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Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the most money per pupil. So it is safer, but more expensive and not necessarily worth the extra cost.

And more money per pupil is great. Even better-- SPENDING ON A NEW HIGH SCHOOL. I'm not sure how much you care about the extra $400 per pupil or whatever it is when you are decide in general if your high school kid is going to do the 6-12 shift or the 1-7 one. APS has got to get a HS capacity plan. Like yesterday.

This is the elephant in the room in Arlington. You really can't expect people to jump up and down about how much Arlington spends per student, when it has no real plan for how it is going to deal with the high overcrowding problem. You can claim it's because APS is just too popular for its own good, but much of this is a problem of APS's own making, due to replacing older facilities with newer buildings that were built to handle fewer buildings than the older buildings.

Fairfax needs a new high school as well

The need is not as acute and may be avoided entirely, as existing schools are being expanded, either as part of their renovations (Marshall, Langley, West Springfield, Oakton) or otherwise (South Lakes, Madison, West Potomac).

The one that has the highest average income
The one that has the most whites and asians
The one that has the least brown and black people
The one that has the least ESOL%
The one that has the lowest FARMS%

DCUM yall are a bunch of elitists and racists

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the most money per pupil. So it is safer, but more expensive and not necessarily worth the extra cost.

And more money per pupil is great. Even better-- SPENDING ON A NEW HIGH SCHOOL. I'm not sure how much you care about the extra $400 per pupil or whatever it is when you are decide in general if your high school kid is going to do the 6-12 shift or the 1-7 one. APS has got to get a HS capacity plan. Like yesterday.

This is the elephant in the room in Arlington. You really can't expect people to jump up and down about how much Arlington spends per student, when it has no real plan for how it is going to deal with the high overcrowding problem. You can claim it's because APS is just too popular for its own good, but much of this is a problem of APS's own making, due to replacing older facilities with newer buildings that were built to handle fewer buildings than the older buildings.

Fairfax needs a new high school as well

I'm also looking for the "best" (aren't most of us?), but best for our family.
DH works near Mosaic District, we don't have to buy right away, renting ok for few years.
We would like to stay in the same pyramid so DC can go 1-12 with his friends.
We are a little worried about the area of Vienna, Falls Church and Oakton and how we would fit in. So many upper middle class people there and we are lower middle class immigrants. Wouldn't want DC traveling to another school for AAP. Don't really understand this AAP thing and having to leave your school to get AAP. There's also level IV and now we are really confused. It this AAP for kids whose parents don't want them to be take to another school some days?
As you can see, we have lots of homework to do.
Schools that caught my eye are Oakton, Mosby Woods, Fling Hill and other Vienna schools and FC city schools.