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[quote=Anonymous]The curriculum is weak in the City schools compared to neighboring districts.

That diversity you want to embrace?  That translates into the schools spending more time on what amounts to social service issues instead of focusing on education. They are more worried about the fact that Miguel's mommy might not have been able to read the flyer about some freebie they are handing out at school then whether your non ESL white kid can do math.

That diversity also buys you schools where the time and energy is devoted to the kids at the very bottom who can't pass the test. It's a waste really because even with all that time, money and energy, the most gains they will realize is a few percentage points.  If they focused on the top 50% of students, they would quickly bring up their scores.

Buy in Fairfax County or Arlington County unless you can afford private.

Do not buy into the belief the schools are getting better. I made that mistake 5 years ago. The schools are just as bad.

We have one of the 4 schools in VA that the state is considering taking over because students have failed to achieve in over 10 years.[/quote]

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