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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP who mentioned that the real difference starts in 2nd grade is spot on. And, to the people who doubt that if one waits too long to leave an under performing SA school, kids will be behind in a high performing school - don't opine unless you have seen it. I know 8 families from my kid's school that left for NA or falls church over the last 5 years. [b]Each kid was behind, lacked the requisite study skills and was no longer the star of,the class[/b] in the New school. Yes, same curriculum, but the kids are expected to master the material at different times. The depth of instruction is much different in NA schools because the kids are prepared to learn it. Kids do homework and have additional help at home so more advanced instruction in class. This is generally not the case in SA schools. And the schools I am talking about are not Henry and Oakridge.

Some parts of SA will continue to gentrify, others will not. West of George Mason and the area just to its east is a lost cause. [/quote]

We are generally happy with our S. Arl elementary. We are solidly middle class (with all the enrichment opportunities that offers), eat meals together, and read and talk every night.

Our zoned middle school includes N. Arl neighborhoods, and we have heard from our neighbors that the transition from elementary to middle is fine. True, our child may no longer be at the top of the class and may have to learn good study skills and work harder to "catch up" or "get ahead", but I don't think that experience is necessarily bad. In fact, it might be good for DC to learn that hard work is just as important, if not more, than innate intellect.

All that said, we will still stay vigilant and take it year by year. [/quote]

Yep. I don't get where all this fear is coming from. If your kid is zoned TJ and keeping up with kids who went to "better" schools, why the panic? [/quote]

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