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[quote=Anonymous]Oh my. I can't afford any of these 'best' schools. Wait a minute... what is this Greenbriar West? Must be a far better neighborhood than the Greenbriar East and so affordable. It's ranked so high in comparison, so it must be more affluent, and therefor I'm sure to get a better education experience there. (facepalm)

OP... most of the 'best' schools are ranked as such because they are AAP feeder schools. My advice is to find a nice place to live in a neighborhood that fits your tastes. If your kid is super bright, they'll end up at one of the AAP schools like GBW or many of the other 'best' ranked schools. Otherwise, any FCPS will more than meet your kids needs in terms of academic excellence.

In fact, here's my experience as a parent with a kid who has been AAP and another who wasn't, both attending the AAP feeder because it's our in-boundery school. The AAP kid did great as expected. The non-aap kid probably struggled more than they needed to because they always seemed to get the newer, less experienced teachers. The true veterans were slotted in AAP classrooms that my non-aap kid got little exposure to. Truth be told, if I had the choice I probably would have preferred my 'average' kid go to an 'average' school. They'll have a much greater opportunity to get placed into a more experienced teacher's classroom. By far that was the most critical aspect of each academic year feeling like a success or not. [/quote]

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