Reply to Excellent, but not crazy competitive school districts in VA

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Excellent, but not crazy competitive school districts in VA"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]What drove us to consider West Springfield was when we parsed the data, the school actually had the strongest performance of African American students in all of NOVA. I looked at the performance of black students in McLean, in Yorktown, etc. We could afford to live there and our commutes would be somewhat shorter to Tysons, but when I drilled down, I saw an achievement gap for black students and realized I needed to find a pyramid where my kids would be as successful as the others.

We have loved living in West Springfield. My kids are thriving and doing incredibly well in elementary and middle school. I have been impressed with how nurturing the schools have been and can attest that there's a strong culture hear that values learning, but also isn't crazy competitive. My kids' experience has been much more cooperative than I had anticipated.

One side effect of living around here is that it's unapologetic-ally middle class. I find it refreshing after living in NW DC and North Arlington. People are just normal folks. It's just nice.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics