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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]honestly, the insanity that is Fairfax County is making me think moving to PWC or Stafford is the better choice for our family.  My husband works north of Fredericksburg and our first is an average student.  Getting away from the pressure cooker might be a welcome change in general.  FCPS has made it pretty obvious that they cater to the upper class and gifted.[/quote]

This is exactly what we're thinking too.  We've had it up to here with FCPS bending over backwards for the "gifted" students, AAP, etc.  I'd love a normal high school environment for my kids.[/quote]

FYI, fcps does not have AAP in high school. It stops in middle school.[/quote]

PP here, and you're right.  I just meant the whole competitive atmosphere starts in elementary school and continues through high school.  It's a turn off.[/quote]

It sounds like you're trying to make peace with your own impending move to an area with less challenging schools, for whatever reason.  It's like you'll feel better about it if you burn all your bridges on the way out.[/quote]

What are you talking about?  I'm not one of the PPs (you?) who keeps insulting various schools just to make myself feel better about the school my kids go to.  I think FCPS as a whole has gone downhill.  I attended these schools years ago when they were first rate, and the difference now is shocking.  I think a large part of that is the over-emphasis on AAP in the early years.  Sorry you don't want to hear that, but that's your problem, not mine.[/quote]

No, I wasn't insulting any schools.  And your issues with AAP are yours, not mine.  My kids got a first-rate education at FCPS.    [/quote]

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