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[quote=Anonymous]To respond to the PP who indicated why she prefers a FARMS/ESOL rate that is lower (because it indicates a certain level of community involvement), I would like to confirm that OTES and FSES both have tight communities.  Parents walk their kids to school and pick up friends on the way - parents chat while walking home to either stay home/home office/go to work.  Faces are familiar and play dates are regular.

Parents work (from all incomes) so not all kids participate in the playdates.  There are regular volunteers in the school (I work and take vacation to volunteer and many SAHM can't volunteer because they have little ones at home).  There is a culture of learning.  The kids in the high groups motivate each other and the kids who need help are part of a small class size who can get attention.

I would not say the stereotype that FARMS/ESOL kids have less involved parents is completely dispelled. However, my husband was a FARMS kid growing up and his mom stayed home, trading a higher income for more involvement.  I also have a friend in Potomac that complains that she gets calls asking for playdates at her house whenever a classmate's nanny is sick or on vacation.

For middle school and high school, there is a split between parents who expect to send their kids to magnets/IB and those who will go the regular route and are intent on improving the schools before they get there.  It is discussed at PTA meetings and given the level of involvement, we all expect the schools to improve.  Speaking for myself, I bought here thinking I may move after ES.  However, I fell in love with the area and plan to stay.  I could hop the line into Walter Johnson and some parents do, but I think the consensus is that people plan to stay.   I like the freedom a less expensive house gives my family, I like my neighbors, commute is good, school is great.

One thing you should check is each individual community.  FSES draws from east and west of Georgia and I think north and south of Forest Glen (do not recall exactly where the lines are) and each of these areas may have a different feel.  [/quote]

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