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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends. Is the base school "not the best" because the admin sucks and discipline stuff is out of control or is it not the best because there's a subset of students who are academically behind and that's impacting test scores? If it's the first one, go to the center. If it's the second and your child doesn't want to leave her friends I'd consider the base school. Honors classes in most middle schools in FCPS are usually solid. The kids who can't hack it academically usually drop down to team taught pretty quickly. By that age they're old enough to know when they're struggling and don't like it and the parents understand that a C in a high school level course isn't good. The kids who are really behind or have a lot of behavior problems get put into small group. It's also worth considering how much time the center will add to the morning bus ride. DC goes to a center middle school and it's a lot further from our house. Finally, if TJ is on your radar your kid is going to have a much easier time getting in from a base school than one of the centers that has hundreds of applicants and can only send the top 1.5%.[/quote]

TJ is not on our radar rn but open to it if she wants it. And yes our issue is the former- admin is ok but discipline issues are out of control since Covid. She has a close group of friends at her base school and is generally against moving schools and leaving besties behind. Tough call especially with liberty looming and dynamics likely to change[/quote]

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