Anonymous wrote:It’s a great area and kids turn out just fine.
One of my children attended Fort Hunt for the Immersion program and earned three HS credits after taking the World Language exam in 8th grade.
The band and choir program at Sandburg MS are excellent. Teachers are responsive and engaged in her Honors classes. Mr. Underhill (Principal) is very smart, adaptable, responsive, and engaged. Is it crowded? Yes.
I’ve known plenty of families who have sent their children to excellent schools after they graduated from West Potomac—Yale, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, and many other places.
Most of all, people are nice and down to earth around here. Between school, sports, church, swim clubs, etc. you really get to know a lot of people so the area has a small-town feel, at times. Mount Vernon area, included.
The fake Harry Potter houses that he's come up with have made him a joke to the kids. He's well meaning, but in way over his head
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