Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider's perspective, I don't think that the parents who are leaving make the school look bad. They just seem over the top emotional and bitter, a bit understandable with the circumstances that surround them leaving. I take those posts with a grain of salt.

The ones that make Haycock look bad are the mean spirited, nasty, competitive ones that are continually posted whenever this school has a thread (which is often). These seem to come from parents who are staying at the school, live in the school zone, etc.

One example that comes to mind immediately is the thread congratulating all the Science Olympiad teams from the area who attended state. Most of the posts were shout outs to the winning teams, some were congratulating the top elementary school team that broke into the top 5 with all the middle schools (Louise Archer?). Several other people congratulated them for doing so well as an elementary team against the big kids (I was one of them; we are from the other side of the county so no bone with those of you on the rich side), and some Haycock parent chimes in and starts complaining that the only reason Haycock did not place higher was because the coach did not pick the right kids to represent Haycock at state. Really??? In this fun, positive, upbeat thread the Haycock parent chimes in not to celebrate someone else's success, but to air the school's dirty laundry in public and to imply that Haycock would have done much better than Louise Archer if the right kids would have been picked. Now, we were at the event and Haycock did quite well, so no need for sour grapes from them. But there it is, once again.

It may be just one or two crazy people, but it really makes the whole lot of you look like not very nice people. You don't need the families heading out to Lemon Road do that for you; you are very successful at making your school look bad all by your very selves.

My thought when I read that post was that it was a disingenuous post planted to trigger criticism. Looks like you may have fallen for it hook, line and sinker, which is easy to do if you approach things by assuming the worst about the "rich side" of the county. But I have no doubt that some who bash the school hope to appeal to others looking for an easy opportunity to engage in class warfare.

Oh, now the Haycock parents are the "rich" ones. Give me a break! There are very many nice houses there and some are indeed very expensive, but it's not McLean. Keep in mind, it's the same zip code as Pimmit Hills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the Lemon Road discussions, the Haycock parents were accused of not wanting the "unwashed masses" around their children. The Haycock district homes are generally more expensive than the Lemon Road section. The Haycock zone is the part of 22043 that pays the McLean tax assessment and is zoned for McLean sports. Lemon Road is in Pimmit Hills and Falls Church. The perception and reality is that Haycock is more expensive.

I don't see what the big fuss is regarding the fundraiser. Should all the 6th graders not participate since they are moving on to Longfellow next year? We're not donating $20/lap, but we will send in a check for amount we feel comfortable with sending.

Lemon Road is not in Pimmit Hills, but it's mostly Pimmit Hills students who go there. The only school actually in Pimmit Hills is Pimmit Hills Alternative, which was shut down a few years go. Some Cluster 2 families still harbor a grudge that Cluster 1 families didn't agree to move the Haycock AAP kids there during the renovation.

Your post makes a ton of common sense. This is not the stuff of great drama, except among the usual crowd of drama queens who look for excuses to insult Haycock.

Anonymous wrote:In the Lemon Road discussions, the Haycock parents were accused of not wanting the "unwashed masses" around their children. The Haycock district homes are generally more expensive than the Lemon Road section. The Haycock zone is the part of 22043 that pays the McLean tax assessment and is zoned for McLean sports. Lemon Road is in Pimmit Hills and Falls Church. The perception and reality is that Haycock is more expensive.

I don't see what the big fuss is regarding the fundraiser. Should all the 6th graders not participate since they are moving on to Longfellow next year? We're not donating $20/lap, but we will send in a check for amount we feel comfortable with sending.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My thought when I read that post was that it was a disingenuous post planted to trigger criticism. Looks like you may have fallen for it hook, line and sinker, which is easy to do if you approach things by assuming the worst about the "rich side" of the county. But I have no doubt that some who bash the school hope to appeal to others looking for an easy opportunity to engage in class warfare.

Oh, now the Haycock parents are the "rich" ones. Give me a break! There are very many nice houses there and some are indeed very expensive, but it's not McLean. Keep in mind, it's the same zip code as Pimmit Hills.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider's perspective, I don't think that the parents who are leaving make the school look bad. They just seem over the top emotional and bitter, a bit understandable with the circumstances that surround them leaving. I take those posts with a grain of salt.

The ones that make Haycock look bad are the mean spirited, nasty, competitive ones that are continually posted whenever this school has a thread (which is often). These seem to come from parents who are staying at the school, live in the school zone, etc.

One example that comes to mind immediately is the thread congratulating all the Science Olympiad teams from the area who attended state. Most of the posts were shout outs to the winning teams, some were congratulating the top elementary school team that broke into the top 5 with all the middle schools (Louise Archer?). Several other people congratulated them for doing so well as an elementary team against the big kids (I was one of them; we are from the other side of the county so no bone with those of you on the rich side), and some Haycock parent chimes in and starts complaining that the only reason Haycock did not place higher was because the coach did not pick the right kids to represent Haycock at state. Really??? In this fun, positive, upbeat thread the Haycock parent chimes in not to celebrate someone else's success, but to air the school's dirty laundry in public and to imply that Haycock would have done much better than Louise Archer if the right kids would have been picked. Now, we were at the event and Haycock did quite well, so no need for sour grapes from them. But there it is, once again.

