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Anonymous wrote:My boys went to Yorktown. It wasn't perfect to say the least. However, couldn't imagine them going to W-L and/or Wakefield...for a public, it'll do.

What’s wrong with WL and Wakefield?

Nothing. It's a prejudice or "feeling of superiority" based on social and economic class/status. There are families who simply find W-L and Wakefield unacceptable.

I think there is a prejudice because Wakefield is in LA, while WL is diverse as well.

It's all relative however. W-L has more affluent white students than most FCPS schools. But in Arlington's cloistered world, the smugness (among a small group) is typically associated with Yorktown. FCPS parents at wealthy but more diverse schools like McLean and Langley see this attitude in the stands and other community events.

Langley is more diverse than Arlington high schools?

Depending on where you are in Fairfax County, there are typically either more Asians and/or more Hispanics than in APS high schools. Both W-L and Yorktown have more of the affluent white demographic than most schools in Northern Va. Whether or not that translates into arrogant behavior among students and families, has long been a topic of contention. Compared with suburban Philadelphia or Boston schools however, Arlington County and really all of D.C.’s suburbs are extremely diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:My boys went to Yorktown. It wasn't perfect to say the least. However, couldn't imagine them going to W-L and/or Wakefield...for a public, it'll do.

What’s wrong with WL and Wakefield?

Nothing. It's a prejudice or "feeling of superiority" based on social and economic class/status. There are families who simply find W-L and Wakefield unacceptable.

I think there is a prejudice because Wakefield is in LA, while WL is diverse as well.

It's all relative however. W-L has more affluent white students than most FCPS schools. But in Arlington's cloistered world, the smugness (among a small group) is typically associated with Yorktown. FCPS parents at wealthy but more diverse schools like McLean and Langley see this attitude in the stands and other community events.

Langley is more diverse than Arlington high schools?

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Anonymous wrote:My boys went to Yorktown. It wasn't perfect to say the least. However, couldn't imagine them going to W-L and/or Wakefield...for a public, it'll do.

What’s wrong with WL and Wakefield?

Nothing. It's a prejudice or "feeling of superiority" based on social and economic class/status. There are families who simply find W-L and Wakefield unacceptable.

I think there is a prejudice because Wakefield is in LA, while WL is diverse as well.

It's all relative however. W-L has more affluent white students than most FCPS schools. But in Arlington's cloistered world, the smugness (among a small group) is typically associated with Yorktown. FCPS parents at wealthy but more diverse schools like McLean and Langley see this attitude in the stands and other community events.

Langley is more diverse than Arlington high schools?

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Anonymous wrote:My boys went to Yorktown. It wasn't perfect to say the least. However, couldn't imagine them going to W-L and/or Wakefield...for a public, it'll do.

What’s wrong with WL and Wakefield?

Nothing. It's a prejudice or "feeling of superiority" based on social and economic class/status. There are families who simply find W-L and Wakefield unacceptable.

I think there is a prejudice because Wakefield is in LA, while WL is diverse as well.

It's all relative however. W-L has more affluent white students than most FCPS schools. But in Arlington's cloistered world, the smugness (among a small group) is typically associated with Yorktown. FCPS parents at wealthy but more diverse schools like McLean and Langley see this attitude in the stands and other community events.

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Anonymous wrote:Out of the 3 main HS almost every party I hear about where the Parents are at the house and have supplied the alcohol have been YHS parents. I know HS kids are going to drink i think its completely inappropriate to have parents supplying those drinks.

Ok. The big teen drunk driving crash that happened
about 18 months ago which killed a teenager, the parents supplying the alcohol to the teens involved was a W-L family known widely for having house parties for teens and supplying alcohol.

This is a dumb game. Worry about your own kids. If people somehow think this stuff won't happen to them at one of the high schools, you're delusional.

Boom.

Are you proud that you aren’t the only parent serving alcohol to minors

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Anonymous wrote:Out of the 3 main HS almost every party I hear about where the Parents are at the house and have supplied the alcohol have been YHS parents. I know HS kids are going to drink i think its completely inappropriate to have parents supplying those drinks.

Ok. The big teen drunk driving crash that happened
about 18 months ago which killed a teenager, the parents supplying the alcohol to the teens involved was a W-L family known widely for having house parties for teens and supplying alcohol.

This is a dumb game. Worry about your own kids. If people somehow think this stuff won't happen to them at one of the high schools, you're delusional.

Boom.

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Anonymous wrote:My boys went to Yorktown. It wasn't perfect to say the least. However, couldn't imagine them going to W-L and/or Wakefield...for a public, it'll do.

What’s wrong with WL and Wakefield?

Nothing. It's a prejudice or "feeling of superiority" based on social and economic class/status. There are families who simply find W-L and Wakefield unacceptable.

I think there is a prejudice because Wakefield is in LA, while WL is diverse as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Out of the 3 main HS almost every party I hear about where the Parents are at the house and have supplied the alcohol have been YHS parents. I know HS kids are going to drink i think its completely inappropriate to have parents supplying those drinks.

Ok. The big teen drunk driving crash that happened about 18 months ago which killed a teenager, the parents supplying the alcohol to the teens involved was a W-L family known widely for having house parties for teens and supplying alcohol.

This is a dumb game. Worry about your own kids. If people somehow think this stuff won't happen to them at one of the high schools, you're delusional.