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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This house just came on the market in my neighborhood.  I wouldn't put a lot of credence into the school ratings.  Go to the FCPS website and look up the data yourself to get a better idea of the academics.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Springfield/7790-Tangier-Dr-22153/home/9802938[/quote]

That's beautiful! But I need help re the schools. What kind of data do you suggest we look up? It seems to me that the low ratings are due to ESL kids, right? But I've talked to teachers who work in those schools and they say that they do, in fact, spend a disproportionate amount of time w the kids who need more help. Isn't that a valid concern? What else separates a 5 from an 8 if not that? I truly want to understand. We are both working outside the home and while we want to be involved w our kids education, we do really need the schools to do the heavy lifting. There must be some valid reasons that 8s and 9s are considered better?[/quote]

The elementary school isn't the concern with that house. That school is fine. The high school is the larger concern. In Fairfax county, anything 5 or above is likely to be fine. Even some 4s depending on the neighborhood. Focus on the high school rating.  Any elementary schools feeding into an 8 or above high school pyramid will generally be fine unless you want to unnecessarily concern yourself with splitting hairs[/quote]

So there is no difference between a 5 and 8 ES?

The reason I’m not concerning myself w the HS is because my kids are very very young. I don’t know that this house has to be the house forever or in 8 years etc. [/quote]

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