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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are planning to move to Arlington from DC and trying to pick which area to move to based on schools. Which elementary or middle schools should we consider being in zone for? I don’t want to ask which is “best” as I’m sure there are many good ones. I am trying to narrow down areas to look at. [/quote]

I would look very carefully at walk zones. Arlington's walk zones are large, and sometimes have unsafe or really long routes to school. Being in the walk zone is great if you are close and have safe sidewalks and street crossings. If you're in the outer walk zone or don't have a safe route, you will need to walk or drive your kid yourself. And that's a huge pain.

We had a nice route for elementary - close to school on neighborhood streets with a crossing guard at the one dicey crossing. So walking to school was great, and I walked my kids almost every day. The exercise was great for me too and I liked seeing my neighbors. But then middle school hit. We were almost to the edge of the walk zone. Kids would have to walk to school in the dark crossing busy commuter roads without lights, stop signs or crossing guards. I had to drive them to/from every day, and that really sucked.

Next school, they finally got a bus. They get themselves to/from the bus stop independently, it's a godsend. [/quote]

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