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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a 2.5 year old and soon a newborn. The topic of schools comes up a lot in our conversations. [b]When do families start touring schools?[/b] As in, if you were planning to send your child to public school, do you take a tour when they are 3 years old to see if you like it or do you wait until they are 4, and it's time to register? I'm asking because waiting to take the tour right before when registration starts seems really stressful. Am I overthinking this?

For our situation, we live in South Arlington and are planning to tour all the choice options as well as our home school. I am thinking if we do this when he's 3, we have time to also tour some of the more affordable privates if we want when he's 4, though we'll be almost certainly going public.

Any thoughts on the timing? I know there are already lots of debates about the schools in Arlington. I know that the schools might change some in the next 2.5 years. Just trying to figure out when to start!

TIA!

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This family never toured any schools. I called the public school we're zoned for, in the spring when our first child was 5, and they put her on the list for kindergarten orientation, and then we went to kindergarten orientation (which did not include a tour of the school), and then in the fall she went to kindergarten.

Other people may do things differently.[/quote]

Are you happy there? [/quote]

The kids are in high school and middle school now. But yes, the elementary school was fine. In Montgomery County.[/quote]

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