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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the great advice and insights!

our family almost decided to move to Oakton high school district. Right now we are looking at the area either with Waples Mill ES or Navy(same Oakton HS and Franklin MS). It seems Navy has better rating from greatschools.com(9 vs 7) but I know sometimes you need to take some great grain and salts on the rating score. Just wondering if there is any material difference for the elementary school?

Also for the swimming club, could you please recommend some which might usually have openings so I can register my kids immediately without waiting? My kids have swum for many years and do compete in the competitive team but they are not the top so they might not be able to make the tryout for the top swimming team given the spot is usually very limited. We don't mind driving 20-30 minutes. 
A tennis club is also helpful but my kids spend much more time on swimming.

thank you all!

[quote=Anonymous]Wakefield Chapel is a great swim club to be near.[/quote][/quote]

For school: Navy.

For swim: tons of options for the 20171 zip code, but it’s going to be tough finding a pool with openings this late on the game.

Summer swim:
-Fair Oaks: top of NVSL division 2. Very close to being the tributes to division 1. For some people, that’s a great thing. For others, it’s a deal breaker. 
-Franklin Farm: Not in the NVSL. Lovely pool. Awesome community. Nice tennis courts. And it’s in Franklin Farm which is super nice. 
-Fox Mill: NVSL, lower division so not super competitive. Great pool. Great community. Not so great facilities. 
-Pinecrest: Hidden gem. NVSL D6. Competitive, but not crazy. Nice pool. Beautiful tennis courts. Great community. Currently a 5 year waitlist, but that could change next year.

I’d apply to all of them and see what happens.

Winter swim:

Machine, Potomac Marlins, NCAP, Moon Aquatic Club.

Hope that helps!

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