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Anonymous wrote:It’s generally understood that elementary school class sizes are smaller in APS and MS and HS is more rigorous in McLean. Look at the earlier statistics comparing Yorktown with Langley and McLean.

The Langley and McLean pyramids each also send over 115 kids to TJHSST, the regional STEM magnet. Yorktown sends about 40.

I think your number for how many kids Yorktown and TJ is off. Last time I checked, it was about 40 per year for the whole county

APS reports 42 at TJ from Yorktown, 34 from W-L, and 32 from Wakefield. This is after FCPS adopted a quota system that assures a minimum number of spots to kids at every participating middle school. The remaining seats are then drawn from a general pool.

So the number is a good bit higher than 40 now for the whole county, but each of Langley and McLean still get more kids into TJ than all the APS schools.

Anonymous wrote:It’s generally understood that elementary school class sizes are smaller in APS and MS and HS is more rigorous in McLean. Look at the earlier statistics comparing Yorktown with Langley and McLean.

The Langley and McLean pyramids each also send over 115 kids to TJHSST, the regional STEM magnet. Yorktown sends about 40.

Doesn't FFX County limit the number of Arlington kids it admits to TJ? That's not about Arlington County MS "rigor".

There really isn't a measurable difference. They are both large and well regarded school systems. Just pick a house/neighborhood you like best.

Anonymous wrote:Innovation has a gifted program

It does not. No APS elementary schools do

Mclean. how is this even a question?

Innovation has a gifted program

Anonymous wrote:We have been happy with APS for the most part, although it's been far from perfect. The neighborhood elem schools are nice communities. I had kids in gifted, but don't think we would have wanted the while AAP scene in FCPS. They were challenged once ID'ed for gifted for the most part. Appreciated APS's smaller class sizes and schools compared to FCPS.

Would have liked intensified classes in middle school, but APS has since fixed that. No issues being challenges in HS with plenty of AP opportunities.

It sounds like your experience with APS elementary schools was very long ago. There's virtually no elementary gifted program at this point. The AAC only does enrichment activities for the whole class. There's no longer push in or pull out enrichment in APS.

We have been happy with APS for the most part, although it's been far from perfect. The neighborhood elem schools are nice communities. I had kids in gifted, but don't think we would have wanted the while AAP scene in FCPS. They were challenged once ID'ed for gifted for the most part. Appreciated APS's smaller class sizes and schools compared to FCPS.

Would have liked intensified classes in middle school, but APS has since fixed that. No issues being challenges in HS with plenty of AP opportunities.

Anonymous wrote:It’s generally understood that elementary school class sizes are smaller in APS and MS and HS is more rigorous in McLean. Look at the earlier statistics comparing Yorktown with Langley and McLean.

The Langley and McLean pyramids each also send over 115 kids to TJHSST, the regional STEM magnet. Yorktown sends about 40.

APS chooses not to sent its full quota to TJ. I'm certain more APS students could qualify, but that might impact the quality of the neighborhood schools in a small county where there is already a lot of choice programs: HB, W-L, AT, ACC, etc., in addition to TJ.

Anonymous wrote:It’s generally understood that elementary school class sizes are smaller in APS and MS and HS is more rigorous in McLean. Look at the earlier statistics comparing Yorktown with Langley and McLean.

The Langley and McLean pyramids each also send over 115 kids to TJHSST, the regional STEM magnet. Yorktown sends about 40.

I think your number for how many kids Yorktown and TJ is off. Last time I checked, it was about 40 per year for the whole county

I have a kid at Innovation. In the early grades, we weren't impressed with the rigor, but it has ramped up appropriately and now she needs to study for tests every week. People on this forum bash the APS middle schools, but I have no basis to comment. Everyone seems to agree that high school is rigorous. In addition to TJ, you could apply for the IB program at WL.

Granted it was a long time ago, but I did go to magnet programs around here that I think were similar to AAP/TJ (I was in MCPS). That was the right fit for me - the benefits of a cohort of nerdy kids outweighed the pressure cooker atmosphere - but doesn't seem necessary for my kids. You know your kids and whether the tradeoffs are worth it.

It’s generally understood that elementary school class sizes are smaller in APS and MS and HS is more rigorous in McLean. Look at the earlier statistics comparing Yorktown with Langley and McLean.

The Langley and McLean pyramids each also send over 115 kids to TJHSST, the regional STEM magnet. Yorktown sends about 40.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is so much more woke in a wasteful way.

What does that even mean? You strung together some English words but your sentence is as empty as a MAGAt’s head.

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Anonymous wrote:My friends moved out of McLean because the K class had 30 kids and no-co teacher and I was in Arlington and had 24 kids with two. Grass is never perfectly green anywhere.

Do you know which elementary school that was in McLean?

Not entirely sure - they lived near Chesterbrook and Kirby.

Anonymous wrote:My friends moved out of McLean because the K class had 30 kids and no-co teacher and I was in Arlington and had 24 kids with two. Grass is never perfectly green anywhere.

Do you know which elementary school that was in McLean?