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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a senior at Wilson but we have also had a child in private school here. The kids who succeed academically at Wilson are from the same general pool of kids as those who succeed academically at private and charter schools. They're all on the same travel sports teams, etc., and shocker of shockers, they often go to the same drinking parties on weekends. It's strange that so many of you think there's no overlap.

The kids at Wilson who got into the Ivy League or Stanford (or whatever parameter you want to set for the "top" schools) are often legacies, just as in private schools. The kids who made it into the schools that are probably just as good but not Ivy League (you choose, but I'll include Chicago, Northwestern, University of Michigan, UCLA) are super smart regardless of where they went to high school. What separates the Wilson kids from students at private schools is not wealth but Wilson parents' (and the kids') willingness to deal with seemingly unlimited DCPS BS, plus the kids' ability to succeed despite some of the harsher realities of Wilson/DCPS. Come on, Wilson parents, we can admit there are some of these, right? That the overdoses did happen and were disturbing and poorly handled, that the administration is borderline incompetent, that the college counseling is inadequate, etc.? I wish my kid didn't have to deal with those things, but I'm happy that he succeeded despite them, and yes, he'll see some of your kids at his first-choice college.
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+1000 too

You find quite a few families like the PP (and ourselves) who have an older child at Wilson and other(s), usually younger, at private.  For us we sort of knew what we were getting into with Wilson and my oldest is a self starter who is driven and has done extremely well.  Off to her first choice college in the fall.  Now knowing what it is like, I have younger kids who would be eaten alive at Wilson --- and I am just done like what the PP posted.  Terrible administration, lack of accountability by teachers, the over dose incident/handling/clearly troubled kids back at the school, the stealing, etc. I just don't want to deal with it myself and really don't want my kids dealing with it any longer.  So we are out in a few weeks and not looking back.  [/quote]

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