Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP: Yes, it's been so worth it to move on from the whacko ASFS principal who can't seem to write a single email without grammatical and spelling errors, mistreats her staff, doesn't know her own teachers or students' names, carries a political agenda as primary over educating her students. It's quite refreshing to be in a place, while not perfect, is much healthier and in which our DC is learning again. We may return to APS when our DC gets older, but for now it's been so worth it to get an education again.

That’s crazy as she was an ENGLISH and ESOL teacher.

Yes, it says a lot about the state of education, at least at that school which did have such a storied history of success.

Anonymous wrote:OP: Yes, it's been so worth it to move on from the whacko ASFS principal who can't seem to write a single email without grammatical and spelling errors, mistreats her staff, doesn't know her own teachers or students' names, carries a political agenda as primary over educating her students. It's quite refreshing to be in a place, while not perfect, is much healthier and in which our DC is learning again. We may return to APS when our DC gets older, but for now it's been so worth it to get an education again.

That’s crazy as she was an ENGLISH and ESOL teacher.

OP: Yes, it's been so worth it to move on from the whacko ASFS principal who can't seem to write a single email without grammatical and spelling errors, mistreats her staff, doesn't know her own teachers or students' names, carries a political agenda as primary over educating her students. It's quite refreshing to be in a place, while not perfect, is much healthier and in which our DC is learning again. We may return to APS when our DC gets older, but for now it's been so worth it to get an education again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our entire block has kids in private
Little Langley, flint hill, O’Connell, SSSAS, not one family in APS

We might be neighbors bc same: Flint Hill, Langley, Gds, SSSAS, visi, etc.

22207?

The 22207/22213 border to be exact

We have kids at or friends kids at GDS Sidwell and maret in our Arlington neighborhood (Lyon Park). Not commute is a pain but our kids love the school and we think worth it

Anonymous wrote:I am most happy about how our private is handling limiting technology, including phones during the school day. No crazy parents demanding that their kids have their phones 24/7.

I’m most happy that the parents at my kid’s private aren’t insufferable twats.

I am most happy about how our private is handling limiting technology, including phones during the school day. No crazy parents demanding that their kids have their phones 24/7.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our entire block has kids in private
Little Langley, flint hill, O’Connell, SSSAS, not one family in APS

We might be neighbors bc same: Flint Hill, Langley, Gds, SSSAS, visi, etc.

22207?

Anonymous wrote:Our entire block has kids in private
Little Langley, flint hill, O’Connell, SSSAS, not one family in APS

We might be neighbors bc same: Flint Hill, Langley, Gds, SSSAS, visi, etc.

Our entire block has kids in private
Little Langley, flint hill, O’Connell, SSSAS, not one family in APS

Anonymous wrote:Would anyone in this thread be willing to share the names of (non big3) private schools they switched to? Like the OP, I'm on the fence about whether/when to switch. It would be somewhat of a financial strain, but of course we want a strong education.

We left for St. Anselms Abbey School (6-12), which is focused primarily on highly academically motivated boys who want a challenging environment. Until this year, they have administered not one but two entrance exams required of all applicants--OLSAT and SCAT-- and required essays as well as teacher recommendations and transcripts. It is a hike to NE DC, and there are logistical downsides, but it has been very good for our son, after a miserable experience at APS, which long ago stopped differentiating for curious and highly motivated students. Our children were begging us to leave. Being committed to public schools, we probably took too long to make that decision, but now that we have, while it is financially and logistically painful, it has been really worth it for our kids. We may be a small sample size, but it's the right fit for us.

St Stephens/St Agnes is an Episcopal day school (religion light). It has buses but not sure of routes. Congressional is a good secular K-8 located near 7-corners, also with bus options.

There also are Catholic parochial options in and near Arlington. And there are some academically reasonable (e.g., trach evolution the same way APS does) evangelical Christian schools outside Arlington limits but nearby.

Some schools (e.g., Landon, Holton) in MD have daily bus routes serving McLean and N Arlington. I would not recommend any school across the river - purely for logistics reasons.

Anonymous wrote:Would anyone in this thread be willing to share the names of (non big3) private schools they switched to? Like the OP, I'm on the fence about whether/when to switch. It would be somewhat of a financial strain, but of course we want a strong education.

There's an entire thread over on the private school forum. The problem is it very much depends on where in Arlington you live.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1222270.page

I would love suggestions too. Arlington is not super convenient to many privates unfortunately.

Would anyone in this thread be willing to share the names of (non big3) private schools they switched to? Like the OP, I'm on the fence about whether/when to switch. It would be somewhat of a financial strain, but of course we want a strong education.