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[quote=Anonymous]We made the decision to buy a home in Arlington a long time ago when we were newly married and didn't yet have kids, based on proximity to DC, familiarity with Arlington, and the general perception that APS had good schools for our future kids. We decided to stay in Arlington a few years later when we needed to upsize with a growing family with kid #1 about to enter public schools. We didn't yet have firsthand knowledge of schools, but were aware of APS's reputation, and at that time, APS schools and classes were much smaller than FCPS. FCPS schools seemed huge. A lot has changed since then.

It's almost impossible to really know a school system before you get into it. Given what I know now at APS, I am not sure that was a good decision and I am not at all sure we would have made the same choice. Also, a lot has changed in APS since then. A lot. We made our decision to enroll in APS before all the overcrowding. We didn't know that APS class sizes and schools would grow exponentially. At the time, classes were small and schools were small. We didn't know APS would change boundaries every few years, throwing communities into turmoil. We didn't know about things like Lucy Calkins or standards based grading - but these are not limited to APS I don't think. We didn't know what a horror APS sped services are or how uneven gifted services are.

Anyways, this is all to say we made the best decision we could many years ago based on the then-current situation and the info we had at the time. I don't know if we would make the same decision knowing what we know today. I suspect we would have looked more closely at FCPS and FCC or maybe MCPS.

But we are now in a house we like in a nice neighborhood and our kids are settled in school with friends. Despite many frustrations with APS, we are not going to leave now.

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