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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering either Yorktown HS or private school for our children and would love some candid feedback from those with experience at Yorktown.  And, even better if some parents have experience with both Yorktown and private high schools.  We love the idea of public school and never thought we'd consider private, but the growing class size is concerning.   (incoming class of 9th graders predicted to be 660 kids)[/quote

[b]Private, full-stop.  We are stuck at Yorktown because my child did not get into private school.  It has been even worse than Williamsburg, which I didn't think was possible[/b].[/quote]

+1 When I talk to people in person they tell a very different story about the Arlington high schools (kids currently in APS HS) than people on this board.

[b]I know so many kids heading to private HS next Fall.[/b][/quote]

LOL.  Right.  That's why the schools are overcrowded -- nobody's going to them!

Cut me a break.

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They are over-crowded, but out of the 20 HS age kids in a 3 block radius in my Arlington neighborhood.  15 are in private/or going for 9th.

It is neighborhood dependent.  We are N. Arl- WL zoned.[/quote]

If you are inclined to sneak a peek at the private school board, you will see that there were record numbers of Applicants at privates this year (some had the largest pool of Applicants in history--1,200 for 200 spots, etc)---Visitation, Gonzaga, St John's, etc.  There has been a steep increase in numbers applying from Virginia and MoCo. when in the past more were just DC, very close-in.  Something is driving this huge spike in private school applicants.

It's not just APS, but MoCo, Fairfax, more people are dissatisfied with the way publics are now operating and the size has a lot to do with how much the teachers can give.  Some would never consider it.  I certainly was a person that never thought I would send my kids to a private HS.  I went to public.  [/quote]

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