Kids from Choate, Deerfield, and the like would laugh at Penn State if they could be bothered. State schools aren't even on their radar.
FC/OT: Anyone experience school re-districting (positive/negative)? Fairfax Co. (VA) considering redrawing school boundaries....
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Totally. I think Penn State is still pretty well regarded; the placements run the gamut - everywhere from Univ. Kentucky to Harvard to Oxford to VA Tech, etc. There were a couple of PSU placements from our school this past year. But you also see a lot of smaller, liberal arts schools (Middlebury, Bowdoin, Bard, etc.) for many because, well, they likely don't have to work if they don't want to when they graduate.
Not sure if thatās as good of a metric with how colleges are accepting students today. Iāve seen quite a few kids that shouldnāt go to community college that are accepted to four-year schools, and not as athletes. With grade inflation, not needing to take standardized tests and meeting certain demographic or socioeconomic standards, plenty of kids that get accepted that never should be.
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Yeah, I think for many big state schools are not the ideal for their kid. Exeter sends 1/3 of it's graduating class to Harvard.
They'll be far more manly if they play the piano (wearing a tutu, a tiara and high heels) than if they become a lax bro.
That's why I said "sports" and not "failed, slow white RB/WR hanging out being douches."
I previously worked as the Athletic Director at a large school Maryland. We were an IB school so we had both regular and rigorous academics for those who wanted either. We would give out individual team academic awards each season based on GPA and then we would give a seasonal award to the team with the highest overall GPA for that quarter. In a dozen years of doing that our ālax brosā were never near the top of the GPA chart.
XC, girls soccer and FH always at the top with over 4.0 average. Wrestling, cheerleading and JV football always at the bottom. There were a couple lax bros over the years that went to high academic place, including one who won a D1 national championship and is a D1 head coach but overall lax guys are ehh academically at most schools in MD.
My lax bro son (1) won the team scoring title his senior year AND the team ancademic award. His senior class sent lax bros to Villanova, St Joes, Lafayette and 2 to Montclair. 1 of course went on to *** laude at schreyer.
I think Northeast lax bro is a different lax bro than the MD lax bro. Check mountain lakes, summit, central, Montclair, delbarton, ridge, bridgewater etc all sending lax bros to big time schools
academics was a big part of the lax bro culture in nj. Meats were dismissed OUTRIGHT by their teammates.
I think Northeast lax bro is a different lax bro than the MD lax bro. Check mountain lakes, summit, central, Montclair, delbarton, ridge, bridgewater etc all sending lax bros to big time schools
academics was a big part of the lax bro culture in nj. Meats were dismissed OUTRIGHT by their teammates.
You sound like a racist? (Kidding) sounds like a big problem. Also sounds like you have the heavyweights with enough juice to prevent it.And folks in my neck of the woods are sweating bullets. We're currently mapped to the 'best' public high-school pyramid in VA (Langley; TJ notwithstanding), but an FCPS redistricting effort is being considered to plan for anticipated population growth (and other various issues within the entire FCPS system). As such, part of where I live would be re-mapped from Langley, to Herndon, which is - checks notes - #86th overall in VA. Oh, and it apparently has a gang and drop-out problem. It is also 70%+ minority enrollment and underperforming in general (across the board) compared to peer schools. Needless to say, many residents here are not happy. Our zip code is top three in the DMV for property values, and the wealth is tremendous (not me mind you; Youngkin lives here, Cheney's live here, etc. Moving half the community from one school the other would likely decimate property values.
Anyone experience anything similar? Any good/bad outcomes? We're not really impacted academically since our kids go to private school, and we live in the part that would likely stay mapped to Langley, but if I'm a homeowner who moved here because of the public schools and was told we're changing high schools I'd have some serious issues.
My son lives in the Del Rey Shirlington area and property values are very high and the schools stink. Any chance the redistricting can help here.
Is your son Fairfax or Arlington county? Arlington only has one high school. Used to be called tc Williamsā¦
Alexandria is wild - like you said, high property values and great communities but public schools are āmehā unlike Arlington or McLean.
The people who live in Alexandria either donāt have kids or send their kids to private. One of my best friends is a realtor there. People buy to be close to the fun of king st and such, not to bring their families
Let me know when in town and Iāll ask him. Heās still waiting for the SUV to be delivered.
So I just happened to "right arrow click" on your embedded photo. It advanced to another photo demonstrating the following observations:
1) It's an "okay" neighborhood, but nothing great. I can tell that the original houses are of 1960's - 1970's vintage.
