RCMSMom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My daughter tried to register for a Pre-AP class > at Oakton (through RCMS this week) and we were > told by her counselor that unless the teacher > recommended it that she wasn't allowed to register > for it. > > Everything else I have read says that any kid who > wants can sign up for Pre-AP or AP
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Letters arrived in the mail today directed at rising 9th graders, including a schedule of spring events at SL. I feel sort of bad for the SL community, most of which have not been as obnoxious as some of the posters on here. It's not their fault that we prefer our original schools. If the RD had been handled correctly, or better yet if the SB had gotten serious about figuring out why people are a
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Lee Parent Wrote: > > He sure embraced that whole PTA process when it > came to getting him what he wanted for SL. What a > hypocite. I'm sure he has grown and learned from his experience. Let's all be glad for this. (snark noises) I hope that his words can be captured and used where they will do some good...
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so_what? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > siemens foundation Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/advanced_plac > > > ement.htm > > > > i guess ib diploma kids wouldn't even have a > > chance at this... > > > So what?? > > We ar
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I totally understand why Floris and MI families would be particularly upset by the RD. It splits their schools, which it doesn't do to FM (don't take that as an endorsement!). However, I don't think that Aldrin would be very pleased if they were the affected school either, although moving some of Langley to Herndon and moving Aldrin to SL at least would make more sense. Westfield and Chantilly ma
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One thing that may get some students from FM and Floris to Oakton is Japanese, which HHS probably doesn't have. I'm not sure we'd be able to guess the pupil placement numbers with any accuracy. Rumor has it that BB expects 1/3 to 1/2 of students (RD rising 9th graders) to request pupil placement. However, BB is (understandably) trying to convince some or most of them to give SL a try. I haven't
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IsPupilPlacementWorkingOut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > fm/c/o parent Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > "Bruce won't sign off on anything except > Herndon. > > I have heard it from many parents." > > > > What happens when Herndon is judged to be at > > capacity? It seems that pupil
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"Bruce won't sign off on anything except Herndon. I have heard it from many parents." What happens when Herndon is judged to be at capacity? It seems that pupil placing is a right, not a privilege. Will some students be directed to Herndon HS, and others allowed to Madison, Westfield, or Oakton? That seems unfair because it might depend on when the form was submitted, and that shouldn't be the c
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Why? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Typical patern of pro-RD: if anyone dare to say > they prefer a higher ranking school than SLHS, > they are elitist. > > On the other hand, they think RD'd family are > horses LEAD to the water. Even on the metaphor > level, it's an insult. > > "I thought that I was following you in some of > yo
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F*** CAPS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > fm/c/o parent Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > dont_fight_between_yourselves Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Dont fight each other on whether the lawsuit > > will > > > succeed.
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dont_fight_between_yourselves Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dont fight each other on whether the lawsuit will > succeed. That is exactly playing into the devious > designs of the school board politicians. Stu is > counting on this to break the legal effort. Each > one of us has put in so much time and effort in > this, another $300 for a chanc
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lawsuit Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > word Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > FairfaxCAPS is having a car wash this Sat at > > the > > > Sunoco at South Lakes Village Center to raise
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FairfaxCAPS is having a car wash this Sat at the > Sunoco at South Lakes Village Center to raise > money for the lawsuit. > > Everyone come on out and get your car washed. Seriously? That's a funny place to do it. I'm probably being gullible...
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Here's a question for SL people. Regarding people affected bythis or who at some point thought they might be affected by this, people who live outside the previous SL area: does it come across to you that some or most of those people think they care more about their children's education than you do? I think if I were in your shoes and someone said, "I don't want to go to SL because I care abou
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mr e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > would everyone stop making up things, and stop > pushing their own agendas. You need to look at the > whole picture and stop throwing words out there > like Eliteism and Hitler. IB is used at top > ranking international schools around the world, so > don't say its a foriegn program being pushed in > the US.
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c'mon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I think that some posters want to have it both > > ways. They say that black kids in Richmond and > > elsewhere do better on tests because they > comprise > > the whole school, and it's easier to teach when > > all students are more or less equal, as opposed > to > > Dogwo
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MIT Grad Wrote: > > .. I feel great > > putting up rationale that the pro-RD weenies > > cannot refute with a decent counter. ... > > > > And just who are you...you must have had 30 IDs > by > > now. In fact, all of my ripostes have probably > > been in response to y
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MIT Grad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > c'mon Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > McNair is a title 1 school. South Lakes has > one > > already, Herndon has one already, Westfields > has > > one (McNair). It is in the best interest of > all > > "at-risk" students to b
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Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have spoken with Mr. Butler regarding splitting > siblings and he can empathize with parents who are > in that situation. He knows how hard it would be > for parents to support 2 high schools. He is a > reasonable man and will probably approve all > requests for pupil-placement of students to the AP > pr
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hmmm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MIT GRAD, Too Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Wow, now Bruce is part of the cabal? He is > merely > > sounding parents out on why they wish to pupil > > place. It's called feed-back and can give him > > information that he can use to improve the >
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Interesting? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Work Remaining Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > fm/c/o parent Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > "I believe that Ms.Castro did pupil place her > > > children into South Lakes, as did
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"I believe that Ms.Castro did pupil place her children into South Lakes, as did Caroline Hemenway. Of course they have to justify putting their child into South Lakes since nearly all of their neighbors think they are a few bricks shy of a load." I'm pretty sure the oldest Castro child is now in 8th grade. She won't have to pupil place. The really interesting thing would be if a judge allows an
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"I am sorry for you I hope you find what you are looking for. Good luck. I hope some day whenever that might be, you find some peace." Why is anyone making some kind of zen thing out of this? Why assume that people who think that RD was not the correct solution to the problem (whatever that problem is, no one seems to have a very clear explanation) are lacking in reasonableness or that they need
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mr e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A > question for Ms. Castro that needs to be asked in > a newspapers is why didn't she buy in Reston or > pupil place her own children into South Lakes if > she thought it was such a great place. I feel sorry for Erika's daughter when she is one of very few FM kids to show up at SL this fall. "But Mommy, all m
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If anyone is having trouble pupil placing, please contact CAPS. They want to document any issues. info@fairfaxcaps.org
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"I will make one comment though, if you don't believe that FCPS is as good as it is portrayed, then by extension, its individual schools could not be that great either, so then, why all this energy spent on going to the BEST school. I am not trying to be a smart-ass, I am just sincerely trying to reconcile all this effort that is being expended over something that may not be such a big deal." Re
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Well Neen, I was hoping you would be wrong for once, but I guess you called it. Maybe I'll see some of you tomorrow night at the community center.
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My tv/cable stopped showing channel 21 about 15 minutes ago when Hone was talking. What a coi-nky-dink. Anyway, it's too depressing. Just wondering, can the rest of you still see it?
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" I graduated in the top 5 of my class. I knew > many students from my high school who attended > high profile universities such as UVa, Duke, UNC, > Columbia, and the military academies, to name a > few. (I went to JMU, in case you're wondering, and > I was also accepted at Mason, Syracuse and the > University of Hartford). " Let me guess: 1. Columbia 2. Duke 3. UNC 4.
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leave_us_alone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > She has no credibility. She is Stu's stooge. Okay, but things like this give the SB a chance to point to all the "support" for RD. I wish all the SB members would read this message board.
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