Anonymous
Post 07/29/2015 10:04     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:Many years ago when we were house-hunting, a colleague of mine referred to Yorktown as "a snakepit of rich kids." OTOH, she was a nasty, bitter person who also wasn't particularly bright, so...


She sounds like one of the jealous priced out haters
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2015 09:47     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Many years ago when we were house-hunting, a colleague of mine referred to Yorktown as "a snakepit of rich kids." OTOH, she was a nasty, bitter person who also wasn't particularly bright, so...
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2015 09:45     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:Move a little further north and send your kid to McLean HS. You'll still have a great commute.

Your kid will also end up hopelessly neurotic by the times/he graduates.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 17:26     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
We also wanted more recess, more PE, art, music and smaller class sizes that the public schools can't offer us. The overcrowding is WAY out of control.


I've been actually surprised by how much PE, art and extra curricular opportunities there are at Williamsburg(we aren't at Yorktown yet)--as in a lot. Overcrowding is an issue, however. APS is a victim of its own success on that front.


My kids have PE 3x a week for 45 minutes a class, music 2x a week for 40 mins a class, art 2x a week for 40 minutes a class, Spanish 2x a week for 40 min a class, drama 1x per week for 45 min a class and science 3x a week in a real science lab for 45 min a class. Their APS elementary school couldn't even come close to this except for Spanish.

They also have 1 hour of recess a day and eat lunch in their classrooms instead of the overcrowded cafeteria.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 15:07     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These threads are so predictable and depressing. And bragging about your neighborhood's 1M+ "median sales price" is so grotesque.
Why don't we try something different? How about complimenting each other's neighborhoods and schools? My kid will go to Yorktown, but I have no interest in tearing down W&L.


It's because whenever WL is brought up some d*chebag from YHS will say something about how somebody couldn't afford the YHS zone which is ridiculous because there are so many more expensive neighborhoods in 22201/3 WL.


+1

It's the Yorktown douche stirring the pot.


OK. So 1. You don't really know if the "douche" is from Yorktown. Could be someone trying to stir the pot.
2. Why feed the troll?
and 3. Why not ignore and just focus on the Yorktown posters, like myself and others, who have positive things to say about both.

I know it's hard to resist knee-jerk reactions, but we are presumably grown-ups living in expensive, lovely neighborhoods with excellent schools. Life could be a lot worse.



Why do you assume I didn't do those things? Aside from acknowledging the YD.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 14:45     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These threads are so predictable and depressing. And bragging about your neighborhood's 1M+ "median sales price" is so grotesque.
Why don't we try something different? How about complimenting each other's neighborhoods and schools? My kid will go to Yorktown, but I have no interest in tearing down W&L.


It's because whenever WL is brought up some d*chebag from YHS will say something about how somebody couldn't afford the YHS zone which is ridiculous because there are so many more expensive neighborhoods in 22201/3 WL.


+1

It's the Yorktown douche stirring the pot.


OK. So 1. You don't really know if the "douche" is from Yorktown. Could be someone trying to stir the pot.
2. Why feed the troll?
and 3. Why not ignore and just focus on the Yorktown posters, like myself and others, who have positive things to say about both.

I know it's hard to resist knee-jerk reactions, but we are presumably grown-ups living in expensive, lovely neighborhoods with excellent schools. Life could be a lot worse.

Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 13:55     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These threads are so predictable and depressing. And bragging about your neighborhood's 1M+ "median sales price" is so grotesque.
Why don't we try something different? How about complimenting each other's neighborhoods and schools? My kid will go to Yorktown, but I have no interest in tearing down W&L.


It's because whenever WL is brought up some d*chebag from YHS will say something about how somebody couldn't afford the YHS zone which is ridiculous because there are so many more expensive neighborhoods in 22201/3 WL.


+1

It's the Yorktown douche stirring the pot.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 13:48     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:These threads are so predictable and depressing. And bragging about your neighborhood's 1M+ "median sales price" is so grotesque.
Why don't we try something different? How about complimenting each other's neighborhoods and schools? My kid will go to Yorktown, but I have no interest in tearing down W&L.


It's because whenever WL is brought up some d*chebag from YHS will say something about how somebody couldn't afford the YHS zone which is ridiculous because there are so many more expensive neighborhoods in 22201/3 WL.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 11:22     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
These threads are so predictable and depressing. And bragging about your neighborhood's 1M+ "median sales price" is so grotesque.
Why don't we try something different? How about complimenting each other's neighborhoods and schools? My kid will go to Yorktown, but I have no interest in tearing down W&L.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 11:10     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:WL is the second best school in Arlington


It's better than HBW??


HBW
WL
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Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 10:56     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:WL is the second best school in Arlington


It's better than HBW??
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 10:55     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People at W-L always seem a bit desperate to sell the school and their neighborhoods and it's quite off putting. It's OK, not great.


And people at Yorktown seem very fixated on Yorktown being "the best" with no data to back it up.[u]


+1,000
Signed,
Parent of a Yorktown graduate.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 10:54     Subject: Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
WL is the second best school in Arlington
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 10:50     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W&l has the best IB scores in the WORLD. Yup and by a lot. What say you Yorktown fanatic


thanks for the info, here is the article for anyone intersted: Washington-Lee outperforms worldwide average in IB tests

http://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/washington-lee-outperforms-worldwide-average-in-ib-tests/article_11fe6272-2b04-11e5-9158-23f7c83a3633.html


So, W&L outperforms test averages (which is great). But nowhere does it say that they have the best IB scores in the world.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2015 10:28     Subject: Re:Yorktown vs. W-L High School in Arlington
Anonymous wrote:W&l has the best IB scores in the WORLD. Yup and by a lot. What say you Yorktown fanatic


thanks for the info, here is the article for anyone intersted: Washington-Lee outperforms worldwide average in IB tests

http://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/washington-lee-outperforms-worldwide-average-in-ib-tests/article_11fe6272-2b04-11e5-9158-23f7c83a3633.html