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[quote=Anonymous]McKinley is NOT trying to be TJ or Bronx school of science and failing.  It is trying to be McKinley Tech and succeeding.  It is a school accepting of motivated students of varied levels of prior preparation and achievement with a range of opportunities to explore interest in and (for some areas) earn industry certifications in STEM areas. It offers a lot of help landing field specific internships and in engineering very strong extracurricular offerings (I.e. robot and EV car teams that travel nationally and internationally).  It is a place that both celebrates the student who through hard work earns a 2 on an AP and the achievement of a stronger student who earns a 5.  It also provides exposure to STEM fields that can help both a student going to colllege immediately and a student who isn’t.  For example in biotech students prepare for the BACE exam that certified lab techs.  This provides a straight out of HS pathway to a decently paying job, exposure to topics that will help in college level lab science classes, and a pathway to a non-scut work college work study job or college internship.  It is OK to wish for a TJ style school in DC but please do not fault McKinley for not being what it has no intention of being.

If your student is incredibly lazy and will do a minimum amount of work and not reach their potential if not surrounded by mostly above grade level students then maybe they won’t thrive at McKinley.  But if you have a strong student academically that will work hard McKinley will provide challenge for them to excel.  [/quote]

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