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[quote=Anonymous]Do you have friends and co-workers with school age kids? Talk to them. Learn about what they like or don’t like about schools. Look at your commute. I work in IT / Technology and DH works for an agency that has traditionally had office space in DC and Arlington. That roughly put us in Virginia in the triangle of 66, 267, and Rt. 28. to have reasonable commutes to our current jobs and the majority of jobs in our industry / career path. Maryland may have been a better fit for us culturally based on friend who live there, but it wasn’t worth the commute or changing jobs for us.

Once that was settled, we chose central Arlington. I have friends with slightly older kids who live in various parts of Fairfax county. I was not interested in the AAP program or potentially sending kids to TJ. I also wanted to be close to a Metro and closer to DC to minimize commute time. We have friends in Falls Church City who love their neighborhood and schools - but we felt it was too small for us. On the off chance a future kid struggled with behavior or social challenges, we didn’t want our kid type cast. We have coworkers in Alexandria, but they all send their kids to private schools. We were not interested in private. We know a few people in McLean and while they are happy, we were not excited about being on the lower end income wise. We wanted an elementary school with some racial and economic diversity. At the time we settled on Ashlawn and Glebe elementary zones as our first choice. We have subsequently been rezoned to Yorktown HS instead of W-L, but that could change again before HS. Our elementary zone was also adjusted, removing a neighborhood with a lot of apartments, changing the dynamic of the school. If you don’t have kids, you should assume that whatever you pick, things may change before your kids are in school. 
I suggest honing in on a few neighborhoods and drive around or walk around on a nice weekend afterwards and look for strollers in driveway and other indications that other people will have young kids. 
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