Do you think Annandale will ever take off?

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Anonymous wrote:Another family that completely skipped over Annandale when house hunting and looked in all surrounding areas (including some zoned to Falls Church HS). Annandale seemed incredibly dangerous and run down (looked into schools and could not even consider sending our kids there). We had a budget of a little over $1M (which I know doesn't go far in this area) and could have gotten a very nice house in Annandale, but couldn't get over the safety/school considerations even though our commutes would have been great.

I'm saying this to say this is a mentality of many I know and is why Annandale won't change.

Grew up in Falls Church close to inside-the-Beltway Annandale and don't even want to imagine who'd think Annandale was "incredibly dangerous and run down."

Some of the commercial areas are kind of tattered, but the same could be said of downtown McLean or many areas in Arlington (off Wilson Boulevard or Washington Boulevard, for example). The Korean community has largely moved further west but they continue to operate a lot of nice businesses and restaurants in Annandale.

I would avoid the garden apartment complexes off 236 at night, but otherwise it's safe and the single-family neighborhoods are fine and well-maintained. I suspect you're basing your claim on the congregation of day laborers along 236 looking for work. That's our economy these days. You'll find day laborers congregated in Vienna at the corner at Park and Cedar as well.

When the county releases its annual property assessments, there's always a chart that indicates how much assessments rose on average in different magisterial districts. In some years the assessments in Mason go up more than the assessments in other districts; in some years, they go up less. The latest assessments for 2023 indicate that values went up 6.34% on average, which was less than in most areas but more than in the Providence District, which includes areas in Falls Church, Fairfax, Oakton, and Tysons. In 2022, the prior year, the assessments in Mason went up by 10.24%, which was the second highest among the county's nine magisterial districts.

I do understand the concerns some have with the public schools, especially given how FCPS has concentrated poverty at Poe MS and Annandale HS. But "incredibly dangerous and run down"? Come on.

The posts saying it's dangerous and run down are.... interesting as someone living in DC where I too routinely hear gunshots from my home, have had people murdered within 1 block of my home, etc. Can I expect to hear gunshots in a SFH in Annandale? Carjacking 15 min after I was waiting at the same red light taking my kids to school? Lemme know.

Well people are willing to risk a lot to live in a city. But moving to a blah suburb with crime and terrible schools? What's the point?

There's a bit of a sliding scale at work here. What's considered a "terrible school" in a Fairfax suburb would be considered one of the best public schools in DC, what's considered "high crime" in a suburb might be considered a relative oasis of quiet in DC, etc.

I genuinely laughed at this comment. Annandale high school would not be considered one of the best, but rather it would join its friends in SE, SW, and NE DC. Only difference would be instead of high concentration of blacks, it would be ESOL hispanics. Annandale is sadly considered one of the more middle tier high schools in Fairfax, Justice, Hayfield, Edison, Falls Church etc are much worse.

You appear not to be that familiar with the schools in either Fairfax or DC, apart from trotting out the names of a bunch of schools in FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Another family that completely skipped over Annandale when house hunting and looked in all surrounding areas (including some zoned to Falls Church HS). Annandale seemed incredibly dangerous and run down (looked into schools and could not even consider sending our kids there). We had a budget of a little over $1M (which I know doesn't go far in this area) and could have gotten a very nice house in Annandale, but couldn't get over the safety/school considerations even though our commutes would have been great.

I'm saying this to say this is a mentality of many I know and is why Annandale won't change.

Grew up in Falls Church close to inside-the-Beltway Annandale and don't even want to imagine who'd think Annandale was "incredibly dangerous and run down."

Some of the commercial areas are kind of tattered, but the same could be said of downtown McLean or many areas in Arlington (off Wilson Boulevard or Washington Boulevard, for example). The Korean community has largely moved further west but they continue to operate a lot of nice businesses and restaurants in Annandale.

I would avoid the garden apartment complexes off 236 at night, but otherwise it's safe and the single-family neighborhoods are fine and well-maintained. I suspect you're basing your claim on the congregation of day laborers along 236 looking for work. That's our economy these days. You'll find day laborers congregated in Vienna at the corner at Park and Cedar as well.

