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Marshall is 22182, parts of 22043 and dunn lorring which are all geographically near each other. How is that different than mclean or madison. Beyond that, would it make sense logically for fairfax county to randomly carve out sections not near each other in terms of school pickups? Mclean has the same thing with students in 22043 and even some far out in 22046. The marshall equivalent of mclean highs mclean zip core is 22182. Langley is also carved out of great falls , parts of mclean and even 22182.

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I explained what I think is different.  Madison includes all of the town of Vienna.  McLean's boundaries includes the heart of downtown McLean and all of McLean south of Route 123.  Everyone in Great Falls is assigned to Langley.  Each of those schools gets more community support than Marshall.  If Madison wants to have an event on Maple Avenue, the Town of Vienna will accommodate them.  If a McLean team or band wants to raise money in McLean, they'll get a lot of support from local residents.  Same for Langley at Great Falls Village.

Not so much where Marshall is concerned, because the areas assigned to Marshall are more random.  Most Marshall students live in 22043, not 22182, so you don't even know where most students there reside.  The center of the district is the Tysons Corner mall, which is a regional shopping center where the merchants and patrons have no special affinity for Marshall.  The local newspapers always seem to pay more attention to other schools.  I remember reading an article a few years back when a coach or administrator at Marshall was interviewed, and he or she wistfully acknowledged that the level of community engagement at Marshall was not as high as at other area schools.  It doesn't mean Marshall's bad, and I'm not "anti-Marshall" the way that another poster is clearly "anti-Langley" based or her DD's experiences there.  I just think there are reasons why people tend to speak more highly of other schools, and it's not simply about incomes and demographics.  Maybe this will change if Tysons turns into more of a residential area, and Marshall gets known as the "Tysons" high school.

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I buy the argument that Madison and McLean both have hometowns (Vienna city and McLean) whereas most of the other Fairfax county high schools don't.

If you look at the common pattern of the mentioned Fairfax county high schools, except for Madison, they tend to evenly spread around the high school and have a far reaching west branch.

If you look at McLean there are large breaks in the west spreading branch but it is centered around McLean city.

I believe Langley is more spread out than Marshall.

Marshall seems to be mapped with an even spread around the high school with a west branch extending out over 22182.

Madison seems to evenly extend out of Vienna city surrounding the school with no branches. One could argue that Madison has the most even spread of students but it doesn't make it the most academically superior.

http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/madisonhs.pdf
http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/mcleanhs.pdf
http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/langleyhs.pdf
http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/marshallhs.pdf[/quote]

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