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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]South Arlington parent here with a kid who is zoned for Kenmore in the next couple years. If APS will allow it, I will happily take my kid to any school but Kenmore. I don't need a bus. APS just doesn't allow it.[/quote]

Why?  If you are using GS scores or other people's stories, that's silly.  If you have a prior experience with the school, that would be different. PP who sends her child to Kenmore instead of Williamsburg here.  Kenmore teachers have been supremely responsive, DD seems to be happy and has made some new friends, and she's enjoying her small classes.  So far, admittedly only a month in,  I've been very impressed
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Curious if you don't take much shrift in scores or other parents persepctive why you made the effort to go to kenmore? Why not just go to neighborhood school?[/quote]

Scores are only helpful to a point, and every kid's experience is different.  We/She chose Kenmore because our first neighborhood school wasn't a good fit for her - all the friends she knew would be doing Spanish Immersion and she wasn't.  Gunston is also overcrowded and we knew we would likely be moving further away from Gunston. On the flip side, DD had been at Kenmore for dance recitals and such in the past and we all were impressed with facilities.  We took her with us to the Kenmore info night presentation, and she was very excited about the STEAM program.  Her bff's also transferred from their over-crowded schools to go to Kenmore.  The lack of over-crowding relative to Williamsburg was also important to me.  [/quote]

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