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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm totally liberal and the opposite of a tiger mom.  So much that we would consider N or S arlington schools whereas many would only the former.  We are SO uncomfortable with the middle school in Alex we sold our lovely home to move to Arlington.  Do your research and you will find that [b]ACPS[/b] is amazing in terms of their standards.  Perfect? No. Some schools may be better suited to certain personalities and boundaries and overcrowding are a nightmare. BUT their fundamental approach and standard to education is for me best in NOVA.  You get a few great schools in falls church and fairfax - in arlington I dare say almost every school is at a certain standard. And I do not mean test scores or diversity.  I mean teachers and the structure where county wide options exist, immersion and Montessori options exist.  1/2 of Arlington taxes go immediately to school budget no questions.  The difference between storytime at arlington v alexandria is such that as Alex residences we only do arlington story times now. I had no idea the disparity in quality was even in the library setting.  I have done extensive research, toured schools, talked to moms and etc - elementary for sure no question that mason, mcarthur, lyles crouch are great but after that you better be able to consider private.  Maybe you will be ok or maybe not depending on your kid but in arlington their approach is amazing.  If anything you will find too many tiger moms in n arlington but I can't tell you how much more comfortable I am going to N arlington even though we have no idea what elementary zone we end up - everything's good there.  While I am more lenient with high school in Alex I believe that middle school is a really super important time before kids hit their stride in high school - so while we could have bit the bullet with staying in Alex you could not pay me to go to their middle schools. They suck and anyone that tells you differently has not seen better.  I say that knowing it'll piss people off but I have done research and its pretty much true.  Look at a arlington but try to stay in arlington.  I love Alex and prefer it to arl geographically but we could not live down staying.  And I reiterate that I'm not that mom who is psychologically anal about test scores and lining a zillion activities for my kids while in prek :) arlington has thoroughly impressed me obviously :)[/quote]

ACPS is Alexandria City Public Schools. I'm pretty sure given the context you mean APS, Arlington Public Schools. Just want to confirm. Otherwise it doesn't make sense that you would flee ACPS.[/quote]

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