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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's an interesting perspective.  Not sure where my kid school falls at.  The boundary is quite divided- you have kids who live in nearly million dollar homes and then you have kids who have section 8 housing. [/quote]

Many schools with a high FARMs rate or a mixed SES group will end up with schools within the school. Herndon, Mt. Vernon, Lewis are high FARMs rate schools with a smaller number of higher SES schools and the higher SES kids end up on the AP/IB track and seem to enjoy their HS experience. The kids on the AP/IB track end up in classes with each other and [b]end up not being in classes with the kids that are lower SES.[/b] [/quote]

This is not 100% true.  My kids attend MVHS.  Yes, at MVHS, if you are taking all honors/IB courses, you will be a "school within a school."  And typically, the UMC students who have professional parents are taking all honors/IB courses.  But some of the highest achieving students at MVHS are often the URM, first generation, low SES students.  They are extremely motivated and come from families that push their children and value education as a way to be successful.  Just because they are poor does not mean they don't take the IB courses.

Yes, the majority of the non-IB/honors students are probably lower SES students.  Many come from families in generational poverty.  There is a sizable population of recent arrivals who have little formal education and don't speak English.

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