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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We also bought in the Edison pyramid and have similar concerns. Most of our neighbors seem to send their kids to Catholic or private schools. We are going to try out public school first and take it one year at a time. Hoping our kids get into AAP and have academically strong peers. [/quote]

15:33 again.  Just what neighborhood are you in?  (not really expecting you to answer).  I know a few families that send their kids to parochial school until middle school because they want religion incorporated into their education but I only know of one family that sends their kids to parochial/private school because they don't like Edison.  The mother actually told me in a half whisper that not all the kids that go to Edison graduate!  The horror!  My DH grew up in the area and would have gone to Rose Hill but his parents sent him to Catholic school because they wanted him to have a Catholic education, not because the public schools were poor.  Back then, it was far more affordable than it is now.  We can afford to send our kids to Catholic school, especially since he's a legacy but we don't think they'd have a better educational experience than at FCPS.

I just don't understand what people are so afraid of.  If you value education at home,  your children will value it and they WILL take AP/IB courses because that's what you expect them to do.  Yeah, some kids go the VoTech route or join the military instead of college but what's wrong with that?  Maybe it doesn't bother me because I grew up in rural Midwest town where the vast majority of kids did NOT go to college.  I always knew what my parents' academic expectations were and going to school with people who dropped out, went to VoTech or were looking forward to a factory job after high school never had a negative impact on my education or my high school experience.  Let go of the fear.  Your kids will have fabulous educational opportunities at any school they go to in Fairfax County.[/quote]

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