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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has attended both. They seem to be on pretty much the same level. Lemon Road is smaller but that doesn't translate to smaller class sizes.[/quote]

Thanks for this, good to hear. This is OP and in the interest of full disclosure we are currently slated for Westgate but will likely move in the next few years - probably out of Pimmit Hills but trying to stay in Mclean/Falls Church. Didn't know if we should try to rush the move before DS starts K to avoid Westgate (either fall of '16 or '17 depending on whether we redshirt - Sept bday). Doesn't sound like that should be an issue... I just feel like Westgate is rarely discussed here. [/quote]

One thing to add, we thought that moving to McLean elementary schools would be the best thing in the world compared to PH. Honestly there isn't much difference compared to the teachers, students etc... but the class sizes are very large, the schools overcrowded / outdated and if you read about the budget shortfalls the PTA will be shouldering more of the burden because schools with FARMS get more funding. Looking back on it we would've been fine in PH and in fact it might have been better with the new renovations and smaller class sizes. I also think that this area (the world in general) is very diverse and it might have been a good experience for the kids to not be in a 80% white kids bubble.

My point is that the grass appears greener on the other side but overall it wasn't really that different or amazing in comparison. [/quote]

There are no 80% white public schools in McLean, at any level.  [/quote]

well I'll be darned, chesterbrook is now 71%, but it was closer to 80% a few years back.[/quote]

You have to go back to 2007-08 for Chesterbrook, which is the "whitest" ES in McLean, to be at that level, and you can see the trend since then.  It also feeds into a middle and high school with roughly 45% and 40% non-white enrollment, respectively.  [/quote]

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