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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question was posed hours ago, but still no response:what poor life decisions lead to the embarrassment of having kids at Wakefield or worse still, Kenmore?? Matriculation from a second-rate university? Lack of drive? Divorce? Stupidity? Savvy real estate investing? Can someone explain? [/quote]

Why do you believe that it is a mistake for people to send their kids to Wakefield or Kenmore? What is wrong with Wakefield and Kenmore?[/quote]

You have never been to Kenmore or WF or you wouldn't be asking this question. Go visit and then see if you still have this question. [/quote]

Kenmore looks great.[/quote]

Kenmore is a palace and has an awesome arts focus. [/quote]

Is the middle-school arts focus on reason why the high school students at Wakefield do so poorly on tests designed to measure math, reading and writing skills?[/quote]

Not sure. Will have to ask the neighbor kids ( Wakefield grads) when they are home on break from Duke, Smith, and UVA. :wink: [/quote]

That is not the norm for kids coming out of Wakefield.  The reality is somewhere between the crazy poster who keeps asking about what mistakes result in your child being at Wakefield and the posters who insist that Wakefield is just as good as any more highly regarded school, despite test scores showing otherwise.  The latter group always parades the exceptions who get into highly regarded colleges as if they are the norm.  The reality is that (1) many successful people send their kids to Wakefield and (2) higher SES white and Asian kids at Wakefield as a whole underperform their counterparts at schools like Yorktown.  [/quote]

I think that's probably about right. It just happens that the kids that aren't typical are my neighbors, and I have no reason to think my own child's experience will be different. They'll have less competition for their college of choice amongst their peer group. That's fine.  We are hoping for a more relaxed high school experience. That it will be easier for my child to be the "exception"? That's fine. I have colleagues that pulled children out of 2 of the highly regarded high schools these past couple of years. They are great schools, but their children were sensitive to social and academic pressure. I know that is part of growing up and high school in general, but I really would like to dial it back for my child. I grew up around here and I am not crazy about the increased  pressure cooker atmosphere. The looming Arlington student boom is going ratchet it up enough. [/quote]

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