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[quote=Anonymous]Wakefield will probably become more and more like W&L (see previous post about Barcroft/Arlington Ridge area) over the next five years. Those neighborhoods have a lot to offer (despite not being off a metro line) and will continue to attract middle class families. There's been a lot of construction in the Barcroft neighborhood especially (Four Mile Run).

But I say go for Wakefield if you feel that strongly about it, your DH could probably be swayed by the college argument (less competition than at W-L or certainly Yorktown). Probably a small effect at best, but anything is helpful in these times (and I am not one to get caught up in it, just suggest it's something to consider). One real effect I find at a school with this profile (having gone to one myself) is that for teams and activities you are often not competing for a spot against people who have had lifelong lessons, lots of money and endless resources to devote. So for one, there are often more opportunities to participate with students being actively recruited for many activities. And two, the requirements for participation (cost and parental commitment) are often more reasonably scaled. Personally in this area that's my kind of school. At my high school pretty much all activities were open participation with minimal fees, which was not true at some of the more "desirable" high schools in the same district. My sister placed into one of these schools to be with friends and my parents were shocked at the expense parents were expected to go to for "enrichment."

Overall I'd send my kid to any of the Arlington schools though, so I don't think it's much to get worked up over. Those would just be my considerations. W-L is great too. I know many people who loved Yorktown. HB is its own thing obviously, but everything loves it too. [/quote]

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