affected_parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Affected SL Parent Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > affected_parent: > > > > I say you don't mean to be rude, but you have > > offended me and many other South Lake parents > and > > students with your words. Our children strive > &
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SL Verity - no need to defend yourself, and thanks > for the confession (Author of Option 5). Please > provide names and email adresses of your fellow > Option 5 draftees as well as yourself. I am sure > there are many that would want to forward their > thoughts. How about some accountability? > > And n
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Neen, Neen, Neen...you know you were implying that those bright GT girls would only choose South Lakes over their base school Oakton because they were blindly following their friends. Only the joke is on you because the girls choosing South Lakes go to Carson.
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Neen Wrote: Bonds are a > bottomless pit of funding AND few will object to > another tax increase 'for the chillren'. What are you trying to achieve with your spelling of the word children, Neen? Are you making fun of the way some people speak? Some might say that you were making a racial slur, but I couldn't possibly comment.
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Actually, Neen, Lou Zone was an ass, and he was responsible for some decisions that damaged South Lakes in the past.
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Let me repeat: I was one of the authors of Option 5. I am not a member of SL PTSA. I don't have children at South Lakes. Other authors included parents of pre-school and elementary-aged children, parents of middle-school children, and empty-nesters. I did not vote for Stu Gibson. Try as you might to make this about the SL PTS
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting letter from Floris parents now posted > at FCPS. > > http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/westcoboundary/me > etings.htm So are the Floris parents now in cahoots with the School Board? Why does their letter get such a prominent position? Why is it not posted under the comments section? Hmmm.... I se
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Curious George, the Man With the Yellow Hat says eat your banana and go to bed.
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Westfield Dad, Thank you for being civil in your posts.
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> > Just FYI, the GT center for FME is Carson. Yes, girls actually do have minds of their own and are more than capable of making choices outside of the 'pack.' AT least my girl is.
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WestfieldDad: > > First, I don't see where you got the numbers. I got them here: http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=700
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WestfieldDad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, Georgetown is one of the most > internationally oriented schools in the country, > including having one of the most prestigious > schools of international relations in the country. > IB is clearly internationally oriented and > appears to be strongest in the humanities and > social sciences.
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Fox Mill Estates Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLVerity why am I not suprised that you would have > a quick response? > > Wasn't it you who made a joke about the SLH PTA > and the SB being in cahoots when I expressed > concern about my son's school choices? > > You want Fox Mill Estates children but you think > you can make
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WestfieldDad: I applaud you for responding. You are the first parent to do so. I have noticed that South Lakes has been put under a magnifying glass during the course of this study, but whenever any information about other schools in the study is posted that sheds any negative light on those schools, be it newspaper articles or test scores, it is generally ignored. In keeping with your commen
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Dear Fox Mill Estates Parent, From what I can tell, the trash talk is mostly flowing in one direction.
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Forum Reader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The point is, the Woodson community DID > get rid of IB. South Lakes can as well. In the > words of Nike, JUST DO IT. Why should it be gotten rid of altogether, when even you have said that it does very well with language arts? When even you have admitted that George Mason in Falls Church has an excellent blended
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Why is everyone beating up on truthbetold?
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I have a question for all of the parents who keep saying that it will take years to add AP classes at South Lakes. How was it done instantaneously at Westfield and South County? South Lakes has many, many teachers already who have taught AP in the past. I think the notion that it can't be done is ludicrous and just another manufactured roadblock. To parents of Floris who say they have no tie
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > truthbetold Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >My daughter has a > > dozen 8th-grade friends in that neighborhood > and > > they ALL want to go to South Lakes, just as an > > empirical example. > > Is that because they are in the GT Center at > Hu
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Joesophine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > All High Schools in this study have their fair > share of borderline schools that are like "the > others who are near that designation but for GT > centers." Chantilly carries its own load and so > does Westfield. Since when does 10-12% FRM students vs. 33% FRM students equate to fair share? Sout
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Get it right Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Isn't he also the guy who said he only looks at TJ > students in NoVA? No offense but he isn't the > only admissions director out there. How many > other kids got into to Georgetown besides those > from TJ? Well, a wonderful South Lakes kid got into Georgetown on a full 4-year scholarship.
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Neen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLVerity Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Actually, the all-powerful SL PTSA is in > cahoots > > with the school board to lower the capacity at > > each school so that pupil placements can't > happen. > > Yup. They do hope to find a way to prevent &
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Fox Mill Estates Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SL Verity I am sorry to read what you have > written. If this is true, then it reads as if the > childern from neighboring school districts will be > exploited by adults working in the SL PTA and > School Board to achieve a particular agenda. > Could you point me to a source? Thanks Dear
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WestfieldDad: Let's look at another school in the study. What happened at Oakton last year? Did the scores drop significantly because Oakton is failing to educate it's students? What was it doing in the years prior that it is not doing now. Would you label Oakton as a school on a downward slide? If not, then would it be fair to not give credit to improving scores at SL? Critical
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Actually, the all-powerful SL PTSA is in cahoots with the school board to lower the capacity at each school so that pupil placements can't happen.
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Fox Mill Estates Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could somone please point me to the various > options. I do not recall which options do what. > Thank you. (I assume turning South Lakes into a > TJ West isn't an option.) Go to fcps.edu and click on boundary studies.
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SLgirl917, you've got mail.
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taxpayer, That's terrible.....meanwhile in Mclean this happened to > some kid over Christmas - Poor kid.
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SLHS Padre Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All IB schools, btw. And scores at two AP schools in the boundary study dropped significantly. Scores go up and down at all schools.
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Another Fox Mill Dad: Thanks for your commments. > > My biggest concern is that once this goes through > and we get into the SL pryamid the SB will > redistrict us out of Carson MS and into Hughes. > I've got nothing against Hughes but given the > choice I wouldn't trade Carson for any middle > school in the county. Does anyone have any > insight into how middle scho
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