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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm 50 and grew up attending all FCPS schools.  They actually were excellent at the time.  I now send my own kids to them, and sadly they are no longer excellent.  Maybe compared to other areas, but not compared to how they used to be.  FCPS has coasted on its reputation for far too long.  I think they got complacent in the 80's and just let things slide.  Grammar, writing - these are just not emphasized enough.  It's sad that they've gone downhill.  [/quote]

The demographics have changed considerably since you were growing up as well. [/quote]

Fairfax County used to be almost entirely middle class. There used to be farm land and undeveloped parcels. I remember watching the change in the 90’s when I was in high school. 
There has also been a shift in educational philosophy. They teach everything differently now. I’m not an educator, so I can’t speak to that. 
They mainstream all kids. In the 80’s, special needs kids went to a different school. 
So much has changed it’s impossible to compare FCPS’s of the 70’s/80’s/90’s to today. 
But I agree that the quality isn’t the same.[/quote]

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