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[quote=Anonymous]I totally agree with poster 08:56 about the schools in S. Arlington.  I just bought my first town home this Spring in S. Arlington (not Fairlington) for a blessedly affordable price/taxes/condo fee--so close to work in DC, gorgeous tree cover, right near bike path, Shirlington, fantastic neighbors--but now I see why it is so "affordable"--because the S. Arlington schools are so highly concentrated with poverty, profanity, and soul-crushing, stultifying adherence to "teaching to the test." Schools in S. Arlington with parents who wear their pants below their underwear?? WHY?  Are they teen parents?  No parent ever did that where we came from!

I told myself when I was looking to buy, and looking at stats in N. & S. Arlington, I wasn't worried about the test scores, it's more important that every child is learning....but they don't seem to be learning, only disrespecting the teacher and each other.....And N. Arlington is financially out of my reach forever, even were I to inherit ALL my relatives' wealth...
It seems that the few Fairlington families who attend the neighborhood school leave by about 2nd or 3rd grade.  The rest of the students are very impoverished...my 4th grader was unable to participate in class without being accused of cheating,  without fear of retribution from classmates (because participating is not cool, only note-passing vulgarities is).  I was apoplectic at the experiences... was unable to come to resolution with teachers/school officials/school board, and unable to transfer, had to opt for home-schooling. Now looking into private school... For everyone who says the "bad areas" all over greater DC are gentrifying--well, it seems the neighborhoods are, but the schools are years behind--dark, dismal, moldy carpet, windowless rooms--and then go look at light and bright schools in N. Arlington--whole walls of windows.

Age 5 will come in only 3 years. Do you want to move every 3 years?   If we could have found ONE friend the age and gender of my child who lived here, who read books, who liked to participate in class and learn things, we might have survived the schools. But we did not.  Not one.  Every child was free and reduced lunch, and they all begged food constantly, and shared food they licked and ate and passed back and forth until my child was nauseous. It was heartbreaking to experience.  
We can't fix poverty, and we had no one to start a revolution in the S. Arlington schools with, so we fled.  Basically the vast majority of Shirlington/Fairlington corridor residents seem to be retirees, childless singles, or have very young children.  I would not move, unless your current schools are as equally unacceptable as the S. Arlington elementary schools are....[/quote]

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