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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those doing public, are you comfortable with schools? Have not heard good things about them, but I am glad there is a lot of support.[/quote]

This is such a hot button and personal issue. No matter what you say, someone on DCUM will have a problem with it, but yes, not only am I comfortable with the schools, I like our schools. That doesn't mean there aren't things that bother me, but that has more to do with Virginia's Standards of Learning than our particular schools. Anyway, it's [i]such[/i] a personal issue, for example, yesterday I was talking to a friend at the Earth Day event who had moved to McLean because she wasn't a fan of our high school (even thought they moved, they were volunteering at the event because she said she missed the neighborhood so much). However, right after that, I was talking to a senior at Stuart who was heading to UVA in the fall. Again, it's just such a personal issue. Our schools are very diverse socioeconmically and racially. That makes a lot of people nervous for all sorts of reasons and it definitely creates challenges for our schools. But again, [i]most[/i] people in the neighborhood do send their kids to our public schools and are happy with them.

[quote=Anonymous]Bailey's is more of a mixed bag as there are so many kids now and they are split between two buildings, one of which is a converted office building.[/quote]

My kids have gone to Sleepy Hollow and Bailey's. I really loved Bailey's. We haven't been there in a few years but in addition to the Spanish immersion program, they have an arts/science focus and it wasn't until we started at Sleepy Hollow that I really realized what a great job they do integrating the arts into the curriculum. I really miss that aspect of Bailey's. I'm glad they split the school (it was huge!) and although I'm not a fan of an office building being used for a school, the parents I know who had kids there liked it.
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