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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue with kenmore is that, according to our neighbor/friend with over 10 years as ACP they respond to calls at kenmore more than Washington and Lee...a friggin high school.
While there has been few violent crimes at kenmore ACP often posts double the amount of officers when there is rising, gang oriented issues brewing.  It is more preventive- but he said he would never send his kid there when there are so many better options in the county.[/quote]

Do you really plan to move based on one neighbor's statements, even if that neighbor is a cop? Sure, he has some perspective that's useful, but will you really sell a house, buy another, alter commutes etc. etc. based on a single data point? You're getting some very different perspectives here from people who are parents with children currently attending Kenmore; does their anecdotal experience have no value at all compared to his? Do more digging before you up and move. (FYI, I don't have a kid at Kenmore, so no vested interest in promoting or dissing the school.)

A PP gave you some links to start with.

Fleeing based on "rising, gang oriented issues" sounds rather vague and nebulous. Our FCPS middle and high school both were talked about on DCUM threads over the years as supposedly having some never-detailed "gang activity" that we (and other families who actually have kids there) have never seen, heard about or seen mentioned in the local press etc. I know you're hearing this from a cop about Kenmore so it understandably has more influence; I get that. Just get more sources before you uproot. [/quote]

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