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[quote=Anonymous]You must attend the school you are zoned for unless your child wants a special program that is offered at another school (i.e. a certain foreign language or IB/AP if  not offered at your school).

The only negative I can say about a Kilmer/Madison zoned home is that we were in a situation last year of buying a house with a rising 7th grader.  I refused any home zoned for Kilmer MS and then Madison b/c only a tiny portion of the Kilmer kids go on to Madison.  I didn't want my 7th grader to make a few friends in middle school only to likely lose them and have to start from scratch in HS.  So, to the extent we looked in Vienna, I looked for Thoreau/Madison b/c the vast majority of Thoreau continues on to Madison.

We did buy in Vienna and we have been happy with Thoreau.  It is kind of like the land of milk-n-honey.  Lots of parent support/involvement/volunteering.  Very active PTA.  Seems like a safe place when I've been there -- no fighting or bad behavior in the lunch room that I've noticed.  Just a normal MS.  The administration is very organized and has lots of communication.

Madison -- well, last year it was the 3rd best high school in VA (according to US News).  [/quote]

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