S/O Tell me about Lyon Village
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| Also would not describe Washington and Lee as a "great" school, more like middling. |
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Washington-Lee Stats
Four-year graduation rate: 96% Principal's years of experience: 12 Average SAT score:1,669 Enrollment: 1,914 Age of school building: 3 Students in special education: 12% Students attending 4-year colleges: 73% Really? That's middling? |
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We looked in Lyon Village and ended up moving to Falls Church (McLean HS). We would have been fine with W-L, as it seemed there was something there for everyone, but didn't really like Lyon Village. The houses were too close together and the streets were too crowded for us. When I asked on DCUM whether others had the same reaction, some people were rather nasty and assumed we couldn't afford Lyon Village. It just appeals to some people but not others. Where we are now has more space and is still close to WFC Metro.
Good luck! |
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I'm the PP who posted the stats. We actively sought out W-L too. What's not to love? Gorgeous facility, neighborhood school, student body that mirrors the nation's demographics (more or less), IB program, etc. I think people get really weird about schools in this area. In Bethesda/ChCh/Mclean/Arlington etc. we're all so fortunate to be able to send our kids to some of the highest caliber schools in the country and we're quibbling over minor percentages? First world problems, people!
With that said--I'll also comment on Lyon Village. We looked there for a long time...we were also in GP...and there were some things we liked: pretty neighborhood and playground, some nice housing stock, metro accessible. There were also things we didn't like: cut-through traffic (we saw A LOT of it, although people in the 'hood deny it for some reason), there isn't really a neighborhood school as the kids all go to different schools based on boundry, interest in Key/Science Focus, etc., miniscule lots (we had a sizeable backyard in GP), and pathetic house options given the price tag (we had $1.5 to spend). We also didn't love that so many people park in the 'hood on the weekends and then walk to the bars/restaurants etc. That was an issue for us in GP (rowdy college kids leaving beer cans on our lawn, screaming at 2am, etc.). For what it's worth, we be bought 1.5 miles away and got everything we wanted including an incredibly tight-knit community. The one downside is we're .75 miles to the Metro, but it's still accessible and I'm actually skinnier now from walking to/fro 
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Anonymous
| OP, you might also want to expand your search to Lyon Park and Ashton Heights. Similar neighborhoods, also close to metro, generally cheaper housing. (they also feed into washington-lee, but with different feeder elementaries.) Ashton Heights is South of the Virginia Square metro. Parts of Cherrydale are nice too, and walkable to Ballston. |
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FYI- county changed parking regulations to resident only on many of the streets. Residents can petition to get their parking changed--very easy and county was very responsive.
No more noise, trash or cars on the streets. Drunks aren't coming to their cars anymore so it is very quiet. There is a problem with car speed, etc in the neighborhood though. |
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5/10 on Great Schools based on 2010-2011 test data. |
Anonymous
really, citation of people's VERY subjective and often biased or mis/under informed, un-tested opinions as evidence? |
Anonymous
| Great. Schools is not a reliable indicator of qualty. |
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The 5/10 is simply based on W-L's standardized test results (SOLs). It is not based on the subjective assessments of a school by students, parents or trolls that also appear on Great Schools.
You could argue that the 5 out of 10 means only that W-L has more disadvantaged kids than schools like Yorktown and McLean, and that it doesn't mean that motivated kids don't have access to any number of challenging classes there. You can't argue, however, that it just means that an anonymous poster said bad things about it in the GS comment section. The same observation also applies to TC Williams and other schools that a few North Arlington posters seem to enjoy bashing regularly. |
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I live in this neighborhood. I am so damn tired of seeing posts about it. Give it a rest.
If you are a hater--get something else to do or another place to trash. If you are a lover--keep your trap shut to preserve what was once a hidden gem. |
Anonymous
OP, this strikes me as very odd. since you heard it was overrated, you want to move there? Why? I mean, I don't hate LV - in fact, I actually love it and don't think it's overrated, but it seems a bit shallow and materialistic and ... I don't know... a bit superficial that you would actually seek out communities that you heard are overrated. |
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I didn't take OP's statement that way. She said she was a city/walkability person and didnt know anything about Clarendon. I think it brought the neighborhood to her attention. Nobody in DC or MD (or outside of Arlington for that matter! ) has ever heard of it. I lived in Arlington off and on for 15 years and didn't know about it. Then--there's Lyon Park to confuse matters even more. I always got the two mixed up. It wasnt until I saw a street and home I liked that I even knew it was "Lyon village". It is a small area. |
Anonymous
| Please find a school in the Washington Metro area that's all white and full of rich kids. Even Langley and BCC aren't there |