Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.

"Those are just state schools?" Ok. Because no one who attends a good state school ever does anything meaningful with their life...

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if these rankings include the 2017 updated highschool boundaries? Could Yorktown go up as it lowers diversity?


Also the new proposed middle school attendance zones look promising for Williamsburg.

Of course. Why else do you think they're doing that?

Does anyone know if these rankings include the 2017 updated highschool boundaries? Could Yorktown go up as it lowers diversity?


Also the new proposed middle school attendance zones look promising for Williamsburg.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.

What is wrong with you? Serious question -- what mental illness do you suffer?

Sorry, but the college acceptance numbers are mediocre. I don’t know what to make of your lashing out—other than that you are angry.

"Their methodologies also don't make sense on their face. One school had minority groups, students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students outperforming state averages for those groups in nearly every category, but they ended up with a 2 for equity."

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This is the problem with the new method - it is not measuring how well a school educates disadvantaged groups of kids; it's simply measuring if those disadvantaged kids do worse than middle/high SES kids at the same school. That makes zero sense.

By the way, this is also an issue for the "attendance" rating that dings schools if more disadvantaged kids are absent or suspended in a given school compared to others at that same school rather than comparing apples to apples state-wide to see how well a school is doing at encouraging disadvantaged kids to come to school and not do things that would merit suspension.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.

What is wrong with you? Serious question -- what mental illness do you suffer?

Anonymous wrote:I think APS' placement issues are probably due to colleges wanting geographic diversity. I went to HYPS as an undergrad, but I was from a Midwest-type area. I think it's just more difficult in terms of competition to get into a prestigious college if you live in the DC area. If you want your kids to have a better chance, you might want to think about moving to an underrepresented area.

So does FCPS have the same issues? I assume that's what people are comparing APS to when they knock APS college placement.

I think APS' placement issues are probably due to colleges wanting geographic diversity. I went to HYPS as an undergrad, but I was from a Midwest-type area. I think it's just more difficult in terms of competition to get into a prestigious college if you live in the DC area. If you want your kids to have a better chance, you might want to think about moving to an underrepresented area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

Is there anything the high school PTAs or the broader APS community can do to help with college placement for our graduates? Looking for ideas.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It has become a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

Yep, 74% of Yorktown kids pass one or more AP classes, 59% at W-L (but note W-L has the IB program, and GS doesn't account for kids doing IB instead of AP), 62% at Wakefield, but none of them are going to a decent four-year college.

Wow 62% of Wakefield? That’s actually pretty great.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

The numbers are pretty cringe inducing. Yes, I know—UVA and William and Mary, but those are just state schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It has become a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

Yep, 74% of Yorktown kids pass one or more AP classes, 59% at W-L (but note W-L has the IB program, and GS doesn't account for kids doing IB instead of AP), 62% at Wakefield, but none of them are going to a decent four-year college.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It is a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington schools have been heading off the rails for awhile. Credit to GS for recognizing this.

APS' college placement is sorely lacking. It has become a good school district if you want to send your child to a 2-year community college or the military, but not good 4-year colleges.

Thanks libs, illegals and moron