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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also suggest looking at St. John's. My son was in a similar situation in a good public school system- but he quickly figured out how to easily maintain A's with little effort. At St. John's the honors classes are truly honors classes and the kids are held accountable - unlike our public school system kids cannot retake tests and they have midterm and final exams. My son also plays a sport, which is a big commitment of time, but has helped him with time management.[/quote]

OP, if you're open to transferring in to a middle school and then applying for HS, I'd second this recommendation for St. John's College HS. Our son moved from public school to Washington Episcopal School - WES - for middle school, and then onto SJC. It's been a transformative experience. WES has a fantastic middle school - the teachers and curriculum inspired my son, who had tuned out of public. Socially, the kids were happy to welcome a new classmate (typically a handful of kids transfer in for the WES middle school, so he wasn't the only one). The required athletics are a great way to acclimate the kids. The coaching staff is fabulous - they really know how to coach, yet they're not over the top about it. It was my son's first experience on so many teams, and he loved it. [/quote]

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