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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:33 - we just bought in the Edison pyramid and I've sort of been kicking myself because I'm worried about the schools. Did your kids go to elementary and Twain also? We are zoned for Lane too.

Part of my concern is that I feel like we are at the upper end of the income/housing bracket of our zone, if that makes sense. I'm concerned about DC being an outlier. (In the same way, DH wanted to buy in McLean where we would have been at the very bottom, and I didn't want that either - so it's not like I have something against those with lower incomes, I just wanted my kids to sort of be in the middle if that makes sense). I guess I am worried more about the other kids and a potential peer group than the academics, per se. I am also interested in any experience you have with the IB program at Edison.[/quote]

You would not have been at the bottom at Mclean if you can afford to buy a house.  10% of the students received free or reduced priced meals.  [/quote]

Where do these kids live?? We bought in the low $700s - and in McLean that would NOT have gotten us much at all. We almost placed on offer on a home that was actually torn down by a developer- so we were literally looking at tear downs.[/quote]

8.6% of the students at McLean receive free or reduced meals.  Most live in apartment complexes off Lee Highway in parts of Falls Church in Fairfax County, but a few live in McLean as well.  There are some decent single-family houses in the $700K price range in the Kent Gardens area of McLean, but they tend to sell fast if they are in good condition.

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I don't know where you are getting the 8.6%, the FCPS.edu website shows 10.18%.  It is a year old and sholdbe updated shortly, but I doubt it has dropped that much as it has been steadliy rising the past few years.  There are also apartments near the new "McLean" metro station.  The Rotunda in Tyson's is also in McLean's district, they don't tend to quaify for free meals, but the cost of an apartment is much lower..  There is also talk of a new apartment complex at the corner of Westmoreland and Kirby/Idlewood where a closed church now sits, which I think it great as the area need lower and middle cost housing.  [/quote]

why does that area need low/middle cost housing?  there's hardly much low income retail nearby to justify an apartment complex.[/quote]

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