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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good point. The schools are both outstanding with a wealthy student body, are there even any "undesirable" (on the level of Cunningham Park, notice I put undesirable in quotes) schools near those two? [/quote]

I was also wondering why this is even relevant to the OP's question (and thought the reference to Cunningham Park here was quite gratuitous).

Is the (new) question whether someone who buys in either district is somehow at risk of being redistricted to an "undesirable" school?

The schools that surround Sherman are Chesterbrook, Kent Gardens and Churchill Road - all very good.

The schools that surround Spring Hill are Great Falls, Colvin Run, Westbriar, Westgate, Kent Gardens and Churchill Road - all very good as well.

So the answer to your question is "No."

One irony is that Sherman itself currently only gets a "7" on Great Schools.  Presumably, the comparatively high percentage of special education students at Sherman pulls down the standardized test results a bit.  People appear to take that into stride, however, and assume that it won't negatively affect the other kids, whereas the presence at a school of some Hispanic students who may not speak English very well seems to be a cause for alarm.

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What area do these hispanic kids live in?  I can't think of any lower income apartments in McLean.

Sherman's lower scores would be especially surprising since I think a few homes along McLean's gold coast feed into Sherman, not to mention a lot of other wealthy areas.[/quote]

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