Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLVerity Wrote: > > On the bus? What bus? Just curious what bus a > school board member would be riding. How about a commuter bus. Strange thing to be curious about.
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You post the above, again nit-picking, and then ask me not to be petty? I think you would find that I generally get the his-hers-its thingy down pat. I am the product of an AP school, though. For the record, I questioned the integrity of your argument, not your integrity. You know, sorta like the integrity of a boat's hull. There is a difference. You do seem to not like South Lakes very
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You have no idea about my race or which SB member I spoke with, do you?
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I ran into a member on the bus, and since someone had posted info about Fox Mill that I didn't think was right, I asked for confirmation. The school board member also told me that 20 years ago the Fox Mill community did not want to move to Oakton and fought to stay at Herndon. Now of course many don't want to leave Oakton. Some things never change, I guess. People in general don't like to mov
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Baffled Wrote: > > Ok..interesting and you had a meeting with the > school board member? People on this board jump to so many conclusions. Did I say I had a meeting with a School Board member? No. I spoke with a School Board member on the bus. Jeez.
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FME Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whooda thunk that in the choice between JEB Stuart > and South Lakes that you'd have to pick Stuart? > So many more FRM students than South Lakes and > better academic ranking. Way to go everyone > involved with JEB Stuart. Is the Challenge Index an academic ranking? You might want to check that. Look at 20
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Baffled Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really? Didn't somebody say that when the newly > developed Fox Mill was being formed, Reston > rejected Fox Mill and kept the boundary surrouded > causing Fox Mill to be addressed in Herndon and > hails to the Oak Hill PO? Now suddenly you are > saying it is apparently part of the Reston > community
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The difference is Herndon is not trying to force > in students satisfied with their current schools. South Lakes is not forcing anyone. The School Board has deemed it necessary to bring more students into South Lakes, and South Lakes agrees with their approach. > > You claim I take every opportunit
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Floris Parent Wrote: > > School/District/Equity and Excellence Passing Rate % / % Low-Income Students > > 1. J.E.B. Stuart Fairfax County 43.1 percent 51 > percent > 2. Annandale Fairfax County 40 percent 40 percent > > 3. Wakefield Arlington County 38.4 percent 52 > percent > 4. Wilson The District 35 percent 42 percent > 5. Wheaton Montgomery County 27.3
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FME, you give Fox Mill a bad name.
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I understand that South Lakes is going to have Advanced Japanese.
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WestfieldMom Wrote: > > The attachment says it all. When SLHS arrives > at > > full strength, it will be hands-down the best > high > > school in Fairfax County, if not the entire U.S. We will still be much more diverse than Westfield:)
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diversity -yes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >> A diverse group of problem solvers is more > likely to outperform a team of the best and > brightest problem solvers, a U-M study shows. > > So I guess this means that there should be a group > that includes individuals other than liberals > "solving" the SL enrollment problem to arrive
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FME Mom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Besides, those McMansions that pop up overnigh and > are close enough that you could reach for a cup of > sugar from your neighbor without having to leave > your house are built like crap. They may be > lovely at first, but twenty years from now they > will be as solid as a double wide. I wouldn't >
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Dear Fox Mill Dad, I think the SL PTSA is working on arranging a way to bring families of your area into the school to meet with South Lakes parents and younger parents in the pyramid. Nothing has been scheduled yet, but I do know it is being discussed. I think that would be a great start. Did you attend the meeting Monday at Fox Mill with Ken Plum and another State Representative? I underst
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >> Plasma screens can be found along the wall of > the main hallway and the career center. > > Hope they are bolted to the wall Thanks Word for daily reminding us what a jerk you can be.
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Forum Reader: ------------------------------------------------------- If you are comfortable with your positions, please feel free to defend. You are welcome to your opinions and I am welcome to point out some of the hypocrisy in yours. Herndon is also a school in the study that was initially slated to receive more students because they are somewhat under capacity. Three of the four initial Opt
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Forum reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The effort to which I was > referring is that South Lakes is trying to force > in additional, unwilling students; Stuart is not. Did South Lakes initiate the Boundary Study?
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Dear Forum Reader, You can choose to ignore my comments regarding the relative nature of the FRM populations at each school, but it shows that you are willing to look no further than the numbers. Sometimes there are underlying root causes for the differences. You are very good at analyzing the numbers, but if anything is presented that doesn't mesh with your bias against IB, you ignore it. Fa
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anotherobserver: I don't really agree with piling on those who are potentially being moved, but I must ask, where is your concern for the students of South Lakes who have read every imaginable slight written against them, their parents, and their school on the 150 pages of this thread? When you express some concern for them I will accept that you are being sincere.
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20190 has some of the oldest and most outdated condos in Reston in its boundaries. It also has small one and two-bedroom condos intended for singles and newleyweds. McNair condos are new. Families choose condos in the McNair area because there is an elementary school at the heart of the condo developments within walking distance. If you were a family would you want a tiny 2 bedroom condo in th
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please tell us. > > Tell us why, based on this whole effort, South > Lakes appears to be having far more problems than > Stuart, which is also IB and which has about the > same number of students and which is considerably > more "diverse." Are SAT scores a measure of success at a school? If we
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Dear Floris Parent, why do you think Floris is relatively powerless? You had every right to engage in the boundary process and had equal status with each and every citizen involved in the boundary study. In fact, the Floris community, when presented with the Options 1-4, one of which involved moving Floris, could have mobilized and come up with alternatives that would have made the best sense fr
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Booya, you don't have to worry about the strident folks on this and other threads. They will do anything, and I mean anything, to avoid South Lakes; however, there are many families who will be willing to come, and we should do all we can to make them feel welcome. Do you really want to alienate them, and at what cost to your community? As was said before, in the words of Thumper, "If you do
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Even if Reston becomes a Town, the school will still be a part of the Fairfax County School system. If the school were to become separate, we Reston citizens would be responsible for paying taxes to Reston to cover the cost of the schools and that is not going to happen. Even though Vienna and Herndon are incorporated, their towns are not running the schools. I don't think the town would have
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My daughter tells me that the two-year IB History course offers History of the Americas Junior year, which covers US and Latin American History, with the emphasis on US. Senior year they study 20th Century Topics, which covers US and European History through and beyond the Cold War. I thought the books covered were very good.
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Perhaps Hiss was talking about the tests taken, not the IB numbers. From memory, I can tell you that my son's 2007 class started with around 60 juniors and ended with 45 earners (75%). My daughter's 2006 class was an anomaly in the trend, as you can see from the data. I believe her class started with around 31 and ended with 21 (67%). For some reason, several very capable boys that year did no
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLVerity Wrote: > > ... the trend has continued this year with even > more candidates. > > SLV, can you check this and provide a source? I > heard, but not from a verified source, that the > number of South Lakes Diploma Candidates has > dropped from 55 last year (45 of whom earned the > D
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quantum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- It (IB) > just isn't in my view pluralistic enough in its > implementation to be a broad attractant - and > again, this does not make it a bad program (I > personally would have loved it), just not one for > the average to above average middle class student > in Fairfax. Well, don't tell that to my childre
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > SLV - last I recall the (SL don't need no more of > them) free lunchers and ESOLers aren't taking the > SATs, they are for the college bound group. For a > more appropriate comparison take a look at the > SOLs, everyone takes those. Nice try. But Word, I thought everyone here is saying that AP helps FRM ki
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