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Anonymous wrote:Even if W-L were down 30 students, 30 students out of the total population of the school is not especially significant. It could just mean that the class that just graduated is larger than the one coming in, or that each class is down overall by 7-8 people due to transfers or moves out of the area.

I'd be surprised if people with kids in ANY Arlington school were really bashing W-L. Not a single one of my friends with kids boundaried for W-L has expressed doubts about the school, and many folks buy there on purpose. We're in Yorktown, but I would have been fine with W-L. I just assume the basher is some weird troll who likes getting people all fired up.

I was just pointing out that enrollment was down since the other poster seemed to be suggesting the demand for the area was such that W-L's enrollment was exploding. The growth seems to be more moderated.

I think there's some rivalry between the CCH/Yorktown crowd and the Lyon Village/W-L set, as well as perhaps one poster from Fairfax who regularly goes off on W-L because there was someone in the Clarendon area who previously was very snide about Pimmit Hills and the Mosaic District area. If I'm right, it shows that you reap what you sow on anonymous forums.

Anonymous wrote:Even if W-L were down 30 students, 30 students out of the total population of the school is not especially significant. It could just mean that the class that just graduated is larger than the one coming in, or that each class is down overall by 7-8 people due to transfers or moves out of the area.

I'd be surprised if people with kids in ANY Arlington school were really bashing W-L. Not a single one of my friends with kids boundaried for W-L has expressed doubts about the school, and many folks buy there on purpose. We're in Yorktown, but I would have been fine with W-L. I just assume the basher is some weird troll who likes getting people all fired up.

Anonymous wrote:Even if W-L were down 30 students, 30 students out of the total population of the school is not especially significant. It could just mean that the class that just graduated is larger than the one coming in, or that each class is down overall by 7-8 people due to transfers or moves out of the area.

I'd be surprised if people with kids in ANY Arlington school were really bashing W-L. Not a single one of my friends with kids boundaried for W-L has expressed doubts about the school, and many folks buy there on purpose. We're in Yorktown, but I would have been fine with W-L. I just assume the basher is some weird troll who likes getting people all fired up.

Anonymous wrote:While this thread lingers and festers, I see some completely contradictory themes: Rich kids in the W-L district only do private school; 99% of the rich kids in the W-L district go to W-L. W-L is a horrible school with very low test scores; W-L is a great school with good test scores and SATs. W-L's population is shrinking and the school is not popular; W-L's population is growing and Yorktown students are transferring into W-L. Houses in the W-L district are inexpensive; Houses in the W-L district are ridiculously expensive.

Too funny!

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Anonymous wrote:Look at an official APS high school neighborhood boundary map and you will see that most of the SFH neighborhoods that go into W-L are ridiculously expensive. No one is saving money by buying in the W-L district. I guess it's just impossible to convince some people that affluent families reside in the W-L district, that most of the rich kids in Lyon Village or Riverwood actually attend W-L (and not private schools), and that the school's population is on an upward trajectory for the foreseeable future (just look at the N Arlington elementary schools).

Not the same type of housing

Anonymous wrote:Look at an official APS high school neighborhood boundary map and you will see that most of the SFH neighborhoods that go into W-L are ridiculously expensive. No one is saving money by buying in the W-L district. I guess it's just impossible to convince some people that affluent families reside in the W-L district, that most of the rich kids in Lyon Village or Riverwood actually attend W-L (and not private schools), and that the school's population is on an upward trajectory for the foreseeable future (just look at the N Arlington elementary schools).

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the W-L bashers don't live in or understand Arlington. W-L has a great reputation, and most of the school overcrowding is due to all the public school families moving into Lyon Village, Tara, Maywood, Woodmont, Bluemont, etc. Don't believe the trolls that say most families in the W-L HS district go private. That is completely false.

The poster who said W-L is just "slightly better that Wakeflield" doesn't know what she is talking about. The level of parental involvement at W-L is on a completely different level. Wakefield also has many more disciplinary issues, due to a larger low-income population. And test scores and the graduation rates are much higher at W-L.

The SAT score for Wakefield is among the lowest in Northern Va. W-L's scores are behind Yorktown's but respectably high compared to Farifax County schools. Didn't W-L have the most National Merit Finalists in Arlington last year. There are a ton of really smart kids at that school.

Nice, you bash Wakefield. Anyways the only good repuation WL has is with parent's who are zoned in WL. No one else cares or classifies it as great outside of Arlington.

Ha!. You you remind me of a certain "helpful" poster on this forum. Every now and then when one someone starts a thread inquiring about houses in the W-L district, some jerk warns the OP that the school is horrible and if you care about the value of your house the only desirable Arlington neighborhoods are north of Lee Highway, but not the ones zoned to W-L. Truth is families are interested in the W-L district for the neighborhoods and schools which have a great reputation.

Families will pick WL to save money or when they are priced out of Yorktown.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the W-L bashers don't live in or understand Arlington. W-L has a great reputation, and most of the school overcrowding is due to all the public school families moving into Lyon Village, Tara, Maywood, Woodmont, Bluemont, etc. Don't believe the trolls that say most families in the W-L HS district go private. That is completely false.

The poster who said W-L is just "slightly better that Wakeflield" doesn't know what she is talking about. The level of parental involvement at W-L is on a completely different level. Wakefield also has many more disciplinary issues, due to a larger low-income population. And test scores and the graduation rates are much higher at W-L.

The SAT score for Wakefield is among the lowest in Northern Va. W-L's scores are behind Yorktown's but respectably high compared to Farifax County schools. Didn't W-L have the most National Merit Finalists in Arlington last year. There are a ton of really smart kids at that school.

Nice, you bash Wakefield. Anyways the only good repuation WL has is with parent's who are zoned in WL. No one else cares or classifies it as great outside of Arlington.

Ha!. You you remind me of a certain "helpful" poster on this forum. Every now and then when one someone starts a thread inquiring about houses in the W-L district, some jerk warns the OP that the school is horrible and if you care about the value of your house the only desirable Arlington neighborhoods are north of Lee Highway, but not the ones zoned to W-L. Truth is families are interested in the W-L district for the neighborhoods and schools which have a great reputation.

Families will pick WL to save money or when they are priced out of Yorktown.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the W-L bashers don't live in or understand Arlington. W-L has a great reputation, and most of the school overcrowding is due to all the public school families moving into Lyon Village, Tara, Maywood, Woodmont, Bluemont, etc. Don't believe the trolls that say most families in the W-L HS district go private. That is completely false.

The poster who said W-L is just "slightly better that Wakeflield" doesn't know what she is talking about. The level of parental involvement at W-L is on a completely different level. Wakefield also has many more disciplinary issues, due to a larger low-income population. And test scores and the graduation rates are much higher at W-L.

The SAT score for Wakefield is among the lowest in Northern Va. W-L's scores are behind Yorktown's but respectably high compared to Farifax County schools. Didn't W-L have the most National Merit Finalists in Arlington last year. There are a ton of really smart kids at that school.

Nice, you bash Wakefield. Anyways the only good repuation WL has is with parent's who are zoned in WL. No one else cares or classifies it as great outside of Arlington.

Ha!. You you remind me of a certain "helpful" poster on this forum. Every now and then when one someone starts a thread inquiring about houses in the W-L district, some jerk warns the OP that the school is horrible and if you care about the value of your house the only desirable Arlington neighborhoods are north of Lee Highway, but not the ones zoned to W-L. Truth is families are interested in the W-L district for the neighborhoods and schools which have a great reputation.