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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We cannot afford to live there, but I would pick Arlington County Public Schools (good CKLA curriculum in elementary now) or Falls Church City Schools.

My sense is that smaller public school systems are being more successful at this moment in time, but also those 2 systems have pretty solid curricula at the moment.  If for elementary grades and if in APS, I would apply for the ATS lottery and pray my kids got in.[/quote]
np.. we moved from a wealthy small public school district like Arlington because their "gifted" program was a joke.  Too small to offer a real gifted program.

MCPS has a lot of issues, but one thing they do pretty well is offer different programs, including advanced "gifted" programs. Yes, I am fully aware that they changed the methodology for ES/MS magnet acceptances.  But, at least there is a shot whereas being in a school district that has zero such programs means you have zero chances.

Even without such programs, at least some of the schools are big enough to have a decent number of cohort of high achieving kids.  In our previous school district, it was so small that there was only one or two other kids who were maybe at DC's level.  When we moved here, that cohort group expanded by a lot.

I am not a huge fan of MCPS in a lot of ways, but at minimum, they have some good programs and a large cohort of high achieving kids, thanks to a highly educated populace.[/quote]

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