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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you all who replied so quickly with your thoughts on specific schools in the FCPS system.  We've been torn between Falls Church and Fairfax, partly because of choice and availability of good housing options.  Honestly, I have two "middle of the road" kids and I'm looking for a solid school with teachers open to dialogue with well-meaning parents.  Sounds like we should be able to find that in either case.

And thanks, too, to the folks who called out the Angry Ranters on my behalf.  :)[/quote]

An anger ranter, I am not.

It is not ranting to passionately describe the reasons FCPS is an enormously overrated school system.  In different schools they call it by different names, but in essence throughout the Fairfax County the students are placed in groups for 12 years to teach and entertain themselves. Your children have an international perspective and they are going to be board out of their minds sitting in groups with students who have never travelled beyond Great Falls discussing such topics as to how and why lint happens to accumulate in one's navel.

Middle of the road kids are the ones who fall through the cracks most often in FCPS. [/quote]

So what do you want OP to do? Seriously? Move? Homeschool?

You could make either of those points without your drawn out rants about formal schooling and FCPS, in particular. [/quote]

I regret that you feel my explanations are drawn out beyond your interest in the matter. However, I am compelled to provide examples of problems which exist in FCPS which is the topic of discussion. The original posting said they were interested in FCPS, but they were willing to consider other school districts inside the Beltway. I have simply provided information. They seem to have other alternatives. However, if every school district in the region has the same problems of disengaged teachers using group learning to the point of crushing their student's interests in learning then perhaps OP really has no other viable options. 
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