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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who didn't grow up in a large metropolitan area, with good public schools, think we must have smaller schools. They fight hard for smaller schools because that's all they know. they are comparing this area to where they grew up. My kid's large FCPS HS is still smaller than my own Montgomery County HS of decades ago.[/quote]

This area still needs to attract families from outside the dc metro area.[/quote]

And when we do, they will live in an urban area.   I'm not sure how you expect to attract people from flyover America and then protect them from the realities of an urban area. The traffic sucks. Commutes suck. Housing prices are high. You will live in a highly educated, affluent area.  In many places you will find a lot of diversity. I have always been able to find amazing ethnic foods in random strip mall.  We go to the the Kennedy Center and then Smithsonials and Wolftrap. If you quit griping about AAP and IB and HS size, you know that our kids get a better education than what is available in 95% of the country. TJ OOS possible for extremely fright kids. The economy is realitively stable and protected by the federal government. Our kids have opportunities that I certainly didn't have growing up,  both my kids do private lessons with people who play at a high level in professional symphonies. My kid's high school humanities teacher was a fellow at a Smithsonian this summer, and the kids are doing a field trip with her to studendy 6 painting that tie in with what they are learning. And then go backstage and learn about the processes of restoring the painting for integrated Chemistry and Humanities. [/quote]

Most urban areas do not have such large high schools. The western part of the country has been expanding now for decades. There really is no excuse why a new high school is not yet planned. It's been on the books for decades with plenty of time to secure the land and plan boundaries.[/quote]

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