It makes me sad because I found the most lovely house in Mount Vernon. It was right off the trail, gorgeous and just perfect. Except when I looked at the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

Sorry your kid didn't get into a decent Va. school. You are an idiot.

This is a typical response from a mindless FCPS student lacking any and all analytical skills. Rather than supporting your position with a reasoned argument you make false assumptions and personal attacks. This FCPS student like many others would destroy others rather than listening and spending the time and effort required to improve themselves.

Hurry up and get out of bed. You are already late for two-a-days!

There's no analysis in your post. You are just bitter, useless excrement.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

Sorry your kid didn't get into a decent Va. school. You are an idiot.

This is a typical response from a mindless FCPS student lacking any and all analytical skills. Rather than supporting your position with a reasoned argument you make false assumptions and personal attacks. This FCPS student like many others would destroy others rather than listening and spending the time and effort required to improve themselves.

Hurry up and get out of bed. You are already late for two-a-days!

Agreed. The above post is silly, and weirdly bitter.
Yes, there is certainly a push to place into the top in state schools. The competiton to get in from FFx county is very real. An equally talented out of state student is worth more to admissions. I remember when I was looking out of state for college in the 90's. There was an 80,000 dollar difference in tuition back then. I shudder to think of what that would be today.
Yes, savy parents and students take advantage of Virginia's excellent public universities. Graduating without any debt allowed me to move to NYC and persue my dreams. I felt sorry for my co co workers who had massive debt from college.

I've always heard bad things about Lee. I graduated from there in 2007 and didn't really mind the school while I was attending, so I don't know where the bad rep comes from.

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Anonymous wrote:They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

Sorry your kid didn't get into a decent Va. school. You are an idiot.

This is a typical response from a mindless FCPS student lacking any and all analytical skills. Rather than supporting your position with a reasoned argument you make false assumptions and personal attacks. This FCPS student like many others would destroy others rather than listening and spending the time and effort required to improve themselves.

Hurry up and get out of bed. You are already late for two-a-days!

Langley high

Mt. Vernon and Lee both for safety issues, gangs, etc. I'm sure they both have good elements and good teachers, but I think the student body really brings the schools down compared to other high schools in Fairfax County.

Anonymous wrote:DC's middle schooL splits to Chantilly, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton (and TJ of course!). The one I keep hearing strong negatives about is Weatfield. Apparently, it's has 3rd rate academics and can have a toxic atmosphere.

No, except for TJ, those all pretty much suck.

Anonymous wrote:They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

As opposed to?

Falls Church, had a friend who went there, crazy stories and she was white.

Probably Lee HS. It's never any specific incident just more of a general thing regarding how much of a challenge the students are and how fabulous the teachers are.

Anonymous wrote:They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

Sorry your kid didn't get into a decent Va. school. You are an idiot.

DC's middle schooL splits to Chantilly, Westfield, South Lakes and Oakton (and TJ of course!). The one I keep hearing strong negatives about is Weatfield. Apparently, it's has 3rd rate academics and can have a toxic atmosphere.

They are all awful and so smugly self-satisfied. FCPS is a self-contained provincial asylum which sends about 90% of its students to roughly five in-state universities. These poor kids are born, live their lives and die without ever leaving the confines of the Commonwealth of Virgnia.

Their students graduate woefully unprepared for the rigors of life and college academics.

I've known many a kid from Langley. It's all true. The egos the entitlement, sorry, but it's true.