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The reason for considering Northern Virginia: Fairfax and Loudoun are probably the two of the best places in the country in terms of family quality of life and an educated, higher income population.  We are looking at several areas, but Northern Virginia seems to have the best public schools that on paper seem better than most private schools.[/quote]

The public schools are good and they have quite a bit to offer and are relatively diverse.   Most move for the academics not the sports.  D1 athletes have been recruited from all HS in the past.  However, for some sports, the best athletes do not play in HS and play on year round travel teams.   For our HS, that is soccer and swimming.  I don't know about other sports.  I know for other HS, it can mean basketball too.

I wouldn't say there is a HS that has a balance between athletics and sports compared to other places.  However, there is such a wide range of classes available that you can set the level of academic classes to be less challenging for a student who will be heavily into sports.  EG, take fewer Honors and AP classes than the student would be capable if ze did not have such a time sync outside of school.

In what part of the country are you currently?  Urban/suburban/rural?[/quote]

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