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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carson zip code is not 20170. It is 20171, an area also known as Oak Hill. House prices are expensive in 20171 compared to 20170.

Even in Carson, some top kids either do not apply to TJ or do not go to TJ even if they get accepted.

Carson admin and teachers are excellent and the student peer group is great. It is competitive but not every one is TJ crazy. The base HS schools from Carson are good too.

TJ admissions based on split county regions will never work as interested families will move around. 
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Carson is a huge AAP Center, and pulls from multiple zips, including Oakton, Chantilly, Herndon, Reston and Fairfax. Kids leaving are zoned Chantillly, Westfield, Oakton & South Lakes. Something like 11-12 ESs feed Carson, at least for AAP.  And pieces of 20171 (like Franklin Farms) have Franklin as a base school, but Carson as AAP. But agree with the premise that 20170 is not the housing stock-- that's Herndon MS. Since AAP kids tend to be more affluent, the school is affluent. Not Langley affluent, but low FARMS rate. Lots of SFH. It is hard to buy into Carson AAP at less than 600k, and there are definately million dollar homes feeding in.

And that it isn't luck or that Carson has so many TJ admits. Parents move onto Carson because it is the top TJ feeder and they want  to send kids to TJ.  And not let's take the test and see what happens interested, like the rest of the county.  And it isn't magical.   This is years of blood, sweat and tears. You can probably find normal at Carson, but the savvy parents who,want  normal just buy into Franklin/ do LLIV Fanklin. [/quote]

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