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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I laugh when I see the area around Woodson referred to as blue collar or middle class. We could have afforded other areas but wanted to have good commutes, good schools and not be surrounded by assholes. We are a two SES household and do just fine on our 400k combined income. We save for college, go on vacations and our children do not suffer from our lost salaries.[/quote]

It is middle class.  No one said blue collar, and no one said middle class in a negative way.  Middle class doesn't mean no vacations.  Many families make significantly less than you do in that area, and may have a harder time saving for college, especially if they have multiple kids.  I also don't think people calling the area middle class are being assholes.  They are trying to figure out what could be an underlying cause for the suicides to see what can be done to help to prevent any more. [/quote]

It's common for people to claim test scores are correlated with housing prices and/or income levels. Woodson has test scores similar to Madison and Oakton, where the housing is more expensive, and [b]single-family[/b] housing prices similar to South Lakes, Robinson and Centreville, where the test scores are lower.  Should that gap be viewed merely as a source of pride, or is it related to factors that have led Woodson to experience far more suicides than any other high school in NoVa?  The only assholes on display are those who try to shut down the questions before they are asked, even as the tragedies continue.[/quote]

Single family homes is the key phrase here.  Woodson is almost entirely single family homes, with few townhouses/apartments in the boundary.  South Lakes, Robinson, and Centreville have lots of townhouses.  South Lakes has a lot of apartments/condos as well.  I would suspect Oakton has far more townhouses and apartments/condos than Woodson.  I've never understood why Oakton was considered so desirable, as the townhouses and condos around Blake Lane never looked very nice to me.  I guess the parts further away are nicer.[/quote]

What does the condo/townhouses has to do with the school scores?[/quote]

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