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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Falls Church HS is very small, for example - maybe only 1000 kids? [b]But the school has not been renovated mostly bc the parents don't push for it, because they aren't involved.[/b][/quote]

This is a lie.[/quote]

This was told to me by a staff member at Falls church high school. They also said the school board is screwed to favor the wealthier schools.[/quote]

Falls Church HS has closer to 1900 kids than 1000.  George Mason HS in Falls Church City is closer to 1000, but there's no high school in FCPS with fewer than 1700 kids.

FCHS did get a bad deal when FCPS established a "renovation queue" for its schools several years ago.  The fact that the board member for the Mason District traditionally has come from the Stuart HS area rather than the Falls Church HS area may have played a role in this not getting challenged enough at the time.  But the current School Board member (Sandy Evans) and many FCHS parents have been actively pushing for the school's renovation, which should be taking place by the time OP's kids are in high school.

As the overall demographics at FCHS, it may be worth noting that the number of white kids there has gone up in recent years, even as the total number of white students in FCPS has gone down.  I don't mean to imply there's something magical about white kids, but they tend to be at least middle class in Fairfax County, so that gives you some feel for the future prospects of an area that benefits from being inside the Beltway, close to Metro and Tysons, near the Mosaic District, etc. [/quote]

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