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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thank you to those with the helpful suggestions! Much to think about!

We always liked walking around old town Alexandria. Many ppl suggested del ray. What’s the school situation there? When searching on school rating websites (yes I know they’re flawed) the public elementary schools in Alexandria/ del ray didn’t seem to rank as high as Arlington or Fairfax? Am I missing something?

Vienna.... I guess I don’t know much about it except it’s the last stop on the orange line. It would be 45 mins at least into DC proper? I’m assuming we’ll end up in DC once or twice a week for meeting friends etc. A bit too far me thinks..?

For those families who live in westover - and also other parts of Arlington - do you walk to local things like little kids music class... the local library... stores/ restaurants/gyms? 
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We live in the Rosemont neighborhood of Alexandria. We walk to Del Ray and old town all the time. I teach in Arlington (APS) and used to teach in FCPS. The local elementary school, Maury, is absolutely on par with both other counties. [/quote]The important part of OP's question about the schools is what is the race of OP's children.  If they're white then they will be fine.  [b]If they are COC, even if they are not low-SES, then a good education is doable but it will require a lot more vigilance to ensure that the kids are not tracked by their race[/b].[/quote]

+1  to the above post (and the posts about the traffic problems!).  BTDT re the race & SES issue.  Now we go private.[/quote]

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