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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't be afraid to look across rt7 at the Shrevewood/Kilmer/Marshall pyramid. The schools are equally as great and the families are friendly and very down-to-earth.

My reservation about Haycock would be the renovation they are about to begin. The school is already very crowded, and with the renovation, many more classrooms than usual will be in trailers for the next couple years until the renovation is complete. [/quote]

From a facilities perspective, Shrevewood and Kilmer are expected to be more overcrowded in the future than Haycock and Longfellow, and McLean is projected to be more overcrowded than Marshall.  If I were concerned about the possibility of trailers at Haycock, I would definitely avoid Shrevewood and Kilmer. [/quote]

Haycock is much more crowded than Shrevewood, Longfellow and Kilmer are similar at the moment, and Marshall just completed a renovation that increased capacity...and they weren't overcrowded to begin with. [/quote]

Yes, Haycock is more crowded than Shrevewood this year.  But the funding is in place for Haycock's renovation and expansion.  Shrevewood is projected to be at 125% of capacity in a few years vs. 92% at Haycock, and FCPS has not indicated how it might deal with the projected overcrowding at Shrevewood other than with "temporary facilities" (which means trailers or modulars) or "future capacity enhancements" that have not yet been funded.

Longfellow and Kilmer are not "similar" at the moment.  Longfellow was just renovated and it is slightly under-capacity right now.  Kilmer is already 150 students over-capacity this year, as is projected to be at 133% of capacity in a few years compared to 115% at Longfellow.

Marshall's enrollment has been low, but is increasing quickly now with the growth near Tysons.  The renovation is very nice, but I thought the OP had younger kids, which is why I'd be concerned about Shrevewood and Kilmer from a facilities perspective.    But the OP hasn't suggested she's looking at Shrevewood/Kilmer/Marshall, so perhaps the focus should stay on Haycock and Kent Gardens. [/quote]

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