2) His friends and neighbors don't drive particularly nice vehicles. The Ford pick up, Mini-Cooper, older Range Rover and Ford Explorer just don't scream wealth to me.
3) He might consider spending less on vehicles and more on landscaping......bushes need trimming, grass needs some fertilization and the driveway needs resurfacing.
That's all
This happens fairly regularly in NOVA. Fairfax county has stabilized in recent years, but it wasn't that long ago that the it seemed to be happening yearly basis when the Centreville area was experiencing rapid growth. The schools experience a population explosion, and the district changes boundaries to balance the attendance numbers. The Aldie area is now seeing a population boom and seems to add a new high school every 3 -5 years.And folks in my neck of the woods are sweating bullets. We're currently mapped to the 'best' public high-school pyramid in VA (Langley; TJ notwithstanding), but an FCPS redistricting effort is being considered to plan for anticipated population growth (and other various issues within the entire FCPS system). As such, part of where I live would be re-mapped from Langley, to Herndon, which is - checks notes - #86th overall in VA. Oh, and it apparently has a gang and drop-out problem. It is also 70%+ minority enrollment and underperforming in general (across the board) compared to peer schools. Needless to say, many residents here are not happy. Our zip code is top three in the DMV for property values, and the wealth is tremendous (not me mind you
Anyone experience anything similar? Any good/bad outcomes? We're not really impacted academically since our kids go to private school, and we live in the part that would likely stay mapped to Langley, but if I'm a homeowner who moved here because of the public schools and was told we're changing high schools I'd have some serious issues.
I'm not familiar with this change, but I doubt Langley and Herndon are the only schools affected. The results are generally mixed. It's not good for kids already established in their high schools, but beyond that it's often what kids and parents make of it. My best friend's son was redistricted to Justice High School (then JEB Stuart), a school with a worst reputation than Herndon, and he did fine. The troublemakers are absent more often than not and focus on rivals rather than the rest of the students. Good students remain good students and have positive outcomes.
That's not Arlington, it's Alexandria, and the new name of the school is Alexandria City HS.
So I just happened to "right arrow click" on your embedded photo. It advanced to another photo demonstrating the following observations:
1) It's an "okay" neighborhood, but nothing great. I can tell that the original houses are of 1960's - 1970's vintage.
2) His friends and neighbors don't drive particularly nice vehicles. The Ford pick up, Mini-Cooper, older Range Rover and Ford Explorer just don't scream wealth to me.
3) He might consider spending less on vehicles and more on landscaping......bushes need trimming, grass needs some fertilization and the driveway needs resurfacing.
That's all
Heās a tech guy - travels a lot. Home is nice but not crazy. He could have bigger/nicer/fancier if he wanted but not that kind of guy. Certainly could use more garage room - installed a stacking mechanism for the three or four Ferrariās he has here (rest in Europe). Iāll let him know about the landscapingā¦.
Iād add homes in that neighborhood are north of $2mm.
This thread feels like a dick measuring contest, not I know how dick measuring actually feels since I never qualify.
$1.5 - 1.75 million was my initial guess looking at relatively modest house across the street.
No dick measuring in this thread but a micrometer might be good for youThis thread feels like a dick measuring contest, not I know how dick measuring actually feels since I never qualify.
This thread feels like a dick measuring contest, not I know how dick measuring actually feels since I never qualify.
Didnāt want to start a new thread to show car guy lksl my friendās car - that is all.
Well I like the car a lot and donāt care about his house or his dick. Thank you mn for the update
The neighborhood looks like the very old, poor section of most middle class towns. Ick. The house across the street looks like something someone's lower-class grandparents bought 60-70 years ago, thinking they made it, and now it just needs to be razed, and a real house built on the premises (assuming there's enough land to even do so).So I just happened to "right arrow click" on your embedded photo. It advanced to another photo demonstrating the following observations:
1) It's an "okay" neighborhood, but nothing great. I can tell that the original houses are of 1960's - 1970's vintage.
2) His friends and neighbors don't drive particularly nice vehicles. The Ford pick up, Mini-Cooper, older Range Rover and Ford Explorer just don't scream wealth to me.
3) He might consider spending less on vehicles and more on landscaping......bushes need trimming, grass needs some fertilization and the driveway needs resurfacing.
That's all
Dicks are out for measuring.
Always remember, it is quality not quantity!This thread feels like a dick measuring contest, not I know how dick measuring actually feels since I never qualify.