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[quote=Anonymous]I would really post questions about the schools you are thinking about.  My experience in Fairfax has not been great.  We are in a "good" pyramid.  It seems that principals make a big difference.  In our school there has been a flight of experienced teachers and that is partly because, as I understand it, once a Fairfax teacher becomes eligible to retire, the county (or state) begins to deduct from their retirement payments.  This means you get mid-year retirements and all the older teachers are retiring.  This means  in some schools most teachers are in their 20s.  New teachers are ok but balance in age and experience is important.  That is what is happening at Wolftrap.  I also think that the teachers teach just enough to pass the SOLs.  At our school, classes are huge (30 and 31 in first grade with one teacher) and thus the teachers really struggle to teach.  The academics are very weak as a result.  But, I hear and see (I have my friends show me what their kids are doing) that other and better things are happening at other schools.  So, as I said above, if you are thinking Mantua, ask about Mantua.  For example, I think Flint Hill is in a great place right now and 10 years ago I think Wolftrap was top notch.  I cannot say that about Wolftrap right now at all and houses here are expensive (like in Mantua) so it is painful to pay all the money for the eh house to then turn around and starting looking at privates.[/quote]

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