If > they are TRULY going to listen to what people said > at the meeting, then two of the scenarios > presented at the next meeting will be 1)no > redistricting (but examination of other ways to > bring kids to South Lakes) and/or 2) Langley gets > brought into the study. If you walked around and > looked at the gallery afterwards, those two items > were OVERWHELMINGLY th
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> I think a magnet should be something that would be > decided by the South Lakes parents. It is, after > all, our school you guys are tossing around like a > football. Umm, I think that if anyone is getting tossed around, it's the people who will have to CHANGE SCHOOLS. How disruptive would it be to have more good courses at your school? I'll be happy to stop tossing your school ar
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"On the magnet--it's interesting to me that so many people talk about keeping their community schools intact, yet are so ready to make SL a magnet against their will. Don't you all think we want a community school too?" That's sort of a disingenuous argument. If Oakton was underenrolled, I wouldn't object to having a magnet program in there. We're talking about approx. 150 kids per grade level.
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Old Timer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here's a new website started by parents who > support redistricting - > > > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze84nt5/we_support_redi > stricting/ This supports my earlier post suggesting that the boundaries be voluntary. The people who want to go to SLHS can be happy, those who prefer to go elsewhere can be
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hmmm07 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Neen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > A magnet, like the ones at Montgomery Blair, > > ATTRACT students. They are competitive and not > > everyone can get in, although many want in. > Such > > a program at South Lakes would attract students > TO &
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Westfield Parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Westfield is NOT too over-crowded to make a sports > team! That is complete BS and just an excuse to > reduce the enrollment when Westfield will be > under-enrolled by next fall and substantially > under-enrolled in subsequent years. My daughter, > son and their friends (all from the Floris >
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Muse Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas More is most definitely Tom Farrell. There > is no one else is the SL Seahawk community with > his views, animus, particular gripes with staff, > and delusions of grandeur. I think the initials > K.O. probably stood for 'kiss off.' > > I also copied his slanderous post regarding a > staff perso
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Old Timer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > foxmill/carson/oakton parent Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > South Lakes Pyramid parent Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > It might be true that they've already decided > > > who's goin
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Thomas More Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > foxmill/carson/oakton parent Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Anyone remember when it made Time > > magazine ("Langley Country Club"). > > Thus, my continuing reference to the > Charlotesville day school as Mr. Jefferson's > country club. You found
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South Lakes Pyramid parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It might be true that they've already decided > who's going and who's not. But I think the > Grandfathering and the AP discussions are still > open. > > So if parents want to influence these issues, a > rational discussion and substantive argument will > go a lot further than ch
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> > Many with kids in the "middle" at Westfield might > actually welcome decreased enrollment. There are > pluses: > > -easier to make a team > -easier to get a chair position in band > -less peers to compete against for college slots > -etc. > > I'm just trying to point out that those in > affected schools can make lemonade out of lemons, > as we SL f
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South Lakes Pyramid parent Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FCO Parent, > I think the purpose of redistricting is to be able > to offer those courses at South Lakes. Do I > really need to walk you through the logic? If > more kids are there, as in after redistricting, > South Lakes can have those courses. So what would > redistricted kids be
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Cricket Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So everyone is prepared to come to the Town Hall > with their own plan to throw their neighbors under > the bus.... > > > http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/westcoboundary/to > wnmeeting11-12-07.pdf Thanks again for pointing us to a great source of info, even if it makes me froth at the mouth a little.
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Thomas More Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > foxmill/carson/oakton parent Wrote: > > > Thank you for this gem. I'll bet the houses > close > > to Rt. 7 will go to Langley > > None of these are close to Route 7. All the > Westfield developments are south of the Toll Road > and all of the South Lakes developments are south > o
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Cougarmom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This link will show you all of the approved and > pending development that is currently surrounding > SL & Westfields, including multi-family and > single-family homes. There are at least 4500 new > homes surrounding SL alone - where are all these > kids going to go to school? > > Are these
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hmmm07 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cougarmom Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > They just may try to overcompensate the number > of > > kids to SLHS to make up for all those they will > > lose to pupil placing and private schools. I > have > > spoken to so many neighbors who plan to fo
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word Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SLPP - actually the split feeder problem for > McNair would go away when Coppermine ES opens. The > boundary for that is most likely Centreville Rd. > > I think what I proposed is most likely because it > is provides minimal movement of families, > contiguous borders, solves the attendance and > growth
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APorIBMom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Montgomery HS in Rockville, MD is the > selective IB magnet in Montgomery County. It does > NOT offer SL Math or HL Math. Instead, it offers > what it calls "IB Precalc," and those students > take the IB SL Math exam. Then they choose > between AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC, and if they > take C
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FSLP Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't wait for my kids to go to South Lakes - I > think all this talk of security logs and > perception of safety is racist. What is really > the problem here? I'm trying to keep an open mind and educate myself about the pros and cons of going to Sl, if indeed that's what happens. Many parents in my neighborho
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Thomas More Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TOStito Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Thats not anything new. The girls field hockey > and > > lacrosse teams NEVER have a coach. Last spring > > they asked the jv field hockey coach to also > coach > > lacrosse... she had never played befor
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> > Oops, edit that. We've had kids from both Fox > Mill Elem. and then others who are to go to > Westfield - some of them do play in Reston Little > league. Is there a split boundary for sports in > some of the schools around Fox Mill? Fox Mill is a sort of no man's land for sports. Kids play for Herndon Optimist, Reston, and Chantilly teams. It seems like grasping for st
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Thomas More Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > nope Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So doesn't the above prove that one of the > major > > arguments (home value) is not relavent? > > That's mostly right. > > Homes values over the $500,000 are driven mostly > by conspicuous consumption,
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SLVerity Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Neen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sorry, but IB is not 'basically the same as AP". > > > It simply isn't. If it were, the top private > and > > public schools would have IB. They don't. > > Can you explain George Mason in Falls Church and
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Cricket Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > word Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > I have not see a Fox Mill poll to date. > > don't think there is one. Many of the people at > Fox Mill are convinced that everything has already > been settled and they are going to SLHS. So maybe > i
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