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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To OP: Anecdotally speaking, my kids attended high FARMs  elementary and middle schools (&gt;60%). They did very well, are taking all honors classes, and will stick with their IB schools. The greatest indicator of success is parental involvement. You sound like an involved parent, so it's likely your kid(s) will be just fine at any FCPS school. Don't listen to the pearl clutchers. You've said the teachers have been great. Your experience has been great. if others are leaving because they haven't had a great experience, then you already disagree with their perception, so why would you follow their lead now?

To everyone else: If you're so concerned about tipping points, do you support changing boundaries to spread FARMs students more equitably across schools or is your thought that as long as you can get your kids out of the supposedly-horrible schools, that's all that matters to you? [/quote]

OP again, thanks PP for this.  The school isnt perfect.  Both of my kids are lower elementary.  One kid seems to like the school, the other not so much though he likes his teachers and likes to learn.  He complains about the things that parents usually worry about (classroom behaviors, time spent on catching other kids up, etc) and the feedback from 2 teachers is that he is correct. I have a meeting with his teachers this year coming up.  But what has me concerned is the recent uptick in families leaving not because of eg, jobs but specifically the school.  I don't know if their perceptions are justified.  Also I don't know if I should I should be concerned as we move higher up in grades.

I lived in both a an excellent and then too a bad school district (school shootings).  I know our FCPS is far better than the bad one, but that doesn't stop me from being concerned.  Thanks.[/quote]

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