When the county releases its annual property assessments, there's always a chart that indicates how much assessments rose on average in different magisterial districts. In some years the assessments in Mason go up more than the assessments in other districts; in some years, they go up less. The latest assessments for 2023 indicate that values went up 6.34% on average, which was less than in most areas but more than in the Providence District, which includes areas in Falls Church, Fairfax, Oakton, and Tysons. In 2022, the prior year, the assessments in Mason went up by 10.24%, which was the second highest among the county's nine magisterial districts.

I do understand the concerns some have with the public schools, especially given how FCPS has concentrated poverty at Poe MS and Annandale HS. But "incredibly dangerous and run down"? Come on.

The posts saying it's dangerous and run down are.... interesting as someone living in DC where I too routinely hear gunshots from my home, have had people murdered within 1 block of my home, etc. Can I expect to hear gunshots in a SFH in Annandale? Carjacking 15 min after I was waiting at the same red light taking my kids to school? Lemme know.

Well people are willing to risk a lot to live in a city. But moving to a blah suburb with crime and terrible schools? What's the point?

There's a bit of a sliding scale at work here. What's considered a "terrible school" in a Fairfax suburb would be considered one of the best public schools in DC, what's considered "high crime" in a suburb might be considered a relative oasis of quiet in DC, etc.

I genuinely laughed at this comment. Annandale high school would not be considered one of the best, but rather it would join its friends in SE, SW, and NE DC. Only difference would be instead of high concentration of blacks, it would be ESOL hispanics. Annandale is sadly considered one of the more middle tier high schools in Fairfax, Justice, Hayfield, Edison, Falls Church etc are much worse.

You appear not to be that familiar with the schools in either Fairfax or DC, apart from trotting out the names of a bunch of schools in FCPS.

+1 and I live in DC. Annandale avg SAT is better than Jackson Reed HS in NW DC FWIW. So no Annandale wouldn't be joining anything from SE/SW/NE.

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Anonymous wrote:Another family that completely skipped over Annandale when house hunting and looked in all surrounding areas (including some zoned to Falls Church HS). Annandale seemed incredibly dangerous and run down (looked into schools and could not even consider sending our kids there). We had a budget of a little over $1M (which I know doesn't go far in this area) and could have gotten a very nice house in Annandale, but couldn't get over the safety/school considerations even though our commutes would have been great.

I'm saying this to say this is a mentality of many I know and is why Annandale won't change.

Grew up in Falls Church close to inside-the-Beltway Annandale and don't even want to imagine who'd think Annandale was "incredibly dangerous and run down."

Some of the commercial areas are kind of tattered, but the same could be said of downtown McLean or many areas in Arlington (off Wilson Boulevard or Washington Boulevard, for example). The Korean community has largely moved further west but they continue to operate a lot of nice businesses and restaurants in Annandale.

I would avoid the garden apartment complexes off 236 at night, but otherwise it's safe and the single-family neighborhoods are fine and well-maintained. I suspect you're basing your claim on the congregation of day laborers along 236 looking for work. That's our economy these days. You'll find day laborers congregated in Vienna at the corner at Park and Cedar as well.

When the county releases its annual property assessments, there's always a chart that indicates how much assessments rose on average in different magisterial districts. In some years the assessments in Mason go up more than the assessments in other districts; in some years, they go up less. The latest assessments for 2023 indicate that values went up 6.34% on average, which was less than in most areas but more than in the Providence District, which includes areas in Falls Church, Fairfax, Oakton, and Tysons. In 2022, the prior year, the assessments in Mason went up by 10.24%, which was the second highest among the county's nine magisterial districts.

I do understand the concerns some have with the public schools, especially given how FCPS has concentrated poverty at Poe MS and Annandale HS. But "incredibly dangerous and run down"? Come on.

The posts saying it's dangerous and run down are.... interesting as someone living in DC where I too routinely hear gunshots from my home, have had people murdered within 1 block of my home, etc. Can I expect to hear gunshots in a SFH in Annandale? Carjacking 15 min after I was waiting at the same red light taking my kids to school? Lemme know.

Well people are willing to risk a lot to live in a city. But moving to a blah suburb with crime and terrible schools? What's the point?

There's a bit of a sliding scale at work here. What's considered a "terrible school" in a Fairfax suburb would be considered one of the best public schools in DC, what's considered "high crime" in a suburb might be considered a relative oasis of quiet in DC, etc.

