of course it's for property value purposes which people will defend dearly. socio-economic reasons? give me a break.

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Anonymous wrote:There is also part of the Yorktown & Williamburg zones near Courthouse & Rosslyn. It makes no sense.

The rumor was always that some senior military people at Fort Myer w/clout wanted their kids to go to Yorktown, not W-L.

People, let's try to be helpful and not make things up! Fort Myer has been in the W-L district for like 40 years. The court house neighborhood adjacent to Fort Myer is zoned to Yorktown.

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Anonymous wrote:There is also part of the Yorktown & Williamburg zones near Courthouse & Rosslyn. It makes no sense.

The rumor was always that some senior military people at Fort Myer w/clout wanted their kids to go to Yorktown, not W-L.

Wow. Where did comment that come from? That's compete hooey. Courthouse and Rosslyn were rezoned to Yorktown because of the then very high low-income neighborhoods. Same reason why some W-L neighborhoods are a few blocks from Wakefield HS. It was for socio-economic reasons and is not remotely related to Fort Myer.

W-L has always been very popular with Fort Myer Families, where the parents serve at at the highest ranks in the military. Colin Powell's kids went to W-L in the 80s. I could see some protest if Fort Myer went back to Wakefield because the fort has very strong ties to W-L.

Anonymous wrote:There is also part of the Yorktown & Williamburg zones near Courthouse & Rosslyn. It makes no sense.

The rumor was always that some senior military people at Fort Myer w/clout wanted their kids to go to Yorktown, not W-L.

There is also part of the Yorktown & Williamburg zones near Courthouse & Rosslyn. It makes no sense.

The APS high school boundary map has a little jog in it that means some kids from SArl go to W-L right now. If you look at the enrollment projections, W-L and Yorktown are both significantly overenrolled in the years to come (through 2017). Anyone looking at the map and the projections is likely to come to the same conclusion.

Anonymous wrote:Don't think more Yorktown kids will get sent to W-L, unless W-L sends a lot more students to Wakefield. W-L is the school that's going to be the most overcrowded unless capacity is added or kids are moved to Wakefield.

well i think that's exactly what's going to happen. not sure why you thought it wouldn't.

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Anonymous wrote:No question that there will be redistricting, but probably not for another 3-4yrs as the new schools get built. Some W-L kids will likely move to Wakefield. Probably some Yorktown to W-L. Elementary schools will see lots of shifts based on the new schools as well as the additions being built on others.

That makes sense. The trend for the past thirty years of boundary changes was to send Wakefield kids to W-L and W-L kids to Yorktown, back when Yorktown was the smallest high school and Wakefield the largest. I definitely see the reverse of that happening now.

Don't think more Yorktown kids will get sent to W-L, unless W-L sends a lot more students to Wakefield. W-L is the school that's going to be the most overcrowded unless capacity is added or kids are moved to Wakefield.

This is all speculation. No one will know anything for another couple years. Boundary changes will very likely happen though, starting with the elementary schools and then the secondary schools.

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Anonymous wrote:No question that there will be redistricting, but probably not for another 3-4yrs as the new schools get built. Some W-L kids will likely move to Wakefield. Probably some Yorktown to W-L. Elementary schools will see lots of shifts based on the new schools as well as the additions being built on others.

That makes sense. The trend for the past thirty years of boundary changes was to send Wakefield kids to W-L and W-L kids to Yorktown, back when Yorktown was the smallest high school and Wakefield the largest. I definitely see the reverse of that happening now.

Don't think more Yorktown kids will get sent to W-L, unless W-L sends a lot more students to Wakefield. W-L is the school that's going to be the most overcrowded unless capacity is added or kids are moved to Wakefield.

Anonymous wrote:No question that there will be redistricting, but probably not for another 3-4yrs as the new schools get built. Some W-L kids will likely move to Wakefield. Probably some Yorktown to W-L. Elementary schools will see lots of shifts based on the new schools as well as the additions being built on others.

That makes sense. The trend for the past thirty years of boundary changes was to send Wakefield kids to W-L and W-L kids to Yorktown, back when Yorktown was the smallest high school and Wakefield the largest. I definitely see the reverse of that happening now.

No question that there will be redistricting, but probably not for another 3-4yrs as the new schools get built. Some W-L kids will likely move to Wakefield. Probably some Yorktown to W-L. Elementary schools will see lots of shifts based on the new schools as well as the additions being built on others.

No way can they justify a new high school when Wakefield will be brand new and under-enrolled. My bet is redistricting so more kids go to Wakefield.

The Arlington Magazine story hints at a new high school in the future. So a new middle school does not seem out of the question.

Nothing yet!

Changes will come in the future, and probably based on the future elementary school boundaries, when the new elementary schools and school additions are built.

In two years you should have some discrete answers.

The Arlington Magazine story on schools just states that boundary changes are imminent in the future.

I heard changes are coming. Please share what you know about middle school and high school - particularly Williamsburg, Swanson; and Yorktown and WL