Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 21:54     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Cooper has honors classes that are open to all students, except for math which I believe you have to test into. Some families with AAP center eligible kids elect to stay at Cooper to set them up socially for high school, keeping the same friends/cliques intact. Seriously.

Whatever rocks their boat. Just thought it was strange the way the other post assumed the kids would go from Spring Hill to Longfellow AAP to Langley. Someone has to go to Cooper.

That was my post (suggesting Spring Hill/Longfellow(AAP)/Langley). My kids went to Cooper (nonAAP), took honors classes and survived. I'm just suggesting what I think is a better pyramid (one that includes Longfellow). I don't get the "rocks their boat" comment, but whatever.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 21:45     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McLean in salona village -- Sherman, longfellow, McLean.

Or country club hills Arlington -- Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown.


Not Langley?


Langley Forest is very pretty. You need big bucks to live there. Not sure people are really answering the question as if they hit the jackpot. And it may be intimidating to think about having the likes of Supreme Court justices for neighbors.


Langley Forest is nice, but I prefer areas you can walk. Salona Village is walkable to central McLean, as well as Sherman elementary. And Churchill seems too huge for my taste.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 21:41     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:
Cooper has honors classes that are open to all students, except for math which I believe you have to test into. Some families with AAP center eligible kids elect to stay at Cooper to set them up socially for high school, keeping the same friends/cliques intact. Seriously.


Whatever rocks their boat. Just thought it was strange the way the other post assumed the kids would go from Spring Hill to Longfellow AAP to Langley. Someone has to go to Cooper.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 20:34     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:
What happens if your kid doesn't get into AAP and has to attend Cooper instead? Do you put your home on the market and flee in the middle of the night?


Cooper has honors classes that are open to all students, except for math which I believe you have to test into. Some families with AAP center eligible kids elect to stay at Cooper to set them up socially for high school, keeping the same friends/cliques intact. Seriously.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 18:22     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:I'd look in Cesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean or Springhill/Longfellow(AAP)/Lanley. And I'd read greatschools.com only for entertainment purposes.


What happens if your kid doesn't get into AAP and has to attend Cooper instead? Do you put your home on the market and flee in the middle of the night?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 12:34     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:I'd look in Cesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean or Springhill/Longfellow(AAP)/Lanley. And I'd read greatschools.com only for entertainment purposes.

Yeah, Chesterbrook is great too! All the elementary schools in McLean and GF are really good. More of a mix/depends on your kid in MS and high schools are really good.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 12:30     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
I'd look in Cesterbrook/Longfellow/McLean or Springhill/Longfellow(AAP)/Lanley. And I'd read greatschools.com only for entertainment purposes.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 12:18     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
McLean is the best area in NoVa.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 12:12     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McLean in salona village -- Sherman, longfellow, McLean.

Or country club hills Arlington -- Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown.


Not Langley?


Langley Forest is very pretty. You need big bucks to live there. Not sure people are really answering the question as if they hit the jackpot. And it may be intimidating to think about having the likes of Supreme Court justices for neighbors.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 12:10     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:

Finally something nice about Great Falls!!
DH would be commuting to Arlington, is it still horrible? if we stay on the southern end thats' closest to McLean?


The goal is to minimize your time on either Georgetown Pike (Route 193) or Leesburg Pike (Route 7). Both are very congested. Since your DH is going to Arlington, it might be better if he takes Old Dominion from GF or McLean into Arlington, although that road also gets congested.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 11:30     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:McLean in salona village -- Sherman, longfellow, McLean.

Or country club hills Arlington -- Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown.


Not Langley?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 11:29     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:We live in Great Falls and love it here. Terrible commute to DC but we work in Reston and only have to go to DC once or twice a month. It is quiet, bucolic and we see more deer and foxes than neighbors. There are no sidewalks and nothing is within walking distance and that's just fine. The schools are great and the community is tight knit because we have to work at staying in touch and connected, via play dates, activities etc. If you value privacy then you will love it here. And no, we don't hang out on DCUM where we get insulted occasionally... .


Finally something nice about Great Falls!!
DH would be commuting to Arlington, is it still horrible? if we stay on the southern end thats' closest to McLean?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2012 01:24     Subject: Re:If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
N. Arlington...and that's where I live.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2012 23:18     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
McLean in salona village -- Sherman, longfellow, McLean.

Or country club hills Arlington -- Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2012 21:29     Subject: If you could live anywhere in NoVa....
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Okay I'll say it. Lyon Village in arlington. Let the bashing begin.


Why bashing? I've heard nice things about LV.


I'd live there if I could afford it!