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[quote=Anonymous]Hi.  I'm a Potomac parent with two kids at the school.  Just found this thread and wanted to chime in.

1.  Regarding sports as a whole, Potomac is not on the same plane as IAC schools like GP, Landon and STA.  In boutique sports like squash, Potomac can be excellent.  In glamour sports like football and lacrosse, they can occasionally field teams that can beat lesser IAC teams.  But as a whole, they are not on the same level at those schools - it's just a fact.  Part of it is size - GP has over 4x as many boys as Potomac.  Part of it is being part of a lesser conference.  If you are, say, an excellent lacrosse player and can afford private school, you want to play in the IAC, not the MAC.  The school is starting to take athletics more seriously and you can see more athletes being admitted.  If Potomac was in the IAC, you could see them being similar to a Bullis or SSSA.  But unless they somehow move to the IAC, increase enrollment and/or put a greater emphasis on athletics, you probably aren't going to see significantly better results.

2.  Athletics aren't important for everyone.  They are, however, important to us.  I want my children to compete on the field against the best in the area.  I want them to have the character-building experiences that sports can teach.  So athletics aren't as good as what my children could get in the IAC, and that's a overall negative.

3.  That said, Potomac is an excellent school.  We have been happy there.  Langley is a very good school.  Its strongest attributes are small class sizes and a very involved parent base.  To some, ending in 8th is a negative, including us.  But as others have said, it's a positive for others.  In terms of athletics, there is no football team at Langley and generally speaking, sports are better at Potomac.

If you were to get into both, you'd have two great options.[/quote]

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