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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because for UMC parents, AAP placement is a status symbol, and they're not going to let you take that away from them. [/quote]

100% this. This is the reason. Our school had a mass exodus for private school in 3rd and 4th grade and two close friends confided it was because their kids didn't get into AAP.[/quote]

General ed is terrible in some schools as well and many will choose private over leaving their kid in failing classrooms. [/quote]

I suspect that parents who are leaving for private because the schools are not great and their kid could not leave the school for the Center are parents who could have bought a different house in boundary with a better ES. If you can find the money for private school, you can find the money for a different house. These tend to be the people who want the bigger house, for less money, and an amazing school. While that is the ideal, there is not anyone in the area who isn't aware that doesn't tend to happen. You read about this in the DC forums were parents end up upset that they have to send their kid to private or Arlington because they couldn't get into the schools that they want through the lottery and the neighborhood school is not what they want for the kid.

General Ed is not uniform across the County because there are clusters of wealth and poverty with some bleeding in between. Kids who come from poverty have parents with different educational starting points and goals for their kids. I would bet that many of the kids that attend some of the schools that people here disparage have parents who are happy that their kid can go to school at all because school was not a guarantee in their home countries. Middle class families are buying houses in those areas because the houses are far more affordable and then lean on AAP to move schools because they don't like the base school.

Do I think that in the ideal world all kids would have the same opportunities? Yes. Is this happening in reality? No. You cannot present kids who arrive at school having not been read to or playing math games or learning colors and shapes to be at the same starting point as kids whose parents have Nannies who are expected to be working on academics or sent to preschools that work on academics or have parents who read to the kids nightly and try and find enriching activities for the kids. Realistically speaking, the schools with a higher level of kids living in poverty or near poverty are at a different starting point and the expectation that the Teachers at those schools are not going to be able to get most of their kids to be at the same standard as my kids middle class school with parents who are able to help their kids personally or finding tutors.

The parents that leave schools because their kids are not accepted into AAP are ones who probably could have chosen a different base school. I have little sympathy for their plight because they choose that house in that location in that school boundary. [/quote]

There are a lot of assumptions made in this post about everything from why a parent chooses a home to how easy/hard it is to manage a monthly payment for a $10K bill versus coming up with a down payment of  $300,000 plus mortgage payments for a house.

While this may be true for some parents, that certainly isn't the case for most.  There are only a few school pyramids where the elementary, middle and high school are all great. Usually families have to choose one. You cant blame parents for doing what will benefit their children. I dont think they're looking for sympathy, just what is best for their kid(s).[/quote]

Nah.  In Fairfax County, there are a lot of pyramids that are good schools, with lots of families who prioritize education, with townhouses and SFH in the very reasonable range of $300-600k.  But people choose other areas for bigger houses and then complain about the schools.  The GS score was right there, when you bought your house.

I agree that different people want different things from different schools and many parents with children at schools with lower GS scores are happy there.  But the ones who complain on DCUM, they didn't want to buy a house in Burke and then they complain that FCPS is terrible.  [/quote]

Where can I get a town house for 300k in a great pyramid?[/quote]

The PP is off about Burke prices right now by about  100k--but you can get a townhouse there for around 400-480K right now--and in general in a decent school pyramid (e.g., Robinson, Lake Braddock, West Springfield).[/quote]

PP here.  Currently, inventory of townhouses in Burke starts at $400k.  It's not the right time to buy a house though.  Looking at sold records, there are townhouses in the $300s, if that's your budget, and if you prioritize schools.  [/quote]

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