Anonymous wrote:I’m a world language teacher in FCPS. We have been told that language is no longer a reason that will be accepted for high school transfers.

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

“Abused” that option?
Why is this worse than using the remaining option of IB/AP transfers?

dp. Many kids didn't enroll in the language for which they transferred.

Yes, this.

Or they used the IB option to transfer to an AP school, but only took 1 AP class/year that was also offered at their base school, or switched to easier Dual Enrollment junior and senior year instead of AP.

Freshmen should never be allowed to transfer for AP. There are hardly any AP classes offered to freshmen, and those 1-2 classes could be offered at every school to completely eliminate freshmen AP transfers.

My son is a freshman at Langley and he is taking 3 AP classes.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a world language teacher in FCPS. We have been told that language is no longer a reason that will be accepted for high school transfers.

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

How do you distinguish between abuse and a legitimate interest in a language?

The elimination of the foreign language transfer option was a major goal of Robyn Lady. She can barely speak English, so of course she looks at kids transferring to take a foreign language with suspicion. It’s a shame she didn’t just retire and go play golf with the rest of her crowd.

Anonymous wrote:They updated the policy recently to start enforcing the no transfers into closed high schools rule.

That policy has been in place for decades. But FCPS wasn't enforcing it, not even at overcrowded schools that have officially been closed to transfers for years, such as WSHS.

So if, for example, you are trying to use the language loophole to transfer into WSHS for German, it sounds like you are out of luck. Many people will be very grateful to hear that FCPS is stopping transfers into that closed school, if they are indeed disallowing new German language transfers going forward.

If you are trying to switch into a school with capacity, such as Lake Braddock for Japanese, then I am not sure if the transfers are still allowed. They might be locking down the entire high school transfer system after the rezoning outcry, where abuse of the foreign language transfers and IB loophole transfers was a huge point of contention.

What language and school are you trying to transfer into?

Anonymous wrote:What happens if the student does enroll and finds the class too difficult or doesn't like it and drops the class. Does the student stay at the school or do they have to go back to their home school. I can see people doing this. Especially for top tier schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

“Abused” that option?
Why is this worse than using the remaining option of IB/AP transfers?

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

“Abused” that option?
Why is this worse than using the remaining option of IB/AP transfers?

dp. Many kids didn't enroll in the language for which they transferred.

How do you know this?

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

“Abused” that option?
Why is this worse than using the remaining option of IB/AP transfers?

dp. Many kids didn't enroll in the language for which they transferred.

Yes, this.

Or they used the IB option to transfer to an AP school, but only took 1 AP class/year that was also offered at their base school, or switched to easier Dual Enrollment junior and senior year instead of AP.

Freshmen should never be allowed to transfer for AP. There are hardly any AP classes offered to freshmen, and those 1-2 classes could be offered at every school to completely eliminate freshmen AP transfers.

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Anonymous wrote:The language transfer option was removed in the past month. It’s a shame that so many people seem to have abused that option, and now kids who legitimately have an interest in a particular language won’t be able to transfer.

“Abused” that option?
Why is this worse than using the remaining option of IB/AP transfers?

dp. Many kids didn't enroll in the language for which they transferred.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. So if the option has been removed yet the child still wants to take the language course and the course isn't available via FCPS Online or Virtual VA, what are the options for the child? My child is interested in Russian and we are in the Mclean HS district so we weren't thinking of doing this solely to get to Langley (because there's no difference in my mind between the two, except for capacity issues which I don't consider excessive) but my kid really wants to add Russian as a language when he gets to high school. What are the options on this?

A pp posted this: “ Or, you could ask for your student to be allowed to go to the school for just one period like students do for academy classes, then return to your neighborhood school for everything else. You would need to provide transportation to and fro, which can be a hassle, but if your kid has a strong interest in the language the hassle might be worth it to you.”

I believe in the past, there were a few McLean students who took Russian first period at Langley, and then took the rest of their classes at McLean. I think the transfer time was during Highlander time- so they did not have to give up class time to facilitate it or possibly, they did it around the lunch periods. Schedules may have changed and the practice may have been eliminated a while ago.

OP here: that's a bigger problem for me. I work. I would have been able to do drop off and pick up from Langley if it were the whole day, but I can't do that just for 1 period. Some folks are saying it can be done online. I'm hoping that is a path we can explore. I'd hate to tell him that taking Russian for credit in FCPS is no longer possible for him.

Why Russian?

Is it just trying yo find any possible loophole to attend Langley?

OP was very clear in a prior post that her kid had a sincere issue in Russian and wasn’t just looking to transfer to Langley.

A Langley student wanting to take German would be in a similar situation, since Langley doesn’t offer German.

The elimination of a pupil placement option for foreign language because it has been “abused” by some is just another example of the type of half-assed decisions made under Reid. And of course a School Board member like Robyn Lady will likely be of little help.

I disagree.

I think eliminating language transfers but offering online or virtual is a great solution.

DP. Online or virtual is not equivalent to in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. So if the option has been removed yet the child still wants to take the language course and the course isn't available via FCPS Online or Virtual VA, what are the options for the child? My child is interested in Russian and we are in the Mclean HS district so we weren't thinking of doing this solely to get to Langley (because there's no difference in my mind between the two, except for capacity issues which I don't consider excessive) but my kid really wants to add Russian as a language when he gets to high school. What are the options on this?

A pp posted this: “ Or, you could ask for your student to be allowed to go to the school for just one period like students do for academy classes, then return to your neighborhood school for everything else. You would need to provide transportation to and fro, which can be a hassle, but if your kid has a strong interest in the language the hassle might be worth it to you.”

I believe in the past, there were a few McLean students who took Russian first period at Langley, and then took the rest of their classes at McLean. I think the transfer time was during Highlander time- so they did not have to give up class time to facilitate it or possibly, they did it around the lunch periods. Schedules may have changed and the practice may have been eliminated a while ago.

OP here: that's a bigger problem for me. I work. I would have been able to do drop off and pick up from Langley if it were the whole day, but I can't do that just for 1 period. Some folks are saying it can be done online. I'm hoping that is a path we can explore. I'd hate to tell him that taking Russian for credit in FCPS is no longer possible for him.

Why Russian?

Is it just trying yo find any possible loophole to attend Langley?

OP was very clear in a prior post that her kid had a sincere issue in Russian and wasn’t just looking to transfer to Langley.

A Langley student wanting to take German would be in a similar situation, since Langley doesn’t offer German.

The elimination of a pupil placement option for foreign language because it has been “abused” by some is just another example of the type of half-assed decisions made under Reid. And of course a School Board member like Robyn Lady will likely be of little help.

I disagree.

I think eliminating language transfers but offering online or virtual is a great solution.