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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were in APS for ES but left for a tony parochial middle school. She's at W-L now partly because we turned off by peer influences at the parochial (at least 80% white). [b]We grew weary of our daughter complaining about her non-brand name clothes, bags, our humble camping vacations and vehicles and more.[/b] She made friends with kids on a lot of fi aid but, overall, the peer influences became a drag. At W-L, she's stopped complaining. I second the comment above. She has kids in her classes who work part-time jobs after school rather than participate in ECs, to help pay for family groceries. Dealing with larger classes was an adjustment, but we hire tutors to ensure that she gets enough attention. We like the fact that she has new pals whose families are Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist etc. The math and foreign language instruction at W-L seems to be miles ahead of that at the Catholic high schools we could have sent her to and the STEM comparable. Writing instruction is a big step down, but we'll survive.  [/quote]

DD's complaining about not having "enough" is a parenting fail and possibly a school fail. We left APS for an independent private and never had this problem. Our kid is the opposite of spoiled. And its a joke that you W-L parents try to sell W-L as a down to earth, diverse place. I know W-L families very well and I most recently saw the ArlNow pictures of state championship teams for W-L and Yorktown; it is shockingly lacking in diversity. Now Wakefield, that is a diverse school. But W-L ain't it.

https://www.arlnow.com/tag/washington-liberty-high-school/
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Yes, let’s gauge the diversity of a school based on a handful of kids in a few sports. Very analytical.  :lol:

W-L is 42% white. 25% economically disadvantaged. Seems pretty diverse to me.

Which private do your kids attend? What are the demographics? 
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