What school would you pick if you can't afford Marshall?

[Anonymous]

This is in Edison's cluster. Edison is not bad at all.
5 minutes to beltway and decent metro connections.

http://www.weichert.com/62333050/
http://www.weichert.com/61887572/

This is over 600,000. Not sure if you could negotiate it down enough.
http://www.weichert.com/61044745/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marshall HS:

Pimmit @ 535k: https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7434-Sportsman-Dr-22043/home/9398039

Dunn Loring Woods short sale at 480k (probably will go for 550k range):

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/8315-Cottage-St-22180/home/9540234

You could always do a TH at 485k:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/7951-Tyson-Oaks-Cir-22182/home/9461080

Or figure out a way to move the budget to 600k and get this house that goes to McLean HS at 599k:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7306-Woodley-Pl-22046/home/9550114

That McLean home is low because of the elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That McLean home is low because of the elementary school.

That probably would not be an issue for a lot of people.

And for other families, you're only talking about 3 years of school at (K-2) Timber Lane followed by the AAP center at Haycock.

My only concern would be a rezoning away from McLean HS to Falls Church or something like that. But because that area is all SFHs and not getting redeveloped into multifamily housing, a rezoning really wouldn't change the #s going to McLean all that much so there is no reason to rezone. If the SFHs turn into denser housing, then I can see McLean people agitating for a rezoning 'out of their school'.

[Anonymous]

Annandale is testing better than it used to, I think. Could you afford anything feeding into Fairfax HS? It's really come up in the rankings in the last few years.

Woodson would be tough on $550K unless you wanted a TH - I was looking in that range in 2011 and even then, there wasn't much.

If you're open to townhouses, you could find something in 22031 feeding into Oakton or Woodson or Fairfax HS, and you'd be close to metro and pretty close in. (other homes in 22031 feed into FCHS.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
This is over 600,000. Not sure if you could negotiate it down enough.
http://www.weichert.com/61044745/

this is a nice house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That McLean home is low because of the elementary school.

That probably would not be an issue for a lot of people.

And for other families, you're only talking about 3 years of school at (K-2) Timber Lane followed by the AAP center at Haycock.

My only concern would be a rezoning away from McLean HS to Falls Church or something like that. But because that area is all SFHs and not getting redeveloped into multifamily housing, a rezoning really wouldn't change the #s going to McLean all that much so there is no reason to rezone. If the SFHs turn into denser housing, then I can see McLean people agitating for a rezoning 'out of their school'.

The Timber Lane area is closer to Falls Church and Marshall than McLean, but it's been zoned to McLean since the mid-80s. I think it will stay put.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That McLean home is low because of the elementary school.

That probably would not be an issue for a lot of people.

And for other families, you're only talking about 3 years of school at (K-2) Timber Lane followed by the AAP center at Haycock.

My only concern would be a rezoning away from McLean HS to Falls Church or something like that. But because that area is all SFHs and not getting redeveloped into multifamily housing, a rezoning really wouldn't change the #s going to McLean all that much so there is no reason to rezone. If the SFHs turn into denser housing, then I can see McLean people agitating for a rezoning 'out of their school'.

The Timber Lane area is closer to Falls Church and Marshall than McLean, but it's been zoned to McLean since the mid-80s. I think it will stay put.

That area is a Mclean school district island. I would not bet on it not being redistricted. It might be worth buying if you have kids close to high school age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That McLean home is low because of the elementary school.

That probably would not be an issue for a lot of people.

And for other families, you're only talking about 3 years of school at (K-2) Timber Lane followed by the AAP center at Haycock.

My only concern would be a rezoning away from McLean HS to Falls Church or something like that. But because that area is all SFHs and not getting redeveloped into multifamily housing, a rezoning really wouldn't change the #s going to McLean all that much so there is no reason to rezone. If the SFHs turn into denser housing, then I can see McLean people agitating for a rezoning 'out of their school'.

The Timber Lane area is closer to Falls Church and Marshall than McLean, but it's been zoned to McLean since the mid-80s. I think it will stay put.

That area is a Mclean school district island. I would not bet on it not being redistricted. It might be worth buying if you have kids close to high school age.

People are happy with Timber Lane, too.

[Anonymous]

Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

You can look at the boundary map but, in addition to some single-family neighborhoods, there are garden apartments on the north side of Lee Highway in Falls Church that feed into TL/Longfellow/McLean and other garden apartments south of Lee Highway and off Annandale Road that feed into TL/Jackson/Falls Church.

The area is closer to Falls Church HS and Marshall HS than it is to McLean HS, but FCPS redistricted it to McLean after a county-wide boundary study in 1984. At the same time, some other garden apartments and townhouses also north of Lee Highway but further west were moved from Falls Church to Marshall.

