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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Hmmm. Oakton ES is one of several schools that splits between Madison and Oakton. Marshall Road is another. Look at a map. Oakton is much closer to Madison that Marshall is.
 
But thanks for proving my point. [b]Marshall parents really want Marshall to be on the radar screen for Madison families,[/b] and for most of us it's just a high school over in Falls Church that we're glad our kids don't have to travel to the other side of the Beltway to attend. Our kids view Oakton, not Marshall, as the big rival. They assume they'll beat Marshall every year, and they usually do. [/quote]

In your imaginary world, perhaps.   An increasing number of Marshall parents I know wish the school didn't allow so many people placements from Madison so the Marshall could concentrate on the growing number of families within its own boundaries.

You've named two elementary schools, one of them in Oakton, with limited to no exposure to other Vienna schools.  On the other hand, Wolftrap and Westbriar Elementary in Vienna send kids to both Vienna high schools, as does Louise Archer. Freedom Hill Elementary kids attend middle school at Kilmer with kids from both Wolftrap and Westbriar who eventually go to Madison, not Marshall.  Stenwood Elementary sends kids to Thoreau Middle where they mingle with future Madison kids from Vienna Elementary and Cunningham Park, before moving on to Marshall for high school.

Again, your Madison kids may view Oakton as their big rival from an athletic standpoint... And Oakton does seem to beat you regularly in football and even baseball where your questionable recruiting of athletes from outside Vienna (and  VA) doesn't always guarantee a superior team.  That said, I think OP was asking about the choice between academic programs -- IB and AP, so sort of irrelevant.

Btw, I don't know how you drive to Marshall, but most of us manage to get to it without traveling to the other side of the Beltway.  I'm not sure what that even means.  The last time I checked all of Vienna was considered outside the Beltway.    Maybe you should check your map again.[/quote]

There are only two Vienna high schools, Madison and Oakton.  They are both outside the Beltway.  Marshall isn't a Vienna school.  It's over in Falls Church, and many Vienna parents whose kids have to cross the Beltway to get to Marshall will tell you privately they wish their neighborhoods were also zoned for Madison, because it's closer, has AP not IB, and always has better teams.

No point responding to the silly comments about the "recruiting" of athletes.  If Marshall had stronger programs, it wouldn't lose most of its top athletes to other schools.  The 32 state championships that Madison has racked up over the years compares favorably to any school in the state, but you can probably count Marshall's team championships on one hand.  That's not a tradition that attracts families who care about both academics and sports. [/quote]

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