter and son go through Hughes, didn’t have any issues, both took AA classes and both did band. All of their teachers were incredible, especially the band director, she is amazing. As well as orchestra and choir, I have good nothing but great things. The AA/Honors classes seem to have kids who actually want to learn and not cause trouble.

That is the key. If your kid is in AAP classes, they will be ok. But if your kid is in regular, it’ll be a sh@t show.

+1

Can any kid sign up for AP classes or do they need to be in AAP from elementary?

Hughes is a MS that has AAP classes for kids who were committee selected for the AAP program.

AP is open to anyone at the HS that have AP classes.

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Anonymous wrote:Had daughter and son go through Hughes, didn’t have any issues, both took AA classes and both did band. All of their teachers were incredible, especially the band director, she is amazing. As well as orchestra and choir, I have good nothing but great things. The AA/Honors classes seem to have kids who actually want to learn and not cause trouble.

That is the key. If your kid is in AAP classes, they will be ok. But if your kid is in regular, it’ll be a sh@t show.

+1

Can any kid sign up for AP classes or do they need to be in AAP from elementary?

Yes. Any student can take AP. In the past, I think it had to be approved, but for some years I think anyone can sign up.