APS: Washington Liberty will be minimum 2700 students by 2025

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Anonymous wrote:My DD17 loves W-L even though it is so big. She says only the cafeteria is a problem but there are strategies to get your food more easily.

Her teachers are the highlight though. She keeps telling me how lucky she is to go there.

Is she in the IB program or mainstream?

She takes a mix of IB and AP classes, not full IB.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

I can’t quite tell if this is sarcasm. But they don’t have to give up sports anyway; they can play with their home school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

Plus they can get haircuts and cars serviced at the career center

https://www.apsva.us/engage/arlington-career-center-project/

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

I can’t quite tell if this is sarcasm. But they don’t have to give up sports anyway; they can play with their home school.

What percentage do that from HB to WL which are much closer? I know a lot of students who transfer back for sports. Being on a team is more than just making practices and games; they hang out together in school too. Plus it’s a long bus ride and disruptive — most people will chose or the other.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

So we will never reach 1000 then.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

I can’t quite tell if this is sarcasm. But they don’t have to give up sports anyway; they can play with their home school.

What percentage do that from HB to WL which are much closer? I know a lot of students who transfer back for sports. Being on a team is more than just making practices and games; they hang out together in school too. Plus it’s a long bus ride and disruptive — most people will chose or the other.

I'm an HB parent. I don't know the percentage of HB kids who play on a sports team at their home school, but I know that some do it. And there are also kids who leave HB because they want to be with their sports team friends all day, or they want a more traditional high school experience, or they want more class selection, or they didn't find their social group at HB (it's a small school). I don't get the comment about the long bus ride and disruptive. If their bus ride to their home school for sports is long, their regular bus ride home would be too, so what's the difference?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

So we will never reach 1000 then.

People are fighting to get into HB Woodlawn for reasons I will never understand, so I could see a path where Arlington Tech develops a similar mystique.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

So we will never reach 1000 then.

People are fighting to get into HB Woodlawn for reasons I will never understand, so I could see a path where Arlington Tech develops a similar mystique.

The mystique is a 400 student high school in their own facility more or less. Striver is 20 kids.

AT is 400 now, yes, but in faculty shared with 100 car mechanic and hvac students in a less desirable location.

At 1500, AT is too big for “mystique” and still shares campus with a sizeable second school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

So we will never reach 1000 then.

People are fighting to get into HB Woodlawn for reasons I will never understand, so I could see a path where Arlington Tech develops a similar mystique.

The mystique is a 400 student high school in their own facility more or less. Striver is 20 kids.

AT is 400 now, yes, but in faculty shared with 100 car mechanic and hvac students in a less desirable location.

At 1500, AT is too big for “mystique” and still shares campus with a sizeable second school.

And people here forget that the Career Center campus will still bus in students from four comprehensive high schools (W-L, Wake, Ytn, Meridian) and H-B to it’s campus for courses throughout the day. So many more students will benefit from the new state-of-the-art campus than is assumed.

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Anonymous wrote:I think for the Arlington Tech Program alone, roughly 1500 to 1800 students? Maybe more? Essentially it will be the size of a small high school. And APS saves a ton of money since, as a specialized Governor’s Academy program and not a comprehensive high school, it will require no new pool or football stadium, etc.

Is it lumped into career center in transfers report? It’s going jump over 1000?? Is there a huge waitlist?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/10/2023-2024-Student-Transfer-Report.pdf

Enrollment shows the breakdown:

Arlington Tech 412. (Wakefield 155, W-L 126, Yorktown 131)

Which is pretty evenly split among the comprehensive HSs. It’s my understanding that kids who are 100+ on the waitlist routinely get into AT. So is there demand for 1500 seats?

Not right now. But when people see the amazing labs, brand new facilities, and National merit finalists they will be banging at the door, even if it means they have to give up sports.

W-L also got brand new facilities with the Ed Center renovation—the whole interior was gutted and rebuilt. Students will choose Arlington Tech based on their interests and if they feel the program is the right fit.

So we will never reach 1000 then.

People are fighting to get into HB Woodlawn for reasons I will never understand, so I could see a path where Arlington Tech develops a similar mystique.

Unlikely. A big part of why people want HB is because it’s small (& “exclusive”).

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I have a kid at tech and the building will fill. There are currently 200 kids on the waitlist for AT and they will get in for 10th if they want.

My kid loves it. They are very "popular" and also loves learning through doing. The teachers are all very engaged and have chosen to be part of a new experiment. When the new building opens, it will fill. I think the focus on sports teams is a false flag.

I asked about the other co-located programs and he said that the student bodies don't mix. If only they'd get a hair-cut during school hours.

why APS hides its waitlist, I'll never know. https://www.apsva.us/school-transfer-data/

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at tech and the building will fill. There are currently 200 kids on the waitlist for AT and they will get in for 10th if they want.

My kid loves it. They are very "popular" and also loves learning through doing. The teachers are all very engaged and have chosen to be part of a new experiment. When the new building opens, it will fill. I think the focus on sports teams is a false flag.

I asked about the other co-located programs and he said that the student bodies don't mix. If only they'd get a hair-cut during school hours.

why APS hides its waitlist, I'll never know. https://www.apsva.us/school-transfer-data/

Exactly. I do think Arlington Tech will fill when the campus is complete. If not immediately, within two or three years after it’s finished. However, I do hope the program will be open to all students, even English language learners. Ideally the program would attract a diverse cross section of the Arlington demographic and not become another HB.