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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do these schools compare to the other middles in APS? There are 6 of them, right?[/quote]

Dorothy Hamm MS has the best facilities in Arlington since it’s a brand new middle school. It’s made up of students that formerly went to Swanson and Williamsburg. It is still too new to compare to the other 5 middle schools, but the principal is popular and the school is centered around a walkable community with a small town feel like Swanson. The shops at Cherrydale and Lee Hts are nearby. It is also very socio-economically and culturally diverse. It splits between W-L and Yorktown. TJ was mentioned earlier and it is the only middle school with the IB program. It is generally well regarded, and [b]splits between all three Arlington high schools.[/b] [/quote]

Not really. There are a handful of kids who transfer to TJ for the IB program who then go to Yorktown but most of TJ is zoned to Wakefield except for the students who attended Long Branch ES who are zoned to W-L. In the current 6th grade, I believe around a quarter came from Long Branch. But then there are always some TJ kids who will want to follow IB to W-L. Still, the majority typically go to Wakefield. My kids are Long Branch/TJ/W-L and now in HS. A couple of their LB friends chose to transfer to Wakefield to stay with middle school friends.[/quote]

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