I genuinely laughed at this comment. Annandale high school would not be considered one of the best, but rather it would join its friends in SE, SW, and NE DC. Only difference would be instead of high concentration of blacks, it would be ESOL hispanics. Annandale is sadly considered one of the more middle tier high schools in Fairfax, Justice, Hayfield, Edison, Falls Church etc are much worse.

You appear not to be that familiar with the schools in either Fairfax or DC, apart from trotting out the names of a bunch of schools in FCPS.

+1 and I live in DC. Annandale avg SAT is better than Jackson Reed HS in NW DC FWIW. So no Annandale wouldn't be joining anything from SE/SW/NE.

Oops, Jackson Reed (Woodrow Wilson) had a slight edge in 2022 scores but basically equivalent. Besides JR, the only other DCPS HS that exceed Annandale in DC are School Without Walls and Banneker.

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I lived in a townhome right by annandale hs for almost 10 years. I got the hell out as soon as I was financially able.

My neighborhood was littered with construction material/waste. My neighbors regularly drank beer outside (no issue with that) and then threw their glass beer bottles on the ground. I couldn't walk my dog without picking him up every few feet to avoid broken glass. The community mailbox was constantly tagged with MS13 symbols. Fights and robberies took place regularly. Mattresses and bulk trash were dumped at the corner.

The problem with annandale...at least the annandale inside the beltway...is there is no pride of ownership or pride In the community. Few people try to care for their property or maintain the area. Drive around the area and look at the garbage that is tossed everywhere. If there is a wooded area, I guarantee it will be full of construction trash. A community clean up event occurred a few weeks ago and 9 tons of trash was collected just off of Americana drive-9 tons from just one street! Another example: the local 24 hour post office on John Marr was just closed because the homeless population spread poop all over the counter at night.

I get that there are a lot of poor people and new immigrants who live in annandale. That's fine. What I don't get is why the residents think they have the right to literally trash the community, to start fights in schools, and certainly throw glass bottles all over the sidewalks.

Annandale won't change until the mindset of the residents changes.

All that said, Penny Gross was an awful supervisor and her presence certainly didn't help the community. I never understood why she was re elected so many times. I'm glad she's retiring.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a townhome right by annandale hs for almost 10 years. I got the hell out as soon as I was financially able.

My neighborhood was littered with construction material/waste. My neighbors regularly drank beer outside (no issue with that) and then threw their glass beer bottles on the ground. I couldn't walk my dog without picking him up every few feet to avoid broken glass. The community mailbox was constantly tagged with MS13 symbols. Fights and robberies took place regularly. Mattresses and bulk trash were dumped at the corner.

The problem with annandale...at least the annandale inside the beltway...is there is no pride of ownership or pride In the community. Few people try to care for their property or maintain the area. Drive around the area and look at the garbage that is tossed everywhere. If there is a wooded area, I guarantee it will be full of construction trash. A community clean up event occurred a few weeks ago and 9 tons of trash was collected just off of Americana drive-9 tons from just one street! Another example: the local 24 hour post office on John Marr was just closed because the homeless population spread poop all over the counter at night.

I get that there are a lot of poor people and new immigrants who live in annandale. That's fine. What I don't get is why the residents think they have the right to literally trash the community, to start fights in schools, and certainly throw glass bottles all over the sidewalks.

Annandale won't change until the mindset of the residents changes.

All that said, Penny Gross was an awful supervisor and her presence certainly didn't help the community. I never understood why she was re elected so many times. I'm glad she's retiring.

You lived in probably the worst part of Annandale. If you lived in Columbia Pines or Sleepy Hollow Woods or Wynnwood or Tall Oaks (other neighborhoods in Annandale inside the Beltway) you would not have had these issues.

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Anonymous wrote:PBS’s “If you lived here” for all the annandale lovers and haters out there:

https://www.pbs.org/video/annandale-wwjpys/

That show glossed over the ugly parts of Annandale.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a townhome right by annandale hs for almost 10 years. I got the hell out as soon as I was financially able.

My neighborhood was littered with construction material/waste. My neighbors regularly drank beer outside (no issue with that) and then threw their glass beer bottles on the ground. I couldn't walk my dog without picking him up every few feet to avoid broken glass. The community mailbox was constantly tagged with MS13 symbols. Fights and robberies took place regularly. Mattresses and bulk trash were dumped at the corner.

