My New Favorite Anger at APS: XXL WL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got waitlisted with a end of tail number for HBW, so my kid is destined for XXL WL, with all 3000 unmanageable students (which the Superintendent admitted in his slide package last week, it was too big to effectively manage, good times).

I seriously want to stab a straw into a box of wine and squeeze box it like a pre-schooler. My kid already felt overwhelmed at Williamsburg with 800 kids, like no one really care what they did or even who they were. All her close friends moved away with the pandemic or went private, and she says there is so much more disruption now then she even saw in elementary school (she's in 8th).

Sure, I means not like its a bad school, but as an average bright student, I think she will be marginalized with no one looking out for her, no space for her to find activities she likes to do (apparently every club is swamped with duplicate people for every role) and likely never make the cut for any sport she likes (I guess she can't take up frisbee golf, which last I know was only played by drunk potheads).

XXL WL forever, cause you know we ain't never getting a 4th high school.

Sorry OP but I don't take your complaint seriously. You and so many others like you support keeping HB Woodlawn as is when other high schools are over capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guess you should have supported Career Center full 4th high school. But no one cared because it’s in SA. Well WL is now adding seats every year.

+1. You can thank your WL friends who were so worried about being rezoned to a SA school for fighting that. Go google some ARLNOW articles if you don’t believe me.

[Anonymous]

do you actually know anything about what WL is like before spewing this anger? or is just "what you've heard"?

[Anonymous]

I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guess you should have supported Career Center full 4th high school. But no one cared because it’s in SA. Well WL is now adding seats every year.

+1. You can thank your WL friends who were so worried about being rezoned to a SA school for fighting that. Go google some ARLNOW articles if you don’t believe me.

Who fought it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Guess you should have supported Career Center full 4th high school. But no one cared because it’s in SA. Well WL is now adding seats every year.

Hah, I was all over that, though I do prefer the Kenmore site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

Yeah I had some empathy for OP until I read that, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got waitlisted with a end of tail number for HBW, so my kid is destined for XXL WL, with all 3000 unmanageable students (which the Superintendent admitted in his slide package last week, it was too big to effectively manage, good times).

I seriously want to stab a straw into a box of wine and squeeze box it like a pre-schooler. My kid already felt overwhelmed at Williamsburg with 800 kids, like no one really care what they did or even who they were. All her close friends moved away with the pandemic or went private, and she says there is so much more disruption now then she even saw in elementary school (she's in 8th).

Sure, I means not like its a bad school, but as an average bright student, I think she will be marginalized with no one looking out for her, no space for her to find activities she likes to do (apparently every club is swamped with duplicate people for every role) and likely never make the cut for any sport she likes (I guess she can't take up frisbee golf, which last I know was only played by drunk potheads).

XXL WL forever, cause you know we ain't never getting a 4th high school.

Sorry OP but I don't take your complaint seriously. You and so many others like you support keeping HB Woodlawn as is when other high schools are over capacity.

Uh, no I'm the "turn HB into HS only" OP. I did the math and showed it would generate 300 high school seats without any middle school over capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:do you actually know anything about what WL is like before spewing this anger? or is just "what you've heard"?

No one knows what its going to be like, because they are just adding 600 students and a pile of classrooms in the Ed center without any clear communication of how they address such tremendous growth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

Yeah I had some empathy for OP until I read that, lol.

Okay, I apologize to all the frisbee golfers. Just my experience is that it is a recreational sport on the level of yard darts, again not trying to diminish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

Yeah I had some empathy for OP until I read that, lol.

Okay, I apologize to all the frisbee golfers. Just my experience is that it is a recreational sport on the level of yard darts, again not trying to diminish.

Minor point but Ultimate Frisbee is =/= frisbee golf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

Yeah I had some empathy for OP until I read that, lol.

Okay, I apologize to all the frisbee golfers. Just my experience is that it is a recreational sport on the level of yard darts, again not trying to diminish.

Minor point but Ultimate Frisbee is =/= frisbee golf.

More than a minor point, they are not alike at all, with the exception you play with a frisbee; and different frisbees at that. And different rules. Kinda like you could say that baseball and basketball are the same - both have balls, right?

I would love to see the OP attempt to have even a fraction of the athleticism ultimate frisbee requires. It is a full body sport.

I suggest the OP educate herself (himself?) before sneering at the sport. That is taking over all of Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guess you should have supported Career Center full 4th high school. But no one cared because it’s in SA. Well WL is now adding seats every year.

+1. You can thank your WL friends who were so worried about being rezoned to a SA school for fighting that. Go google some ARLNOW articles if you don’t believe me.

Who fought it?

Some asshats in Arlington Forest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guess you should have supported Career Center full 4th high school. But no one cared because it’s in SA. Well WL is now adding seats every year.

+1. You can thank your WL friends who were so worried about being rezoned to a SA school for fighting that. Go google some ARLNOW articles if you don’t believe me.

Who fought it?

Anyone zoned to WL in danger of being redistricted to Wakefield or even to Yorktown. Nobody wants to leave WL. They just want others to leave so the school isn't so big for their own kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just noticed the dig against frisbee golf. That is some seriously misdirected anger!

Yeah I had some empathy for OP until I read that, lol.

Okay, I apologize to all the frisbee golfers. Just my experience is that it is a recreational sport on the level of yard darts, again not trying to diminish.

I don't know about frisbee golf; but Ultimate frisbee is a HUGE competitive sport at HB and is now at all of the high schools.