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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You would be absolutely crazy not to take the spot.  HB is a  private school run by APS.  [/quote]

+1.  It's unethical that APS pours so many resources into this school.  And I would take the spot in a heartbeat.[/quote]

I feel the same way — and we took the spot when offered.[/quote]

Me too. This is the fourth option spot our family has won and I am NOT connected. [/quote]

You live in South Arlington right?[/quote]

not that either.[/quote]

Does it help to be in South Arlington? We are overseas, but seriously considering returning to the US for our kid's high school. What is stopping me is the school system in the area. We've been lucky to have private schools to-date for our child and I can't see them doing well in a huge system. We own a house in South Arlington; would that make a difference?[/quote]

It's harder to get in for high school than for middle school.

Traditionally there have been fewer MS applicants from South Arlington schools so your odds of getting in were higher than from Jamestown or Taylor, which were close to the old location. When my kid went there, several South Arlington families had multiple kids there, but among my North Arlington friends, none of us got our second kids in. There is no sibling preference (except maybe for twins?)

You should check whether your kid will be thrown in the "resident students not enrolled in APS" applicant category if they don't attend your assigned ES. Maybe they are treated differently if new to Arlington.

You can see how the odds vary here:
https://www.apsva.us/school-transfer-data/#H-B-grade6to8

There's also Arlington Tech and the chance of TJHSST.[/quote]

PP adding.... the above link is interesting. Applications are high from some South Arlington schools (Abingdon) and not others (Carlin Springs). In the north of Arlington, demand is high at Cardinal and Glebe and less so at Taylor these days. Applicants from ATS have tough odds. The link also shows a page for applicants from MS to HS. [/quote]

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