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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with some of the posters saying you can't find anything in that price range. I live in north Arlington in a good school district and you can find a rental for $4K. It won't be a new build, but a 1940s 3 bed/2 bath cape cod or Colonial. Here's the first listing I found: https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/5100-10th-St-N-22205/home/11235974

The schools are Cardinal, Swanson, and W&L, which is a good pyramid [/quote]

it’s ok for the price point. [b]But Arlington is good by DC standards but way behind Fairfax options.[/b] Most people who prioritize schools and neighborhoods pick McLean or Bethesda when moving to the DC area. Arlington is like the urban compromise. Yorktown is ok but you’re basically in McLean at that point but paying for all of south arlington’s struggles [/quote]

Not in our experience. We bailed on Fairfax after elementary for a S Arlington middle school. In Fairfax, there were 30-32 kids and a single teacher in our children's elementary school classes, and more than 600 kids in a ridiculously crowded school. Our kid failed to test into all-GT Fairfax 4th and 5th grade programming at the end of 3rd grade by one or two points. He was bored in the upper elementary grades  Things have been better for us in a S Arlington middle school where no class had more than two dozen kids, and English classes had no more than 18 students. The math he's taken in MS has been just advanced as it would have been on the GT track in Fairfax (6th grade algebra).  South Arlington's "struggles" haven't been much of an issue for us, not with intensified science, English and social students in the middle schools for 7th and 8th grades, fairly advanced foreign language (not just for beginners) and two years+ accelerated math.[/quote]

I would be willing to wager schools had nothing to do with your reason for moving and your “experience” is really just a rationalization to convince yourselves that it’s better for your kid.  [/quote]

I am not the prior poster and have no dog in this fight - but ugh. People are so unnecessarily mean. This comment added absolutely nothing except to bring down another person. [/quote]

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