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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which ES is not good? [/quote]

Curious about this too.  ASFS or Key?  Please share.  Others are trying to make informed decisions too.  Thanks.[/quote]
I'm a DP but I live in Clarendon too.  I'm going to assume that OP is at ASFS because most people would switch out of Key to ASFS before moving if they don't like Key.  Though maybe they were looking for a bigger place anyways.  
Many of my neighbors have moved because they don't like ASFS.  The school is great on paper but its a lot of homework/stress for some kids.  There's bullying and the field sucks.  A lot of people don't like the principal or the approach to discipline.
This year especially, the environment has gotten toxic with the school boundary changes and the administration having a very vocal opinion about who belongs at the school and who doesn't.  For parents who don't live in the "chosen" neighborhoods that the administration thinks should be zoned for the school, its not that welcoming an environment anymore.  I'm sure its great if you live in LV or the walk zone around the school though.[/quote]

But if, as you say, that is the environment there, why would it be great if you live in a particular neighborhood?[/quote]
Not either of the PPs but someone with kids at Science Focus.  The principal has indicated repeatedly that she wants a walk zone created around the school and that she wants specific neighborhoods to stay zoned for the school and other ones zoned out.  She wants to keep Lyon Village and Cherrydale and get rid of Rosslyn and to a lesser extent Courthouse/Clarendon.  
She shows clear favoritism to children from those neighborhoods.  Those kids get the most respected teachers, they get the solos in music concerts, they get to be part of the robotics club and tech crew, you get the idea.  It's always been this way in the 7+ years I've had kids at the school, but its gotten kind of ridiculous this year.  There is a very vocal group of parents from the walk zone who have bullied other parents at the school.  You can't make this stuff up.[/quote]

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