Actually, UVa's graduation rate is 84.8% for the class graduating this year, which is considerably higher than those you mentioned. This forum is really for redistricting discussions, not to debate the merit of Virginia state schools, which are all excellent. I hope we can get back to the subject at hand.
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T More, How do you "know" so much about SL?
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Cricket, "Our" underenrollment was not caused by us, but by previous school boards that did exactly to us what they are now doing to you. Little by little neighborhoods that formerly attended our pyramid were redistricted to others, most notably North Reston students to Herndon. We felt just as powerless then as you do now. Guess What? We made the best of the situation and adapted, and now
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T More, you missed the whole point of the post about second-tier schools...why am I not surprised.
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Thomas More, you really should stop posting. You "heard" that Bruce "claimed" to be a SL alum? That is called hearsay, not fact. Did you ever take IB? You have not a clue about the test scores and the timeline. Test scores are received in time for accreditation. My children and their credits are proof. If you don't have facts to back up your arguments, only rumor and innuendo (translat
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Voter, if you think that the only positives to come out of SL are Grant Hill and Alan Webb, then you are sadly misinformed. SL produces many wonderful students with great success stories, as I'm sure Oakton and Chantilly do. Can you present some links to college web sites that favor AP over IB when it comes to admission? I would like to visit them. My childrens' university,UVA, "loves the I
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Quantum, Why do you assume that average students can't take selective IB courses, just as with the AP program? In fact, many students at SL take IB courses without getting the diploma - I don't have the stats in front of me, but you are welcome to investigate. Many of those students matriculate to schools like JMU, Tech, and CNU. If you don't yet have children in high school, you may want to
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Let's get a few things straight. Reston is not an incorporated town. Oakton is not an incorporated town. Chantilly is not an incorporated town. Langley is not an incorporated town. Madision and Herndon are, but they pull students from outside the town boundaries (e.g., Herndon has students from "Great Falls," "Reston," "Dranesville." You get my drift....we are all part of one school system
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I am amazed at the bad facts and inaccuracies posted on this site. One poster can't even get his facts straight about where Bruce Butler attended high school. In fact, he attended Flint Hill Preparatory (with my husband) where he played baseball and basketball. If posters can't even get an irrelevant fact such as this one straight, how and why should we trust any anti-south lakes posts?
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