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Thank you to everyone to posted. Yes, I am overthinking and struggling to make a decision. I don’t know if DC will qualify for AAP, so that is adding to my confusion about what to do.

My priorities have been in this order..
1) ES school with good results, also zoned to one of the top 3 MS. (DC has a strong interest in STEM)
2) affordability (&lt;$2000 rent)
3) Total commute &lt; 1 hr
4) Amenities

DC’s 4th grade class if we continue staying here would have been 27-29 kids and in a trailer.

Apart from Floris, Fox Mill, Crossfield mentioned above, would appreciate if posters can help with names of other good Level IV schools that are zoned to Carson or Rocky Run or Longfellow.

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First off: the top three MS may not be that forever. Fun fact: demographic shifts in the next 3 years could make you want to move anyway.

Pick 2-4 first. Then look at the schools and look at the demographics (how certain populations do in the school). Center schools aren't all that great if the teachers are miserable.

If you can: find someplace where you can supplement your kids' enrichment easily. The higher demographics hire tutors. You need to find decent after school programs to supplement.

You need to meet with your new school's principal and see about testing. From reading this, I can't tell if you're moving from out of the county into the county. If you are, you need to see if your current school did Cogat testing or Naglieri testing: of which you would need to score above the 95% to get into AAP. If you haven't gotten this testing done, you will in FCPS. If you are in FCPS and don't know if your kid got into AAP: chances are, they didn't. To which moving to Carson or another MS of that caliber means your kid will be left behind.

Find a medium ground and work up. Save money for science-summer camps and enrichment. [/quote]

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