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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yorktown is overrated. I know, because we purposefully left that school zone. Arlington schools are overcrowded and have a lot of problems one finds with overcrowded schools. The governance is also in disarray. The boundaries you see for Yorktown are a legacy effort to shoehorn some racial and economic diversity into what is otherwise would be a homogenously while, rich school.  Understand, I'm not saying Yorktown is a BAD school -- on the contrary. But it's not the end-all, be-all.

Anything on the silver line will be a long, expensive Metro commute. But lifestyle out near Loudoun is better in general. 
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WL is the same as YHS academically, it has a more diverse population.  It has an IB program.  I know many zoned for YHS that transferred to WL for IB.

If you have the $$ (home next to orange line are very pricey), it’s an incredibly convenient location and great to walk to everything.  Amazon has brought another bump in home values.  $1.75 should get you something and, yes, it’s crazg!![/quote]

+1  Because students can transfer into W-L from the other 2 HSs for IB, it has a larger cohort of high-achieving kids.  The last boundary conflict showed that people really do not want to get zoned away from W-L to Yorktown or Wakefield, which is why the school board ended up leaving it overcrowded, throwing up their hands and just adding an annex.

If you want the shortest commute, houses walkable to the Orange/Silver in Arlington and mostly zoned to W-L will do that.  FWIW, we're a few blocks from the Virginia Square station in Ashton Heights and have been happy with our schools (Long Branch/Jefferson/W-L).  Plenty of excellent Fairfax schools farther out along the Silver line but the commutes do get significantly longer/more expensive.  Personally, if I wanted to be in the Fairfax schools and commute to DC, I'd buy in McLean and drive, significantly faster than metro from farther out.[/quote]

+1 this is going to be your shortest commute by metro and W-L is a great school (I say this as a Yorktown alum, I would preference it due to more diversity), I would either preference close to orange line within W-L area for a quick commute in or someone mentioned the 3Y which honestly is not a bad idea. it doesn't come as often as metro which can be a problem, but it's pretty easy. So you could also look close to Lee Highway near those stops (there aren't many since it's express) here is the bus: https://www.wmata.com/schedules/timetables/upload/3y.pdf

Fairfax schools are great too. Don't let people here get you worried about comparing, the schools everyone has listed here Arlington or Fairfax will all more than likely serve your child well. Each has their own pros and cons, but it's really not worth doing a dance around which is better. Mclean etc area will score higher because income diversity is very low. The choice is more what type of community you prefer and how much you want to prioritize commute. Shortest metro commute will be from Arlington. Arlington has some areas that feel more suburban, some that feel a tad more urban (but still urban suburb, not trying to say it's the city). Mclean/Fairfax is pretty solidly suburban. Falls church city around the West falls church stop is also a good option but houses don't come up much. [/quote]

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