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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I'm not a troll. We are in MCPS where the CO is doing a big change and watering down all the magnet programs and proposing 6 regional magnets in 2027. We will no longer have access to Richard Montgomery or Blair. We live in a region where our school does not have the advanced classes. This will be a problem for one of my kids who is STEM focused.

Good to know about Chantilly and Edison. I will look into those.

We are also considering renting before buying.

Both of us WFH so commute is not a factor.[/quote]

Look also into North Arlington as a place to live and APS as a school system.

Arlington County also sends kids to TJ every year. (FCPS merely operates TJ, which is a Virginia Governor's School serving multiple NoVA localities.)

APS also has the Arlington Tech STEM option HS, which is not competing Blair/TJ but is college prep (rather than the 1950s vocational type HS).

The N Arlington geographic HS is academically solid with a wide range of AP offerings.

Worth at least a look-see. Start with the APS web site for more. [/quote]

It’s an odd turn of phrase to say FCPS “merely operates” TJ.  It took the initiative to get TJ designated and annually renewed as a Governor’s School, and it both owns and runs TJ.  APS gets to send some kids there as a participating jurisdiction, but FCPS calls the shots. [/quote]

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