Arlington high school in danger of losing accreditation

An Arlington high school is in danger of losing its state accreditation because not enough students are graduating or at least completing GEDs. Wakefield High School failed to receive “full accreditation” status — achieved by every other Arlington County public school — because only 77 percent of the class of 2011 graduated or otherwise completed high school.

Instead, Wakefield was “accredited within warning.” If the next two classes can’t make steep gains, Wakefield will no longer be in good standing with Virginia.