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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD will be a freshman next year. The last year was a wash for her, finished her work way ahead of her class, and spent lots of class time reading or drawing on computer (when DL). Hybrid was a little better but still seems like a huge chunk of her 8th grade day was just kind of sitting around.  She gets all As, yada yada. No homework.

We are zoned for WL next year, and we hope that IB/AP/honors classes will engage her much better. I am worried about overcrowding (have they finished the 600 seat addition).  My work just wen 4x WFH so moving to FCPS, MCPS, HCPS, etc would be options, but would it be any more engaging?  Is this all we should expect from our school, to house her and give her about 3 hours of actual instruction?[/quote]

OP, my 3rd of 4 children to go through WL is a rising senior. My other child graduated from a top private HS in DC.  As others have said, you cannot compare APS MS to APS HS, especially if you are basing it on the past year your DD was in MS.  There are certainly plenty of classes at WL for a student to be academically challenged.  My kids took many AP and IB classes in their 4 years at WL, beginning in 9th grade with World History, to the point that in 11th and 12th they had only one "regular" class.  Almost every other class they took in 9th or 10th was "intensified" if that was available.  They are all very smart students but certainly not geniuses and a lot of their friends did the same.  At times this type of course load was over the top time-intensive.     It will certainly keep your DD very busy and engaged, assuming she is interested in what she is studying.  Then throw in a couple after school activities and your DD will be PLENTY busy.  Given that you cannot afford private, staying in Arlington and having your DD at WL where she can take AP and IB is your best bet.  And I would not worry about the overcrowding. WL has always been overcrowded during the time my DCs have attended and the teachers and admin figure it out.  When my oldest started, the current building (minus lots of internal changes they made to deal with overcrowding when my 2nd DC attended) was three years old and already overcrowded.
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