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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]

It is a concern if you choose Arlington.  People just got moved out of W-L (good) to Wakefield (not so good).  APS also is facing major capacity issues, particularly at the high school level.

It is not a concern at the middle or high school levels if you choose Alexandria, but it might be a concern at the elementary level, as they change ES boundaries in ACPS.  It is not a concern in Falls Church City, but then your child is with the same small group of kids from K-12, which some think is a bit incestuous.

Your best bet is to buy in an area where all the nearby schools are good.  McLean and the eastern parts of Great Falls are is a prime example, but there are others:  the northern-most parts of Arlington, the Town of Vienna, Chantilly, the area near Frost/Woodson, the areas near West Springfield HS that are not near Lee, etc. [/quote]

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