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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Marshall HS is in FCPS and inside the beltway with IB. People seem to like it. Falls church City schools are very insular and could work if your kid is totally mainstream and at grade level. If your kid is different in any way - socially or academically- FCC is not a good fit.[/quote]

I have three kids in FCCPS and agree with this. I wish we could afford to move.[/quote]

OP here. Would love to hear more about these opinions. Our kid is very grade level but she’s very artistic and creative with no interest in sports. Not sure if that would make FCC a good fit or not.

Thanks to all of you we went to see Washington-Liberty and Dorothy Mann and surrounding neighborhoods, plus Falls Church City. Arlington seems great. FCC does feel a lot more suburban to us, which I’m trying to be open to. [/quote]

FCCPS is very sports-centric. If your kid isn’t into sports, they will be in the minority. It’s a very small, cliquey district. I think a lot of this sports focus is driven by the small size of the school—with exceptions for the best teams, every kid can be on a sports team every season (and not just XC or track). The teams actually need more kids because it’s hard to field large enough teams with such a small student body. The admin also keeps introducing more sports and seriously hyping others (football and cheerleading have exploded in popularity over the past couple of years), so there’s an even greater need for more kids to play more sports.

I’m not anti-sports at all, and my kids do a variety of sports and non-sport activities, but I think anyone moving to FCCPS should be aware that it is a very sports-focused place with arts, music, etc taking a noticeable backseat in terms of participation and (especially) funding.[/quote]

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