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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much for Yorktown being terrible. [/quote]

It just means it has very few kids from low-income families. [/quote]

The pp is referring to people on this board that constantly say Arlington's schools are "terrible." W-L and Wakefield are also strong schools, but yes they don't make it on these types of list because they have more socio-economic diversity.[/quote]

WL is so good that lots of Yorktown kids choose to attend WL for the IB program.  But WL will never make this list bc it’s a diverse school.  Doesn’t matter bc we all know WL is the equal of Yorktown.[/quote]

The formula that they use also dings IB programs over AP since IB is less common (2 year IB classes count as 1 which lowers 'college readiness').[/quote]

This is false. The college readiness component is just based on having taken and passed at least 1 AP or IB  course.  Doesn’t matter whether the course has a 1 or 2-year sequence.  [/quote]

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