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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swanson is right next to a small commercial district (Westover).  Very different feel than Williamsburg which is more car-centric and suburban.  Most of Swanson kids are walkers (not all) and there a big culture of after school in-person socializing in and around Westover.  That could be a pro or con depending on your views.

Swanson is no longer over enrolled.  But the building is older and smaller, as mentioned.

Swanson just got a new principal, who is a returning principal who many people liked.

Williamsburg is less socio-economically diverse than Swanson.

Williamsburg all goes to Yorktown.  Swanson splits to W-L and Yorktown.

Academically, same difference.[/quote]

A good portion of WMS Students walk up to the Harrison Shopping Center similar to how Swanson students walk over to Westover. It’s a longer walk but they do get that experience. WMS kids also hang out at the Yorktown fields after school. So saying it’s a car centric environment might be true for the morning, but not the afternoon. [/quote]

I guess.  It's a mile away and a big Yorktown hangout too.  I wouldn't let my 6th grader at least do that on any kind of regular basis.[/quote]

I wish more parents felt that way.  Harrison shopping center gets overrun with rowdy WMS kids around 2:45/3:00 during the school year.  [/quote]

I would say both WMS and Swanson have large walking populations. Many parents drop off in the mornings at both schools because it’s really early and can be on the way to work for the parent (I know that when my most recent kid was there I’d drop them off on my way in most mornings but they’d walk home). I’d say the biggest contingency of kids going to lee-Harrison after school are the 6th graders because it’s a new freedom. Then it starts to die off and by 8th grade most kids only go a few times during the year.  And in Westover like at lee-Harrison the store owners have instituted rules such as no backpacks allowed in the Italian store or no groups larger than 4 kids at the Harris Teeter. But these business certainly take their $$ regardless.[/quote]

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