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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're moving to the NOVA area. My SO will be at the Pentagon and doesn't want to drive an hour each way, every day. She'll probably be very unhappy if it is much more than 30 minutes each way. Our kids are bright, but not all of them are hard workers. They have moved a lot. I'm not sure the massive high schools are the best fit. Any recommendations for smaller high schools where the environment is not too stressful, yet still challenging enough to get into a decent university? One kid in particular gets anxious when the work piles on, despite usually making all As.  It's also important that it's a school where the average hard working athlete can make the basketball and baseball teams? Does this place exist? Budget is about 3000/month for rent, give or take.[/quote]

Lee High School meets all of these criteria:

[list]Smallest high school in Fairfax - just over 1700 students - Lee's enrollment is about 550 below the county average (or 137 less students per grade)[/list]
[list]Within 30-40 minutes of the Pentagon - driving, Metro train, or express busses (though driving in the DC area will vary day to day)[/list]
[list]Average athletes will likely make the teams (and play!) - of course nothing is guaranteed, but chances are better at Lee than probably every other Fairfax school just based on numbers[/list]
[list]More dedicated students can take IB Diploma route, less inclined students can piecemeal IB classes (or not)[/list]
[list]Every year students go to excellent universities[/list]
[list]Housing is within budget[/list]

Naysayers will downplay or mock Lee, but it meets all of your criteria and FCPS provides excellent resources to all of its schools.

I think the next closest match is George Mason in Falls Church City, but housing cost may rule that out.[/quote]

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