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[quote=Anonymous]I have kids at Shrevewood.

Trailers are a fact of life for schools in this area and Shrevewood is no different.  They have 5 trailers I believe, with one of them built in the last year.  The playground unfortunately has enough space for more trailers.  I guess this could be worse - the HS that I went to (in another state) now has no ballfield/rec area as it has doubled the building size via a bunch of trailers.

The school is as economically and racially diverse as you can get in the northern half of Fairfax County.  Everyone is pretty much the same though, they want the best for their kids and expect them to do well in school.

Shrevewood recently (over the past 2-3 years?) changed from outplacing their AAP kids (starting in 3rd grade) to Haycock to having a Local Level IV (ie AAP classes) while also giving parents the option to outplace at the regional AAP center, which is now Lemon Road ES.  [Excuse me for getting all the terminology maybe not 100% precise as FCPS AAP stuff confuses me a bit.]

If your kid is above grade level before the AAP years then they will get additional challenge via pull-out instructional time in group settings with other kids in their grade.  Once they get to the AAP years then get stay at Shrevewood or go to LR (parent's choice).  I think the current AAP class size is like 15-20 kids, so it does need to grow.  It's pretty easy to tell by the 3rd grade which kids can read and do math above grade level.

I personally think ES rankings / quality is irrelevant for FCPS schools.  All I really care about is personal safety for my kids and FCPS provides that by being in a rich county.  They just need to learn how to read, write and maths at grade level or higher and kids will do that if they aren't LD/SN and have parent(s) who expect that of them.  Good teachers are great but bad teachers pretty much don't affect the kids all that much as they will learn from you.

PTA is active but doesn't hit up the parents for as much money (fundraising) as they probably should.

The only downside to this area is the afterschool sports - there isn't a single league that caters to these kids so you'll find families going to McLean + Falls Church City + Vienna leagues.  Gives you more choices, of course, but saddles you with more driving during rush hour.[/quote]

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