Washington Leadership Academy 2022

[Anonymous]

Is there any recent updates on WLA? 2020-2022
I saw a bus that said XQ super school
(Emerson project - Laurene Jobs)
I googled it and WLA was one of the schools as part of the project
Looks nice and small and has a computer science focus
Anyone going there this Fall?
I’m really looking for feed back on the school
Not the history of EP/HQ

[Anonymous]

I read up on that school before and after it opened and won the prize and have seen the recent XQ marketing and I still have no idea what XQ is.

WLA is small and the building is unique. There have been issues with some of the students after school, but I have also read plenty on here about Wilson students getting into trouble after school in Tenleytown.

[Anonymous]

This is so disappointing that this school is relatively unknown in 2022

[Anonymous]

My kids are young so we haven't looked into HS programming, but we did visit Lee pre-pandemic and the building they share with WLA is like Hogwarts! It's very cool.

[Anonymous]

what are the enrollment numbers? Is it actually operating?

[Anonymous]

It is enrolling and has a waitlist
Looks like they are small about 400 kids
9-12 which is nice
Could be the next McKinley Tech

[Anonymous]

We are a former Lee family, and interacted a lot with WLA. Seems like a great school but doesn't get a lot of love on DCUM, likely because it's a mostly minority student population. They have an amazing library/lunch room. They also pre-covid has programs where they would be involved in Lee events (we had a field day where some WLA students volunteered (like DJ'ing, helping with events, etc). I would strongly encourage you to visit. The leadership seems great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a former Lee family, and interacted a lot with WLA. Seems like a great school but doesn't get a lot of love on DCUM, likely because it's a mostly minority student population. They have an amazing library/lunch room. They also pre-covid has programs where they would be involved in Lee events (we had a field day where some WLA students volunteered (like DJ'ing, helping with events, etc). I would strongly encourage you to visit. The leadership seems great.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Bumping this to the top. I'm looking for feedback, because we have a pending waitlist offer. Anyone know much about WLA?

[Anonymous]

WLA and Sojourner Truth seem similar to me - both interesting curriculums but students are majority minority and the schools don't get much attention here.

[Anonymous]

Truth is new, WLA not-so-new. Truth has the Montessori elementaries (other than LAMB) as informal feeders, WLA doesn't really have informal feeders.