Class size/behavior at Yorktown

[Anonymous]

My child is considering going to private next year but I would prefer Yorktown for many reasons, mainly cost. Primary concern is class size and behavior in class causing distractions. Can anyone with Yorktown students speak about the current experience?

[Anonymous]

I have a freshman at YHS. He is in intensified core classes and has not reported any behavior issues to me thus far. Granted, he doesn't tell me much! But if there was a serious issue he would definitely share. He has a nice group of friends that is not the same as his MS group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is considering going to private next year but I would prefer Yorktown for many reasons, mainly cost. Primary concern is class size and behavior in class causing distractions. Can anyone with Yorktown students speak about the current experience?

Why is your child deciding? If cost is a concern, then send him to Yorktown and save the $ to go toward college of child's choosing. That's more important than the child dictating their high school.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t heard anything from my son about classroom distractions. That was more of a potential issue in middle school.

[Anonymous]

What private schools has your child been admitted to? Might help if we know the alternative options you’re weighing.

[Anonymous]

same as all above

[Anonymous]

My son is a freshman at Yorktown - haven't heard this at all. He seems to be enjoying the year and the environment of the Schoo. Is is a particular class? Or across the board? My kid says his class sizes are around. 25-26. Is this normal for this area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman at Yorktown - haven't heard this at all. He seems to be enjoying the year and the environment of the Schoo. Is is a particular class? Or across the board? My kid says his class sizes are around. 25-26. Is this normal for this area?

Yes, that class size is very normal for Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield. The class sizes at HB and Tech are much smaller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What private schools has your child been admitted to? Might help if we know the alternative options you’re weighing.

How would knowing that affect the behavior of students at Yorktown?

[Anonymous]

I have experience with my kid at both a local private and Yorktown. My kid was in all accelerated/AP classes at Yorktown, and tells me that the kids at YT in those classes were more academically motivated than the kids at her private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman at Yorktown - haven't heard this at all. He seems to be enjoying the year and the environment of the Schoo. Is is a particular class? Or across the board? My kid says his class sizes are around. 25-26. Is this normal for this area?

Yes, that class size is very normal for Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield. The class sizes at HB and Tech are much smaller.

“HB, private school on public dime” (TM).

How can that be possible. They are just a smaller school they shouldn’t have smaller classes.

[Anonymous]

My Yorktown junior's classes vary in size from 15-25. She reports that behavior is generally fairly good in most classes. If your child is a fairly typical NOVA overachiever, they will do well at Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman at Yorktown - haven't heard this at all. He seems to be enjoying the year and the environment of the Schoo. Is is a particular class? Or across the board? My kid says his class sizes are around. 25-26. Is this normal for this area?

Yes, that class size is very normal for Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield. The class sizes at HB and Tech are much smaller.

“HB, private school on public dime” (TM).

How can that be possible. They are just a smaller school they shouldn’t have smaller classes.

Because it's not true. The classes at HB are not *much* smaller. The classes are a little smaller. That is because HB does not have any counselors so they use the funds for those positions for teachers instead. Also the admins each teach a class. So that means they have a few more people teaching classes which makes the classes a little smaller. It's basically a tradeoff for having no counselors.

Also, HB sometimes puts together different grades or different levels (AP and non-AP) in the same class. People sometimes pull out class size reports and completely misconstrue them. For example, AP English Lit might only have 14 kids on paper so it looks small but that's really just half the class since there are also kids in the non AP version in the very same class. And the teacher has to teach two classes in one at the same time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman at Yorktown - haven't heard this at all. He seems to be enjoying the year and the environment of the Schoo. Is is a particular class? Or across the board? My kid says his class sizes are around. 25-26. Is this normal for this area?

Yes, that class size is very normal for Yorktown, W-L, and Wakefield. The class sizes at HB and Tech are much smaller.

“HB, private school on public dime” (TM).

How can that be possible. They are just a smaller school they shouldn’t have smaller classes.

Because it's not true. The classes at HB are not *much* smaller. The classes are a little smaller. That is because HB does not have any counselors so they use the funds for those positions for teachers instead. Also the admins each teach a class. So that means they have a few more people teaching classes which makes the classes a little smaller. It's basically a tradeoff for having no counselors.

Also, HB sometimes puts together different grades or different levels (AP and non-AP) in the same class. People sometimes pull out class size reports and completely misconstrue them. For example, AP English Lit might only have 14 kids on paper so it looks small but that's really just half the class since there are also kids in the non AP version in the very same class. And the teacher has to teach two classes in one at the same time.

Considering how useless our counselors have been, and my kid has met with them once in 3 years, why don’t we do that at all schools?

[Anonymous]

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Because it's not true. The classes at HB are not *much* smaller. The classes are a little smaller. That is because HB does not have any counselors so they use the funds for those positions for teachers instead. Also the admins each teach a class. So that means they have a few more people teaching classes which makes the classes a little smaller. It's basically a tradeoff for having no counselors.

Also, HB sometimes puts together different grades or different levels (AP and non-AP) in the same class. People sometimes pull out class size reports and completely misconstrue them. For example, AP English Lit might only have 14 kids on paper so it looks small but that's really just half the class since there are also kids in the non AP version in the very same class. And the teacher has to teach two classes in one at the same time.



Considering how useless our counselors have been, and my kid has met with them once in 3 years, why don’t we do that at all schools?

You sound very selfish and entitled. Many students needs counseling, especially after this pandemic, and with the level of cyberbullying that goes on in MS and HS. HB is taking a real gamble by not having counselors available to students who might need them.