Talk:McLean High School

Wikipedia high school policy
I don't know the wikipedia policy on high schools, although I recall reading one so I believe there must be one. That said, I wonder if this school is significant enough to be included. I can't answer that. However, if it is, then there are some problems with the article-- namely the second paragraph is either A) a direct copy from the school's website or B) written by a student from the prospective of a student. This is seen by the use of the word "our." I'm betting that it was copied from the website. Also, some of the article seems biased. --Jickler


 * I couldn't find any Wikipedia policy on high schools, and I couldn't find the text here on the school web site. But I agree that some of it sounds more like a sales pitch than a factual, neutral description.  (And I graduated from McLean High.) --Jwwalker 02:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The policy is: Schools. Judging from that, it seems that McLean qualifies for an article. I don't know about it all, it seems as if it was copied from somewhere. There are probably several descriptions of McLean available for copy. After Abe Jeffers took over the website, it seems it has transformed into something new every month. Also, there are probably descriptions on the FCPS website as well. However, this is clearly not the point here. The point is that this article definetely needs to be redone before somebody smacks an AFD tag on it. --Jickler

Anyone attend this school?
IF you do, would it be possible to get a picture of the bomb shelter entrance? KeepOnTruckin Complain to me 23:04, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

As I recall it is actually a fallout shelter, not a true bomb shelter. There was (and may still be) a faded Trefoil sign to that effect on the wall of the courtyard outside the library. But I believe the entrance on that side was through the machinery spaces under the library so a photo of the door to the machinery spaces would be pretty boring. (Never did see the entrance that was suppose to be backstage of the theater) 65.242.48.16 16:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

A lot of schools have at least one entrance somewhere near the theater. Thats somewhat interesting. KeepOnTruckin Complain to me 04:25, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

The entrance through the theater was backstage. I can no longer speak to the the layout, but there were steel trapdoors in the property room. The fallout shelter was also accessible through crawlspaces underneath the band wing of the school. Mindwar23 02:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I second that,there is one hatch/door in da floor beetween the backstage and the band room (connected by a small hallway), but there's no sign of the sign...:( (I like those old trefoil signs) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.152.161 (talk) 02:35, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Rival Schools
Langley is the only real rival school that Mclean has. Leave the others off.

Unsourced info?
I think the article is well sourced, with three external citations, and a link to the website. If whoever (I'm not saying any names here) placed that info would take the time to review these links, they would find that nearly all the material in the article is verified in these few sources. If there is a particular bit of information in question, perhaps they might be so kind as to point it out?--Chopin-Ate-Liszt! 19:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The remaining unsourced tag is on the Notable alumnni section. There are 14 alums listed; 7 have sources. I looked up all the rest today on Google and couldn't find anything non-wikipedia-circular, but didn't spend too much time at it. Did find and add three cites. Don't think we'll ever find a source on the Cheney girls given their Dad's privacy practices, so they shouldn't count against the total. Isn't this a high-enough percentage to drop the tag? Shapwolf (talk) 22:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Mcleanhslogo.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

SAT Scores--Sourced info
The SAT scores were given on this page without any source until I added them from the McLean High School Profile 2008-2009 from the Fairfax County Public Schools web site. The average SAT score has twice been changed by anon users, without giving a new source. If there is a more reliable/up-to-date source, please cite it and also update the Critical Reading, Math, and Writing scores to match. Otherwise please do not revert to old unsourced information, per VERIFY Shapwolf (talk) 22:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The number the anon is inserting is the sum of all three parts of the SAT, not just the Critical Reading and Math sections. AFAIK, this is the number that is more commonly used now that the Writing section has been added. You will notice that we have all three numbers included immediately after the total. FlamingSilmaril (talk) 23:15, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The source cited above has this sentence "The average SAT score at McLean is 1180 . . ." Summing averages of parts of a test and calling that an average may be "commonly used," but that is not what this source supports. If the anon or Flaming want to change the SAT score to this number, I don't think it should link to the cite I provided. That cite (which was not previously included) gives the individual scores as shown but does not show the 1759 average number anywhere. One would have to know how the College Board weights each section of the SAT before combining the subtests to compute an average using only the subtests, which is presumably what the College Board did when providing the 1180 number to Fairfax County Schools for the Profile. Shapwolf (talk) 06:12, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Some more searching on Fairfax County site found this page Fairfax County Public Schools > Schools and Centers Directory > School Profiles > McLean HS which gives an "Average Combined Score" for Critical Reading & Math and for those two plus Writing. The latter score for 2007-2008 McLean is 1803. The individual scores given on the previous cite are not present here, so this cite cannot substitute. I now withdraw from the debate about SAT scores at my alma mater; this is obviously something someone knows others know more about than I; and ask only that VERIFY be followed when citing numbers from the public record. new--Some reading at collegeboard.com shows they do use term "combined score," which to me is more accurate than "average." Also, 1759 may be the sum of the CR+M+W scores, but it isn't cited anywhere, so doesn't that violate WP:NOR if one of us just sums them and posts it? MHS cited 1,180 in their profile (CR+M) that is cited. Shapwolf (talk) 14:35, 2 February 2009 (UTC) Shapwolf (talk) 00:57, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Userbox
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"Coporation"
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should the after-game restaurant fights be added?
for awhile Mclean and Langley students have met at a fast food restaurant and had a big slug fest. it's notorious in the school. it usually happens after football game, I think the most recent one (before covid) was in a Mcdonalds. should this be added? HyperfixationGal (talk) 15:41, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unless you can find a source on it, you shouldn't add it. And this is the first time I've ever even heard about these fights. Tax Fraud! (talk) 16:27, 30 April 2021 (UTC)