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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious why APS would try to make Arlington Tech into a Blair/TJ type of school with a rigorous STEM focus with high performing kids?[/quote]

If it were a true magnet school for high performing kids, I'm not sure they could even seat 50 kids per graduating class in Arlington. The terrible curriculum in ES and MS have caused so many parents to move to another county or go private. I'd be surprised if there were even a handful of high performing kids per grade per high school class. They'd need to hope word of mouth would cause some parents with young, really smart kids to flock into the county in order to populate the school.

The appeal these schools is that they teach classes that are beyond the curriculum and scope of normal "advanced" high school classes. For a simple metric, look at how few NMSF the entire (Arlington) county produces, and that itself is a low bar to use. I have known a few highly intelligent kids who live in the county and they aren't the resume padders with the fake foundations.[/quote]

Arlington hater is here with his fake news. Of course there are many high performing kids in Arlington across the high schools. They do great in college admissions. NMSF isn't the only criteria for high performing kids, you know. But enjoy paying for private. [/quote]

+1. Such a silly assertion. All three big high schools have cohorts of kids taking lots of AP/IB classes, performing well, etc. Plus of course there are high performing kids at HB and AT as well. There are plenty of them in APS. [/quote]

People like you don't have any clue what high performing means. ISEF, Regeneron, Olympiads, AMC, etc.? It's not about AP or IB classes or getting a bunch of A's. In order to have a true high performing magnet school, you need a decent number of truly gifted kids that have achievements at natl/intl comps to set the ceiling and then backfill with a bunch of excellent students among the very smart, the diligent, and some try hards. Compare the student achievement at APS with TJ. I know, it's not fair to compare an entire county with one school, but that's because TJ obviously has way more. Most of the smart kids have left APS and you can't get smart kids to move into the county because the ES/MS pipeline sucks and smart kids from wealthy families would rather live in other nearby counties.[/quote]

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It’s not true that “most smart kids have left APS.”  How would you even measure that? Look, my kid (who I’m sure you think is dumb) got into TJ but decided to attend an APS high school instead. We know a few other families who made the same choice. I see my kid’s cohort, and yes, they are high performing. Thankfully they don’t need your validation.

Which high school does your child attend?[/quote]

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