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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid goes to Bailey's via the lottery, but if I was starting out today, I'm not sure I'd send her there. I love the school, but 1300+ kids! And they expect 1600+ in the next 3-5 years - http://www.fcps.edu/fts/dashboard/enrollment/esenroll.html

When the FCPS head of facilities retired recently, he said Bailey's overcrowding was the only problem he couldn't solve. There are already 19 trailers (3rd to 5th grade), limited playground space, and crazy lunch times. And there's no solution in sight. There's no land available to build a new school in that part of Fairfax Co. Even if they found a site tomorrow, Supervisory Penny Gross has said a new school is at least 5 years from completion.

There's also a new principal who seems to be very SOL-focused. I'm worried that she'll crowd out all of the enrichment opportunities that make Bailey's so special.

[b]Hate to be a downer, but there seems to be a growing sentiment among parents that Bailey's isn't what it used to be.[/b][/quote]

"Growing sentiment"? How does one define that when there are over 1300 children there? Let's low-ball it and say that those 1300 kids come from 500 families. How many of those [i]500 families[/i] have you spoken with? [/quote]

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