Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 17:12     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one gives a damn!


Said the poster reading and replying to the thread.


You can read a thread and go no one cares for a variety of reasons. I have no idea that there were commended students until the big scandal a few years back. I didn’t think much of the scandal because, well, no one cares about commended students. You don’t hear about them except in forums like this one or when someone makes a stink over the kids not being recognized.

The kids had really high scores on their PSAT. They probably have high scores on their SATs. They got more interest from colleges because of the high PSAT score but are not in the very top group. So….


It was only a “scandal” to Fox News types typing to spin up hysteria over students who couldn’t be bothered to check their school email and received their certificate a few weeks late.


One thing FCPS can always count on are people who'll explain away their screw-ups, for one reason or another. Lucky for them, because they screw up often.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 16:17     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
They finally updated Woodson-- over 50 names.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 13:11     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one gives a damn!


Said the poster reading and replying to the thread.


You can read a thread and go no one cares for a variety of reasons. I have no idea that there were commended students until the big scandal a few years back. I didn’t think much of the scandal because, well, no one cares about commended students. You don’t hear about them except in forums like this one or when someone makes a stink over the kids not being recognized.

The kids had really high scores on their PSAT. They probably have high scores on their SATs. They got more interest from colleges because of the high PSAT score but are not in the very top group. So….


It was only a “scandal” to Fox News types typing to spin up hysteria over students who couldn’t be bothered to check their school email and received their certificate a few weeks late.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 11:58     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:Yes — it is absolutely possible to achieve the same results with free SAT resources as with a paid prep class. Many students score 1500–1600 using only free tools.
The difference is not quality of material — it’s structure, discipline, and feedback.


Im the PP with the 10th grader with a 1560 - he exclusively used Khan Academy - no classes, books, etc. He set a schedule of like 20-30 minutes a day of practice and then practice tests. Its very good content - the kid just has to be motivated, which is not always easy.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 11:05     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:South Lakes had several commenddd students.


Meant to add: they had an award ceremony for them. There were a bunch.


Given the errors associated with the boundary review, it’s no surprise FCPS misreported. It seems highly unlikely that all the commended students at South Lakes just opted out of public recognition.


Gatehouse is increasingly bloated and yet they are STILL incompetent and unable to deliver on even the most basic tasks.

Quite seriously:

- Michelle Reid really should resign in disgrace at this point.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 06:43     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
So looks like we have two options here:

1. Gatehouse’s usual dysfunction and incompetence, or
2. Intentional to support some nefarious plot related to the boundary study by the queen and her court.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 06:32     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one gives a damn!


Said the poster reading and replying to the thread.


You can read a thread and go no one cares for a variety of reasons. I have no idea that there were commended students until the big scandal a few years back. I didn’t think much of the scandal because, well, no one cares about commended students. You don’t hear about them except in forums like this one or when someone makes a stink over the kids not being recognized.

The kids had really high scores on their PSAT. They probably have high scores on their SATs. They got more interest from colleges because of the high PSAT score but are not in the very top group. So….
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 06:27     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:South Lakes had several commenddd students.


Meant to add: they had an award ceremony for them. There were a bunch.


Given the errors associated with the boundary review, it’s no surprise FCPS misreported. It seems highly unlikely that all the commended students at South Lakes just opted out of public recognition.
Zero may be correct. Rooted in Oakton made sure that the Fox Mill and Floris kids who currently attend SLHS would be accounted for as having attended West County HS.


That has nothing to do with this current years list because those kids are still at SLHS. The reports are that there were commended kids at SLHS and that FCPS made some massive mistakes in the list they released. SLHS is not a school that has a lot of Commended, NMSF, of finalists but they have some. All of the schools with 0 have some.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 23:34     Subject: Re:FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Haven't read this whole thread but there are at least 10-15 South Lakes students omitted from the list (kid goes there, got commended, I know at least 10 from ceremony child told me). May have been closer to 20. It's a mistake by FCPS to omit the entire school.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 22:21     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:And people say Chantilly is "bad" or "mediocre."


Don't notice the higher enrollment....
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 21:50     Subject: FCPS National Merit Commended Students by High School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:South Lakes had several commenddd students.


Meant to add: they had an award ceremony for them. There were a bunch.


Given the errors associated with the boundary review, it’s no surprise FCPS misreported. It seems highly unlikely that all the commended students at South Lakes just opted out of public recognition.
Zero may be correct. Rooted in Oakton made sure that the Fox Mill and Floris kids who currently attend SLHS would be accounted for as having attended West County HS.