Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 16:28     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m throwing in my vote for Terraset. I love that school. Had one graduate last year from SLHS. Totally fine education wise. Not everyone’s cup of tea though.


+1 Great school


+2

Fantastic school and culture


Eek. Wouldn’t choose it. Feeds into Langston Hughes and SLHS. No thanks!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 14:55     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m throwing in my vote for Terraset. I love that school. Had one graduate last year from SLHS. Totally fine education wise. Not everyone’s cup of tea though.


+1 Great school


+2

Fantastic school and culture
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 14:54     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
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Anonymous wrote:Neither. Forest Edge is pretty bad too unless you are in AAP. The only acceptable elementary school in Reston to me would be Crossfield.


You obviously have never been to Crossfield.

Honestly I would happily send my child to any school in Reston. Title I does not a bad school make. Hunters Woods and Sunrise Valley are AAP centers. Lake Anne has the dual immersion Spanish program. Hunters Woods is an Arts and Sciences magnet. And Terraset is just an amazing school.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 13:24     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?

Could be Freetown Dr or Stratton Woods.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are the same thing.

OP- Unless your child needs ESL services I would not send them to Dogwood. You have a few other options that someone mentioned above if you choose to buy a house there. Honestly unless you have to be in that location I’d push a smidge further out.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are not the same. I lived in Stratton Woods, which was not part of Reston Association and had its own HOA.


+1 I live in Polo Fields and it's not the same. It looks like it is because they named the park by Polo Fields Stratton Woods Park. That's because it's a county park and Stratton Woods isn't part of Reston Association. Also, Stratton Woods has one street of houses built by Ryan Homes bordering the parkway that are the same models as in Polo Fields, so it makes it look like one big cohesive neighborhood. The rest of Stratton Woods is a different builder with different looking houses.

Stratton Woods is east of Fairfax County pkwy. Polo Fields is west.
Anonymous
Post 02/07/2026 12:20     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?

Could be Freetown Dr or Stratton Woods.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are the same thing.

OP- Unless your child needs ESL services I would not send them to Dogwood. You have a few other options that someone mentioned above if you choose to buy a house there. Honestly unless you have to be in that location I’d push a smidge further out.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are not the same. I lived in Stratton Woods, which was not part of Reston Association and had its own HOA.


+1 I live in Polo Fields and it's not the same. It looks like it is because they named the park by Polo Fields Stratton Woods Park. That's because it's a county park and Stratton Woods isn't part of Reston Association. Also, Stratton Woods has one street of houses built by Ryan Homes bordering the parkway that are the same models as in Polo Fields, so it makes it look like one big cohesive neighborhood. The rest of Stratton Woods is a different builder with different looking houses.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 21:59     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?

Could be Freetown Dr or Stratton Woods.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are the same thing.

OP- Unless your child needs ESL services I would not send them to Dogwood. You have a few other options that someone mentioned above if you choose to buy a house there. Honestly unless you have to be in that location I’d push a smidge further out.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are not the same. I lived in Stratton Woods, which was not part of Reston Association and had its own HOA.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 09:26     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Neither. Forest Edge is pretty bad too unless you are in AAP. The only acceptable elementary school in Reston to me would be Crossfield.


Fox Mill would object to that. I don't know if Fox Mill is considered Reston or Herndon, since it is technically not in Reston or Herndon, but we are pretty happy with the school and are most certainly in the Reston/Herndon community space.

But we like being a smaller, neighborhood school with strong academics. I know some folks are not happy with the IEP services at the school but our experience was positive. We have friends who have not had positive IEP experiences for different reasons. The Japanese Immersion program was great for us. I know that not everyone loves the JI program, kind of like the AAP Center AAP/non-AAP split issues.

Anyway, just tossing out that Fox Mill is here, literally 5-10 minutes away from Crossfield and Dogwood.


fox mill has a herndon address. where would you say its located if not herndon?


20171 is a dual location zip code. https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode Look up in this link and you'll see 20171 is labeled Herndon and Oak Hill.

North 20171 is close to Herndon and could be called Herndon (but not in the town of Herndon), but south and east 20171 really doesn't have any landmark and can be called Oak Hill or Herndon by choice.

There are many dual location zip code, that's why there are places called Falls Church, Vienna, Alexandria that are very far from those downtown areas. It is because the zip code covers a small portion of those towns while 90% of the zip code does not.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 08:25     Subject: Re:Forest edge or dogwood?
Some Dogwood families apply for the Japanese Immersion program at Fox Mill. It is not that long of a commute and allows the kids to attend Fox Mill then Carson MS. Dogwood and Fox Mill currently share the same HS, who knows what will happen after the western Boundaries are drawn. I know some of the Dogwood families have bus exceptions that allow them to be dropped off at a bus stop in the Fox Mill area for MS.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 07:47     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:I’m throwing in my vote for Terraset. I love that school. Had one graduate last year from SLHS. Totally fine education wise. Not everyone’s cup of tea though.


+1 Great school
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 05:36     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?

Could be Freetown Dr or Stratton Woods.


Stratton Woods and Polo Fields are the same thing.

OP- Unless your child needs ESL services I would not send them to Dogwood. You have a few other options that someone mentioned above if you choose to buy a house there. Honestly unless you have to be in that location I’d push a smidge further out.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 22:24     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?

Could be Freetown Dr or Stratton Woods.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 19:44     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
I’m throwing in my vote for Terraset. I love that school. Had one graduate last year from SLHS. Totally fine education wise. Not everyone’s cup of tea though.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 19:16     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
Anonymous wrote:We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox orMill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.
Polo Fields neighborhood?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 15:58     Subject: Forest edge or dogwood?
We used to live in one of the few single family neighborhoods zoned for Dogwood. Not a single family went to Dogwood - mainly St. Joes or pupil place into Fox Mill (Japanese immersion program in 1st grade) OR Hunters Woods (Magnet lottery in kinder). We ended up deciding to move as we hated paying so much in taxes to be zoned for a low performing school.

Hughes and South Lakes are fine - they are IB which may people do not like. Have a higher FARMS rate because of schools like Dogwood and Lake Anne, etc that feed into them.