Would you move to McLean from Alexandria if your kids are thriving?

[Anonymous]

The commute from Alex/FFX county is not far. I don't know why everyone thinks it is.

OP-if you plan on sending kids to public schools, I'd consider moving. However, if you can swing the cost of Bishop Ireton (or SSAS for more $$), I would stay. You seem to like your neighborhood and your kids are happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in the Alexandria section of FFX Co and have kids at Edison HS. I didn't see anyone else posting who has first hand experiences with FCPS in the Alexandria section (although I could be wrong since I blew thru the Alex City bashing posts).

In your situation, I would not move. I don't say that to justify the choice we made to stay but because I've been in your shoes and I've been happy with the decision we made to stay. I don't buy into the hysteria some people have about the 'bad schools' in this part of the county. I've seen no evidence of it. Sure, there are problems but there are also problems in the affluent schools. You can get a quality education at any school in FCPS. All the research I've seen doesn't support a conclusion that my kids will suffer from going to these 'less desirable' schools.

My kids went to a Title 1 elementary school. It was fabulous! Yeah, the PTA struggled and couldn't fund the things I'm sure the McLean school PTAs can fund but that's okay. There was enough. Twain MS was great, too. About 1/3 of the kids that went to our ES went to Hayfield. Our kids are still in contact with their friends there and, as much as Hayfield is derided, it seems as good as Twain and Edison. Our neighbors' kids went to Edison have gone to college all over the country. While I don't know anyone who went to an Ivy, I do know neighborhoods kids who went/go to Stanford, Penn State, UVA, William & Mary, etc. We don't know anyone who dropped out and, so far, encountered no significant issues.

So, if it's schools you're worried about, I wouldn't move until you have more concrete data on why it would be in the best interest of your kids. From your posts, I'm not hearing a compelling case. I just hear fear.......

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562416300038

+1 (though I didn’t read the linked articles)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

This might shock your bigoted little brain, but some dads stay home as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

The McLean HS PTSA meetings are typically at 7 PM in the evening.

[Anonymous]

Nope. OP - your kids are thriving and you are happy.

Who cares if the schools have a high Niche number?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

This might shock your bigoted little brain, but some dads stay home as well.

Not many. May be 2 out of a group of 200 women. It is still primarily women that stop working

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

This might shock your bigoted little brain, but some dads stay home as well.

Not many. May be 2 out of a group of 200 women. It is still primarily women that stop working

The number is irrelevant. Just like saying this is a "board for white people" if one were discussing, say, hockey in Northern Wisconsin isn't cool. It might be true that there aren't many blacks playing hockey in Green Bay, but if there's one, then theyre included.

Unless, as I said, you're a bigot.

Now, should I be surprised that there are some gross ass, gold digging, unemployed, bigoted SAHMs in Mclean?

I think we all know the answer to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

This a completely false assumption. Yes there are many SAHM in McLean but there are just as many dual working parents. My kids go to an elementary school in the Langley pyramid and I know more WOHM than SAHM. How else can people afford those expensive homes?

There is a core group that attends the morning PTA meetings but most parents just don't go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

They also have them at night. They mix it up so everyone has a chance to make a few. Not everyone works 9-5 either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

They also have them at night. They mix it up so everyone has a chance to make a few. Not everyone works 9-5 either.

Isn't it funny how one person gives false information, but it plays into a narrative that all Langley/McLean families have one stay at home parent and no one with working parents will fit in...

And then we find out that the initial statement was wrong. gulp. All those stereotypes have to go out the window. So, Langley/McLean parents are a lot like everyone else. Imagine that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to mclean, note that the PTA meetings are held during work hours.

Most people have one spouse that doesn't work, and 99% of the time the spouse is female.

PTA General Membership Langley
Wed, November 15, 9am – 11am

http://www.ptsalangley.org/

this is a board for moms!

Wut?

Is that a bad thing that one spouse doesnt't work? Good for the Langley PTA. Last time I checked, their PTA fund has over 250K

no, but poster should know that. a 2 working couple would not fit in.

Herndon has PTAs at night so all can join.

Langley/Mclean have them during the day so the stay at home mom can go. no one has to work.

It is true that most kids have a non working Moms in Mclean, but no one will judge if both parents work. If you want to do PTA just leave work for an appointment for a few hours. Mclean schools and neighborhoods will be better for your kids and save $$ in the long run. You should move from Alexandria.