The problem with annandale...at least the annandale inside the beltway...is there is no pride of ownership or pride In the community. Few people try to care for their property or maintain the area. Drive around the area and look at the garbage that is tossed everywhere. If there is a wooded area, I guarantee it will be full of construction trash. A community clean up event occurred a few weeks ago and 9 tons of trash was collected just off of Americana drive-9 tons from just one street! Another example: the local 24 hour post office on John Marr was just closed because the homeless population spread poop all over the counter at night.

I get that there are a lot of poor people and new immigrants who live in annandale. That's fine. What I don't get is why the residents think they have the right to literally trash the community, to start fights in schools, and certainly throw glass bottles all over the sidewalks.

Annandale won't change until the mindset of the residents changes.

All that said, Penny Gross was an awful supervisor and her presence certainly didn't help the community. I never understood why she was re elected so many times. I'm glad she's retiring.

You lived in probably the worst part of Annandale. If you lived in Columbia Pines or Sleepy Hollow Woods or Wynnwood or Tall Oaks (other neighborhoods in Annandale inside the Beltway) you would not have had these issues.

The Annandale PP has been telling everyone not to comment about Annandale if they have no personal experience. Here, the prior PP lived in Annandale for many years and shared his personal experience. PP told him to pipe down. lol

For what it's worth, I also lived in Annandale for many years (a townhome) and it was very much as described above. The difference between where we live now and our prior neighborhood is night and day. We left because of schools and would never move back. Some people may like Annandale, and that's great, but the buyers have really spoken on this one.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a townhome right by annandale hs for almost 10 years. I got the hell out as soon as I was financially able.

My neighborhood was littered with construction material/waste. My neighbors regularly drank beer outside (no issue with that) and then threw their glass beer bottles on the ground. I couldn't walk my dog without picking him up every few feet to avoid broken glass. The community mailbox was constantly tagged with MS13 symbols. Fights and robberies took place regularly. Mattresses and bulk trash were dumped at the corner.

The problem with annandale...at least the annandale inside the beltway...is there is no pride of ownership or pride In the community. Few people try to care for their property or maintain the area. Drive around the area and look at the garbage that is tossed everywhere. If there is a wooded area, I guarantee it will be full of construction trash. A community clean up event occurred a few weeks ago and 9 tons of trash was collected just off of Americana drive-9 tons from just one street! Another example: the local 24 hour post office on John Marr was just closed because the homeless population spread poop all over the counter at night.

I get that there are a lot of poor people and new immigrants who live in annandale. That's fine. What I don't get is why the residents think they have the right to literally trash the community, to start fights in schools, and certainly throw glass bottles all over the sidewalks.

Annandale won't change until the mindset of the residents changes.

All that said, Penny Gross was an awful supervisor and her presence certainly didn't help the community. I never understood why she was re elected so many times. I'm glad she's retiring.

You lived in probably the worst part of Annandale. If you lived in Columbia Pines or Sleepy Hollow Woods or Wynnwood or Tall Oaks (other neighborhoods in Annandale inside the Beltway) you would not have had these issues.

The Annandale PP has been telling everyone not to comment about Annandale if they have no personal experience. Here, the prior PP lived in Annandale for many years and shared his personal experience. PP told him to pipe down. lol

For what it's worth, I also lived in Annandale for many years (a townhome) and it was very much as described above. The difference between where we live now and our prior neighborhood is night and day. We left because of schools and would never move back. Some people may like Annandale, and that's great, but the buyers have really spoken on this one.

I’m just saying that not all of Annandale inside the Beltway is the same. Off of Americana or Heritage may be a dump but there are also safe, nice areas and I do have personal experience with them.

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Anonymous wrote:PBS’s “If you lived here” for all the annandale lovers and haters out there:

https://www.pbs.org/video/annandale-wwjpys/

That show glossed over the ugly parts of Annandale.

I'm the annandale townhome poster from above. My husband and I watched this episode together. The hosts truly cherry-picked the parts of annandale they highlighted. And, even then, it seemed their enthusiasm/appreciation for annandale was forced.

[Anonymous]

The restaurants and shops are all so run down looking. Most houses look that way too. The Block - nice inside but same Meh outside - being one exception.

