Lower rated schools in Falls Church and Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

I have kids at Gunston and Wakefield, which is why I'm asking. I also know plenty of people active in school and county affairs who are not "embarrassed" to say that their kids are at Gunston or Kenmore or Jefferson or Wakefield; several friends are sending their kids off to college this fall and they are all going to good schools. I find your harping on this point bizarre and honestly cannot figure out what your angle is.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

I have kids at Gunston and Wakefield, which is why I'm asking. I also know plenty of people active in school and county affairs who are not "embarrassed" to say that their kids are at Gunston or Kenmore or Jefferson or Wakefield; several friends are sending their kids off to college this fall and they are all going to good schools. I find your harping on this point bizarre and honestly cannot figure out what your angle is.

I think they think they are funny? Instead they just seem weirdly fixated. I wonder what mistakes and bad decisions lead to such compulsion?

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Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I'm curious as to what poor decisions people made that resulted in kids at WF. There is no angle.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I'm curious as to what poor decisions people made that resulted in kids at WF. There is no angle.

You got a beat down in South Arlington growing up didn't ya?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I'm curious as to what poor decisions people made that resulted in kids at WF. There is no angle.

You got a beat down in South Arlington growing up didn't ya?

With what? A take out menu?

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I'm curious as to what poor decisions people made that resulted in kids at WF. There is no angle.

You got a beat down in South Arlington growing up didn't ya?

With what? A take out menu?

Who knows? I guess they were wimpy enough to be taken down with a piece of paper.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?

Not sure. Will have to ask the neighbor kids ( Wakefield grads) when they are home on break from Duke, Smith, and UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?

Not sure. Will have to ask the neighbor kids ( Wakefield grads) when they are home on break from Duke, Smith, and UVA.

That is not the norm for kids coming out of Wakefield. The reality is somewhere between the crazy poster who keeps asking about what mistakes result in your child being at Wakefield and the posters who insist that Wakefield is just as good as any more highly regarded school, despite test scores showing otherwise. The latter group always parades the exceptions who get into highly regarded colleges as if they are the norm. The reality is that (1) many successful people send their kids to Wakefield and (2) higher SES white and Asian kids at Wakefield as a whole underperform their counterparts at schools like Yorktown.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?

Not sure. Will have to ask the neighbor kids ( Wakefield grads) when they are home on break from Duke, Smith, and UVA.

That is not the norm for kids coming out of Wakefield. The reality is somewhere between the crazy poster who keeps asking about what mistakes result in your child being at Wakefield and the posters who insist that Wakefield is just as good as any more highly regarded school, despite test scores showing otherwise. The latter group always parades the exceptions who get into highly regarded colleges as if they are the norm. The reality is that (1) many successful people send their kids to Wakefield and (2) higher SES white and Asian kids at Wakefield as a whole underperform their counterparts at schools like Yorktown.

The Asian kids at Wakefield are lower SES. The white kids are higher SES and they do indeed underperform their peers elsewhere in APS, most likely due to having attended schools where, for years, the focus was on others and they were taken for granted as long as they met state benchmarks. What passes as above-average at Wakefield would be below-average anywhere else in APS.

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Anonymous wrote:The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain?

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question.

Kenmore looks great.

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus.

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?

Not sure. Will have to ask the neighbor kids ( Wakefield grads) when they are home on break from Duke, Smith, and UVA.

That is not the norm for kids coming out of Wakefield. The reality is somewhere between the crazy poster who keeps asking about what mistakes result in your child being at Wakefield and the posters who insist that Wakefield is just as good as any more highly regarded school, despite test scores showing otherwise. The latter group always parades the exceptions who get into highly regarded colleges as if they are the norm. The reality is that (1) many successful people send their kids to Wakefield and (2) higher SES white and Asian kids at Wakefield as a whole underperform their counterparts at schools like Yorktown.

I think that's probably about right. It just happens that the kids that aren't typical are my neighbors, and I have no reason to think my own child's experience will be different. They'll have less competition for their college of choice amongst their peer group. That's fine. We are hoping for a more relaxed high school experience. That it will be easier for my child to be the "exception"? That's fine. I have colleagues that pulled children out of 2 of the highly regarded high schools these past couple of years. They are great schools, but their children were sensitive to social and academic pressure. I know that is part of growing up and high school in general, but I really would like to dial it back for my child. I grew up around here and I am not crazy about the increased pressure cooker atmosphere. The looming Arlington student boom is going ratchet it up enough.