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[quote=Anonymous]Many (most ?) people we know with kids in FCPS have their kids in AAP, but also (quietly) send their kids for after-school sessions at Kumon, Mathnasium, or similar places.  We have had people deny this in a public setting, but then later privately tell us that “everyone does it, but one can’t admit it in public”.

This is NOT because their child has a LD, but because (a) math instruction is weak - particularly since paper textbooks were dropped, and (b) a lot of the content (in all subjects) has been watered down or eliminated over the years.  They seem to feel a child without supplements (of some kind) likely will have worse results than those with supplements.  The FCPS and AAP forums of DCUM have many threads with posts along these lines if one searches. (Btw, AoPS and RSM also are probably used by some, although a farther drive from McLean)

As to the privates, we toured Langley but came away with the impression that “social-emotional” was higher priority at that school than rigorous challenging academics.  Other folks have posted the opposite perception here on DCUM.  Interested folks should go see the school and draw their own conclusions.

If considering privates, one likely also should at least look at Congressional School, which is a K-8 with a bus option and is used by some of our neighbors in McLean.  At least one family in our area is happy with Congressional and has sent all of their children there.

(We want challenging academics for our DC, we are apolitical, and social-emotional is way way down our priority list, so we won’t apply to Langley School; it just isn't the right fit.  YMMV.)[/quote]

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