Waynewood Elementary School

When you look at test scores by subgroup you will see that our school has no diversity if you didn't already notice by looking in the classroom. With the neighborhood resources available and the extremely active PTA, these test scores should be hovering the 100's. There is also a significant difference in scores between girls and boys. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to teach to an all white middle class group of kids without disabilities who's motivated parents can afford all the classroom amenities and tutors. These children will likely not be prepared for middle school when they meet their true peers and neighbors from Rt. 1 I'm surprised Great Schools gave Waynewood a 9.
--Submitted by a parent

Interesting how many comments speaking the truth and not praising accolades are cut. This place is nuts.
--Submitted by a parent

As a mother of a current K student, I have been extremely impressed by WW so far. My son loves going to school and his teacher is truly second to none. At first I was a little worried about the larger class sizes (25 kids), but it is truly amazing how well run the classroom is. Lots of parental involvement. This school almost feels more like a collaboration with the parents, but not to the detriment of working parents (both my husband and I work). All in all, I am very pleased with the school.
--Submitted by a parent

We, too, have three children in Waynewood and have nothing but accolades for the administration and teaching staff. I agree that the class sizes are larger than any parent would like (in our experience @ 27 students per classroom), but this is a problem throughout Fairfax County Public Schools. Because a good number of the Waynewood teaching staff live in the area, they interact with students and their families outside a purely academic setting. This, in turn, fosters a sense of community and mutual accountability; I think this is the secret to Waynewood's enduring appeal.
--Submitted by a parent

We have three children and they all attend this lovely school. We do not live in the neighborhood, but most of our neighbors attend this school and to my knowledge, none have been "discriminated against" because they do not live in the waynewood neighborhood. It is academically solid and the teachers and staff are unsurpassed. We cannot say enough good things about Waynewood.
--Submitted by a parent

Not sure what the "boundry" issue is mentioned below. The school is named Waynewood because it is on Waynewood Blvd. It serves more communities than "Waynewood" with much more expensive properties. I'm sure they adhere to the same pupil placement guidelines as all County schools. Not sure who's "gettin in" because the school is 98% white. The school is terribly crowded. There were 27 children in my child's class. The aide was split between two classes. While his teacher was excellent there is no way a teacher should be spread that thin. I found the parent envolvement to be excellent with both classroom and school activities. As much or as little as you wish. The staff (not teachers) seem to believe they are above county regs so if you have an issue do your homework. I pulled my child out for a school with better teacher/student ratio & diversity.
--Submitted by a parent

We are new to the area and I tried to visit the school when evaluating between it and private school for my rising Kindergartener. I was told by someone in administration that the principal did not have time to meet with prospective parents (I thought that access to the principal was supposed to be a mark of a good school). I did get a tour of the school by an administrative assistante and I talked to a number of parents. I was left with the impression that the school is good, but also plain vanilla. A nice, average, safe school. One really nice thing was that it seems as if most of the teachers live in the neighborhood. One comment that some parents passed onto me is that the school has a lot of 'mean-girl-syndrome' at early ages that the administration does not do much to quell.

In response to a previous parent review, that stated 'no one who lives outside the Waynewood boundries should go to school at Waynewood.' This parent should know that the Waynewood school district is much bigger than just the Waynewood neighborhood. It includes all the homes south of the Waynewood neighborhood (closer to Old Town) between Ft Hunt Road and the Parkway and also all the homes between the Parkway and the River. This is exactly the type of discrimination that I feel that my children face at the school.
--Submitted by a parent

No one who lives outside the Waynewood boundries should go to school at Waynewood. Pupil placement should not be allowed - it is and needs to be stopped. Our class sizes are big enough without parents cheating to get their children in WW. If you want your child/children to attend Waynewood elementary then move into the WW boundry. It's that simple.
--Submitted by a parent

Beware, unless you live in the 'Waynewood' neighborhood. I had my oldest child at Waynewood for a brief time before we put both of our children in private school. How the Waynewood school district is drawn most of the children live in Waynewood neighborhood and walk to school (and have been best friends since birth, and go in and out of each other's houses and go to the same pool, and their parents are friends, etc., etc., etc). It is very hard for children outside of this neighborhood (approximately 25 - 35% of the kids live outside of Waynewood neighborhood, although I am just guessing ) to break in. Also, having moved from Mclean, Waynewood does not compare to what we saw in the public schools there - so we switched to private. And we are also happy to have gotten accepted into private before the rush at Jr. High.