Anonymous
05/19/2013 17:23
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:How do you know you have the best principal in the county? Just curious? Was there a survey? Do they rate principals?
Not meant to be a dig, I know nothing about the school (or 95% of the schools in the area). But I am curious how you know you have the best principal
+1. When there are over 125 elementary schools run by FCPS, referring to the "best principal" in the county is pointless.
Maybe you meant the best principal in the City of Fairfax. Since there are a handful of schools in Fairfax City, that might be plausible.
Anonymous
05/19/2013 15:40
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
How do you know you have the best principal in the county? Just curious? Was there a survey? Do they rate principals?
Not meant to be a dig, I know nothing about the school (or 95% of the schools in the area). But I am curious how you know you have the best principal
Not meant to be a dig, I know nothing about the school (or 95% of the schools in the area). But I am curious how you know you have the best principal
Anonymous
05/19/2013 15:21
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Providence ES is a great secret. The Principal is extremely committed to this school. We have been very happy the past 3 years
Yeah, nothing like playing on the playground with the whirr and exhaust of 66 right next to you!
That's stupid, car are everywhere including worst smog in arlington or dc. Maybe if we lived out in the Appalachian.
+1
The fact we have the best Principal in the county supported by a caring and committed faculty, that far out weighs any "whirr"ing
Anonymous
05/17/2013 13:45
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Providence ES is a great secret. The Principal is extremely committed to this school. We have been very happy the past 3 years
Yeah, nothing like playing on the playground with the whirr and exhaust of 66 right next to you!
That's stupid, car are everywhere including worst smog in arlington or dc. Maybe if we lived out in the Appalachian.
Anonymous
05/17/2013 13:41
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Personally I would start with the areas that would be a non-hellish commute for the income earners and narrow it down from there. I wanted to stay near metro and didn't want to be too far out, so I only considered houses feeding into Woodson, Oakton, Madison, Marshall and McLean. (I ruled out Falls Church HS and Stuart.) From there, you can narrow it down further by looking at test scores, demographics, great scores ratings at the elementary school level. You might also find that your housing budget makes the decision easier for you.
Anonymous
05/16/2013 14:03
Subject: Re:Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
And part of Daventry goes to Lee. I think 00:23 is protesting too much.
Anonymous
05/16/2013 09:13
Subject: Re:Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mailing address for 22153 is Springfield, not West Springfield. There are just some people who want to distinguish the wealthier part of Springfield from the areas with more Hispanics and Vietnamese.
You are incorrect (bolded part)
http://maps.google.com/maps?psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ&biw=1366&bih=605&wrapid=tlif136867771705010&q=west+springfield+va&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b64d7cf1f3a015:0xda913f7675744e0a,West+Springfield,+VA&gl=us&sa=X&ei=WF2UUcKPI8i60QGe_YDoCA&ved=0CIsBELYD
And the mailing address for 22152 is also Springfield, not West Springfield. So what is your point. That is a nasty generalization for you to make.
West Springfield basically refers to the neighborhoods and schools that feed into West Springfield High School. This area runs down Old Keene Mill Road, starting around the Daventry and Cardinal Forest communities (basically St. Bernadette's Catholic church) and goes into the outermost feeder schools for West Springfield HS, which include Orange Hunt, Hunt Valley and Sangster. The neighborhoods in Springfield feed into Lee HS. They are also more retail/urban-ish, while West Springfield is 100% suburban residential, with hardly a restaurant or store to speak of.
Many of those areas, particularly the Cardinal Forest area, are plenty diverse. The designation has nothing to do with folks trying to separate themselves from the less affluent areas of Springfield proper. It has everything to do with the neighborhoods being very similar in housing and schools, and all of them feeding into West Springfield High School.
You obviously are not familiar with the area or you would know this already without having to make it about race or income.
The northern part of that Google map section of "West Springfield" feeds into Woodson High School -- that is part of the Canterbury Woods ES boundary.
http://www.fcps.edu/images/boundarymaps/canterburywoodses.pdf
Anonymous
05/16/2013 00:23
Subject: Re:Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:The mailing address for 22153 is Springfield, not West Springfield. There are just some people who want to distinguish the wealthier part of Springfield from the areas with more Hispanics and Vietnamese.
You are incorrect (bolded part)
http://maps.google.com/maps?psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ&biw=1366&bih=605&wrapid=tlif136867771705010&q=west+springfield+va&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b64d7cf1f3a015:0xda913f7675744e0a,West+Springfield,+VA&gl=us&sa=X&ei=WF2UUcKPI8i60QGe_YDoCA&ved=0CIsBELYD
And the mailing address for 22152 is also Springfield, not West Springfield. So what is your point. That is a nasty generalization for you to make.
West Springfield basically refers to the neighborhoods and schools that feed into West Springfield High School. This area runs down Old Keene Mill Road, starting around the Daventry and Cardinal Forest communities (basically St. Bernadette's Catholic church) and goes into the outermost feeder schools for West Springfield HS, which include Orange Hunt, Hunt Valley and Sangster. The neighborhoods in Springfield feed into Lee HS. They are also more retail/urban-ish, while West Springfield is 100% suburban residential, with hardly a restaurant or store to speak of.
Many of those areas, particularly the Cardinal Forest area, are plenty diverse. The designation has nothing to do with folks trying to separate themselves from the less affluent areas of Springfield proper. It has everything to do with the neighborhoods being very similar in housing and schools, and all of them feeding into West Springfield High School.
You obviously are not familiar with the area or you would know this already without having to make it about race or income.
Anonymous
05/15/2013 17:42
Subject: Re:Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
The mailing address for 22153 is Springfield, not West Springfield. There are just some people who want to distinguish the wealthier part of Springfield from the areas with more Hispanics and Vietnamese.
Anonymous
05/15/2013 15:16
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DH has a point....if you put the $$$ into a mortgage, you might get the money back when you sell, presuming the kids get the same education.
West Springfield has some issues...at least it did 15 years ago, when I was buying, west springfield had the mixing bowl construction and issues around springfield mall. We ended up in Vienna. (that worked out well, as my (same) job moved from Arlington to Tysons, back to arlington, and now to reston.
That is not West Springfield. The mall and mixing bowl area is Springfield proper. Totally different ballgame than West Springfield.
West Springfield is lumped in with Burke, and starts roughly at Rolling Rd.
+1
Anonymous
05/15/2013 14:17
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Anonymous wrote:Providence ES is a great secret. The Principal is extremely committed to this school. We have been very happy the past 3 years
Yeah, nothing like playing on the playground with the whirr and exhaust of 66 right next to you!
Anonymous
05/15/2013 14:16
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Providence ES is a great secret. The Principal is extremely committed to this school. We have been very happy the past 3 years
Anonymous
05/12/2013 09:56
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Greenbriar West ES
Anonymous
05/11/2013 10:19
Subject: Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
Pine Spring ES!
Anonymous
05/11/2013 09:22
Subject: Re:Top Elementary Schools in Fairfax County
PP, I switched because I moved from Arlington to Vienna....