Anonymous wrote:WMS no doubt.

Anonymous wrote:We were really happy at Williamsburg, but I would stick with your neighborhood school. Most kids from Williamsburg go on to yorktown, and his friends would go on to there. Logistically it could be a pain to manage this for seven years.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - I appreciate the insights.

The kid is already at an option school and has friends going to both WMS and TJMS, but his best buddies are going to WMS. One is another transfer from another different middle school.

I was fine with Jefferson, but when we sat him down to talk about it, he was over the moon to be with his best friends, none of whom are white and neither is he. According to School Quality, WMS is *only* 72% white now. Still just 2% low income compared to Jefferson where 45% of the school is, but not as lacking in diversity as I worried. So not lily white, but still the whitest school, if you compare all of them.

I'm the pickup parent right and my other kid is at an option school, so WMS only adds 5 minutes on my drive home from work, though if I didn't have the kids in an option school, I'd be on the Metro.

It's too far off on my spouse's way to work in the AM, but they wouldn't be able to be lazy about mornings anymore.

We're going to apply for all the options for HS too, so I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Kid wants to go to Arlington Tech.

I had heard way back the problem at WMS was rich kids doing drugs? Has that changed?

This is so typical of DCUM: posters burying the lead. NOW you tell us his best buddies are all going to WMS. Now you tell us your kid isn't white. Now you tell us it's only 5 minutes out of your way from work. Etc.

In any event . . .

72 percent white is white AF. Rich white kids rule the school. TJ has no majority race. It's much more diverse. Much more of a melting pot. Much more real world.

We raised our kids in North Arlington. Over the years we had kids at two neighborhood elementary schools, one choice elementary school, Swanson, H-B and Williamsburg middle schools, and Yorktown and H-B for high schools. Of all of these schools, the only place where any of our kids were less than thrilled was WMS. And our kids were rich white kids.

I would never subject an out of neighborhood minority kid to WMS. No way.

Sorry - I wanted the version of what people would say, not knowing all the details, just the basics.

When did you go? Was it 30% minority then too?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - I appreciate the insights.

The kid is already at an option school and has friends going to both WMS and TJMS, but his best buddies are going to WMS. One is another transfer from another different middle school.

I was fine with Jefferson, but when we sat him down to talk about it, he was over the moon to be with his best friends, none of whom are white and neither is he. According to School Quality, WMS is *only* 72% white now. Still just 2% low income compared to Jefferson where 45% of the school is, but not as lacking in diversity as I worried. So not lily white, but still the whitest school, if you compare all of them.

I'm the pickup parent right and my other kid is at an option school, so WMS only adds 5 minutes on my drive home from work, though if I didn't have the kids in an option school, I'd be on the Metro.

It's too far off on my spouse's way to work in the AM, but they wouldn't be able to be lazy about mornings anymore.

We're going to apply for all the options for HS too, so I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Kid wants to go to Arlington Tech.

I had heard way back the problem at WMS was rich kids doing drugs? Has that changed?

This is so typical of DCUM: posters burying the lead. NOW you tell us his best buddies are all going to WMS. Now you tell us your kid isn't white. Now you tell us it's only 5 minutes out of your way from work. Etc.

In any event . . .

72 percent white is white AF. Rich white kids rule the school. TJ has no majority race. It's much more diverse. Much more of a melting pot. Much more real world.

We raised our kids in North Arlington. Over the years we had kids at two neighborhood elementary schools, one choice elementary school, Swanson, H-B and Williamsburg middle schools, and Yorktown and H-B for high schools. Of all of these schools, the only place where any of our kids were less than thrilled was WMS. And our kids were rich white kids.

I would never subject an out of neighborhood minority kid to WMS. No way.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - I appreciate the insights.

The kid is already at an option school and has friends going to both WMS and TJMS, but his best buddies are going to WMS. One is another transfer from another different middle school.

I was fine with Jefferson, but when we sat him down to talk about it, he was over the moon to be with his best friends, none of whom are white and neither is he. According to School Quality, WMS is *only* 72% white now. Still just 2% low income compared to Jefferson where 45% of the school is, but not as lacking in diversity as I worried. So not lily white, but still the whitest school, if you compare all of them.

I'm the pickup parent right and my other kid is at an option school, so WMS only adds 5 minutes on my drive home from work, though if I didn't have the kids in an option school, I'd be on the Metro.

It's too far off on my spouse's way to work in the AM, but they wouldn't be able to be lazy about mornings anymore.

We're going to apply for all the options for HS too, so I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Kid wants to go to Arlington Tech.

I had heard way back the problem at WMS was rich kids doing drugs? Has that changed?

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t, it’s middle school. Jefferson is fine and much more convenient.