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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complainers gonna complain.  We've been perfectly happy with our APS experience.  The scores show zero difference between our school and high achieving MCPS / FCPS schools. So, shrug. [/quote]

So you are at Jamestown?[/quote]

Dang you went there.  And you’re probably right.[/quote]

Frankly so jealous of Jamestown. We are in North Arlington and the schools were supposed to be good, but it is such a difference apparently between neighborhoods. Jamestown is apparently amazing and meanwhile we are looking at private school because our neighborhood school is not the best. We should have bought north of Langston.[/quote]

Which NA schools are not as nice as Jamestown?[/quote]

We are zoned for Ashlawn. It might be North Arlington, but everything my friends describe at Jamestown sounds miles different from Ashlawn. [b]Don't even get me started on the people I know whose kids are older, at Yorktown/ Their kids have played sports at a competitive level for years but cannot get on the high school team because the school is so overcrowded the unless you are a superstar you cant be on the team. It makes me question why we live here.[/b] [/quote]

It’s much easier to make the cut sports at W-L and Wakefied since there is less competition for the spots, due to demographics, i.e., the vast majority of Yorktown students are affluent and have played competitive athletics since they were young. Currently some cut sports at W-L and Wakefield could use more players to fill out the rosters. The award winning dance team at W-L is small and could certainly grow much larger. Note however that transfers specifically for sports is against VHSL policy. So no transfers from Yorktown to Wakefield to play varsity lacrosse for example. [/quote]

How long will the slack in sports last as WL grows to 3000 students and becomes more affluent with rising housing prices?

Will they field 2 varsity basketball teams? Did that addition built last year include another gym?[/quote]

There’s a large brand new fitness space in the basement of the W-L annex. The current W-L gym was actually built larger than the school’s capacity (unlike the smaller ones at Wakefield and Yorktown) because the 1940s-era gym it replaced had a capacity for 3,500 students. There are also three large fitness rooms in the original building.

W-L isn’t necessarily growing more affluent. It’s been a fairly affluent school for years, despite rezonings to Yorktown over the decades. It’s just more diverse socio-economically, so the vast majority are not sports oriented. W-L teams however are competitive and have won numerous championships, but Yorktown will still have the demographic edge even when W-L approaches 3000. So cut sports will still be easier to join at W-L.

Of course a number of sports are no cut and provide great opportunities that look good on college apps. Crew (rowing) especially. But also, riflery, ultimate frisbee, track, swim/dive, cross country, dance team, cheer, to name a few. [/quote]

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