Madison HS--the sports school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that Madison is a great school. I have two kids that graduated from there, and before we moved into the area, we knew we wanted to live in Vienna, so my options were Madision or Marshall.

No brainer then, no brainer now. Madison is heads and shoulders better than Marshall, and there's less of a fear about gangs in the school. Madison is also in a better setting, away from busy Leesburg Pike.

Another informative, and entirely made-up, post from the "Freedom Hill Troll" (aka, the oft-banned City Data poster previously known as Handy man88, Tankdude, Live_strong28, Leezer and Reeze).

Perhaps some day soon he'll crawl back under his rock.

You are one mom that needs to get a life.

I'm not a mom, but you're a liar who has never lived in Vienna or had kids who attended Madison.

It's truly sad that you're so worried about the value of the property you bought in West Falls Church at the height of the market that you make up this stuff.

Attention! Attention!

The blog police is here!

So sad, you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that Madison is a great school. I have two kids that graduated from there, and before we moved into the area, we knew we wanted to live in Vienna, so my options were Madision or Marshall.

No brainer then, no brainer now. Madison is heads and shoulders better than Marshall, and there's less of a fear about gangs in the school. Madison is also in a better setting, away from busy Leesburg Pike.

Another informative, and entirely made-up, post from the "Freedom Hill Troll" (aka, the oft-banned City Data poster previously known as Handy man88, Tankdude, Live_strong28, Leezer and Reeze).

Perhaps some day soon he'll crawl back under his rock.

You are one mom that needs to get a life.

I'm not a mom, but you're a liar who has never lived in Vienna or had kids who attended Madison.

It's truly sad that you're so worried about the value of the property you bought in West Falls Church at the height of the market that you make up this stuff.

If you don't like what's written in this forum, well, that's just too bad.

Go cry yourself to sleep.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in my mid-late 20s and went to Madison, and had a younger sibling go there more recently. I had a wonderful experience there, even though I was more academic and not too athletic.. and like most of us, HS wasn't really my "thing." Yes, there are sports, but I wouldn't call it "the sports school" anymore than Oakton, McLean, Langley, Washington-Lee, Yorktown, etc. Same like anywhere else, there are students who are into drama, chorus, etc. Your son would find like-minded people, just like anywhere else.

Madison is a great school.. your son will find that HS has its difficult aspects no matter where you go. However, Madison is a wonderful school and I'm glad I went there for my high school experience.

If I had one criticism of Madison generally, it would be that some of the parents spoil the kids too much. Like anyone else, I felt kind of jealous back in HS when I saw classmates getting a really nice new car. But now that I am self-sufficient and managing my own career, finances, etc- I understand why my parents didn't buy me a 3-series BMW in HS and then expect me to live within my means self-sufficiently, and work hard to advance in my career, etc as an adult. And, we don't plan to spoon-feed or coddle our own children- though my husband and I will support their education fully, in terms of material extras- they can have those once they work and earn them.

I agree that Madison is a great school. I have two kids that graduated from there, and before we moved into the area, we knew we wanted to live in Vienna, so my options were Madision or Marshall.

No brainer then, no brainer now. Madison is heads and shoulders better than Marshall, and there's less of a fear about gangs in the school. Madison is also in a better setting, away from busy Leesburg Pike.

I totally disagree. If you have a kid who is artistic, Marshall is a far better school.

[Anonymous]

If recall correctly, Marshall (the IB school, ) had as many, or more, Science Fair winners than Madison last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If recall correctly, Marshall (the IB school, ) had as many, or more, Science Fair winners than Madison last year.

Hey, I didn't know Marshall had Intel Science Fair winners! Congrats to them!

[Anonymous]

These were the notes prepared from the meeting in October.

http://viennacommunitycoalition.com/Docs/VMCCOpenMtgJMHS10_18_2010Final.doc