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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WOW! I live in Vienna (and am very happy with the schools), but I also LOVE Alexandria, and often think that we should move there. I lived there (SE area) before I was married. However, reading about the schools has me reconsidering this idea. Are the schools (MS and HS) really 'that' bad? [/quote] That's an explosive question. They are universally regarded as bad, but there are definitely parents who have toughed it out who will tell you they are having a good experience and their children are getting a good education. The high school (there is only one) has a reputation for being "Yale or Jail" in which kids generally get tracked. There's a small cadre of achievers who have access to excellent faculty, but they tend to live in a bubble. There is a high drop-out rate for Hispanics, especially, a lot of fighting, and enough teen pregnancies that the school operates a day care on site for the children of students.[/quote]
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