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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VM family and we have no interest in joining the snobby rich folks at WJ. We are pleased with the prospect of Woodward, which I assume will be a step up academically and otherwise from Wheaton. And accounting for traffic on Old Georgetown, WJ is also an additional ~10 minute drive from our house than Woodward. Stop trying to use my family (and our ES cluster) as a pawn in your social engineering project. [/quote]

I can see not wanting to join snobby folks at WJ. But you lose credibility with the traffic argument. One can walk from Woodward to WJ in less than 10 minutes. Additional drive is 2 minutes max. You should try it. [/quote]

I drive this exact route every day as my commute is along Old Georgetown. Sure it can be just a few minutes in the middle of the day but at 7:30 am it's 10 minutes (it's a 22-25 minute walk according to Google maps). Whatever extra time it takes is just an additional item I mentioned and not really the main point. While my kids are not FARMS students, we are Latina and we would likely be considered lower middle class. The families in our cluster would stick out like a sore thumb at WJ. HS is not all about academics. While I don't speak for all VM families, socially and emotionally, I do not believe WJ would be a positive experience for my kids. The traffic piece was just an aside and not my main argument. [/quote]

I think you have wrong perception of current WJ. It is currently almost 20% Hispanics. With addition of VM this will be even higher. It is one thing to be in strong minority (sore thumb) and another just not to be top majority. Income distribution is also not that high end at WJ as maybe perceived.[/quote]

I think it is good that Woodward will have the majority be from diverse populations. Doing as the Farmland people suggest would ruin that value[/quote]

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