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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complainers gonna complain.  We've been perfectly happy with our APS experience.  The scores show zero difference between our school and high achieving MCPS / FCPS schools. So, shrug. [/quote]

So you are at Jamestown?[/quote]

Dang you went there.  And you’re probably right.[/quote]

Frankly so jealous of Jamestown. We are in North Arlington and the schools were supposed to be good, but it is such a difference apparently between neighborhoods. Jamestown is apparently amazing and meanwhile we are looking at private school because our neighborhood school is not the best. We should have bought north of Langston.[/quote]

Which NA schools are not as nice as Jamestown?[/quote]

Pretty much the rest of them.  We bought above Langston and are far from thrilled.  [/quote]

What’s the rest of your pyramid?  Williamsburg and Yorktown?  Do people like those schools?[/quote]

Discovery, Nottingham, Taylor and Jamestown are the best in Arlington if you have a bright kid that would be bored. The other NA schools are fine as well but your  gifted kid may not be challenged. [/quote]

[b]Gifted kids aren’t challenged at any Arlington school.[/b] You have to go private. Your kid really isn’t that gifted [/quote]

The bolded.  It’s by design.

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Why's that?

I'm a newish parent, first kid is still in daycare, but reading these threads about APS is a bit disillusioning. And it's hard for me to tell what's run of the mill online griping and what's real.[/quote]

People thrive on negativity. It’s human nature. Take everything here with a grain of salt. The negative posts on all the school systems in this forum make it sound like DC area public schools are on the decline, not what they used to be, etc. And on the private school forum, some private school threads are even questioning the benefits of private schools, i.e., is it worth the money. [/quote]

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