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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, in full admission, I did NOT read every post on here.  I also live in FFX, and, have a kid in UVa. 2 hours each way, no ifs ands or buts.  If you pick MD, you need to add a lot more time. 20 minutes?  Not even if you own your own helicopter.  Lots of different opinions on here, spanning education, commuting, diversity, etc.  Each becomes a white-hot button.
The four schools in FFX: McLean, Langley, Madison and Marshall are all very good, and will do a great job preparing your kids for higher education.  I kinda think the IB program is overstated, but, there ya go!  [/quote]

Thanks for this - in my defense, Google said, Cville to FFX was like 2hrs, Cville to Rockville was 2hrs 20 mins. But after some things I read about Montgomery county (incidents of sexual assault, etc.) and housing costs, I think our family is going to look at FFX, Falls Church city, and maybe Arlington. When you look for diversity (race, nationality, religion, etc.) together with the socio-economic diversity, it would be ideal if we could avoid extreme wealth or poverty, but this is difficult...and what is a white-hot button?[/quote]

White-hot button = a topic that causes almost irrational responses from posters.  Your post has elements of education, commuting, and racial issues.  I am sorry to hear you had issues in Charlottesville - shocked actually.  Sadly, the issue is *ssholes-they are everywhere.  I don't think any posters could direct you to an area free from such narrow-thinking people.  [/quote]

I appreciate your comment  - I completely agree with you; this is an ***hole issue, and it's everywhere. However, we want to live and raise our children in an environment where they don't outnumber the decent, compassionate people. In Cville, especially in the school setting (believe it or not...) - teachers, school administrators, school board members, and the lawyers who represent them...they all try to shove everything under the rug, whenever a problem comes up, like discrimination and implicit bias against students of certain race, needs, nationality, etc.

This article is my friend and her son - and in the 3 years of her fighting the Albemarle County Public School system, she said she heard from so many other parents, cases that are MUCH, MUCH worse, if you can imagine that...

https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/a-regular-kid-state-complaint-accuses-acps-of-breaking-special/article_a7383aa8-aacf-5416-908d-1f21141dc9d1.html[/quote]

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