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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My [b]K has 18 kids in her class at Arlington Science Focus.[/b]  I think this school is fantastic.  We couldn't be happier.  I grew up in Fairfax Co. and there are plenty of schools (it is a very large county!) that aren't so good (as well as some that downright suck(.  My HS was one of the sucky ones.  I don't even remember having to 'study'.  Luckily, I got into  a great university anyways.  I have some friends that are from out of the area that picked a school because it was in Fairfax County.  I was in a quandry because the school is not good.  They had already bought so I kept my mouth shut...now as their kids approach middle and HS they are discussing moving because those schools are not good.  Of course, Arlington has a few non-winners as well.  It's a very broad brush when you say a county has the best schools...that just ain't so.

The best is relative.  Arlington County schools are on some of the same best in the county lists, Governor's award, etc.  After growing up in enormous Fairfax Co.---I prefer Arlington schools where it is a more personal.[/quote]

I don't understand - why is ASF so different? the max # is 23 for everyone else.[/quote]

They aren't - it just depends how many students there are total in each grade level - if you get just one more student than the 23 students max in a class, they have to create a new class.  My son was in K at another N. Arlington school last year and there were 22 students in his class, but another had only 18.  This year in 1st grade, there are 19 in his class.  Students come and go throughout the year as well, so the number can be fluid.

As for the PP, our nanny's daughter just graduated from Yorktown and is at a very good university in Pennsylvania this year.  She is STRUGGLING - says it is really hard and admitted that she didn't feel Yorktown prepared her for the rigors of college.  Much of her problem is that she feels like she doesn't know how to study and isn't used to having to rely on herself to prepare for class/exams so much (rather than the teachers always checking up on her).  She is a really good student and took several AP classes in high school.  Arlington County is smaller and more personal, but going to the best school does not guarantee success, even if you are a good student.[/quote]

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