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[quote=Anonymous]Fairfax County is a big system with a lot of very good schools and perhaps a few great ones.

I was the poster who recommended Churchill Road/Longfellow-Cooper/TJ-Langley as the trifecta of "best schools."  They are all good schools and they represent the apotheosis of what some parents in Fairfax County seek.  Very good schools with programs for the gifted and affluent students.  Who could ask for anything more?

We almost moved a few blocks from Churchill Road several years ago.  We found a house that we liked there, but decided it was too big for us, and we ended up in a smaller house in another district instead.   The assigned schools have been fine - they have their positives and negatives - but I did think it might be better to be in a district that was considered very good, but not the absolute best.  My thinking was that some parents who seek out the "best" schools then expect the schools to do all the work.  That won't happen at any public school in the area, and from what I've heard Langley has a disproportionate number of parents who show up at school and harangue the administrators whenever their kids get a poor grade or get in any trouble.  If you read things that the Langley principal has said to the media over the past few years, you can tell that he walks on egg shells and is constantly striving to strike a balance between demonstrating that he's in charge and placating parents and students who think they ought to call the shots.  That's a different environment than you'll find at other schools.

Just something to think about. [/quote]

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