Occasionally, people speculate that the area will get redistricted out of McLean, but it's unlikely to happen because it's been there a long time, it provides McLean with some diversity, Marshall won't have space, and any spare capacity at Falls Church (which has a growing enrollment) probably would be used to alleviate overcrowding at Stuart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

You can look at the boundary map but, in addition to some single-family neighborhoods, there are garden apartments on the north side of Lee Highway in Falls Church that feed into TL/Longfellow/McLean and other garden apartments south of Lee Highway and off Annandale Road that feed into TL/Jackson/Falls Church.

The area is closer to Falls Church HS and Marshall HS than it is to McLean HS, but FCPS redistricted it to McLean after a county-wide boundary study in 1984. At the same time, some other garden apartments and townhouses also north of Lee Highway but further west were moved from Falls Church to Marshall.

Occasionally, people speculate that the area will get redistricted out of McLean, but it's unlikely to happen because it's been there a long time, it provides McLean with some diversity, Marshall won't have space, and any spare capacity at Falls Church (which has a growing enrollment) probably would be used to alleviate overcrowding at Stuart.

There aren't that many at all. There are tons of elementary schools with that many multifamily units that aren't title 1 and aren't in as good a location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

You can look at the boundary map but, in addition to some single-family neighborhoods, there are garden apartments on the north side of Lee Highway in Falls Church that feed into TL/Longfellow/McLean and other garden apartments south of Lee Highway and off Annandale Road that feed into TL/Jackson/Falls Church.

The area is closer to Falls Church HS and Marshall HS than it is to McLean HS, but FCPS redistricted it to McLean after a county-wide boundary study in 1984. At the same time, some other garden apartments and townhouses also north of Lee Highway but further west were moved from Falls Church to Marshall.

Occasionally, people speculate that the area will get redistricted out of McLean, but it's unlikely to happen because it's been there a long time, it provides McLean with some diversity, Marshall won't have space, and any spare capacity at Falls Church (which has a growing enrollment) probably would be used to alleviate overcrowding at Stuart.

There aren't that many at all. There are tons of elementary schools with that many multifamily units that aren't title 1 and aren't in as good a location.

Not all multifamily units are alike. Spring Hill has a fair amount of multifamily housing and a very low FARMS rate. On the other hand, the catchment area for Sleepy Hollow is primarily single-family neighborhoods, but its demographics are similar to Timber Lane's because a large number of the students live in garden apartments near Seven Corners. You also have kids transferring to the AAP centers who are less likely to get FARMS.

It's not going to change the fact that kids are kids and people who actually have students at Timber Lane speak highly of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

You can look at the boundary map but, in addition to some single-family neighborhoods, there are garden apartments on the north side of Lee Highway in Falls Church that feed into TL/Longfellow/McLean and other garden apartments south of Lee Highway and off Annandale Road that feed into TL/Jackson/Falls Church.

The area is closer to Falls Church HS and Marshall HS than it is to McLean HS, but FCPS redistricted it to McLean after a county-wide boundary study in 1984. At the same time, some other garden apartments and townhouses also north of Lee Highway but further west were moved from Falls Church to Marshall.

Occasionally, people speculate that the area will get redistricted out of McLean, but it's unlikely to happen because it's been there a long time, it provides McLean with some diversity, Marshall won't have space, and any spare capacity at Falls Church (which has a growing enrollment) probably would be used to alleviate overcrowding at Stuart.

There aren't that many at all. There are tons of elementary schools with that many multifamily units that aren't title 1 and aren't in as good a location.

Not all multifamily units are alike. Spring Hill has a fair amount of multifamily housing and a very low FARMS rate. On the other hand, the catchment area for Sleepy Hollow is primarily single-family neighborhoods, but its demographics are similar to Timber Lane's because a large number of the students live in garden apartments near Seven Corners. You also have kids transferring to the AAP centers who are less likely to get FARMS.

It's not going to change the fact that kids are kids and people who actually have students at Timber Lane speak highly of it.

Sleepy Hollow is known to have people living illegally in those apartments. Is the same thing happening in the Timer Lane boundary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

I don't understand the question. Why do I think Timber Lane is a Title I school?

Because it is

http://www.fcps.edu/is/titlei/schools.shtml

not that there is anything wrong with that.. other than the fact that poverty sucks for the kids and their family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think this school is Title 1? Seems strange for it's location near DC and being in the McLean district.

I don't understand the question. Why do I think Timber Lane is a Title I school?

Because it is

http://www.fcps.edu/is/titlei/schools.shtml

not that there is anything wrong with that.. other than the fact that poverty sucks for the kids and their family.

A family can make up to 185% of the poverty level and still be eligible for FARMS.