Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:52     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.
look for a house near Innovation then
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:39     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
The top high schools in FCPS will continue to have as many top scholars as all the high schools in APS combined, and the anti-AAP posters will continue to have the same complaints they’ve had ever since this forum started.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 22:54     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:If you like your house and your commute do NOT move. First, AAP isn’t all that, and it’s watered down from its original intent. These programs were designed to support exceptionally smart kids who could not cope in a regular classroom with tracked coursework. It was not supposed to be for the relatively bright, wealthy kids with tons of coaching that it’s turned into. The social division in FCPS schools is awful and this BS creates a stigma against GenED kids. Also, Arlington consistently has much smaller class sizes in elementary school. Your kids will have comparable peers in N. Arlington. It will be okay, I promise.


+1000
Your comments about AAP are spot-on.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 08:40     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.


If you want a house, you might want to look outside of Mclean.


OP could look at the Falls Church/22043 and 22046 areas that feed to McLean HS.


- that could quickly change with redistricting.


Both Haycock and Longfellow are located in falls church zip (22043). Many of the 22043/22046 zips that feed to these schools are walkers, and are not at risk of rezoning.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 08:26     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.


If you want a house, you might want to look outside of Mclean.


OP could look at the Falls Church/22043 and 22046 areas that feed to McLean HS.


- that could quickly change with redistricting.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 08:25     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.


If you want a house, you might want to look outside of Mclean.


+1

Among all the counties and zip codes in the United States of America, 22101/ Fairfax consistently ranks near the very top.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:24     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about moving to the City of Falls Church?


FCCPS is overrated. The kids who do well there do well because they have the family resources and connections to help them do well, not because of the school system itself. Almost all the leadership is either people who’ve never worked anywhere else and have a “we’ve always done it this way!” mentality or FCPS castoffs.


Just like FCPS? Duh.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:53     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are thinking of moving from Arlington to McLean. We really love our small neighborhood elementary school - Innovation Elementary in N. Arlington. We are considering Langley/Mclean school district but keep hearing how big the class sizes are in Churchill Elementary and Springhill Elementary. Is that true? What’s the vibe at these schools? My son’s current Kg class at Innovation has 17 kids with 2 teachers and we’re very happy with it. It’s ranked 6/10 but the Mclean schools are ranked 8 and 9 out of 10. There is no AAP in Arlington, so that’s a motivation for us to move to Mclean. Are there any smaller elementary schools in Mclean/Vienna that feed to solid high schools?


Visit Colvin Run ES in the Langley Pyramid


Colvin Run is bigger than Churchill so if you’re looking for a smaller ES than Churchill or Spring Hill it’s not a good choice. It also serves mostly Great Falls and Vienna, not McLean.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:35     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are thinking of moving from Arlington to McLean. We really love our small neighborhood elementary school - Innovation Elementary in N. Arlington. We are considering Langley/Mclean school district but keep hearing how big the class sizes are in Churchill Elementary and Springhill Elementary. Is that true? What’s the vibe at these schools? My son’s current Kg class at Innovation has 17 kids with 2 teachers and we’re very happy with it. It’s ranked 6/10 but the Mclean schools are ranked 8 and 9 out of 10. There is no AAP in Arlington, so that’s a motivation for us to move to Mclean. Are there any smaller elementary schools in Mclean/Vienna that feed to solid high schools?


Visit Colvin Run ES in the Langley Pyramid


You are still looking at 1 million + homes.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:00     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:We are thinking of moving from Arlington to McLean. We really love our small neighborhood elementary school - Innovation Elementary in N. Arlington. We are considering Langley/Mclean school district but keep hearing how big the class sizes are in Churchill Elementary and Springhill Elementary. Is that true? What’s the vibe at these schools? My son’s current Kg class at Innovation has 17 kids with 2 teachers and we’re very happy with it. It’s ranked 6/10 but the Mclean schools are ranked 8 and 9 out of 10. There is no AAP in Arlington, so that’s a motivation for us to move to Mclean. Are there any smaller elementary schools in Mclean/Vienna that feed to solid high schools?


Visit Colvin Run ES in the Langley Pyramid
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 19:25     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Fear or re-zoning
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 19:23     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:Why falls church and not McLean?


More affordable but McLean pyramid schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 19:07     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Why falls church and not McLean?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 17:41     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.


If you want a house, you might want to look outside of Mclean.


OP could look at the Falls Church/22043 and 22046 areas that feed to McLean HS.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:24     Subject: Moving from Arlington to Mclean
Anonymous wrote:For more space (ie. a house) because currently we are living in a condo and looking for sold schools.


If you want a house, you might want to look outside of Mclean.