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This is the ultimate trolling kind of thread.  Folks get so defensive about the choices they have made. :))

Seriously, there is TJ and then everything else. (And even TJ is not the best for all students).  [/quote]

yes, but "everything else" is not equal.  It just isn't.  Some of it is splitting hairs (i.e. is Oakton better or worse than Madison), but some comparisons are significant.  And some schools have improved such that they don't deserve the dismissive attitude they've been given over the years.  [/quote]

Yes, but not enough to objectively say one school is "better" for all involved.  I think that's what people are saying.  If it's just a matter of how many of your schoolmates will have higher test scores, then sure.  But that won't have a noticeable effect on how well a particular kid will do by attending one school over another.  Or more importantly, how well they'll fit into the culture, how happy they'll be there, etc.  [/quote]

I don't totally disagree.  But, I can provide an example -- within FCPS.  At school A, I have heard several different parents/kids report that there were so many disruptive students in the class (different classes, different grade levels) that the teacher either quit by Tgiving, couldn't keep subs b/c they kept quitting, and/or the teacher stayed but pulled the 5 kids who wanted to learn to the front of the class and left the disruptive ones to their disruptions in the back.  We moved out of that zone and into one half way across the county with much higher test scores and an overall higher SES population.  That type of thing simply doesn't happen (2 yrs into it).  That said, I also know several kids who stayed at school A for the duration and did outstandingly well (with APs) and are very successful in college.   So, yes, the motivated kids will do well anywhere in FCPS.  The question is how well the kids who NEED motivation and the teacher's attention will do in the lesser schools, and how much crap your child will have to put up with for the duration.[/quote]

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