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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every single all-affordable housing complex planned or going up in Tysons is zoned to Marshall.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/housing/somos-at-mclean-metro

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/tysons-community-center

https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/03/12/vacant-site-near-tysons-water-tower-acquired-for-affordable-housing/

Meanwhile FCPS just reassigned wealthy single-family neighborhoods in Vienna from Marshall to Madison:  https://www.fcpsboundaryreview.org/

How is it consistent with "One Fairfax" to put every all-affordable housing complex in Tysons at Marshall, and none at Langley or McLean, while moving Marshall's wealthiest neighborhoods to Madison?  Seems like this county talks equity and practices segregation.

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It'll be ok, you'll get used to people bashing your school endlessly as ghetto due to a fear of poorer people and lower property values.  Meanwhile your kid has a better chance at acceptance to a top VA school because they aren't competing with as many people.

-a South Lakes family.[/quote]

"You'll realize these poor folks and their underachieving kids make your slightly-above-average child look great by comparison, so they are actually good for something!"

-a South Lakes family

:lol: [/quote]

PP.  You are 100% right.  I'm dead serious.  Big fish, small pond.  It wasn't our strategy, I didn't know any better when my DC applied to colleges, but it's a strategy people in this area definitely consider and take advantage of.  There is a cap of how many kids taken from each NOVA high school at places like UVA and VT.  One has to deal with the issue that at the higher achieving schools, that cap is met pretty quickly due to many higher stats kids.  If your kid is going to achieve highly at either school, which school offers the better odds for acceptance at the top schools?  [/quote]

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