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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCC is not diverse, if that matters to you. [/quote]

What does that even mean? [/quote]

I mean, it's pretty uniformly affluent, so there's that.

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What many people describe as school quality is just a reflection of the school's SES/demographics. The schools offer the same curriculum and it could be argued the same kid would do the same at any of them.[/quote]

This is true of all the high outcome schools in the area, the difference in FCC lies mostly in parents ability to communicate with and know those in positions of authority or elected officials such as school board members.  This doesn't matter to some people but to many it does.[/quote]

I actually think the ability to know and communicate with elected officials is a big deal.  In FCC, the school board members are parents first, and are on the school board b/c they are invested in their kids, and other kids, education.  In APS and FCPS the school board members are, by and large, more politically inclined.  You see this playout both during the pandemic with the school reopening debates, and more recently with the calendar religious holidays discussions.   I'll use the calendar example b/c I hope we will never be in a closed schools situation again.  FCCPS adopted the religious holidays calendar similar to APS's for the school year 2021-22.  The school board heard from so many parents, who they knew personally, that it wasn't working.  So they changed it.  They listened, and adopted a new calendar policy that is much better.  They weren't so worried about how their vote might impact their political future- rather they were focused on what calendar would result in the best educational outcomes for the greatest number of students.

Another thing I like about FCC is how close and walkable everything is.  In terms of schools closed camps etc- while it may be true that bigger vendors are focused on fairfax, the falls church community center is focused on falls church.  It offers great schools out camps, and they are convenient for everyone.  I can safely tell my kids that they can take any class offered through fcc parks and recs b/c I know it will be in FCC, and thus convenient.  [/quote]

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