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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello,

we are new to the area. just moved here currently in Anne Arundel County. My son will be in 8th grade for this school year.

as I learned more about the school districts, I feel I may have made a mistake by living in AA county

What I hope for high school

1. great teachers (a bad example would be his 5th grade ELA teacher, never correct their essays, skip quizzes etc.)
2. reasonably competitive, I don't want him to be too stressed, but he is that type of kids who would perform better if the peers are better...
3. reach his potential, get into a great college

so for next year, should I try to move to Montgomery county or Fairfax county for public schools? if so, which high school should we go? (within a reasonable housing cost)
obviously, we can't enter the magnet program or apply for TJ..

1. are the high schools in these two counties really good and worth the change? (Whitman, Walter Johnson, Winston Churchill. BCC, Mclean high or Langley high etc...)
2. we could try to apply for IB or Stem in AA County...(not sure yet which one is better for him)
3. another kid also will be in 7th grade....

I just want to try my best to put him in a good setting for success...stressed a bit as I don't know which way would be the right direction...

thank you.

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I know FCPS more than MCPS.  I would not focus on trying to go to the "best" schools in these districts--the middle of the pack schools are very good, have an excellent peer group for academically oriented students, and are slightly less likely to shut you out of colleges if you don't perform at the peak.  In a school like Langley, it's just very hard to be in the top 10% of your class when the student body is primarily high SE S, academically focused students because you are often in comparison with others at your school even if they don't officially rank.  But in a school like West Springfield, Chantilly, Robinson, Woodson, Lake Braddock there will be plenty of very strong academically oriented students in all honors/AP/IB classes but not 80% of the school--more like 25-50% of students.  The average SAT scores in these high schools are still around the 80% mark nationally for instance.

If you're looking for good in-state colleges I think VA has an advantage over MD because there's more good schools with more variety.[/quote]

Agree things like GS rankings just compare an average, but the reality is very different. High-school students self-segregate into differentiated classes. A wealthy HS may have 6 sections of some AP where a less affluent one may have 2 or 3, but both teach the same subject. [/quote]

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