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This is OP. No, I meant budget is an issue. So if there is one middle school that would be the best fit but it’s the one zoned for country club hills and Yorktown and rock spring, for example, then that won’t work! (Yorktown the neighborhood. Not the high school.)[/quote]

In that case, start with your budget.  If Williamsburg and Hamm are both under-enrolled you could potential try to do a transfer.  Williamsburg draws almost exclusively from the richest and least diverse parts of the county.  Not a judgment, just a fact since you mentioned Country Club Hills and Rock Spring as examples of neighborhoods you can't afford.  Hamm has their share of wealthy kids too.  Swanson runs more middle to upper middle class by Arlington standards.  Jefferson, Kenmore and Gunston are all far more diverse and the FRL rates indicate that as well from an economic perspective.

Middle school in general sucks because middle schoolers in general are a rough age on so many levels.  APS middle schools have no GT support for kids who are academically advanced until at least 2023 other than accelerated math.

I've heard issues at every single school this year, from fights to a pregnant 8th grader to inappropriate phone/social media usage to school threats.  None are what you would consider a small school.[/quote]

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