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If we moved to fairfax could we still go if he was admitted from Arlington?  We are looking for houses and might not find what we are looking for in Arlington.  Mclean etc is right on border of Arlington.  [/quote]

Although this was an aside in your OP, it's actually a very important consideration. If you move school districts, there is no guarantee your child can stay enrolled in TJ. It would be up to the district to which you move, not TJ. Each district has a certain number of spots for students. If a district is maxed out and then you move into it, I think you'd be out of luck.

I say this as a TJ parent who moved *within* the district. We had to fill out a LOT of paperwork about our move and had to prove at several steps along the way that we were staying within the district.

As far as whether your son would benefit/excel there, honestly I wouldn't worry about it yet. Go through the application process, and if your son is accepted you can go to an open-house type of thing at the school. I believe Arlington also hosts something just for APS kids.

While I get a little irritated at the attempts to pigeonhole or stereotype TJ students, I will say that they are internally driven. Very few are happy with anything less than 100% effort in academic, social and extracurricular activities. In addition to academics, the school has amazing performing and visual arts, and many successful sports (especially those that are more individual effort, like golf and tennis) because the kids just won't accept anything less than the best from themselves.[/quote]

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