Talk:Poplar Tree Elementary School

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One of the few "mid" elementary schools. Well referenced. Some pictures from the school would balance this page towards the current education Victuallers 14:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancy

There's a discrepancy between the grade shown in the infobox and the one shown in the school's entry in the section Fairfax County Public Schools#Elementary schools. Our article says K-5, while the public schools article says K-6. I'd love to correct it myself, but I'm not sure of the U.S. grade numbering system so I'm hesitant to make the change. Resurgent insurgent 02:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe it's K-6; I believe that in the Commonwealth of Virginia, elementary schools are always K-6 and middle (Intermediate) schools are always 7 and 8. Though we probably want to provide a source to be sure. Cornince 22:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The K-6 elementary school thing is specific to Fairfax County and a few others; most counties in VA have elementary school through grade 5, then middle school from 6-8. For example, Nottingham Elementary School (Arlington County, Virginia) in Arlington. Jamesr66a (talk) 23:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Seung-hui Cho (from 1995-1997?)

Judging from his age and birthday (and assuming the school is K-6), I would think that Seung-hui would have graduated from elementary school in 1996 (and earlier if this school is K-5). What source said he attended until 1997? Cornince 04:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, correct me if the article is wrong. This is based primarily on the last reference, from Joon Ai Ilbo. What's explicitly stated therein is as follows:

Kim Gyeong-won was "friends for three years" with Cho.
The "two met in the fifth grade at Poplar Tree Elementary School".
"Kim said he arrived in the United States with his parents in 1995. His family moved to Atlanta when he entered middle school 10 years ago".

I took three years starting from 1995 inclusive to mean Cho graduated in 1997. It's not directly stated in the article, though. —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-25 13:13Z