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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Fairfax County and live in Arlington now. Will probably move by elementary. I received a fantastic education in FCPS (including at Marshall HS, which is really a gem). APS seems unwilling or unable to face reality and that scares me. [/quote]

NP. I'm in the exact opposite boat. Grew up in Arlington and now live in Fairfax. Three kids in elementary school here. My in-laws are in poor health and still live in Arlington, as do my parents. Both sets of parents desperately want us to move back to Arlington, to the point that my parents repeatedly try to get us to move in with them (they have the space and their house is in a very desirable school district). DH and I are not interested in moving back, and the school situation is a big reason why. I loved growing up in Arlington but the problems that APS is facing now have been looming since I was a kid.[/quote]

To each their own.  Both my husband and I graduated from Fairfax County public schools (me from one of the 'best' and he from one of the 'worst') and we aren't leaving APS. The quality of the teachers my kids have had in APS has been the determining factor.  I had language teachers in Fairfax that didn't actually speak the language, long term subs who couldn't teach math, gym teachers who bullied and belittled kids unchecked, and on and on.  The APS teachers we've had have been, with one or two exceptions, outstanding. [/quote]
Sounds like your kids will be through the system before the crunch. Good for you.[/quote]

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