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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I get that you are trying to pick the best school for your child, but FCPS is a massive system spread over a large geographic area. Factor in LCPS and you're talking about school-hunting over a whole region based on the opinions of strangers here. You might find the ideal school in an area that would create nightmare commutes for you and/or spouse to get to work, and where house prices might be so high that your family sacrifices everything else on the altar of "the perfect school." The best thing you can do is narrow down the search area based on housing, commutes, whatever else you value, and then actually visit schools in person. Make a trip here to do it if you are outside this area--there is nothing like seeing things first-hand.

Every person posting on here is going to have had different and equally valid experiences at various schools. One student's absolutely ideal school experience can be another's horrid experience--so much depends on the kid, the parents' perspectives, teachers that kid has (and within each school there can be great teachers and not so great ones), and so much more. If you've spent much time on DCUM you'll find that there are wildly varying opinions -- you can get a thread bashing a school or program to bits and then other posters will praise the same school or program to the heavens. Not always very useful.

Besides posting here, once you narrow down your search areas, try contacting the PTA or PTO (contacts are usually on the school web site or the PTA will have its own web site). The PTA at what is now our middle school actually held an information and Q&A session for parents who were considering moving to the school from outside the area. I feel sure some elementary PTAs would put you in touch with parents to ask questions about their schools.[/quote]

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