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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of W-L kids, the academic rigor is great, and the kids in those classes are doing fine and college placement is impressive. I hope that isn't changed. I do think there is a group of kids at the school not getting educated very well, not attending class, threatening teachers, and the school needs to find a better solution to deal with them. [/quote]

My problem is that I have a kid in the middle of the pack - not an academic superstar who is going to be IB or even shoot for UVA. I worry already about him getting lost in the crowd because he’s not advanced enough to take 17 APs or whatever; but not behind enough to get “equity” resources. He would benefit from a school where the baseline is really high so thay even where he is (“normal” classes) the expectations are appropriate.[/quote]

I have one kid that fits that description at W-L. He took a couple AP classes, a coupme IB classes and some GenEd. The teachers in the advanced classes went out of their way to bring him along. I have been so impressed. The GenEd teachers were always in touch and helpful too. I understand your concerns but they didn’t play out with my student.[/quote]

I have that kid, too.  He just graduated.  I was not thrilled with his education at WL and am glad to be done.  The AP and IB classes he took were mostly good. [b] The problem is the large gap between the advanced classes and the regular classes because there is such a divide between the students who take them.  There seems to be very little middle ground.  [/b]He also had a class every year that was not staffed by an actual teacher for part of the year.  This especially hurt him in math where he had no geometry teacher for most of the first semester.  Last year his physics teacher just up and left in the middle of the year.  We got little to no contact from the school about any of it.  We did love the school spirit and he made good friends.  But in my opinion, if you are a kid in the middle of the pack, you can get a bit lost.  Those kids who are motivated and take all upper level classes will do just fine.  [/quote]
This was my experience at my high school in the 1990s.  I don't think it's new or special to WL.[/quote]

+1 that's just public high school[/quote]

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