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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I read posts like this and I (sometimes) think that people just have to get real. Contemplating "best" school districts comparing Arlington and Fairfax County strikes me as akin to contemplating which luxury villa in Tuscany might be a better choice for a vacation -- give it a rest, people, we're talking a vacation in Tuscany here as compared to two nights at the Comfort Inn in Daytona Beach. [/quote]

I agree with this, and I also believe that the cream rises to the top no matter what school system you are in.  Smart, motivated kids with parents who value education are going to do well just about anywhere (barring really extreme circumstances - which we are not talking about in ACPS or FCPS) and they will go on to be successful in college, grad school & careers.

I remember tormenting myself over which of two very nice preschools to send my oldest to, and eventually saying "what is the worst that could happen if I pick the "wrong" one?"  Nothing!  It's essentially the same thing here.  I love FCPS and we bought in-boundary for what we concluded was an excellent elementary school, but I'm pretty sure my kids would be doing quite well if they were in any other FCPS school, or Arlington, or MoCo, or just about any "acceptable" school district.

Interestingly, I've read several times that the single most influential factor in a child's academic success is the education level of the mother (but not the father), followed by high socio-economic status, then followed by parental expectations of high achievement.  Kids that have these 3 factors working in their favor tend to do much better academically than their peers who lack these things.  [/quote]

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