It may be just one or two crazy people, but it really makes the whole lot of you look like not very nice people. You don't need the families heading out to Lemon Road do that for you; you are very successful at making your school look bad all by your very selves.

My thought when I read that post was that it was a disingenuous post planted to trigger criticism. Looks like you may have fallen for it hook, line and sinker, which is easy to do if you approach things by assuming the worst about the "rich side" of the county. But I have no doubt that some who bash the school hope to appeal to others looking for an easy opportunity to engage in class warfare.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider's perspective, I don't think that the parents who are leaving make the school look bad. They just seem over the top emotional and bitter, a bit understandable with the circumstances that surround them leaving. I take those posts with a grain of salt.

The ones that make Haycock look bad are the mean spirited, nasty, competitive ones that are continually posted whenever this school has a thread (which is often). These seem to come from parents who are staying at the school, live in the school zone, etc.

One example that comes to mind immediately is the thread congratulating all the Science Olympiad teams from the area who attended state. Most of the posts were shout outs to the winning teams, some were congratulating the top elementary school team that broke into the top 5 with all the middle schools (Louise Archer?). Several other people congratulated them for doing so well as an elementary team against the big kids (I was one of them; we are from the other side of the county so no bone with those of you on the rich side), and some Haycock parent chimes in and starts complaining that the only reason Haycock did not place higher was because the coach did not pick the right kids to represent Haycock at state. Really??? In this fun, positive, upbeat thread the Haycock parent chimes in not to celebrate someone else's success, but to air the school's dirty laundry in public and to imply that Haycock would have done much better than Louise Archer if the right kids would have been picked. Now, we were at the event and Haycock did quite well, so no need for sour grapes from them. But there it is, once again.

It may be just one or two crazy people, but it really makes the whole lot of you look like not very nice people. You don't need the families heading out to Lemon Road do that for you; you are very successful at making your school look bad all by your very selves.

My thought when I read that post was that it was a disingenuous post planted to trigger criticism. Looks like you may have fallen for it hook, line and sinker, which is easy to do if you approach things by assuming the worst about the "rich side" of the county. But I have
no doubt that some who bash the school hope to appeal to others looking for an easy opportunity to engage in class warfare.

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider's perspective, I don't think that the parents who are leaving make the school look bad. They just seem over the top emotional and bitter, a bit understandable with the circumstances that surround them leaving. I take those posts with a grain of salt.

The ones that make Haycock look bad are the mean spirited, nasty, competitive ones that are continually posted whenever this school has a thread (which is often). These seem to come from parents who are staying at the school, live in the school zone, etc.

One example that comes to mind immediately is the thread congratulating all the Science Olympiad teams from the area who attended state. Most of the posts were shout outs to the winning teams, some were congratulating the top elementary school team that broke into the top 5 with all the middle schools (Louise Archer?). Several other people congratulated them for doing so well as an elementary team against the big kids (I was one of them; we are from the other side of the county so no bone with those of you on the rich side), and some Haycock parent chimes in and starts complaining that the only reason Haycock did not place higher was because the coach did not pick the right kids to represent Haycock at state. Really??? In this fun, positive, upbeat thread the Haycock parent chimes in not to celebrate someone else's success, but to air the school's dirty laundry in public and to imply that Haycock would have done much better than Louise Archer if the right kids would have been picked. Now, we were at the event and Haycock did quite well, so no need for sour grapes from them. But there it is, once again.

It may be just one or two crazy people, but it really makes the whole lot of you look like not very nice people. You don't need the families heading out to Lemon Road do that for you; you are very successful at making your school look bad all by your very selves.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, some people have too much time on their hands and no life except trying to hurt the rep of a school. Please get help for the sake of your children.

Why is it that whenever anything negative is said about Haycock, it simply must be because of jealousy or some other underlying motive? Haycock is not perfect. No school is. In fact, Haycock is quite a mess right now and many families are unhappy with many things, and the administration has made it clear that they don't want to hear nothing negative so we should all put on our happy faces and zip it. No one is trying to "hurt the rep," they are being honest and sharing their opinions.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, some people have too much time on their hands and no life except trying to hurt the rep of a school. Please get help for the sake of your children.

Anonymous wrote:9:16 here. Also, I would say this is different than spring carnival or Haycock Trek. They are asking for a lot of money and they are asking our kids to call friends and neighbors all over the country. My child came home and asked me to pledge $20 a lap and then he wanted to call all of our relatives.