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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a small (public) HS in a small town in MA, where schools are organized by town rather than county. Even in that kind of system there are a lot of big HS -- and they happen to be some of the best in the state. Newton North, Newton South, Brookline. Size is not an inherent problem, OP, and as some of the PPs have noted there are some distinct advantages to larger high schools.[/quote]

Fellow Massachusetts native here. I work in MCPS and it doesn't hold a candle to the schools west of Boston. The town system makes it easier to effect change and harder to "pass the trash." Bad teachers get weeded out, corruption is more visible earlier in general, new initiatives can be piloted and accepted or rejected faster, elected officials are actually within the community they serve, there is a little less variation among students' needs, etc. That said, you end up with rich and poor school systems. So some towns benefit if they're wealthy, ie Newton, Weston, Wellesley, and some suffer. [/quote]

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