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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another question--do you know how many kids go on from Jackson AAP to Marshall HS?  From what I'm reading, it seems as if most of them go to Falls Church or Madison.  I hate to tear her away from her friends, have her make new friends, then 2 years later, tear her away again if she's the only one who goes to Marshall.  Kilmer seems pretty well split between Madison and Marshall, while Thoreau seems to be predominantly Madison-bound kids, with a small subset headed to Marshall.[/quote]
My DD went to Marshall knowing no one there. Took her some time to orient herself, but she ended up having a great, tight-knit group of friends there.
I have to add that with a heavy extracurricular load she hardly saw any of her neighborhood friends after the age of 10-11. Once the kids mature and develop a focus (sports, arts, community work), they develop new relationships that are based on shared interest, and not just geography.[/quote]

I don't think the poster is talking about her daughter's wanting to go to school with other kids on her block, but either with her current AAP friends next year, who are mostly heading to Kilmer rather than Jackson, or with the friends she'll likely have in a few years, more of whom will be headed to Madison than to Marshall.   [/quote]

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