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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Visit schools in areas you are interested in.  [b]I agree that Great Schools scores are a proxy for SES.[/b]  Most public schools in Fairfax county (where I live) are very good. I wouldn’t stress about getting into an 8-10 rated school.

We’ve been here for 15 years.  No redistricting issues so far.  One thing we didn’t count on was having 2 kids who need additional resources for learning disabilities, one of them significant.  Fairfax county has been good at supporting them with IEPs, but we still may be looking at alternatives for at one child.

Buy a house in a neighborhood you can afford and like.  School needs may very well change.
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+1 to the bolded. Great Schools and similar sites are a reflection of SES, and frankly, whiteness, of the particular school. The whiteness factor may decline in the next generation as America becomes majority minority and I think you see a bit of it now, but overall that's the deal.

I'd think more about the neighborhood as well as the overall makeup of the school. Our neighborhood school is not majority white - it's 30% white, 30% Asian, 30% Hispanic. This was great for us/our kids - they loved it and it naturally learned about other cultural practices, etc. by simply being in school with kids from a different race and culture than their own.

Also, don't underestimate your own influence. I think any bright child with involved parents can succeed in in a district like FCPS, if that's where you are looking.

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