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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Alexandria section of FFX Co and have kids at Edison HS.  I didn't see anyone else posting who has first hand experiences with FCPS in the Alexandria section (although I could be wrong since I blew thru the Alex City bashing posts).

In your situation, I would not move.  I don't say that to justify the choice we made to stay but because I've been in your shoes and I've been happy with the decision we made to stay.  I don't buy into the hysteria some people have about the 'bad schools' in this part of the county.  I've seen no evidence of it.  Sure, there are problems but there are also problems in the affluent schools.  You can get a quality education at any school in FCPS.  All the research I've seen doesn't support a conclusion that my kids will suffer from going to these 'less desirable' schools.

My kids went to a Title 1 elementary school.  It was fabulous!  Yeah, the PTA struggled and couldn't fund the things I'm sure the McLean school PTAs can fund but that's okay.  There was enough.  Twain MS was great, too.  About 1/3 of the kids that went to our ES went to Hayfield.  Our kids are still in contact with their friends there and, as much as Hayfield is derided, it seems as good as Twain and Edison.  Our neighbors' kids went to Edison have gone to college all over the country.  While I don't know anyone who went to an Ivy, I do know neighborhoods kids who went/go to Stanford, Penn State, UVA, William & Mary, etc.  We don't know anyone who dropped out and, so far, encountered no significant issues.

So, if it's schools you're worried about, I wouldn't move until you have more concrete data on why it would be in the best interest of your kids.  From your posts, I'm not hearing a compelling case.  I just hear fear.......

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562416300038[/quote]

+1 (though I didn’t read the linked articles)[/quote]

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