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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]boy, this degenerated fast.

We ended up buying about 1/2 mile away from  Yorktown.  I would have preferred Washington-lee - I worried about my kid (white, not rich) being surrounded by only white and rich kids at Yorktown.  the world isn't like that.  But we couldn't find a house we liked feeding into W-L; proximity to Metro meant that prices were higher around there and our price range was low for Arlington.

I think your kid(s) will get a good education at either school, and probably at Wakefield too.  We also looked at schools in Falls Church City and Fairfax.  I think Yorktown and W-L rank with the top third or so of Fairfax schools and with George Mason HS; Wakefield scores are closer to the lower Fairfax schools, but that's demographics and not a reflection on the teaching.  For me, I had to rule out a lot of the Fairfax schools because the commute to DC from those homes would have sucked.  [/quote]

Yorktown is about 40% minority and 15% FARMS.  Why on earth would you think it's all rich and white?  It just sounds so phony PC to suggest this.  It's not exactly Aryan Nation there.

From what I've read, W-L would be average or slightly below average in Fairfax and Wakefield would be at the very bottom.  Yorktown was really the only Arlington school we were prepared to consider, and the only one comparable to the better Fairfax schools.  [/quote]

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