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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, do you know which neighborhood OP is looking to move into? Can you speak for all of FX County?

I'm curious if OP will move to some schools rated as 1-5 on great schools, or is she looking to move to a neighborhood with school ratings more comparable to FCC. Maybe, since OP loves diversity so much she should move her kids to some school where 90% of the students don't speak English. That will provide her true diversity, and a chance to do a lot of good.

PP, also, if your kids are in HS, that means that they would have been part of the old program which was truly GT, and not expanded like today's program. And what's your school rating? From the way you speak, I bet it is 8-10.[/quote]

OP here.  Because of commuting proximity to our work, we are looking at the Pimmit Hills area, specifically, Westgate Elementary, Lemon Road Elementary, Kilmer MS, and Marshall HS. We are open to other suggestions/ideas.  ([b]need to be able to drive into NW DC[/b]).  We are also looking at Arlington, but housing prices are harder for us there. [/quote]

Wait - you are looking for a diverse school, and work in DC?  And yet you are intent on staying in VA?  Why not move to DC?  DCPS and DCPCS are diverse.

Oh, I get it - you're opposed to elitism, and want diversity, but not THAT much diversity.  [/quote]

OP here.  I have no fears of "too much diversity".  I work in Falls Church VA (7 corners), my husband in NW DC (near American University).  We used to live in NW - it is too expensive for us.  Hence looking in Arlington and Fairfax.  Don't want McLean or N. Arlington because that wouldn't help our efforts to be in a more diverse community. Gees....people on this forum are so suspicious of motives and seem to want to question everyone's intentions.  Why is it so incomprehensible to be genuinely interested in diversity, non-elitism and Fairfax schools (because of the price of home and commuting benefits)?

FCC is closer to NW DC than the Pimmit area. So you are not leaving because of commute. Whatever your reasons for moving are, you are afraid that your kid, who is getting top services now and has access to all kinds of peers, will no longer receive those services and access those peers in the new school, and you are picking up an ethical argument.

Also as the second quoted poster suggested, you can move to NW DC. Schools are very diverse there. Or is that kind of diversity too much for you?[/quote][/quote]

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