What school(s) does your child(ren) attend?

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Anonymous wrote:Poster with a child at CPES and Colvin Run:

This is my take - CPES is a GREAT school (although you're right, it's probably not one parents would actively seek out). I took my 3rd grader out to go to CR because she was bored - it happened in 3rd grade, I/she was happy up until then.

I have a current 1st grader, nope it's not the most challenging school, but it has wonderful, warm and caring staff and at the end of the day -- it's first grade and my daughter is happy there! She may well spend the rest of her elementary years there and I would be happy with that. If you want your child at a non-center school, CPES is a good option.

I'm the PP looking for a non-center school. CPES sounds wonderful to me. A normal, low-key, community school without the division of AAP is what I'm looking for for my DC. Thanks for the input.

CPES was designated a "priority school" by FCPS a few years ago because, even though it wasn't Title I, it was consistently failing to meet expectations. It may have been too low-key for its own good.

This is a real misrepresentation, but whatever. As a CPES parent who sought out this particular school, I get tired of arguing with folks o the merits. They just won't see it.

CPES was designated as a "priority school" a few years ago, and it had groups of students who, for several years, were not meeting benchmarks. If you think it was a priority school for a different reason, what was it? There were other schools with more low-income students than CPES that were not similarly designated.

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Anonymous wrote:.. because it's a Priority School they are trying to turn things around. My daughter (at CPES) is in a class of eighteen this year which gives her a lot more one-on-one time with the teacher.

My son, too. First grade, 18 kids. I think the school is fabulous. I know a lot of the fear of the school has to do with SES, but if you [generic you] are one of the people who get ridiculously spun up about being surrounded by poorer, browner folks, no fear. Tear down culture and million homes are taking over that part of Vienna and slowly changing the demographic. Should be Wolf Trap-lite in a few years.

I would love to pupil-place my child into CPES, but I don't have any official "reason" that would qualify me for doing so, other than liking the sound of it. PPs, do you happen to know if it's difficult to do this?

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Drew Model School, Arlington

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Kilmer

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We live in the Haycock boundaries, but we send our kids to Congressional.

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Mt Daniel (FCC)