Haycock vs. good DC public

[Anonymous]

Our DC will hit K next year so we are deciding whether to move to the Haycock district or stay in DC. Our DC option would be a school like Janney or Key. We might go with a charter like Inspired Teaching or Mundo Verde. We like the AAP at Haycock but we don't know if our children will get in. Are the parents competitive? We are also used to city life. If we move to the Haycock area, will it be a car-driven and suburban lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DC will hit K next year so we are deciding whether to move to the Haycock district or stay in DC. Our DC option would be a school like Janney or Key. We might go with a charter like Inspired Teaching or Mundo Verde. We like the AAP at Haycock but we don't know if our children will get in. Are the parents competitive? We are also used to city life. If we move to the Haycock area, will it be a car-driven and suburban lifestyle?

For your city life in DC, what are the things really within walking distances?

[Anonymous]

it depends where you live. We live in Haycock district and we walk to the metro every day. We also walk to several restaurants, bike trail, playground... it's more walkable than some of the DC neighborhoods where my friends live. But of course it is not the city...if you venture outside the immediate area, there are lots of strip malls, etc...

[Anonymous]

Haycock, as a school not just the AAP center, is great as well. Thus far we are happy that we moved to its district. Its area is very close to Downtown Falls Church City as well as McLean, close to the metro and offers a lot of activities for families.

[Anonymous]

In general, though, it IS a car-driven, suburban lifestyle. We walk to the metro, too, but drive pretty much every place else. That said, Haycock is a fantastic school.

[Anonymous]

I have a child in Haycock AAP. It is a great school! If I had it to do over again, I'd move into the Haycock district. I'd opt for Haycock over DC because you can stay in that district through high school. It doesn't make sense to me to move to DC if you are one of the people who believes middle/high in DC publics are not an option. (No judgment on whether DC middle/high are acceptable because I truly don't know as we haven't looked into them.) Why set yourself up to have to move in several years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a child in Haycock AAP. It is a great school! If I had it to do over again, I'd move into the Haycock district. I'd opt for Haycock over DC because you can stay in that district through high school. It doesn't make sense to me to move to DC if you are one of the people who believes middle/high in DC publics are not an option. (No judgment on whether DC middle/high are acceptable because I truly don't know as we haven't looked into them.) Why set yourself up to have to move in several years?

Ggod point. Go to the DC school forum and you'll see the parents zoned for Deal and Hardy in their never-ending tizzy over those schools. If you live near Haycock, you're close to Metro and in a great school pyramid throughout HS.