Anonymous wrote:Robinson is great!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP—it’s two years. Your kid will be fine at any middle school. The differences are negligible.
Focus on the things that will impact your kid a lot more: Your presence at home. If you buy a house that you can’t afford or are unhappy with, that will make you stressed out around your kid. Or if you buy a house that results in an awful commute which results in precious time away from your middle schooler, that’s problematic.
No they are not.
You want to avoid Herndon Middle School, Hughes MS, and anything in Annandale. Figure out what high school you would be going to also.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The smallest middle schools are:
Key (691 students)
Stone (726 students)
Whitman (805 students)
Franklin (819 students)
Poe (877 students)
Herndon (888 students)
Rocky Run (896 students)
Holmes (902 students)
Liberty (919 students)
South County (951 students)
Hayfield (968 students)
Holmes and Poe serve grades 6-8, so they actually feel even smaller than most of the schools (think 250-300 students per grade rather than 400-450 on the "small" size). We have had an amazing experience at our "poor" Annandale pyramid schools. Since students are with the school for 3 rather than just 2 years, the administration and teachers really invest in getting to know their strengths and weaknesses. My kids have flourished; teachers know how to differentiate up and down. And both were able to take Algebra I as 7th graders (and excel in the math courses) despite not having the county minimum scores because they could get 6th grade teacher recommendations.
Truthfully, I value empathy and confidence-building in middle school even more so than academics. It's a hard time and having an emotionally and physically safe environment to learn actually allows learning to occur.
Anonymous wrote:The smallest middle schools are:
Key (691 students)
Stone (726 students)
Whitman (805 students)
Franklin (819 students)
Poe (877 students)
Herndon (888 students)
Rocky Run (896 students)
Holmes (902 students)
Liberty (919 students)
South County (951 students)
Hayfield (968 students)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid was happy at Kilmer.
Same. Loved the teachers and the activities the school held throughout the year.
We had a poor experience with Kilmer and moved so our younger kids wouldn’t have to go there.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid was happy at Kilmer.
Same. Loved the teachers and the activities the school held throughout the year.
Anonymous wrote:My kid was happy at Kilmer.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP—it’s two years. Your kid will be fine at any middle school. The differences are negligible.
Focus on the things that will impact your kid a lot more: Your presence at home. If you buy a house that you can’t afford or are unhappy with, that will make you stressed out around your kid. Or if you buy a house that results in an awful commute which results in precious time away from your middle schooler, that’s problematic.
No they are not.
You want to avoid Herndon Middle School, Hughes MS, and anything in Annandale. Figure out what high school you would be going to also.
What PP is saying is to stay away from the poors.