Hybla Valley is a no-go, correct?

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t have school aged kids it’s fine. If your kids are on the older side, you’re fine. I’d avoid Bucknell elementary. We live in old town and go to a great swim club in Bucknell, and a lot of members love walking distance and like it.

We don't have children yet...but the schools are a concern.

We lived in the general area before kids, then moved after having kids. Your dollar will go much farther there because the schools aren't considered very good. Whether they are or aren't is another question. It's been many years, but as I recall, something like 80-90% of the kids for our zoned elementary were english as a second language. It makes sense that the teachers in those early years of K-2 would need to spend a lot of time getting that population up to speed, which didn't seem like a great situation for our kids. The other thing that's commonly mentioned is that the language barriers and possibly cultural barriers make for a more uninvolved parent population at these schools.

THIS IS NOT TRUE OF ALL SCHOOLS IN 22310. Its a great area and lots of value in the housing compared to the rest of Fairfax County. There are nicer areas and not as nice parts of 22310. Cannot beat the location sandwiched between Old Town, Fort Hunt/Potomac Pkwy, and Kingstowne. Plus great transportation access.

School boundaries are not reliable anymore (due to policy changes) so they are not safe from being rezoned to a nearby bad school. All of the adjacent elementary school zones need to be high quality or you risk being rezoned to a terrible school nearby.

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Look in Bucknell Manor. It’s a stable neighborhood and better than most in the area w your price range. St. Louis is a great option, we have multiple kids there. In the WestPo pyramid, Waynewood Elementary is good, but moving into the zone won’t align w your budget.

Stay far away from homes near any of the garden apartment complexes and don’t buy near Lockheed Blvd/Rt. 1.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t have school aged kids it’s fine. If your kids are on the older side, you’re fine. I’d avoid Bucknell elementary. We live in old town and go to a great swim club in Bucknell, and a lot of members love walking distance and like it.

We don't have children yet...but the schools are a concern.

St. Louis is a good Catholic school. As all public schools continue to deteriorate, most people will do private, catholic, or charter. Should not worry about schools so much.

St Louis may be better than Hybla Valley, but in the same pyramid, I'd send my kid to Belle View, Ft. Hunt, Waynewood or Stratford Landing's center over St. Louis

Waynewood sure -- but the other schools are only slightly better than Alexandria City schools.

What are you basing this on? I have two kids at Fort Hunt and have had an excellent experience.

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Same at Belle View. Waynewood is whiter, not necessarily better.

To stay on topic, I don't think houses in actual Hybla Valley feed into any of these schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Same at Belle View. Waynewood is whiter, not necessarily better.

To stay on topic, I don't think houses in actual Hybla Valley feed into any of these schools.

It doesn't...actual Hybla Valley feeds into Hybla Valley elementary, and possibly Groveton, Mt. Vernon Woods, or Hollin Meadows.

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To your point about crime and being extremely unsafe, I do not find that to be true. Yes you are going to find some crime and maybe a bit more in some of the areas a little further out, but no more than you would find at any other location inside or close to the beltway.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t have school aged kids it’s fine. If your kids are on the older side, you’re fine. I’d avoid Bucknell elementary. We live in old town and go to a great swim club in Bucknell, and a lot of members love walking distance and like it.

We don't have children yet...but the schools are a concern.

St. Louis is a good Catholic school. As all public schools continue to deteriorate, most people will do private, catholic, or charter. Should not worry about schools so much.

St Louis may be better than Hybla Valley, but in the same pyramid, I'd send my kid to Belle View, Ft. Hunt, Waynewood or Stratford Landing's center over St. Louis

Hell No. Clearly you have no experience with St. Louis which is a gem of a school.

-parent in the area with kids at a different Catholic school.

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