Best elementary schools in Fairfax
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Anonymous
There is a difference between saying “hey I recommend X but FYI the SB is looking to make potential boundary changes” vs going on rants about the equity/woke SB “sabotaging” boundaries and changing the thread discussion. No one stifling discussion . |
Anonymous
I never said conspiracy, but you prove my point with your request to limit it to “one thread”. If you truly believe that families want the boundary changes you wouldn’t be concerned with posters bringing it up. (For that matter the school board wouldn’t feel the need to stack the deck with hand-picked boundary review advisory committee members to carry their water.) We all know it is going to be immensely unpopular to sabotage families’ decisions on schools. I believe it will significantly hamper the county’s ability to attract young families to the area -especially because they plan to do this every five years. The school board members didn’t run on this platform - I checked many campaign sites during the campaign and they never campaigned on it. All I’m doing with my post is shining a light on their deceit and agenda. OP can do what she wants, choose FCPS or not, but at least she’ll have full information rather than get the bait and switch that you and your ilk prefer. P.S. boundary changes happen for a reason, sure. But the board has not articulated any persuasive reason for the comprehensive review. The members bicker over which category should have highest priority, and they pass around junk studies from the UAE to the BRAC to supposedly justify some of the reasons, even though the study directly refutes the rationale for moves. And to boot last week they came out with a CIP suffering the same deficiencies in projections that have lead us to significant capacity issues costing tax payers hundreds of millions of dollars. Anyway, OP, buy in Fairfax at your own peril. |
Anonymous
DP. Equity is one of the four categories that they are looking at. What term would you use to describe a situation where the school board disregards families’ choice about the school pyramid that they want for their kids. Would you prefer that we use the word subvert or undermine rather than sabotage to describe the school board’s plans? Open to suggestions for how you would properly frame the SB F’ing with its constituents’ decisions. |
Anonymous
Agreed, and I believe that anyone who says otherwise is just carrying the school board’s water, especially when they drudge out the tired line that everyone knows that they are under threat of redistricting when they buy in Fairfax. Such a ridiculous talking point. |
Anonymous
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Carrying the school board’s water
Subvert Sabotaging Stifle any discussion These terms are just extra. Listen, I’m no fan of some the SB or FCPS policies but the language being used reminds me of the whole Open FCPS rhetoric of families/parents/kids being presented as victims of the evil, woke SB. And if anyone dares disagree, they get accused of being SB shills. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Venn Diagram of Open FCPS peeps and people harping about boundaries is a circle. |
Anonymous
I’ve literally never heard of open fcps. Just calling it like I see it. For everyone saying that there is a safe distance from a school boundary that you won’t be changed, can you enlighten us what that distance is? |
Anonymous
People are frustrated because the School Board is largely composed of a bunch of political hacks who largely march in lock step and aren’t honest about their intentions. They or their defenders will claim a boundary study is necessary to save money but then turn around and propose to spend money on entirely unnecessary projects with no apparent sense of fiscal responsibility whatsoever. I am sure there is some overlap between critics of the boundary study and the #OpenFCPS supporters, but it is anything but a complete overlap. In any event, the flight of families from FCPS after schools were closed and the need for significant remediation for FCPS students (whose performance dropped more than the state average during that period) validates many of the concerns raised by that group. Bottom line, though, is if someone is looking to buy or rent in Fairfax in 2025, and is concerned about schools, they should understand that boundaries are potentially in flux and that it is even now impossible to discern what will actually trigger a boundary change. |
Anonymous
| For me a good school is all about how well the admin staff communicate with families and retain staff. Does my kids feel safe there? Does the school have a diverse student population? You will find a lot of schools like this in the chantilly pyramid. Unfortunately, Chantilly will be one of those schools that will be affected by the boundary adjustment. We have a lot of good memories there. You can look at the school stats on their website to help you. |
Anonymous
Safety is the most important one for me. There is a big disparity among some FCPS schools. They used to track the incidences, but then the school board realized that those numbers don’t help in their equity efforts, so they stopped reporting the numbers- sweeping them under the rug. |
Anonymous
Avoid Glasgow MS. Numbers don’t lie and neither do my firsthand experiences as a substitute. |
Anonymous
Thank you. Not only have our schools become zoos, they’ve become war zones. Classroom violence is skyrocketing because any consequence are banned by administrators. They should see how they like chairs thrown at THEM for just one day. |
Anonymous
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Since it’s hard to tell the potential of your child as an infant:
How did you and your husband rank on SATs? If not at the top 1 or 2 percentile, or at least 4 percentile, maybe it’s best not to have an AAP center as your base school. What were the academic and extracurricular interests of you and your husband? Did you like math and science, or did you prefer literature and languages? If you loved learning languages, could consider an ES and MS with language immersion or a high school with IB rather than AP. Did you like sports? Theater? Don’t pick very top schools if you and your spouse aren’t at the top compared to your own peers in this area. It’s easier to get into the same college from a lower-ranked school. Be aware of the school boundaries and how they change as students progress. Do the students end up split from their peers as they go from ES to MS and from MS to HS? |
Anonymous
| Pretty simple. Avoid any school with above 25% FARMs. |
Anonymous
Weird. My kids have way more AP credits and options than I did in 1993. I am happy with it. |