Re: Country Club Hills/Williamsburg vs Franklin Park
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Date: November 29, 2015 04:53PM
Lb96K Wrote:
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> Grew up in Arlington near Marymount on the other
> side of CC Hills. Live in McLean now.
>
> Went to Taylor, Williamsburg (was the last 9th
> grade there), Yorktown. Arlington is a smaller
> school system and has less challenges than Fairfax
> County Public Schools, but my kids all went to
> FCPS and it worked out pretty will. Not sure what
> the near future will bring in FCPS. Arlington
> spends about double per student than FCPS, but
> look at the Schools. All the High Schools are over
> the top.
>
> I have a friend that lives right around the corner
> from Williamsburg as well.
>
> Any of the locations mentioned are nice. The only
> thing I would be careful about in Franklin Park
> are the houses with the major steps or on Valley
> Wood Road.
>
> Jamestown is also a good Elementary, not sure
> about Discovery as it just opened in Sept.
>
> Just be careful as Arlington County Board is ultra
> liberal and they play games with Bond money, spend
> it on things other than it should be spent on.
Arlington County will be buying as many vacant properties as they can to house Syrian Refugees. Two things Arlington likes, professional yuppies to fleece and being a sanctuary County.