Re: Caleb Henderson - West Potomac H.S.
Posted by:
Lbs
()
Date: April 25, 2012 05:33PM
WTFnFC Wrote:
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> Post AllMet Wrote:
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> > Monday, April 23, 3:26 PM
> >
> > Caleb Henderson, one of the area’s top
> sophomore
> > quarterbacks, and his brother Jon Henderson, a
> > junior linebacker, have transferred to Lake
> > Braddock from West Potomac, according to their
> > father, former West Potomac Coach Eric
> Henderson.
> >
> > The Hendersons decided to make the switch after
> > West Potomac released Eric Henderson from his
> > duties as the Wolverines’ head football coach
> on
> > March 7. The move generated a backlash and
> protest
> > from some parents in the West Potomac
> community,
> > and Eric Henderson said last month he believed
> it
> > was best to remove Caleb and Jon from the
> > Alexandria school. The pair began classes at
> Lake
> > Braddock last Tuesday afternoon.
> >
> > “They are both excited,” Eric Henderson
> wrote
> > in a text message.
> >
> > Caleb Henderson, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound
> sophomore,
> > has drawn heavy recruiting interest from
> Maryland,
> > Virginia Tech, Virginia and North Carolina.
> After
> > taking over as starter during last season,
> > Henderson passed for 2,403 yards, 27 touchdowns
> > and seven interceptions, leading the Wolverines
> to
> > the Virginia AAA Northern Region Division 6
> > semifinals, where they lost to then-undefeated
> > Westfield, 42-34.
> >
> > Last month, both Eric and Caleb Henderson said
> the
> > family’s intention was to have the brothers
> > transfer to Lake Braddock, the Burke school
> that
> > produced 2010 All-Met Offensive Player of the
> Year
> > Michael Nebrich, who set a Virginia
> single-season
> > record with 4,968 all-purpose yards. Nebrich
> plays
> > for Connecticut.
> >
> > “It’s my dad’s decision, it’s a great
> > school,” Caleb Henderson wrote in a text
> message
> > on March 19. “And I want to win states.”
> >
> > Eric Henderson taught at Lake Braddock from
> 2002
> > to 2004 and also was high school teammates for
> one
> > year with Bruins Coach Jim Poythress at Fort
> Hunt
> > High in Alexandria.
> >
> > “Jim Poythress is a great coach, they’ve
> been
> > tremendously successful, they work hard and
> they
> > have good kids over there, I know that
> firsthand,
> > I taught them,” Eric Henderson said in March.
> > “At the end of the day it was about where
> both
> > boys fit, where both boys feel welcome and
> where
> > they can just concentrate on being 16 or 17
> year
> > old boys and not have to defend their father.
> > That’s a burden I don’t think they need.”
>
>
> So because the Dad got fired from his position at
> WP he can pupil place his kids where he wants them
> to go? What the hell is going on in FCPS!! Why
> does this guy get to place his kids whereever he
> feels like, and EVERYONE else has to move their
> families to get into a public school they would
> prefer? Who signed off on this BS?
Read the rest of the forum. Kids were denied pupil placement, they are moving into LB's district. No special treatment, seems fair.