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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean is too far and too white, which is what some people want.

I’ve lived in both. Most recently in the Westover area of Arlington. It’s the best of the best. [/quote]

What makes it so for you? Tell me more. [/quote]

We spend all of our weekends in the neighborhood and don’t need the car. We can walk to the library, farmers market, and parks. We see the same people out and about, there’s a community feel. Tons of families and my kids can walk to their respective schools. It feels idyllic. [/quote]

How are the schools, do all kids go to zoned schools or lots go to private schools?[/quote]

14:42 - my kid is not school age but all of our neighbors elementary and middle school kids go to local schools. It's not very common to go private in Arlington in my experience - I've been in the area a long time (though did leave for awhile). Like the pp said, there is a bunch of boundary stuff going on that if you read dcum you would think everyone is freaking about. But I don't think that's actual reality. [/quote]

+1  We live in a different part of Arlington and all our neighbors send their kids to public schools, except for one with a learning disability who is better served by a school that specializes in that.

I do hear more people talking about private school as the capacity crisis is looming.  However, the sticking point is that there just isn't much of a culture of using private schools and so there aren't a lot of convenient private school options so I don't know how many will actually follow through.

My kids are in HS now and we do hear from people who have older kids that W-L is "worse" now with the big student population than it was when their older kids went through.  That may be, but my kids are fine, enjoying high school, generally like their teachers, don't have huge classes and find it easier to get through the lunch line than they did in middle school.   Staff has been very responsive when I've had questions and concerns. We as parents may make those comparisons over time but the kids just know what happens in their specific four years.

All that said, they absolutely need to figure out what they are going to do for HS seats down the road so that's certainly a concern and anyone considering moving to APS w/ young kids now should pay attention to the upcoming CIP process for building/funding plans.[/quote]

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