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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is Lewis HS so undesirable? I think it is inevitable that Keene Mill will get pushed into the Lewis pyramid, and if that happens, Lewis will become a "better" school.

Here's a clever real estate play, if  you have kids who are about to start elementary school. Buy a house zoned for Lewis. Way cheaper than WSHS housing stock, and by the time they get to high school, Lewis will be as desirable as WSHS since the feeders changed.

If I'm wrong, tell me why I'm wrong.[/quote]

Because it’ll still be an under performing school unless they move at least two or three elementary schools into it. There is a tipping point that can’t occur with so many farms kids in the school unless you bring way way more students in.[/quote]

So the problem is that Lewis High School has many poor children who aren't going to college whether for economic or personal reasons? In that case, it seems to me like all the more reason to send your kid to Lewis. Sounds like it would be [b]easy to get straight As[/b] there, and statistically speaking, fewer kids will be applying to prestigious schools like UVa. Whereas at West Springfield, Lake Braddock, etc. your kid will be competing with all the other middle-class AAP kids with highly-involved, educated parents who know the system.[/quote]

To be clear, it is not "easier" to get As at schools like Lewis. College-bound kids would be taking all IB courses which are held to international standards. It is conceivable that a small, senior-level class of 10 kids might not have anyone earning an A with the way IB (and AP) grading works for exams. It is easier to stand out, however.[/quote]

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