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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I are trying to decide if we should move to VA for better schools for our kids or stay in MoCo and go private/parochial. The VA HS boundaries we are looking at are: Yorktown (Arlington), Meridian and Marshall (Falls Church), McClean (Fairfax). 
Here are some factors we are thinking through:
- Three kids, so parochial school PK-8 is ~350k. 
- MCPS uses a lot of technology in early grades (K uses Chromebooks for educational games). [b]I would prefer more limited (or non-existent, honestly) technology.[/b]
- MCPS allows cell phones (or has teacher enforcement of cell phone bans, which I believe is an ineffective policy).
- We are in MCPS’s Down County Consortium, so Blair HS is an option. Our elementary is fine but not great and MS (Sligo MS) doesn’t seem like a great option. Reading and math proficiency levels are not very good, even at our ES, which is not Title 1.

Will moving to VA actually address the concerns I have? I think my husband is leaning toward move to VA, get a nicer house, and get better schools while I lean toward staying in our more modest house and going to parochial school because it’s a better culture fit.

Any guidance on VA schools or generally thinking through this issue would be appreciated.

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Why? That's so stupid. Do you want them to use chalk and slate or some shit like that?

The VA schools you're eyeing are remarkably similar to MCPS, so not sure what you think you're going to get that's different.

What a bizarre hostility to technology, though. Do you realize we live in the 21st Century and technology is a central part of how we live, work and learn?

Homeschool if you're determined to have luddites with no skills. [/quote]

DP but the only “bizarre hostility” on this thread is your foaming-at-the-mouth comment in response to a position that is widely shared that there is too much technology in classrooms at the expense of physical materials and direct instruction.[/quote]

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