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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing could make me trade APS for FCPS.[/quote] We left APS for FCPS. Very happy our kids avoided Yorktown.[/quote] We left APS for Loudoun County. Similarly happy our kids avoided Yorktown. And while I don't place much value in Great Schools ratings, was rather amused that this year, DDs' high school surpassed Yorktown in the ratings. Look, APS is great academically. It has wonderful teachers and a good student cohort. But, it has very real negatives including the residual effects of overcrowding, the hypercompetitiveness that leads to drug abuse and mental health problems, the latent (although sometimes explicit) racial tension and North/South resentment that tends to flare in ugly ways. Personally, I don't think the college matriculation numbers are one of the problems, but the other real and present dangers were obvious to us to get the hell out.[/quote]
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