Looking for a progressive K-8 in Fairfax County

[Anonymous]

subj. It would be great if that school was also non-denominational or secular enough to accept non-Christians. Small teacher to student ration preferred. No Reggio Emilia or Waldorf.

[Anonymous]

burgundy farm country day school

[Anonymous]

Browne academy

[Anonymous]

The two progressive schools are Burgundy Farm in Alexandria and Pinecrest in Annadale

[Anonymous]

OP here. How are these schools in terms of academics?

[Anonymous]

This is purely personal opinion only, and please don't view it as anything else. We had a simply horrible experience at Burgundy. We found the academics weak. We felt that the school was nasty and quite unresponsive. We observed a really shocking % of our DC's combined class transfer out at year-end. We pulled, and we're glad we did. Do some very thorough homework on this.

[Anonymous]

Check out Flint Hill School in Oakton.

[Anonymous]

We heard that Flint Hill is quite stuck up and has a lot of rich kids with attitude. Is that really true?

[Anonymous]

Did you look at Langley? It has a range of religions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We heard that Flint Hill is quite stuck up and has a lot of rich kids with attitude. Is that really true?

I have heard the same, but I would assume that Langley or Potomac would be much worse in that regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We heard that Flint Hill is quite stuck up and has a lot of rich kids with attitude. Is that really true?

I have heard the same, but I would assume that Langley or Potomac would be much worse in that regard.

Langley is neither stuck up nor progressive. Burgandy is your school, OP.

[Anonymous]

No, I would not say that about Flint Hill at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is purely personal opinion only, and please don't view it as anything else. We had a simply horrible experience at Burgundy. We found the academics weak. We felt that the school was nasty and quite unresponsive. We observed a really shocking % of our DC's combined class transfer out at year-end. We pulled, and we're glad we did. Do some very thorough homework on this.

OP, do a search on Burgundy. There are a couple of frequent Burgundy bashers on this board. They obviously had bad experiences, but I think you will find that they are outnumbered by happy parents. As for the ultimate measure of the quality of Burgundy education, ask the school to give you their stats on exmissions to high school and ultimate college admissions. The Burgundy kids do just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is purely personal opinion only, and please don't view it as anything else. We had a simply horrible experience at Burgundy. We found the academics weak. We felt that the school was nasty and quite unresponsive. We observed a really shocking % of our DC's combined class transfer out at year-end. We pulled, and we're glad we did. Do some very thorough homework on this.

I've seen you post this observation quite a few times over the past year. What I would be interested to hear is a bit of information on WHY the experience was horrible for you, in what way the school was "nasty" and where you chose to go instead of Burgundy. A few more specifics would help others determine whether the same might or might not be relevant to their own decisionmaking process. Your statement always sounds so bitter that it is difficult to take it seriously. I'm quite certain that you are not the only family to have a negative experience at the school simply because a poor fit can happen at any school. It is regrettable, but your comment does nothing to help others' determine if they too might have a negative or positive experience at the school.

[Anonymous]

If your kid is motivated and a self-starter, Burgundy is wonderful. Mine just graduated, is at a top DC school (one frequently mentioned on DCUM) and got all As on the first report card.