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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The vast majority of Woodson parents and students are happy with the school, and the school's "reputation" for being overly competitive is largely perpetuated by some parents in neighboring districts and a handful of parents with kids there years ago who had bad experiences.

When FCPS decided to move a Woodson attendance island in Fairfax Station from Woodson to Robinson a few years ago, the Fairfax Station parents were virtually unanimous in asking that they be allowed to remain at Woodson.  They didn't all have super Type A kids, but they really liked the school and didn't want to be moved to a primarily IB school.    [/quote]

PP with a son who attended Woodson. He graduated three years ago, so our experience wasn't too long ago and was in the midst of the awful suicides.

I stand by my opinion.  From an academic standpoint, Woodson is great. From an emotional/social standpoint, Woodson was a fairly cold place where there was an emphasis from top (admin) to bottom (students) to sweep issues under the rug. There definitely was a sense of "Penn Face" that my son experienced and there was a lot of pressure to achieve for achievement's sake.

Robinson despite it being massive was a much more nurturing learning environment. [/quote]

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