Anonymous wrote:OP there is all of that kind of stuff around here. We live in Falls Hill and kids are zoned for Shrevewood. It's an awesome neighborhood. The Poplar Heights pool is close by. The Providence Rec or Springhill Recs are both pretty close. My kids are definitely not deprived of activities.

I'm further down on Shreve Road from Falls Hill and as PP mentioned my kids play soccer with VYS, play tennis at Poplar Heights pool, play T-ball with Falls Church and we swim there during the summer. There are brand new homes going up on Pioneer Lane, in FC just off of Shreve Rd. you may want to look at those homes.

And the great thing about being in west Falls Church is that you can not only take advantage of the activities in Fairfax County, but those in Falls Church City and Arlington as well.

OP there is all of that kind of stuff around here. We live in Falls Hill and kids are zoned for Shrevewood. It's an awesome neighborhood. The Poplar Heights pool is close by. The Providence Rec or Springhill Recs are both pretty close. My kids are definitely not deprived of activities.

There are several private pool clubs in the area - two that come to mind serving Kilmer/Marshall are Dunn Loring Swim Club and Cardinal Hill Swim & Racquet Club. The town of Vienna and Fairfax County parks and recs serve the area. Vienna runs youth soccer and other sports, as does McLean. There are community centers in both Vienna and McLean.

OP here. Thanks for your responses! We would be moving from Reston, where there are so many amenities for families - pools with summer swim teams, community centers with a myriad of classes and activities, sports leagues and facilities, hiking trails, etc. Are there similar amenities in the neighborhoods surrounding, for example, Shrevewood, Stenwood, and Westgate? Thanks!

All of this "sudden" attention on Marshall makes me giggle.
I attended Marshall in the late 80s into early 90s and it was a wonderful school back then. Small school, and we were almost all college bound with a matriculation list that included: Harvard, Princeton, UVA, UC - Berkeley, GWU, Georgetown, William and Mary, etc...

Marshall was always more diverse than Madison, but it was an asset.

We are Westgate/Kilmer/Marshall. There are quite a few single family homes for sale in your range in our neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:This might be the first time I have seen this question.

here is link to a map from FCPS web site.

http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/marshallhs.pdf

realtor sock-puppeting?

Shrevewood/Kilmer/Marshall

Anonymous wrote:Have heard for some time now that Marshall is an unrecognized FCPS gem, and it's great that it is now receiving some national recognition. Our kids are still young, but we will be house-hunting in the near future and are interested in looking in neighborhoods zoned for Marshall. What are some elementary schools to consider? We will be looking for a single family home <$950k. Thanks!

Why would you call it an "unrecognized gem" when it's been highly ranked for years, with SATs in the top 1/3 of Fairfax County high schools? Are you trying to sell a house in the Marshall district? People who live in the Madison district used to bash Marshall years ago, but not so much any more.

All of Shrevewood and Stenwood ES feed into Marshall.

Much of Westbriar, Wolftrap, Freedom Hill, Lemon Road and Westgate ES feed into Marshall. The rest of the first three schools go to Madison, while the rest of the last two schools go to McLean.

A little bit of Cunningham Park and Vienna ES feeds into Marshall. Most of the kids at those schools go to Madison.

In any of those districts, you can find a range of SFHs.

Kilmer Middle School is one

This might be the first time I have seen this question.

here is link to a map from FCPS web site.

http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/marshallhs.pdf

Have heard for some time now that Marshall is an unrecognized FCPS gem, and it's great that it is now receiving some national recognition. Our kids are still young, but we will be house-hunting in the near future and are interested in looking in neighborhoods zoned for Marshall. What are some elementary schools to consider? We will be looking for a single family home <$950k. Thanks!