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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The smallest middle schools are:

Key (691 students)
Stone (726 students)
Whitman (805 students)
Franklin (819 students)
Poe (877 students)
Herndon (888 students)
Rocky Run (896 students)
Holmes (902 students)
Liberty (919 students)
South County (951 students)
Hayfield (968 students)
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Holmes and Poe serve grades 6-8, so they actually feel even smaller than most of the schools (think 250-300 students per grade rather than 400-450 on the "small" size). We have had an amazing experience at our "poor" Annandale pyramid schools. Since students are with the school for 3 rather than just 2 years, the administration and teachers really invest in getting to know their strengths and weaknesses. My kids have flourished; teachers know how to differentiate up and down. And both were able to take Algebra I as 7th graders (and excel in the math courses) despite not having the county minimum scores because they could get 6th grade teacher recommendations.

Truthfully, I value empathy and confidence-building in middle school even more so than academics. It's a hard time and having an emotionally and physically safe environment to learn actually allows learning to occur. 
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I have a friend who had a terrible experience with Holmes when it came to meeting the needs of her son with an IEP.   And Poe had a principal at one point who was arrested for embezzlement.

Caveat emptor.  [/quote]

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