Anonymous
07/06/2012 12:06
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:OP Here - I'm going by what I'm reading on Greatschools.net
I'm jut trying to educate myself, so please please be kind and don't get riled up. I have always understood Arlington schools to be top notch so I was really sad to read the contrary. I'm happy to hear at least one parent saying that Arlington schools are still solid - with the exception of the wakefield pyramid. That is very helpful.
Eh. Greatschools isn't worth reading. There's a lot of disinformation. I would never rely on it as an accurate barometer of any school/school system.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 12:05
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:Quite a few Falls Church lovers here. never considered Falls Church. Tell me the pros/cons of FC Please
FCC is lovely, but it's really kind of an oasis in a churning sea of traffic. Also, the (very good) school system is so small you don't have many options if, for some reason, your kid clashes or has issues.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 12:03
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:OP here. no one has mentioned great falls yet. why?
also, please explain the recent declines in school ratings in Arlington. I was all set on North Arlington then read the school reviews and was totally disappointed. FWIW, not interested in TJ. I have average kiddos - smart but not freaks of nature :O
What school reviews? We love N. Arlington schools.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 11:59
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
OP Here - I'm going by what I'm reading on Greatschools.net
I'm jut trying to educate myself, so please please be kind and don't get riled up. I have always understood Arlington schools to be top notch so I was really sad to read the contrary. I'm happy to hear at least one parent saying that Arlington schools are still solid - with the exception of the wakefield pyramid. That is very helpful.
I'm jut trying to educate myself, so please please be kind and don't get riled up. I have always understood Arlington schools to be top notch so I was really sad to read the contrary. I'm happy to hear at least one parent saying that Arlington schools are still solid - with the exception of the wakefield pyramid. That is very helpful.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 11:51
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:OP here. no one has mentioned great falls yet. why?
also, please explain the recent declines in school ratings in Arlington. I was all set on North Arlington then read the school reviews and was totally disappointed. FWIW, not interested in TJ. I have average kiddos - smart but not freaks of nature :O
Point 1 - Because Great Falls can be a PITA commute and/or people who live there don't hang out on DCUM, where they get insulted by people with a fraction of their net worth.
Point 2 - What declines are you talking about? Apart from some schools in the Wakefield pyramid, Arlington schools seem pretty solid.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 11:43
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Also, can you list the best zip codes?
Saying Arlington or Falls Church isn't narrow enough.
TIA.
Saying Arlington or Falls Church isn't narrow enough.
TIA.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 11:05
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Quite a few Falls Church lovers here. never considered Falls Church. Tell me the pros/cons of FC Please 
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:56
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
I'm in the City of Falls Church now, and I would definitely stay here, I love it. But I would buy a cool new/big house!!
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:53
Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about the perfect place to live, but why is everyone complacent about class size? Can't we get this on the FCPS budget for next year to at least reduce it to the levels we were at before the recession? Everything else has been restored that I can see. Even if a teacher can teach to all those students (and I don't believe they can), the classrooms are overcrowded and stuffy. They weren't built to house this many students in each of them. Please ask the school board to reconsider this if you think class size is important.
less people can afford private these days. It is what it is. No one really loves the class sizes, but we have to pick our battles. I'm sure this is one of the next things teachers and administrators would like to tackle, but public schools cannot turn kids away, either. Would you prefer to stand in line like our friends in Loudoun just hoping to get into your neighborhood school, knowing if you don't get that spot your kid could be bussed halfway across the county for a school that isn't busting at the seams?
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:42
Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
I don't know about the perfect place to live, but why is everyone complacent about class size? Can't we get this on the FCPS budget for next year to at least reduce it to the levels we were at before the recession? Everything else has been restored that I can see. Even if a teacher can teach to all those students (and I don't believe they can), the classrooms are overcrowded and stuffy. They weren't built to house this many students in each of them. Please ask the school board to reconsider this if you think class size is important.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:17
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
+1. We wanted good schools, easy access to shopping, metro, and DC. We weren't scared off by class size. We considered FCC but it was too small of a system and wanted AP not IB for high school. Arlington was too expensive for what you got in housing.
Anonymous wrote:I'd love to live close to the intersection of Haycock and Rt 7, so that I'd be in walking distance to the main strip of businesses on 7 and the WFC metro. The schools would be Haycock/Longfellow/McLean.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:06
Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:City of Falls Church.
+1. This is what we chose, and we moved from a 'lower-ranked' school pyramid in FFX County to FCC after much angst about what to do. We love FCC schools, even without a full-time AAP program in FCC schools.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 10:00
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
PP, didn't really mean the TJ students were freaks....what I really meant was that my kids are not headed that direction even though they are bright, they don't have the necessary apptitude for TJ.
Didn't mean to piss anyone off. sorry.
Didn't mean to piss anyone off. sorry.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 09:58
Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:OP here. no one has mentioned great falls yet. why?
also, please explain the recent declines in school ratings in Arlington. I was all set on North Arlington then read the school reviews and was totally disappointed. FWIW, not interested in TJ. I have average kiddos - smart but not freaks of nature :O
Nice -- so TJ students are freaks of nature now. Riiiiiight.
Anonymous
07/06/2012 09:56
Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:Mantua Hills
Mantua
Frost
Woodson
That area is very bland and just mediocre. grew up there, no one picks those as their dream , maybe as what they can afford