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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly OP, I think you are looking for a unicorn. Schools in this area with strong academics tend to have some level of academic competition. And it doesn’t seem like you are saying you want weak schools. Because you probably don’t.

Northern Virginia is a one of the most affluent, highly educated areas in the nation. You can find pockets where this is not the case. And where the schools arena’t competitive.  But they also aren’t very good.  And you might not want your kid to feel academic pressure. But I doubt you want him in a classroom where the teacher  spends more time dealing with discipline and ESOL and special needs, and average kids are ignored.

And PP is right—it’s always something. Keeping up with material wealth,, starting to train your kid to play D1 sports at age 8, and year round travel teams,  asking sure they have the right clothes and latest iPhone in 4th grade — something.

I live in the academically intense part of Farifax  County and— full disclosure, one of my kids goes to TJ. And one goes to the base high school. And a lot depends on the family.  Even in this environment, I know a lot of kids who went through AAP and GE who  never wanted TJ, never did hours of ES or MS homework,played sports, joined Girl Scouts, did an all girls science program, and are nice, normal centered kids from nice, normal families.

I would be careful about saying that you want to avoid academically strong schools for a 3 year old. Fact is, until late ES, none of the schools seem that academically intense. And the ones that are are AAP Cemters that you can opt out of.  And there are a lot of school where some of the parents are over the top, but most of the kids are healthy and balanced. And things will look difference at 9 and 12 and 15

I’m not sure you are going to be at all happy with what your kids educational experience looks like if you go out of your way to avoid strong schools.  And I would caution against listening to people recommending high schools for a pre-schooler. This area is growing fast. The makeup of different areas and school zoning could change a lot in 12 years. [/quote]

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