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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were strongly considering a house in the Woodson district until I started talking with acquaintances who'd had kids there.   Time and again I heard stories of high stress, cut-throat competitiveness and bullying.  We decided to look elsewhere.[/quote]

Same here, PP. We opted for a house in another high school boundary.[/quote]

Is this true for all the elementary schools that feed into Woodson? We go to Olde Creek, and I see none of this. Families are so friendly, and the environment isn't cut throat. I'm wondering if something changes in middle and high school, or if other feeder schools (such as Mantua, Canterbury Woods, etc) are high-stress even in elementary school.

And do current Woodson parents feel this way? I thought the school had been making a lot f effort to improve on this front, although I don't know if they've been successful or not.  [/quote]

It's a parent/community issue. It's not the school. Best thing would be redrawn boundaries. The community needs a shake up. [/quote]

I have posted this before, but I'll say it again: as a parent from another high schools who's been to just about every HS over the years, I can say unequivocally that the Woodson parents were as welcoming to visiting teams as any around and their teams' sense of sportsmanship was excellent.  It always seems unfair to me when people take shots at that school.[/quote]

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Well gosh, you have so much insight to a school because parents with shared interests weren't rude. Cool story bro.[/quote]

Well, it's far less insight than someone who actually had a child there would have, and possibly more than someone who heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that the atmosphere there is "toxic."  But nice way to prove you're an asshole.[/quote]

There's an asshole on this thread all right. Isn't it your turn for spaghetti night for your budding little Pele and their team. Maybe keep your opinions on the sidelines? [/quote]

Yep, double down on being an asshole, that'll show 'em.[/quote]

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