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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] This principal is not a Madison grad and former sports star, as the previous one was, so that is changing the atmosphere there for the better.[/quote]

And, then, some people think that sports is a great thing for a school.  It raises the morale of the kids and gives them activities for balance in their lives.   
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Sports are still very big at Madison. The problem under the prior principal was that he tolerated bullying and misbehavior by jocks and created an environment in which the kids who were not varsity athletes were made to feel like second-class students. It is much better now.[/quote]

This worries me as we are looking in the Madison pyramid.  Kids are not sporty and not in band.  We are not super wealthy.  Is it better to go to a lesser school and be on the upper end of it (i.e. like a Herndon school) or go to a Madison type of school where you probably won't be among the super stars.  ??

Speaking of Herndon -- are there so many esol/farms kids that the administration's attention is all about that?  I know the demographics are trending toward more esol/farms in the past couple of years.  Is there any concern about safety/fights/gangs?  Can academically inclined kids (again, not sporty) find like-minded peers and good teachers with high expectations?[/quote]

FWIW, DD is on the nerdy side, and madison is fine.  There is a strong sports emphasis, but no more than Oakton, for example.  [b]The bigger difference is they have the best band program in NoVA. [/b] If you look at the classes offered and taken, you will see there is also a strong academic bent.  I know kids from Madison going to Princeton, Harvard, etc as well as the usual state schools.  FWIW, the FCPS student school board rep this year year is from madison.  (bright kid too, but definitely not an athlete.)
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I think the McLean band may disagree with that statement.[/quote]

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