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[quote=Anonymous]We chose a short commute because spending time with our kids was our top priority.

We live in S. Arlington and our DD is in a school that is around 70% FARMS.  She is doing very well academically and I would say that the school has tons of great resources, outstanding teachers, and a great principal.  They are a foreign language school and she started Spanish classes in kindergarten.  The downside is that many of the parents of her classmates don't speak English (or don't speak it very well) and are less engaged with the school.  The burden falls on a smaller number of parents to volunteer for PTA activities, etc.  She has a much smaller peer group in terms of caucasian and middle and upper-class kids.  But I think the benefits of being immersed in a community of lower income and ethnically/racially diverse students is irreplaceable, even if it means it's a little harder for her socially and a little harder on us to connect with the school community (or to be part of a school that doesn't have much of as much of a community as some others may).

We are in Arlington and I understand that we likely will have some options about where we wind up for MS and HS, though it's dependent on a variety of factors.[/quote]

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