Anonymous
11/05/2021 10:35
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Imagine home buying budget was no barrier... what, to your mind, is the most ideal public school pyramid in Nova?
NOT asking what you think is the best ranked/most prestigious. Asking for personal opinions about schools you'd like to send your children to (or currently do) and why.
Look at the responses, save for Wakefield
What does this mean?
DP. It means precisely what you suspect it means. It's the typical ultimate Arlington put-down of Wakefield.
I'm really sick of it; but at some level am grateful this ridiculous attitude persists because it keeps the Yorkies and WL-ers out of Wakefield thereby maintaining the positive benefits of Wakefield.
Anonymous
11/05/2021 10:31
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are zoned for Wakefield (Arlington) and I gotta say I’m happy with that. We didn’t consider schools when buying and it’ll be years before my kid goes to school, but I have only heard good things and I don’t regret buying in this pyramid.
Kid #1 is at HBW though and I assume will stay there through high school.
We are also zoned with Wakefield and I am happy with that. Otherwise I think my kid could do really well at Thomas Jefferson, but I am not sure I want that kind of stress for him.
Zoned for Wakefield HS and our kids are v happy and thriving there. But since you're asking about the whole pyramid, I'd find a way to skip Gunston if possible.
You can easily skip Gunston. Students from Kenmore and Jefferson MS also go to Wakefield - but they both split between Wakefield and WL; so you need to know the boundaries....which will be changing.
Anonymous
11/05/2021 10:29
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Imagine home buying budget was no barrier... what, to your mind, is the most ideal public school pyramid in Nova?
NOT asking what you think is the best ranked/most prestigious. Asking for personal opinions about schools you'd like to send your children to (or currently do) and why.
Look at the responses, save for Wakefield
Excuse me!? Responses about Wakefield don't count? Or just positive things about Wakefield?
Anonymous
11/05/2021 10:01
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are zoned for Wakefield (Arlington) and I gotta say I’m happy with that. We didn’t consider schools when buying and it’ll be years before my kid goes to school, but I have only heard good things and I don’t regret buying in this pyramid.
Kid #1 is at HBW though and I assume will stay there through high school.
We are also zoned with Wakefield and I am happy with that. Otherwise I think my kid could do really well at Thomas Jefferson, but I am not sure I want that kind of stress for him.
Currently zoned Wakefield and happy with it. Neighbors’ kids have done very well there and have gotten into very good colleges. We’d consider W-L and Arl Tech, but not interested in Yorktown, at all. If our oldest wants to apply to TJ, we’ll consider that, too, but our preference would be that they not attend that particular school. Nobody in our household needs that additional stress or pressure. Lol.
I was about to say Yorktown! I'm interested in your hesitations.
Yorktown or Meridian for us.
Anonymous
11/05/2021 09:47
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are zoned for Wakefield (Arlington) and I gotta say I’m happy with that. We didn’t consider schools when buying and it’ll be years before my kid goes to school, but I have only heard good things and I don’t regret buying in this pyramid.
Kid #1 is at HBW though and I assume will stay there through high school.
We are also zoned with Wakefield and I am happy with that. Otherwise I think my kid could do really well at Thomas Jefferson, but I am not sure I want that kind of stress for him.
Currently zoned Wakefield and happy with it. Neighbors’ kids have done very well there and have gotten into very good colleges. We’d consider W-L and Arl Tech, but not interested in Yorktown, at all. If our oldest wants to apply to TJ, we’ll consider that, too, but our preference would be that they not attend that particular school. Nobody in our household needs that additional stress or pressure. Lol.
Anonymous
11/05/2021 09:45
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Robinson
Anonymous
11/05/2021 09:15
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Private.
Anonymous
11/05/2021 07:46
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yorktown or bust morons
Hence the other than fcps, learn to read. Otherwise it's Langley or Mclean
What? Yorktown is not in FCPS genius.
Anonymous
11/04/2021 21:14
Subject: Re:What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Yorktown
Anonymous
11/04/2021 20:49
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Wootton
Anonymous
11/04/2021 20:48
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Imagine home buying budget was no barrier... what, to your mind, is the most ideal public school pyramid in Nova?
NOT asking what you think is the best ranked/most prestigious. Asking for personal opinions about schools you'd like to send your children to (or currently do) and why.
Look at the responses, save for Wakefield
What does this mean?
Anonymous
11/04/2021 19:40
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Imagine home buying budget was no barrier... what, to your mind, is the most ideal public school pyramid in Nova?
NOT asking what you think is the best ranked/most prestigious. Asking for personal opinions about schools you'd like to send your children to (or currently do) and why.
In NoVa?
McLean - strong sense of community (compact boundaries), top academics, diversity (about 50% minority and 10-15% low-income); not hyper-focused on sports but does have some extra programs (strong rowing program), great band program, excellent student publications (newspaper, yearbook) plus the middle school (Longfellow) does a good job of preparing kids for HS so the transition is smooth.
Anonymous
11/04/2021 18:35
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yorktown or bust morons
Hence the other than fcps, learn to read. Otherwise it's Langley or Mclean
Oh, hell no. McLean, if you must.
Otherwise, Robinson.
Anonymous
11/04/2021 18:32
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Anonymous wrote:Yorktown or bust morons
Hence the other than fcps, learn to read. Otherwise it's Langley or Mclean
Anonymous
11/04/2021 18:31
Subject: What's your "dream" public high school in the area?
Yorktown or bust morons