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Reply to "Excellent, but not crazy competitive school districts in VA"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if you have lot of $$$, go to Churchill ES/Cooper MS/Langley HS enclave. Not so much money, Kent Garden ES/Long Fellow MS/Mclean HS[/quote] This is terrible advice if you’re looking to avoid a pressure-cooker environment.[/quote] Langley parent here (not the PP). Do you have a child at any of the above schools? I do - and they're not "pressure cookers." Certainly, there are high-achieving kids who put a lot of pressure on themselves, or their parents put pressure on them, but there are also a LOT of normal, well-balanced, "average" kids. The schools certainly don't put pressure on the students. In fact, they state repeatedly during high school how kids should make sure their schedules are balanced, and not heavy with APs or too many ECs. I think a lot of parents whose kids don't attend McLean/Langley buy into the whole "pressure cooker" environment BS. [/quote]
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