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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can afford Langley HS, Churchill Road or Spring Hill, those two have great test scores and almost no FARMS.

Avoid Forestville as it will likely be redistributed to Herndon High School.   [/quote]

I think you would be doing your children a great disservice if you send them to a no FARMS elementary school. There is something to be said for diversity. And diversity means more than "oh but we have a large asian population".[/quote]

Did you really choose your kids' elementary school by looking up the FARMS rates to make sure there was enough poverty there for you to give your kids the "diversity" they need to thrive? Do you realize how obnoxious and offensive this is to everyone, especially poor folks?

If I was poor, the last thing I'd be doing is saying to myself I need to find a school for my kid where there's enough poor people to make me feel good about the "diverse" environment.

But let's be honest, people choose higher FARMS schools when they do not have to, not because of a love of diversity, but because they want a nicer house for a better price or otherwise do not care all that much about the educational and social experiences their kids will endure.
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That's an overly simplistic view.  Sure we chose a location where we could have a nice house and walk to things.   We very much care about the educational experiences of our kids.   We could without any sacrifice afford private school.   Instead we value what are children learn from being around others that may not be as fortunate as they are.  Our very high rate FARMS school has very caring and dedicated teachers.  There seems to be lots of extra support with the number of ESL teachers that are added to class rooms.  I think it's extremely disingenuous to just assume because a school doesn't have the highest test scores with lots of esl students that the school is bad.   If your scared of sending your child there you are racist or afraid that your child isn't as gifted and special as you think they are and need to be coddled. [/quote]

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