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[quote=Anonymous]Hey OP, welcome back to the area! (um, are you sure you want to come back after reading this thread??)

In any case… we live in the city of Falls Church, and although our DC is young, we've interacted with neighborhood State Dept families who have kids at George Mason high school (including our baby sitter - if you move here and your kids are interested in babysitting, they'll have plenty of opportunities).  One of your criteria is small, and the school definitely has that (I think about 150 kids per class year or something like that).  It has the IB program, which is why many State families like it, and overall it seems demanding - the kids are really academically focused, and involved in a ton of extracurriculars. A couple of other views - when State evacuated families from Egypt, they mostly relocated here, and the kids thought the high school wasn't as demanding as their program in Cairo.  And there has been some discontent with handling of special needs/IEPs.  Parents are definitely involved here.  Housing, as you noted, is an issue - there's a lot of demand, and not much available for sale right now.  Have you considered renting?  There are many families that do that.

For the Falls Church part of Fairfax County (where we've also lived), Falls Church high school is an option.  If you read the threads here you'll see that it's not that highly rated - it has a low income component and some low test scores.  But I think the ratings are misguided.  The neighborhood around the school (Broyhill Park, and others that I can't think of at the moment) are affordable for this area, and the families we know who live there are great.  Nearby neighborhoods like Greenway Downs also feed it.

Good luck with your decision![/quote]

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