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Anonymous wrote:PBS’s “If you lived here” for all the annandale lovers and haters out there:

https://www.pbs.org/video/annandale-wwjpys/

That show glossed over the ugly parts of Annandale.

I'm the annandale townhome poster from above. My husband and I watched this episode together. The hosts truly cherry-picked the parts of annandale they highlighted. And, even then, it seemed their enthusiasm/appreciation for annandale was forced.

You sound bitter but stupid at the same time.

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Anonymous wrote:Another family that completely skipped over Annandale when house hunting and looked in all surrounding areas (including some zoned to Falls Church HS). Annandale seemed incredibly dangerous and run down (looked into schools and could not even consider sending our kids there). We had a budget of a little over $1M (which I know doesn't go far in this area) and could have gotten a very nice house in Annandale, but couldn't get over the safety/school considerations even though our commutes would have been great.

I'm saying this to say this is a mentality of many I know and is why Annandale won't change.

Grew up in Falls Church close to inside-the-Beltway Annandale and don't even want to imagine who'd think Annandale was "incredibly dangerous and run down."

Some of the commercial areas are kind of tattered, but the same could be said of downtown McLean or many areas in Arlington (off Wilson Boulevard or Washington Boulevard, for example). The Korean community has largely moved further west but they continue to operate a lot of nice businesses and restaurants in Annandale.

I would avoid the garden apartment complexes off 236 at night, but otherwise it's safe and the single-family neighborhoods are fine and well-maintained. I suspect you're basing your claim on the congregation of day laborers along 236 looking for work. That's our economy these days. You'll find day laborers congregated in Vienna at the corner at Park and Cedar as well.

When the county releases its annual property assessments, there's always a chart that indicates how much assessments rose on average in different magisterial districts. In some years the assessments in Mason go up more than the assessments in other districts; in some years, they go up less. The latest assessments for 2023 indicate that values went up 6.34% on average, which was less than in most areas but more than in the Providence District, which includes areas in Falls Church, Fairfax, Oakton, and Tysons. In 2022, the prior year, the assessments in Mason went up by 10.24%, which was the second highest among the county's nine magisterial districts.

I do understand the concerns some have with the public schools, especially given how FCPS has concentrated poverty at Poe MS and Annandale HS. But "incredibly dangerous and run down"? Come on.

The posts saying it's dangerous and run down are.... interesting as someone living in DC where I too routinely hear gunshots from my home, have had people murdered within 1 block of my home, etc. Can I expect to hear gunshots in a SFH in Annandale? Carjacking 15 min after I was waiting at the same red light taking my kids to school? Lemme know.

Well people are willing to risk a lot to live in a city. But moving to a blah suburb with crime and terrible schools? What's the point?

There's a bit of a sliding scale at work here. What's considered a "terrible school" in a Fairfax suburb would be considered one of the best public schools in DC, what's considered "high crime" in a suburb might be considered a relative oasis of quiet in DC, etc.

I genuinely laughed at this comment. Annandale high school would not be considered one of the best, but rather it would join its friends in SE, SW, and NE DC. Only difference would be instead of high concentration of blacks, it would be ESOL hispanics. Annandale is sadly considered one of the more middle tier high schools in Fairfax, Justice, Hayfield, Edison, Falls Church etc are much worse.

You appear not to be that familiar with the schools in either Fairfax or DC, apart from trotting out the names of a bunch of schools in FCPS.

+1 and I live in DC. Annandale avg SAT is better than Jackson Reed HS in NW DC FWIW. So no Annandale wouldn't be joining anything from SE/SW/NE.

then why don’t the whites from dc move to annandale? why do only hispanics move in? think logically

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Anonymous wrote:Another family that completely skipped over Annandale when house hunting and looked in all surrounding areas (including some zoned to Falls Church HS). Annandale seemed incredibly dangerous and run down (looked into schools and could not even consider sending our kids there). We had a budget of a little over $1M (which I know doesn't go far in this area) and could have gotten a very nice house in Annandale, but couldn't get over the safety/school considerations even though our commutes would have been great.

I'm saying this to say this is a mentality of many I know and is why Annandale won't change.

Grew up in Falls Church close to inside-the-Beltway Annandale and don't even want to imagine who'd think Annandale was "incredibly dangerous and run down."

