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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then move to the Wakefield zone.  [/quote]

Yeah moving is so easy and cheap.  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

I don't know who the OP is anymore and if this is just one person intent on being contrary.  But if so, OP, you've lost any empathy I had for you with all of your fault-finding in every single comment and suggestion made to you.  If you truly are so upset about the size of your kid's high school and it really is going to be a horrible, failing experience for your child, then I can't help but believe you would figure out a way to move to a school more to your liking.  You gotta give something - either a longer commute or a bigger high school.  If you insist on being in Arlington, these are your choices.  It's a hassle; but it is far from impossible to move to the Wakefield zone. Your home will sell in a heartbeat in the WL district and you can surely find a comparable home somewhere in south Arlington. Or don't.  I no longer care.  But if you're unwilling to do something about your undesirable situation, then stop with all the "woe is me" complaining here.[/quote]

For someone worried about academic rigor, I hardly see Wakefield as an answer to OP?  https://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/132-Wakefield-High-School/  Sure you can say its fine for the top students, but its clear the focus of the school will not be for challenging and differentiating for the kids that are already doing well.  Its also overcrowded.  It seems like OP would do better at a Mclean or W school, but I think prices in Mclean and Bethesda have actually risen faster than Arlington (partly because of the mess that is APS?).[/quote]

If it's fine for the top students and they do well, why wouldn't it be fine for OP's kid and concerns? So what if they put more effort into their minority students who have different needs to prepare them for, and get through the application processes to college? The school has a significant focus on other students' needs because they have so many more of those students with needs.  But it's not like they are completely neglecting the UMC native English speakers who are already academically successful and preparing for college.  Great Schools is hardly a comprehensive picture or evaluation of what a school offers or what it's like to attend. If you had to reach to Great Schools to discredit Wakefield, you clearly have no direct experience in the school and were making a concerted effort to discredit the school, discredit anyone recommending the school, and to tell OP Wakefield is inadequate.  I guess the admissions offices at USC, Stanford, Northwestern, and a myriad of other top colleges failed to check Wakefield's Great Schools ratings before admitting Wakefield seniors.

Besides, OP was lamenting WL's size and whining about how moving (to Wakefield zone) isn't easy or cheap, not about Wakefield's academics.[/quote]

We are in the Wakefield pyramid and while my kids are still in middle and elementary, all my neighbors' kids love Wakefield. No way would I move out of this pyramid to change high schools. [/quote]

We'll be happy to have you when your kids reach high school!  [/quote]

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