Guide to pyramids in FCPS / APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to Arlington when your child is (will be) 4-5 years old, you need to be very aware that the county has not addressed its overcapacity problems and between 5-20 years from now the county is headed into serious disaster.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/666638.page

Many people who will rush into this thread and explain all schools face this problem. Just be aware Fairfax has more landa nd a larger tax base from which it can resolve this challenge.

Of course Fairfax has a larger tax base, but Arlington has fewer students as a percentage of the total population, which allows APS to spend more per student.

The issue in Arlington isn't financial resources, but whether the plan to address overcrowding is to (1) build more schools or (2) play chicken and wait for people to leave.

Spoiler alert: they played chicken, we didn't leave, but they can't build them fast enough.

[Anonymous]

Hi, uh, could, uh, anyone help me find a, uh,uh, bubble....

[Anonymous]

McLean has more “diversity.” Rolling on the floor laughing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean has more “diversity.” Rolling on the floor laughing.

McLean HS is definitely more diverse than Langley or Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean has more “diversity.” Rolling on the floor laughing.

McLean HS is definitely more diverse than Langley or Yorktown.

Define "diverse." Do you mean by socioeconomic status, or culture/language/ethnicity or some other measure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you move to Arlington when your child is (will be) 4-5 years old, you need to be very aware that the county has not addressed its overcapacity problems and between 5-20 years from now the county is headed into serious disaster.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/666638.page

Many people who will rush into this thread and explain all schools face this problem. Just be aware Fairfax has more landa nd a larger tax base from which it can resolve this challenge.

Of course Fairfax has a larger tax base, but Arlington has fewer students as a percentage of the total population, which allows APS to spend more per student.

The issue in Arlington isn't financial resources, but whether the plan to address overcrowding is to (1) build more schools or (2) play chicken and wait for people to leave.

Spoiler alert: they played chicken, we didn't leave, but they can't build them fast enough.

The current 9th grade class in APS has always been relatively small. The high school enrollments will start increasing considerably next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean has more “diversity.” Rolling on the floor laughing.

McLean HS is definitely more diverse than Langley or Yorktown.

Define "diverse." Do you mean by socioeconomic status, or culture/language/ethnicity or some other measure?

McLean is more diverse in SES in that it has almost 10% its students receiving free or reduced meals, compared to 2% for Langley.

McLean has 22.83% Asian, 2.54 black, 11.885 Hispanic, 58.02% white, 4.74% other. Plus, the white population has a significant % of students of Middle Eastern heritage. There is also quite a bit of religious diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean has more “diversity.” Rolling on the floor laughing.

McLean HS is definitely more diverse than Langley or Yorktown.

Define "diverse." Do you mean by socioeconomic status, or culture/language/ethnicity or some other measure?

McLean is more diverse in SES in that it has almost 10% its students receiving free or reduced meals, compared to 2% for Langley.

McLean has 22.83% Asian, 2.54 black, 11.885 Hispanic, 58.02% white, 4.74% other. Plus, the white population has a significant % of students of Middle Eastern heritage. There is also quite a bit of religious diversity.

WOW 10 PERCENT!!!

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I would not put too much thought into this. All three pyramids are good. When I was house-hunting, I wanted this and that, rationalized that Vienna or Arlington would be more diverse, kids would be happier there than in the snooty Langley pyramid (at least according to DCUM), blah blah blah. As it turned out, the cheapest house we could find is in Great Falls and we are in the Langley pyramid - AND I LOVE IT. We couldn't be happier. Find the house you like.

[Anonymous]

It does seem like Langley is the biggest "bubble" of affluence in NoVa.

65% White
24% Asian
5% Hispanic
1% Black
2% FARMS

McLean:

58% White
23% Asian
12% Hispanic
3% Black
10% FARMS

Yorktown:

65% White
16% Hispanic
8% Asian
6% Black
12% FARMS