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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am looking to move next year, and was led to believe that North Arlington High Schools are great - Yorktown and Washington Lee.  And that no one who is interested in education would send their kid to Wakefield.

Then I look at GS ratings for the schools and scratch my head a bit.

Washington Lee is a 4 and Yorktown is a 5.

Wakefield is a 3.

I see there has been some talk that GS has "changed the way they rank," but won't the bad rating lead people away regardless creating a downward spiral?

If commute is not a concern (and other areas of NOVA would work for us), why bet on North Arlington and pay the premium on a house?[/quote]

GS did change the methodology for its primary ratings.  I don't think this will have much impact on people focusing on Arlington and other close-in suburbs for the commute (and, in some parts of Arlington, the walkability).

The bigger issue with APS isn't GS ratings. It's the crazy "planning" that frequently leaves people on edge as to whether their neighborhood school will get converted to a choice school, whether their kids' high school will be ridiculously overcrowded, etc.      [/quote]

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