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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since Op original ? Was about 2 schools, I'll comment on them. Our child goes to Haycock and is in 1st grade. We haven't experienced any "mean" parents/tiger moms as of yet. I realize this may change in a year or two when the whole AAP aspect takes place(3rd grade) we have made friends with several neighborhood families who are very similar to ourselves. We do not dress any of our kids in designer brands. We have been happy thus far with the teachers and staff at Haycock. There seems to be a lot more community building between the children this year at the school. They mix up classes and combine classes in specials(PE, art, etc). We moved to the area because we heard good things about the schools not for the AAP program. Our kids are involved in lots of activities in the community;falls church city, McLean and some school activities. Our one school age child knows kids in many different classes and different schools.
We know families whose children go to Kent gardens and they are raving about the new principal(which we also loved as the assistant at Haycock) she has apparently done wonderful things and made great changes in the short time she has been there. 
Both schools have wait lists for their before and aftercare programs. Sometimes several years.
Haycock was suppose start a massive renovation this winter it seems to have been postponed a little but should be starting soon. It  will take 2+ years. Also it seems like a lot if FCPS are integrating local level IV advanced classes so who knows if it will even be a "center" for much longer if everything switches to all schools having advanced classes. [/quote]

I think most people liked Kent Gardens before, but the prior principal had been there a long time before she retired, and some people thought she ran the place a bit too much like a personal fiefdom.

We really like the new principal at McLean, too.  She was very low-key in her first year, and some people never saw her, but she seems to have found her comfort zone now.  She communicates regularly with parents, shows up at school events, and seems to care about ALL the kids.  [/quote]

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