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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So, you basically have one of the top high schools in the area. It's number 3 in FCPS if you don't count the crown jewel of the DC area, Thomas Jefferson which is a govenor's school. If given the option, why wouldn't you want to attend a top high school? Generally top high schools have a combination of a high performing student body coupled with outstanding teachers. This combination pushes the students to achieve higher and provides additonal opportunites for excellence.

To downplay it means you're either unaware of its excellence, or [b]your kids are mediorcre[/b].[/quote]

Here is a secret:  there are outstanding teachers and mediocre teachers at every high school.  And, some of those kids that you consider "mediocre" will likely outpace your kid in the future.

Yes, I am sure that Oakton is a good school.  But, why should the taxpayers pay additional funds for long bus routes for your kid when there will be a school that will be just as good nearby?

The Western High School will have plenty of high achieving kids--just like Carson has.  There will also be some kids that are strugglers--and I am sure they are also at Oakton.  There may be more of those at Oakton, but I appreciate my children being exposed to all kinds of people.  That is a learning experience that is also valuable.

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How much of a time/distance savings are we talking about? My kids already has a 40 minute bus ride to his middle school while he friend has 10 minutes and we live a 3 minute car ride apart. The middle school is a 10 minute drive.
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