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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of an elementary school kid at Springfield Estates. I'm been somewhat following the boundary review posts to see how things will potentially change at Lewis HS. I know that Lewis is ranked poorly and is considered a bad school. But I'd like a better understanding of what makes it/why is it a bad school? Are the teachers bad? Does it not offer many advanced courses? Does it not offer enough clubs/sports? I went to a high school in Prince William County that was considered &quot;not the best&quot; due to the large minority populations at the school and I thought my high school experience was fine -&gt; I did all the clubs/sports I wanted to and took a ton of AP classes.

I've seen comments on this site that even at least one school board member has said that WSHS is much better than Lewis.

So, for people with actual experience, what makes Lewis so bad?

And if Lewis is not a good school, is Key Middle School just as bad? (And why?).

We are thinking long term if we should just move/get out now or wait to see if things improve and if not, then try and get our kids transferred into better schools.
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Look at Lewis attendance as an opportunity.  The average SAT score at Lewis is 1002, the lowest in FCPS.   So even if your kid gets a 1350 they are 3 standard deviation above the average.

Downside is very few AP courses offered, so you would have to buy into what passes for IB in FCPS.

So your kid could really stand out in comparison to their peers which would help in the college admissions race.  [/quote]

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