Some of the commercial areas are kind of tattered, but the same could be said of downtown McLean or many areas in Arlington (off Wilson Boulevard or Washington Boulevard, for example). The Korean community has largely moved further west but they continue to operate a lot of nice businesses and restaurants in Annandale.

I would avoid the garden apartment complexes off 236 at night, but otherwise it's safe and the single-family neighborhoods are fine and well-maintained. I suspect you're basing your claim on the congregation of day laborers along 236 looking for work. That's our economy these days. You'll find day laborers congregated in Vienna at the corner at Park and Cedar as well.

When the county releases its annual property assessments, there's always a chart that indicates how much assessments rose on average in different magisterial districts. In some years the assessments in Mason go up more than the assessments in other districts; in some years, they go up less. The latest assessments for 2023 indicate that values went up 6.34% on average, which was less than in most areas but more than in the Providence District, which includes areas in Falls Church, Fairfax, Oakton, and Tysons. In 2022, the prior year, the assessments in Mason went up by 10.24%, which was the second highest among the county's nine magisterial districts.

I do understand the concerns some have with the public schools, especially given how FCPS has concentrated poverty at Poe MS and Annandale HS. But "incredibly dangerous and run down"? Come on.

The posts saying it's dangerous and run down are.... interesting as someone living in DC where I too routinely hear gunshots from my home, have had people murdered within 1 block of my home, etc. Can I expect to hear gunshots in a SFH in Annandale? Carjacking 15 min after I was waiting at the same red light taking my kids to school? Lemme know.

Well people are willing to risk a lot to live in a city. But moving to a blah suburb with crime and terrible schools? What's the point?

There's a bit of a sliding scale at work here. What's considered a "terrible school" in a Fairfax suburb would be considered one of the best public schools in DC, what's considered "high crime" in a suburb might be considered a relative oasis of quiet in DC, etc.

I genuinely laughed at this comment. Annandale high school would not be considered one of the best, but rather it would join its friends in SE, SW, and NE DC. Only difference would be instead of high concentration of blacks, it would be ESOL hispanics. Annandale is sadly considered one of the more middle tier high schools in Fairfax, Justice, Hayfield, Edison, Falls Church etc are much worse.

You appear not to be that familiar with the schools in either Fairfax or DC, apart from trotting out the names of a bunch of schools in FCPS.

+1 and I live in DC. Annandale avg SAT is better than Jackson Reed HS in NW DC FWIW. So no Annandale wouldn't be joining anything from SE/SW/NE.

Oops, Jackson Reed (Woodrow Wilson) had a slight edge in 2022 scores but basically equivalent. Besides JR, the only other DCPS HS that exceed Annandale in DC are School Without Walls and Banneker.

how about you move to annandale then? experience those great schools yourself, then report back honey

[Anonymous]

Annandale was officially killed in 1985; as the cost of the highly revered Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

I am chapel square. Poe, ahs alumni. I own my parents home still in Annandale (it now goes to Woodson) as a rental.

Fairfax county effectively killed Annandale when the last Thomas Jefferson zoned kids got shipped to AHS who did not get a spot in the new high tech school. 1988 they moved the senior class entirely to ahs; they never were offered a new spot in the “admission”only school.

Not that the Jefferson students were bad; but the standards to get into TJ are not what they are now.

For the most part, AHS got the tougher crowd zoned for TJ from day 1; the good students stayed at TJ under preferred admissions; and things spiraled down hill from there until the rezoning of the outside the beltway kids going to Woodson.

Then, Annandale was officially killed.

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Anonymous wrote:Annandale was officially killed in 1985; as the cost of the highly revered Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

I am chapel square. Poe, ahs alumni. I own my parents home still in Annandale (it now goes to Woodson) as a rental.

Fairfax county effectively killed Annandale when the last Thomas Jefferson zoned kids got shipped to AHS who did not get a spot in the new high tech school. 1988 they moved the senior class entirely to ahs; they never were offered a new spot in the “admission”only school.

Not that the Jefferson students were bad; but the standards to get into TJ are not what they are now.

For the most part, AHS got the tougher crowd zoned for TJ from day 1; the good students stayed at TJ under preferred admissions; and things spiraled down hill from there until the rezoning of the outside the beltway kids going to Woodson.

Then, Annandale was officially killed.

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