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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To identify the top elementary schools (in terms of test scores), look at the top rated high schools and work your way backward.  Most schools are the top schools because of their demographics and parental involvement, which extends from elementary to high school.  Alternatively, look at the middle schools that send the most kids to TJJHST and work your way backward.

Ignore the nonsense from posters complaining about the FCPS school boundary redistricting.  The County is working to implement more cost efficient boundaries and many on the fringes aren’t happy about it.  Buy a home within walking distance of its assigned elementary school and you’ve got nothing to worry about.

To identityn [/quote]

Are you serious? She wants to go to a good school. Good schools are being targeted. Don’t listen to this poster, your kids’ education likely depends on you ignoring her.

Be careful too, there are a lot of school board supporters on DCUM. If you care about good schools, run, and don’t look back - we were in your shoes a few years ago. And people constantly bark in the other boundary thread that we should have done our homework.

Consider this your notice. Do your homework.[/quote]
You people never stop. It’s always something.  A kids educational trajectory has more to do with the parents than anything else.  FCPS was more highly rated because of demographics.  Now there are a lot less middle class people.  If you can find a school with a cohort of peers who are academically oriented, your kids will be okay.  Peers and parents have a lot more influence on my kids’ outcomes than the School Board. 
There is no grand conspiracy; school boundaries change.  You aren’t guaranteed a particular school when you buy a house. [/quote]

Is it peers, or peers and parents? Two very different contradictory statements and have major implications for what school you go to.

Seems like you people need to get your story straight. 🙄[/quote]
How is it contradictory?  Both are important? The previous post is saying parents (SES and educational levels) and peers (which most FCPS schools have a cohort of academically minded students) are important.  No one needs to “get their stories straight.”  You just need to read better. [/quote]

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