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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer to the question is ...

Yes. It is easier to stand out among a smaller group of high achievers.

Great for some kids, not for others. Should be weighed when making decisions on what is best for your kid.

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Kids are also more likely to be high achievers with a stronger peer group where the expectations are higher.  [/quote]

Not all kids. 
You have to decide what is best for your child. You aren’t raising a cohort... unless you are a Duggar.[/quote]

Sorry, no idea what a “Duggar” is, but do know that most DCUM posters want their children to be challenged in school, not sliding by in an environment where average is the norm or the focus is on getting the kids who struggle with English to demonstrate minimal competency. [/quote]

But every single high school has AP classes and plenty of challenge available. The kids "sliding by" or struggling with English may have lockers near my kid or eat lunch in the same cafeteria, but they're not in AP Physics with him.[/quote]

Some high schools offer more and varied APs and have more classes of the same AP so that there is more flexibility of schedules.  They will not offer an AP if not enough students sign up for it.  There also might be more than enough students for one class but not enough for two classes- so some students don’t get to take it.  The more classes of the the same AP the less chance of that happening.  [/quote]

And some schools don’t even have AP because FCPS saddled them with IB, largely to try and placate parents who implied they’d only keep their kids at low-performing schools if there was a way to make sure they “stood out.”  The low number of IB diplomas at schools like Lee, however, suggests more eventually just bailed and decided to look for higher-rated schools. [/quote]

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