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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here--one dilemma of choosing a district like Fairfax is that you might choose a pyramid that seems great when your children are elementary age, only to find later on that the county has redistricted for whatever reason and now your high school is not the one you thought it would be.

This is not a concern at all if you choose Arlington, Alexandria or Falls Church City.

So I guess I'm saying, does anyone think Fairfax is so good as a whole that this is not that much of a negative?[/quote]

First, take a real look at Arlingtons high school issues long term. They have a significant problem in the pipeline, since they can't seem to get on board with a 4th comprehensive high school. If you have ES kids, right now the plan seems to be to do high school in two shifts, or have an online campus. Or maybe something else. It's a mess for kids ten years out and there just are not enough seats, with no plan to address it.

Also ACPS just sucks. Sorry, but TC Williams is hard to defend. FCCS is certainly better, but not great.

As for FCPS, you are fine-- depending on what part of the county you live in. A kid who gets rezoned from Oakton to Chantilly or Madison, or from Langley to McLean or LBSS to Robinson or West Springfield will be fine. Things get dicey on the borders between good schools and bad ones.  But, there are lots of areas where  even if rezoning happens, you still end up in a good school.  And it should be evident from looking at zoning maps and projected capacity where rezoning is a risk. . If your buy a house in an overenrolled school that is GS 8, and is a mile from an underenrolled GS 2 school zone, that's a risk. Vienna is not a risk any way you look at the numbers. [/quote]

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